2008

Migrants to the Metropolis: The Rise of Immigrant Gateway Cities
Book discussion with Marie Price and Lisa Benton-Short, book editors and Associate Professors at George Washington University, and Demetrios G. Papademetriou, MPI President
July 15, 2008

Integration in Europe: Perspectives Shared from the Viewpoint of the "Integrated"
Lunch discussion on the challenges and opportunities experienced by Europe's African-origin population. Speakers include Joe Frans, Vice Chairman of the United Nations Working Group on People of African Descent; Dr. Philomena Essed, professor at Antioch University; Gary Younge, Columnist for the Guardian; and moderated by Demetrios G. Papademetriou, President, MPI. 
April 29, 2008 

Policies to Manage Migration
Breakfast briefing with Georges Lemaitre, International Migration Specialist, OECD Directorate for Employment, Labor and Social Affairs and Demetrios G. Papademetriou, MPI President.
February 7, 2008

Citizenship in Britain and the United States
Briefing with Lord Peter Goldsmith QC, the former Attorney General of Britain; T. Alexander Aleinikoff, Executive Vice President of Law Center Affairs and Dean of the Law Center, Georgetown University; Alfonso Aguilar, Chief of the Office of Citizenship, US Citizenship and Immigration Services;Matthew Spalding, Director of the B. Kenneth Simon Center for American Studies, The Heritage Foundation; and Demetrios Papademetriou, MPI President.
February 4, 2008
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2007

The Global Race for Talent
Afternoon briefing with Martin Davidson, Chief Executive, the British Council; Angelos Pangratis, Deputy Ambassador, the European Union’s Delegation to the United States; John Burgess, Deputy Foreign Editor, The Washington Post; and Demetrios G. Papademetriou, MPI President. 
December 11, 2007

The New Age of Mobility: Managing Migration Locally, Nationally, and Internationally
MPI's Five-Year Anniversary Event
March 21, 2007
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

2006

Europe and Its Immigrants in the 21st Century: A New Deal or a Continuing Dialogue of the Deaf
Breakfast briefing with MPI President Demetrios Papademetriou and Telmo Baltazar, Counselor, Political, Justice, Freedom & Security, European Commission’s Delegation to the United States
August 11, 2006

Immigration in the History of the French Nation:
An American Model for a New French Museum?
Afternoon briefing with Mr. Jacques Toubon, President of the French National Museum of the History of Immigration
Alliance Francaise de Washington
Washington, DC
May 2, 2006

2005

Managing Integration: the European Union’s Responsibilities towards Immigrants
September 30, 2005
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A Conversation with Jean-Louis de Brouwer, Director for Immigration, Borders, and Asylum at the European Commission's Directorate General Justice, Freedom, and Security
"Immigrant Integration and Terrorism in Europe"
September 20, 2005
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2004

King Baudoin Foundation, European Policy Centre and MPI Conference:
The 2005-2010 EU Agenda on Asylum, Migration, and Frontiers
King Baudouin Foundation (Brussels)
October 5, 2004
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The Netherlands' Presidency of the European Union Conference:
Future European Cooperation in the Field of Asylum, Migration and Frontiers
Amsterdam
August 31 - September 3, 2004

Affirmative Action, Racism and the Integration of Ethnic Immigrant Minorities
Briefing with Marco Martiniello, Senior Research Associate at the National Fund for Scientific Research, Lecturer in Politics at the University of Liege and Director of the Centre d'Etudes de l'Ethnicite et des Migrations
August 12, 2004

Contradictory Developments in Local, National, and EU-level Integration Policies:
The Dutch Case
Briefing with Rinus Penninx, Director of the Institute for Migration and Ethnic Studies at the University of Amsterdam and European Co-Chair of the Metropolis Project
July 14, 2004

To Regularize or Not to Regularize Unauthorized Immigrants:
Experiences and Views from Europe
Briefing with Ferruccio Pastore, Deputy Director, Center for International Policy Studies (CeSPI) in Rome, Italy
June 30, 2004

Integration and the Rights of Immigrants
Briefing with Morten Kjaerum, Director of the Danish Institute for Human Rights and Danish Representative to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
May 4, 2004

Europe's Eastern Gateway: The New Member States' Role in Refugee Policy
Briefing with Marta Pardavi, Director of Programs, Hungarian Helsinki Committee
April 27, 2004

Building a Friendly Fortress:  The European Union and the Creation of an Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
Briefing and reception with Bertel Haarder, Denmark’s Minister for Refugees, Immigration and Integration Affairs
March 1, 2004

Toward a Common European Migration Regime?
Briefing with Professor Rainer Münz, Senior Fellow at the Hamburg Institute of International Economics and former Director of the Institute of Demography at the Austrian Academy of Science
February 18, 2004

Rediscovering Resettlement
Briefing with Peer Baneke, General Secretary of the European Commission on Refugees and Exiles
Brussels, German Marshall Fund Transatlantic Center (Event Summary)
February 17, 2004

Learning from America? The Future of Immigration to the UK
Roundtable discussion with Trevor Phillips, Chair of the Commission on Racial Equality (Invitation only)
February 5, 2004

Will EU Integration Compromise Humanitarian Admissions in Nordic States?
Briefing with Brita Sydhoff, Head of the International Law and Refugee Department of the Swedish Red Cross
January 27, 2004

2003

Rediscovering Resettlement: Human Rights Day Briefing on Transatlantic Refugee Protection
Report release and briefing with Joanne van Selm, MPI, Bill Frelick, Amnesty International-USA, and Kathleen Newland, MPI
December 10, 2003

Managing Migration in the Balkans
Briefing with Soren Jessen-Petersen, former Assistant High Commissioner at UNHCR headquarters in Geneva
November 13, 2003

Immigrant Entrepreneurship and the Tourist Industry in Europe
Briefing with Dr. Jan Rath, Co-director of the Institute for Migration and Ethnic Studies at the University of Amsterdam
August 27, 2003

The Impact of Asylum Policies in Europe
Briefing with Dr. David Griffiths, The School of Planning at Oxford Brookes University, United Kingdom
August 14, 2003

The Italian Presidency's Asylum and Immigration Agenda
Briefing with Christopher Hein, Director of the Italian Refugee Council and Chair, Executive Committee of the European Council on Refugees and Exiles
July 16, 2003

Nordic States Refugee Resettlement Program
Briefing with Mette Marie Honore, Legal Counsellor in the Asylum Department of the Danish Refugee Council
June 10, 2003

Europe's Fight Against Irregular Migration In Light of the New Global Security Environment - What Future Is There for the 1951 Convention?
Briefing with John Morrison, Head of Campaigns and Community Affairs for The Body Shop International
March 11, 2003