National EMN Conference Austria: “Immigration of International Students from Third Countries to the EU and Austria“

Nationale EMN-Konferenz Zuwanderung internationaler Studierender aus Drittstaaten in die EU und AT_1

Organizer: National Contact Point Austria in the European Migration Network

18 December 2012, Vienna (Austria)

The National Contact Point Austria in the EMN organised a conference on the topic of “Immigration of International Students from Third Countries to the EU and Austria” in the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna. The conference was organised as a follow-up to the EMN study on the topic of “Immigration of International Students to the EU Member States”. As a starting point, the event elaborated on the current situation concerning international students from an EU perspective, and discussed the contribution of the study to EU policy making. Following this, concrete research findings of selected EU Member States were presented, and the access to the labour market for third country students and graduates were addressed. A panel discussion of distinguished experts reflected on Austria as a destination for international students and concluded the conference.

More information available in the conference report (DE I EN).

09:30 – 10:00	Registration
10:00 – 10:15	WELCOME AND OPENING Katerina Kratzmann, IOM Country Office for Austria Michael Girardi, Federal Ministry of the Interior, Austria Moderation: Mária Temesvári, IOM Country Office for Austria
10:15 – 11:00	SESSION 1 – INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND EU policy developments and preliminary findings of the EMN synthesis report “Immigration of International Students to the EU” Petra Van Nierop, ICF GHK Consulting, Belgium Questions and Discussion
11:00 – 12:00	SESSION 2 – IMMIGRATION OF THIRD COUNTRY STUDENTS IN SELECTED MEMBER STATES – CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS Elisabeth Musil, IOM Country Office for Austria Berit Kiuru, Maahanmuuttovirasto (Finnish Immigration Service), Finland Ophélie Tardieu, Ministère de l’Interieur (Ministry of the Interior), France
	Questions and Discussion
12:00 – 13.30	Lunch
13:30 – 14:30	SESSION 3 – ACCESS TO THE LABOUR MARKET FOR THIRD COUNTRY STUDENTS AND GRADUATES IN SELECTED MEMBER STATES Jon Simmons, Home Office Science, United Kingdom Bernd Parusel, Migrationsverket (Swedish Migration Board), Sweden Matthias Mayer, Bundesamt für Migration und Flüchtlinge (Federal Office for Migration and Refugees), Germany
	Questions and Discussion
14:30 – 15:00	Coffee Break
15:00 – 16:30	PANEL DISCUSSION – AUSTRIA AS COUNTRY OF DESTINATION FOR THIRD COUNTRY STUDENTS Chair: Stefan Beig, Wiener Zeitung Podium: Heinz Fassmann, Universities Austria Angelika Gruber, Austrian Students’ Union Dietmar Hudsky, Federal Ministry of the Interior Margit Kreuzhuber, Austrian Economic Chambers Johannes Peyrl, Vienna Chamber of Labour Elmar Pichl, Federal Ministry of Science and Research Questions and Discussion
17:00	END OF CONFERENCE

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