Emerging Global Issues Forum on Forced Migration, Immigration, & Security

8:00 – 8:30am           Check-in and Continental Breakfast

8:30 – 8:45am           Welcome Remarks      

Dr. Tony Lemieux, Director of the Global Studies Institute, Georgia State University

Michelle Maziar, Director, Welcoming Atlanta, Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs, City of Atlanta

Shana Tabak, Visiting Assistant Professor of Law and Global Studies, Georgia State University

8:45 – 9:30am           Morning Keynote Address: Global Trends in Forced Migration

Cecile Riallant, Head of the United Nations Joint Migration and Development Initiative

Introduced by Serena Newhall, Program Manager, CIFAL Atlanta, United Nations Institute for Training and Research

9:30 – 10:45am        Panel 1: Drivers and Causes of Forced Migration and Immigration

Javier Diaz de Leon, Consul General of Mexico in Atlanta

Dr. Omar M. Lattouf, Professor of Surgery, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine

Dr. Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

Arun Kundnani, scholar-in-residence, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York Public Library

Moderator:  Dr. Jennie Burnet, Associate Professor of Global Studies and Anthropology, Global Studies Institute, Georgia State University

10:45-11:00  Break

11:00am-12:15pm  Panel 2: Security Challenges, Legal Implications, and Community Responses

Haris Lalacos, Ambassador of Greece to the U.S.A.

The Honorable Anne C. Richard, Former Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees and Migration

Mayor Ted Terry, City of Clarkston, Georgia

Lucas Guttentag, Professor of the Practice of Law, Stanford University Law School

Moderator: Dr. John Horgan, Professor of Global Studies and Psychology, Global Studies Institute, Georgia State University

12:15-12:30pm              Break

12:30-1:15pm          Afternoon Keynote Address: Effects of Forced Migration in Atlanta and Beyond

Dr. Heval Mohamed Kelli, Katz Fellow in Preventative Cardiology, Emory University

Introduced by Mary Helen O’Connor, Assistant Professor of English and Senior Faculty Associate, Office of International Initiatives, Georgia State University

1:15-1:30pm                    Closing Remarks

Dr. Louis-Alexandre Berg, Assistant Professor of Global Studies and Political Science, Global Studies Institute, Georgia State University

Dr. Tony Lemieux, Director of the Global Studies Institute, Georgia State University