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Conference Agenda

Agenda for the conference "A Common European Approach to Labour Shortages and Talent Attraction", on December 3rd 2025 in Stockholm, Sweden.

Wednesday, 3 December 2025

 

One day conference 09:00-16:30

 

08:30 Registration. Coffee and sandwich will be served.

09:00-09:10 Welcome address by Anders Hall, State Secretary to the Minister for Migration

09:10-10:30 Session 1 – Initiatives on a European level to attract talent and retain skills

  • Representative from European commission (tbc)
  • Micheline van Riemsdijk, Professor in Human Geography at Uppsala University
  • Shawn Mendes, Director of International Affairs, Swedish Public Employment Service

Moderated by: Bernd Parusel, Senior Researcher in Political Science, SIEPS – Swedish Institute for European Policy Studies

10:30-11:00 Coffeebreak – fruit/a light snack

11:00-12:30 Session 2 – Attracting talent and facilitating labour migration – examples from EMN Member and Observer Countries

  • Leila Hadj, EMN Austria/IOM
  • Vydūnas Trapinskas, Work in Lithuania
  • EMN Finland (tbc)
  • EMN Germany (tbc)

Moderated by: Jonas Hols, expert, EMN Sweden

12:30-13:30 Lunch

13:30-13:45 Introduction to break-out sessions and moving to break out rooms

13:45-15:00 Break-out sessions

  • Break-out 1: Ready to employ? Challenges and needs in employing labour migrants.

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

  • Break-out 2: EU-internal movement of third country nationals – moving to a new employer

Moderated by: Elin Jansson, Senior Advisor, Ministry of Justice

  • Break-out 3: Student and researchers – how can the transition from talented student to valuable employee be facilitated?
    • Anna Broeders, Talent & Community Manager, Swich to Sweden
    • Therese Lindkvist, Project Manager, EURAXESS Sweden

Moderated by: tbc

15:00-15:30 Coffee break and return to joint conference room

15:30-16:20 Conclusions/next steps

  • Hanna Geurtsen, Deputy Head of the Special Focus Area on the Work Permit process, the Swedish Migration Agency
  • The Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth

16:20-16:30 Closing remarks by Anna Lindblad, Head of the Office of the Director General, Swedish Migration Agency

*The agenda with confirmed speakers and panelists wil be updated on an ongoing basis.