09.00
Opening session with officials
Venue: Salle académique (ULg)
09.30
Plenary session 1: Migration challenges in a transformed environment
Alan Gamlen
Barbara Harrell-Bond
Jorgen Carling
Venue: Salle académique (ULg)
11.00
Coffee break and poster presentation
11.30
Parallel sessions 1 (until 13.15)
Venue: see preliminary programme parallel sessions
13.15
Luncheon (Thèâtre de Liège)
14.15
Parallel sessions 2 (until 16.00)
Venue: see preliminary programme parallel sessions
16.00
Press Conference for the launch of the Observatory
Venue: Salle des Professeurs (ULg)
16.00
Coffee break and poster presentation
16.30
Parallel sessions 3 (until 18.15)
Venue: see preliminary programme parallel sessions
18.30
Public conference of Nicolas Hulot (For this event, specific registration is required)
Venue: Salle de la Grande Main (Théâtre de Liège)
20.30
Book launches: The State of Environmental Migration 2016 (Presses ULg) & The Atlas of Environmental Migration (Routledge)
Venue: Passage des 50 Epaules (Théâtre de Liège)
21.00
Cocktail party (by invitation only)
Venue: Passage des 50 Epaules (Théâtre de Liège)
09.00
11.00
Coffee break and poster presentation
11.30
Plenary session 2 The Earth and us
Eric Lambin
Saskia Sassen
Jun Borras
Richard Betts
Venue: Salle Académique (ULg)
13.30
Luncheon (Théâtre de Liège)
14.30
Parallel sessions 4 (until 16.30)
Venue: see preliminary programme parallel sessions
14.30
Mentoring session for early career and PhD students
With Lennart Olsson, Etienne Piguet, Raoul Kaenzig, Alan Gamlen and Calum Nicholson
Venue: Salon Vert (Théâtre de Liège)
16.30
Coffee break
17.00
Policy session: Environmental Changes and Migration ahead of COP22
Venue: Salle Académique (ULg)
19.00
Prize ceremony for the best paper and best poster of the conference
Venue: Salle Académique (ULg)
20.00
Gala dinner (by invitation only – dress code: business casual)
Venue: Crowne Plaza Hotel ballroom – Mont Saint-Martin 9-11, 4000 Liège
22.30
Launch party of the Observatory (by invitation only)
Venue: Crowne Plaza Hotel ballroom
11.30
Election of the officers
12.30
Lunch meeting of the executive board-elect.