Immigration and the UK-EU Relationship
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The ESRC UK in a Changing Europe Programme and the National Institute of Economic and Social Research invite you to a one-day conference on |
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Immigration and the UK-EU Relationship Date: Tuesday 8th December 2015 Time: 10am-5.30pm (Coffee and registration from 9.30am) Venue: National Institute of Economic and Social Research, 2 Dean Trench St, Smith Square, London SW1P 3HE Start: 9.30 am (arrival, coffee) for 10.00 am start 10 am Opening remarks/intro (Menon and Portes) Session 1: 10.15-11.30 Public attitudes: perceptions, myths and realities Speakers: Matt Goodwin (Kent), Geoff Evans (Oxford) Discussants: Sunder Katwala (British Future), Bobby Duffy (IPSOS-Mori) Session 2: 11.45-1.00 Benefits and public services Speakers: Martin Ruhs (Oxford), Michael O'Connor (Stronger in Numbers) Discussants: Alp Mehmet (Migration Watch), Phoebe Griffith (IPPR) Lunch 1.00-1.45 Session 3: 1.45-3.00 The impact of free movement on the UK labour market: new perspectives Speakers: Jennifer Smith (Warwick), Heather Rolfe (NIESR) Discussants: Pawel Swidlicki (Open Europe), Martin Sandbu (FT) Session 4: 3.15-4.30 The future of UK immigration policy : Speakers: Jonathan Portes (NIESR), Madeleine Sumption (Oxford) Discussant: Stephen Woolfe (UKIP), Saira Grant (JCWI) Session 5: 4.30-5.30 closing panel: Anand Menon (King's College London) Jonathan Portes (NIESR) Chuka Umunna (Labour Party) Stephen Parkinson (Vote Leave) 5.30 (5.45 given some slippage) - well deserved drinks 7pm Dinner for speakers and discussants |
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Places are limited, and we expect high demand. To ensure your place, please respond as soon as possible to me, Luca Pieri: Email: l.pieri [at] niesr.ac.uk Tel: 020 7654 1931 |