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Programme

• Welcome
  Dr. Yasmine Inauen, Director of the International Relations Office, Universität Zürich
   
• Opening Address
  Prof. Dr. Michael O. Hengartner, President of the Universität Zürich and President of swissuniversities
   
• Keynote: Migration, Skills and Labour Market Integration
  (Article: Highly skilled migrants entering the labour market: Experiences and strategies in the contested field of overqualification and skills mismatch)
  Prof. Dr. Susan Thieme, Unit Leader Geography and Sustainable Development, Universität Bern
   
• Academic Initiative: Scholars at Risk
   
  • Presentation of Scholars at Risk Switzerland (SAR-CH) (Presentation)
    Catrin Scheiber, Co-President SAR-CH, Universität Luzern
     
  • Experiences of a «Scholar at Risk» in Switzerland (Presentation)
    Dr. Oula Abu-Amsha, Syrian Scholar
     
• Non-Academic Initiative: Powercoders (Presentation)
  Presentation of the Project “Powercoders”
  Christian Hirsig, Founder and Project Leader, Powercoders
   
• Investing in the (Higher) Education and Training of Asylum Seekers and Refugees (Presentation)
  Claudia Nyffenegger, Head of the Department of Vocational Integration, Asylum Organisation Zurich (AOZ)
   
• Science4Refugees and the Potential of the European Open Science Agenda (Presentation)
  Rinske van den Berg, Policy Officer, DG Research and Innovation, European Commission
   
• Panel Discussion: Integration of Highly Qualified Refugees: Opportunities and Challenges
  • Moderation and introduction:
    Prof. Dr. Walter Leimgruber, Head of Institute of Cultural Anthropology and European Ethnology, Universität Basel
  • Panel members:
    - Catrin Scheiber
    - Claudia Nyffenegger
    - Rinske van den Berg
    - Christian Hirsig
    - Dr. des. Katrin Sontag (NCCR On the Move, Universität Basel)