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Photos from the EMN Sweden National Conference 2025

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  • EMN Brand and Promotional Materials.

  • EMN Sweden Promotional Materials.

  • Leaflets on the table.

  • Welcome address by Anders Hall, State Secretary to the Swedish Minister for Migration.

  • Anna Tillander, Expert, EMN Sweden

  • Bernd Parusel, Senior Researcher, Swedish Institute for European Policy Studies (SIEPS)

  • Jasmijn Slootjes, Deputy Director, Migration Policy Institute Europe

  • Micheline van Riemsdijk Professor in Human Geography, Uppsala University

  • Micheline van Riemsdijk, Professor in Human Geography at Uppsala University

  • Lisa Andersson, Labour Market Economist, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

  • Shawn Mendes, Director of International Affairs, Swedish Public Employment Service

  • Shawn Mendes, Director of International Affairs, Swedish Public Employment Service

  • Shawn Mendes, Director of International Affairs, Swedish Public Employment Service

  • Session 1: Initiatives on a European level to attract talent and retain skills

  • Session 1: Initiatives on a European level to attract talent and retain skills

  • Session 1: Initiatives on a European level to attract talent and retain skills

  • Shawn Mendes, Director of International Affairs, Swedish Public Employment Service, Bernd Parusel, Senior Researcher, SIEPS

  • Jonas Hols, Expert, EMN Sweden

  • Leila Hadj Abdou, Deputy Head, Policy Research and Migration Law Unit, IOM / EMN Austria

  • Vydūnas Trapinskas, Director of Global Talent Attraction Department, "Work in Lithuania" Programme, Invest Lithuania

  • Vydūnas Trapinskas, Director of Global Talent Attraction Department, "Work in Lithuania" Programme, Invest Lithuania

  • Session 2: Attracting talent and facilitating labour migration – examples from EMN Member and Observer Countries

  • Santeri Ojala, Manager, International Operations, Business Finland, Work in Finland

  • Front row, from left to right: Bernd Parusel, Senior Researcher, SIEPS, Micheline van Riemsdijk, Professor in Human Geography at Uppsala University, Lisa Andersson, Labour Market Economist, OECD,

  • Silvia Rager, Senior Expert, Department for International Relations, German Federal Employment Agency Headquarters

  • Silvia Rager, Senior Expert, Department for International Relations, German Federal Employment Agency Headquarters

  • Session 2: Attracting talent and facilitating labour migration – examples from EMN Member and Observer Countries

  • Session 2: Attracting talent and facilitating labour migration – examples from EMN Member and Observer Countries

  • Session 2: Attracting talent and facilitating labour migration – examples from EMN Member and Observer Countries

  • Group Photo from the Conference.

  • Hanna Geurtsen, Deputy Head of the Special Focus Area on the Work Permit Process, the Swedish Migration Agency under Break-out session 1: Ready to employ? Challenges and needs in employing labour migrants.

  • Paula Kossack, Lead Analyst for the Government Assignment “Work in Sweden”, Statistics Sweden under Break-out session 1: Ready to employ? Challenges and needs in employing labour migrants.

  • Erik Litborn, National Contact Point for Horizon Europe (HEU), Sweden's Innovation Agency (Vinnova) during Break-out session 3: Student and researchers – How can the transition from talented student to valuable employee be facilitated?

  • Erik Litborn, National Contact Point for Horizon Europe (HEU), Sweden's Innovation Agency (Vinnova) during Break-out session 3: Student and researchers – How can the transition from talented student to valuable employee be facilitated?

  • Helena Renström, Head of Society Expo 2026, Skellefteå municipality, Sweden during Break-out session 2: EU-internal movement of third country nationals – Moving to a new employer

  • Helena Renström, Head of Society Expo 2026, Skellefteå municipality, Sweden during Break-out session 2: EU-internal movement of third country nationals – Moving to a new employer

  • Helena Renström, Head of Society Expo 2026, Skellefteå municipality, Sweden during Break-out session 2: EU-internal movement of third country nationals – Moving to a new employer

  • Anna Tillander, expert at EMN Sweden

  • Anna Tillander, expert at EMN Sweden and Eva Englund, Senior Advisor, Greater Copenhagen

  • Anna Tillander, Expert at EMN Sweden and Anna Broeders, Talent & Community Manager, Switch to Sweden

  • Hanna Geurtsen, Deputy Head of the Special Focus Area on the Work Permit Process, the Swedish Migration Agency

  • Paula Kossack, Lead Analyst for the Government Assignment “Work in Sweden”, Statistics Sweden

  • Elin Jansson, Senior Advisor, Ministry of Justice, Sweden and Hanna Geurtsen, Deputy Head of the Special Focus Area on the Work Permit Process, the Swedish Migration Agency

  • Conclusions and summary of the day with Hanna Geurtsen, Deputy Head of the Special Focus Area on the Work Permit Process, the Swedish Migration Agency and Mats Wessman, Project Manager for the government assignment “Work in Sweden”, the Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth

  • Closing remarks by Anna Lindblad, Chief of Staff of the Office of the Director-General, Swedish Migration Agency

  • Welcome address by Anders Hall, State Secretary to the Swedish Minister for Migration.

  • Session 1: Initiatives on a European level to attract talent and retain skills

  • Session 2: Attracting talent and facilitating labour migration – examples from EMN Member and Observer Countries