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The 13th IMISCOE Annual Conference took place in Prague, 30 June – 2 July 2016. The conference covered the theme ‘Migration and Development’ and was organized by the Geographic Migration Centre (GEOMIGRACE) at Charles University in Prague.

The organizers have uploaded several sets of photos with impressions from the conference as well as videos from the keynote lectures, semi-plenaries and the winner of the Maria Baganha Dissertation Award (they can be accessed by entering the password: geo). In addition, the texts of the opening speeches were published.

Videos of Keynote lectures

• Challenges of settling refugees by Ahmet Íçduygu, June 30, 2016

• Transnational Social Protection by Peggy Levitt, July 2, 2016

Videos of Semi-plenaries

• Comparing the integration of immigrants in North America and Western Europe pt. I by Nancy Foner, July 1, 2016

• Comparing the integration of immigrants in North America and Western Europe pt. II: Importance of the second generation by Richard Alba, July 1, 2016

• Central and Eastern Europe. Duality of emigration and immigration regimes? by Agata Górny, July 1, 2016

• Quo Vadis Europe? A toxic mix of a refugee crisis, rising inequality and the rise of political extremism by Franck Düvell, July 1, 2016

Video of the presentation by the winner of the Maria Baganha Dissertation Award

• Cosmologies of Destinations by Milena Belloni, June 30, 2016

Transcripts of opening speeches

• Opening speech by Maurice Crul (pdf)
• Opening speech by Dušan Drbohlav (pdf)
• Opening speech by Jan Kára (pdf)
• Opening speech by Vladimir Spidla (pdf)