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Summary videos of the individual conference days

Day 1: PhD Forum

Sunday, 4 September 2022

The IMCB22 started on Sunday with a PhD forum with 18 PhD students and their pitch on their work about migration.

Watch the video summarizing the first day of the International Metropolis Conference 2022 in Berlin.

Day 2: Study-Tours, Welcome by Mayor Giffey

Monday, 5 September 2022

On the first day of the conference, we welcomed our participants and offered various study tours to introduce our host city Berlin. Also, the Governing Mayor of Berlin Franziska Giffey welcomed the guests in the Berlin City Hall.

Watch the video summarizing the second day of the International Metropolis Conference 2022 in Berlin.

Day 3: Opening, Hubertus Heil, plenums & workshops

Tuesday, 6 September 2022

Tuesday marked the first day of the official IMCB22 programme, including plenaries and workshops. The overall topic was the 'Impact of multiple crises on migration and mobility.'

Multiple international crises, such as the COVID-19 pandemic or armed conflicts, having a long-term effect on mobility and migration; around the world, they are bringing a variety of political and social challenges with them. Profound structural changes of the type and direction of present migration flows are affecting not only migrant workers and international students, but also refugees and those who have been displaced internally. Our central focus was: What do these developments mean for managing migration and mobility in the future?

Watch the video summarizing the third day of the International Metropolis Conference 2022 in Berlin.

Day 4: Keynotes, plenary sessions, workshops and cultural event

Wednesday, 7 September 2022

Technological and digital developments are currently fundamentally changing the world of work. This will have an impact on future ways of working, labour mobility and migration. So we asked: What will these look like in a transformed world of work?

Following this, we discussed climate change. The effects of global warming on society can already be felt – and they will become more noticeable in future. That will also have an influence on global migration processes. How are climate change and migration connected? Discussions considered migration decisions, migration paths, humanitarian needs and political options.

Watch the video summarizing the fourth day of the International Metropolis Conference 2022 in Berlin.

Day 5: Keynotes, plenary sessions, workshops and closing event

Thursday, 8 September 2022

On Thursday, the focus was on fair migration. Shaping migration in a way that gives equal consideration to the interests of all migrants, countries of origin, transit and destination remains a huge challenge. What constitutes fair and just conditions for migration in the working world of tomorrow seen from different perspectives?

Watch the video summarizing the fifth day of the International Metropolis Conference 2022 in Berlin.

Day 6: Conclusion: High-level forum and wrap-up

Friday, 9 September 2022

On the last day of the conference, 350 participants attended the high-level forum, which reflected on the conference and discussed the future of migration – drivers and opportunities.

Watch the video summarizing the sixth day of the International Metropolis Conference 2022 in Berlin.

On this page you will find further insights into the conference as well as a reader in which members of the pre-working groups, speakers and organizers of the conference talk about their current work and their insights.

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