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The Liveable Diversity Summit
09/11/2018 at 9:30 am
The Victorian Government, Monash University Faculty of Arts, Settlement Services International, Australian Multicultural Foundation and the Immigration Museum are delighted to present:
THE LIVEABLE DIVERSITY SUMMIT
Even as populist voices claim we cannot live with more migration and diversity, Victoria remains one of the most diverse and liveable places on earth. What can the world learn from Victoria about liveable diversity, and vice versa? Motivated by this question, the Liveable Diversity Summit brings to Victoria a delegation of experts from the International Metropolis Conference, the world’s largest gathering of experts on migration and diversity, to share experiences and best practices surrounding diversity with their senior Victorian counterparts in public policy, research and civil society.
KEYNOTE SPEAKER:
Steven Vertovec is Director of the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity in Germany. Previously he was Professor of Transnational Anthropology at the Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Oxford, and Director of the Centre on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS).
PANELLISTS AND CONTRIBUTORS:
Thomas Albrecht is Regional Representative of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Karim Albrem is on the Global Youth Advisory Council of the UNHCR
Hass Dellal is Chair of SBS and Executive Director of the Australian Multicultural Foundation
TaniaFarha Executive Director, Multicultural Affairs & Social Cohesion, Equality Social Policy Group, Department of Premier and Cabinet of Victoria
Alan Gamlen is Head of Human Geography at Monash University and Editor of Migration Studies
Rohini Kappadath is General Manager of the Immigration Museum
Andrew Markus is Pratt Foundation Research Professor of Jewish Civilisation at Monash
Ursula Rakova is Director of Tulele Peisa, an initiative to relocate environmental migrants from the Carteret Islands PapuaNewGuinea
Sonia Vignjevic is Director of Settlement Services International and a Victorian Multicultural Commissioner
DATE: Friday 9 November
VENUE: Immigration Museum, 400 Flinders St, Melbourne VIC 3000
COST: Free, registration is required.
PROGRAM
09.30 Registration
09.45 Welcome to the Immigration Museum
10.00 Liveable diversity event overview
10.15 Keynote lecture, Professor Steven Vertovec
11.00 Panel discussion
12.30 Networking lunch, followed by tour of exhibitions
