CONFERENCE PROGRAM

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DECEMBER 15TH

During the day

Participants’ arrival to Sibiu

 

DAY 1 - DECEMBER 16TH

08:30 – 09:00

Participants’ arrival at the "Lucian Blaga" University of Sibiu (Senate Hall, Lucian Blaga str., no. 2, 2nd floor) and registration

 

9:00 – 10:00

 

 

 

10 minutes/each

WELCOMING REMARKS PANEL
(Senate Hall)
  • Prof. Sc.D. eng. Ioan BONDREA, Rector of "Lucian Blaga" University of Sibiu;
  • Assoc. Prof. Ph.D. Sebastian HULUBAN, State Advisor, Head of Defence Compartment, Romanian Presidency, Bucharest;
  • Assoc. Prof. Ph.D. Niculae IANCU, Rector of the “Mihai Viteazul” National Intelligence Academy, Bucharest;
  • Prof. Ph.D., Brig. Gen., Ghiță BÂRSAN, rector of “Nicolae Bălcescu” Land Forces Academy, Sibiu;
  • Assoc. Prof. Ph.D. Elsa KRISTIANSEN, Research Manager, Center of Emergency and Integrated Crisis Management, University College of Southeast Norway;
  • Assoc. Prof. Ph.D. Silviu NATE, Director, Global Studies Center, "Lucian Blaga" University of Sibiu.

 

10:00 – 10:10

Signing the Memorandum of Understanding between the Global Studies Center and the Center of Emergency and Integrated Crisis Management

10:10 – 10:30

Coffee-break

 

10:30 – 12:30

 

 

 

15 minutes/each

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

20 minutes

PANEL 1 (Library Lecture Hall)
MIGRATION, RESILIENCE AND POLICY DEVELOPMENT IN EUROPE

Moderators:
Prof. Ph.D. James Whitney GODBOLT & Assoc. Prof. Ph.D. Daniel BUDA

Keynote speaker: Prof. Ph.D., Gen. Of Army (ret), Sergiu MEDAR, Former Head of the National Intelligence Community (Romania), Former Head of the Romanian Military Intelligence, former diplomat in US - The role of intelligence in managing the migration phenomena.

  • H.E. Mr. Ali JAWDAT, Minister Plenipotentiary, Embassy of Syrian Arab Republic in Romania;
  • Prof. Ph.D. Irena CHIRU, Head of the National Institute for Intelligence Studies, “Mihai Viteazul” National Intelligence Academy (Bucharest) – Political (in)Correctness in Communicating the Migrants’ Crisis: From Hate Speech to Frameworks of Resilience;
  • Assoc. Prof. Ph.D. Silviu NATE, Director, Global Studies Center, "Lucian Blaga" University of Sibiu – The need for Resilient Societal Ecosystems - A Practical Dilemma of Complex Interdependencies and Demographic Permutations;
  • Ph.D.s. Bogdan BAZGĂ, National Expert on Food Security, National Coordinator for UNFAO & OCDE/CoAg –TAD (Bucharest) - Middle East Crises - Influence On Migration and Food Security in Europe;
  • Assoc. Prof. Ph.D. Victor NICOLĂESCU, “Petre Andrei” University of Iași; associated to the Romanian Diplomatic Institute, Ministry of Foreign Affaires – Rethinking Ways to Manage EU Migration – From Development Cooperation with Thirds Countries to Social-Economic Integration of Migrants.

Q&A

 

10:30 – 12:30

 

 

 

 

15 minutes/each

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

20 minutes

PANEL 2 (Senate Hall)
UNDERSTANDING MIGRATION CHALLENGES FOR STRUCTURING A BETTER CRISIS MANAGEMENT

Moderators:
Prof. Ph.D. Lasse BERNTZEN & Prof. Ph.D. Adriean PÂRLOG

Keynote speaker: Assoc. Prof. Ph.D. Elsa KRISTIANSEN, Research Manager, Center of Emergency and Integrated Crisis Management, University College of Southeast Norway – USN Center for Emergency and Crisis Management and research on migration.

  • H.E. Mr. Hamid MOAYYER, Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Romania;
  • Ph.D. Șerban Filip CIOCULESCU, Senior researcher, Ph.D., Institute for Political Studies of Defense and Military History (Bucharest) – Assessing and Destructuring the Migrant Smuggling Networks – An Existential Challenge for the EU;
  • Assoc. Prof. Ph.D. Darie CRISTEA, Faculty of Sociology and Social Assistance, University of Bucharest – Security Culture, Resilience and Migration;
  • Anca CIOS, Former Head of Risk Analysis Service within the General Inspectorate of the Border Police, Ministry of Interior – Countering the Illegal Border Crossing Versus Fundamental Rights;
  • Flavius CABA, President of Middle East Political and Economic Institute (Bucharest) - A Comprehensive Approach to Address the Migration Crisis in Europe.

Q&A

12:30-15:00

Lunch Break

 

15.00 – 17.00

 

 

 

 

15 minutes/each

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


20 minutes

PANEL 3 (Library Lecture Hall)
PRACTICAL ISSUES, CASE STUDIES AND METHODOLOGIES FOR ANALYZING MIGRATION PROCESSES AND REFUGEES MANAGEMENT

Moderators:
Prof. Ph.D. Irena CHIRU & Dan DINU

Keynote speaker: Prof. Ph.D., Maj. Gen. (ret), Adriean PÂRLOG, Former Deputy of Romanian Military Intelligence and former diplomat in the Kingdom of Norway – Migration Today Movements, Forms of Hybrid Confrontations. The Needs for New Strategic Intelligence Approaches.

  • H. E. Mr. Saker MALKAWI, Ambassador of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan in Bucharest;
  • Ph.D. Scott EASTMAN [1], Youssef AL AWWAD [2], "Lucian Blaga" University of Sibiu, Consultant/Superforecaster: Good Judgment Inc., NY [1], MA student at "Lucian Blaga" University of Sibiu (Syria) [2] - Forecasting Refugee Flows and Threat Levels;
  • Prof. Ph.D. Dafin MUREȘANU [1], Ovidiu SELEJAN [2],President of the Romanian Society of Neurology; Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Medicine and Pharmacy ‘‘Iuliu Hatieganu’’, ‘‘RoNeuro’’ Institute for Neurological Research and Diagnostic (Cluj-Napoca) [1]; Researcher (MBA) and Managing Director of Institute for Neurological Research and Diagnostic (Cluj-Napoca) [2] - Migration Distress, Culture Shock and Psychological Symptoms;
  • Sonia NANDZIK [1], Nicolae ȘTEFĂNUȚĂ [2], Migration expert at Eastern European Outreach NGO (currently involved at the Serbian-Hungarian border for refugee’s management) (Poland) [1], EU Official, European Parliament (Strasbourg) [2] - Putting A Price Tag On Europe.  Irregular Border Crossings and Smuggling Procedures in The Context of European Refugee Crisis;
  • Assoc. Prof. Ph.D. Daniel BUDA, "Lucian Blaga" University of Sibiu, World Council of Churches; University of Pretoria, South Africa – Migration and Reshaping of Societies Today. Some Personal Reflections Based on Personal Experiences.

Q&A

15.00 – 17.05

 

 

 

 

 15 minutes/each

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 






20 minutes

PANEL 4 (Senate Hall)
INCLUSION MANAGEMENT VS. INSECURITY IN EUROPE

Moderators:
Assoc. Prof. Ph.D. Elsa KRISTIANSEN & Prof. Ph.D. Sergiu MEDAR

Keynote speaker: Prof. Ph.D. Lasse BERNTZEN, University College of Southeast Norway – Migration Challenges. How Smart Cities may use Mobile Technology to Speed Up Integration.

  • H.E. Mr. Mohamed Alaaeldin Aly Shawky ELHADIDI, Ambassador of the Arab Republic of Egypt in Romania;
  • Prof. Ph.D. Adrian POP, Faculty of Political Science, National University of Political Science and Public Administration (Bucharest) – Theoretical Approaches on International Migration: A Brief Overview;
  • Ph.D. Vasile SIMILEANU, Academy of Economic Studies (Bucharest), Editor-in-chief Geopolitica Review– Migration and Geopolitics;
  • Assoc. Prof. Ph.D. Aurelian RAȚIU [1], Prof. Ph.D., Brig. Gen., Ghiță BÂRSAN [2], vice-dean for academics at Faculty of Military Sciences, “Nicolae Bălcescu” Land Forces Academy [1], rector of “Nicolae Bălcescu” Land Forces Academy (Sibiu) – Analysis of The Effects of Migration Phenomenon Over the European Security Environment;
  • Prof. Ph.D. Cristian BARNA, Dean of the Faculty of Intelligence, “Mihai Viteazul” National Intelligence Academy (Bucharest) – Migration and Social Insecurity in Europe: Multiculturalism and Integration Versus Criminality and Terrorism.
  • Assoc. Prof. Ph.D. Ella Magdalena CIUPERCĂ [1] & Ph.D.s. Andreea STOIAN [2], Dean of the Intelligence Studies Faculty, “Mihai Viteazul” National Intelligence Academy (Bucharest) [1], Ph.D. student at “Mihai Viteazul” National Intelligence Academy (Bucharest) – The injustices of displacement - a policy oriented approach towards the social inclusion of refugees.

Q&A

 DAY 2, December 17th

"Lucian Blaga" University of Sibiu (Senate Hall, Lucian Blaga str., no. 2, 2nd floor)

 
09.45 – 10.00 Coffe-break

10.00 – 11.30

 

 

WORKSHOP
SESSION 1: POLICY RECOMMENDATION PAPER

Facilitators:
Prof. Ph.D. Lasse BERNTZEN & Prof. Ph.D. Sergiu MEDAR
The focus for this session will be knowledge transfer and ideas sharing to structure a Policy Guide and Recommendations on Migration Policy at the level of European countries (including specifically Norway and Romania). The Policy Recommendation Paper will be distributed to decision makers in both countries but also to the European Union bodies (e.g. EU Parliament’s Commissions) as well as other relevant stakeholders.

11.30 – 11.50

Coffee-break

11.50 – 12.50

 

WORKSHOP
SESSION 2: DESIGNING AN ACADEMIC COURSE

Facilitators:
Assoc. Prof. Ph.D. Elsa KRISTIANSEN & Prof. Ph.D. Adriean PÂRLOG
The Global Studies Center (GSC) proposes a discussion session for designing a course on generally entitled “Migration Challenges and Solutions” to be later incorporated in the curricula at interested universities or offered as a stand-alone course to those interested. The aim of this session is to identify: 3-5 learning objectives, 12-14 educational topics and bibliography resources. GSC encourages also the involvement of students and getting feedback.

12.50 – 13.20

Conclusions and Open discussion
Strengthening the network to build upon further: ways and opportunities

13.30 – 15.00 Lunch break

You can download the conference full program from here (.pdf)