On the brink of a new era: Navigating the future of tech in migration | Side event | VMC2024

New technological tools have burst onto the scene in recent years and are considered full of potential in terms of how they can contribute to migration management, whether for border management, integration or asylum placement purposes. At the same time, their use has triggered concerns about the operational, ethical and fundamental rights implications. This event provides a 360-degree review of where we could be going and what to have in mind as we go forward.
Session title: On the brink of a new era: Navigating the future of tech in migration | Side event | Panel discussion
Moderator: Maegan Hendow, Senior Researcher, ICMPD
Speakers: Craig Damian Smith, Co-Founder, Executive Director and Principal Investigator, Pairity. Marc Geer, Senior Global Operations Director, Fragomen. Lorenzo Rinaldi, Head, Business and Stakeholder Relations Unit, European Union Agency for the Operational Management of Large-Scale IT Systems in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice. Tuba Bircan, Associate Professor, Vrije Universiteit Brussels. Ashraf Abushady, Senior Advisor on Digital Transformation and Artificial Intelligence, United Nations Industrial Development Organization