The Investment Migration Forum Grand Hotel Kempinski, Geneva 6 th to 8 th June 2016 Key Speakers The Hon. Dr. Joseph Muscat Prime Minister of Malta The Hon. Gaston Browne Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda The Hon. Demetris Syllouris MP Government Coalition Leader and Special Advisor to the President of Cyprus Nigel Farminer Head of Border Security and Visa Policy Government of the United Kingdom Prof. Dr. Khalid Koser OBE Vice Chairman of the Advisory Council on Migration World Economic Forum, Geneva Prof. Dr. Dimitry Kochenov Chair in EU Constitutional and Citizenship Law University of Groningen, Netherlands Visiting Professor, Princeton University, USA Prof. Dr. Christian Joppke Director of Institute of Sociology University of Berne, Switzerland Prof. Dr. Philippe Foret Department Chair, History, Philosophy and Religious Studies, SHSS, Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan Co-Director, SAGUF Environmental Humanities AG, TD-Lab, ETH Zurich, Switzerland Judith Gold Deputy Division Chief International Monetary Fund François Mandeville Founder and Partner, Mandeville & Associates, Hong Kong, China Madeleine Sumption Director, Migration Observatory University of Oxford, UK Dr. Demetrios G. Papademetriou Co-Founder, Migration Policy Institute, Washington D.C., and President, Migration Policy Institute Europe, Brussels Boris Cilevics MP Citizenship and Human Rights Advocate, Member of Parliament, Riga, Latvia, Member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Bruno L ecuyer CEO, Investment Migration Council, Geneva Timothy Mohr Principal and National Financial Services Advisory Leader, BDO Consulting, New York Damien Martinez Director, Governance, Risk and Compliance Thomson Reuters, Paris Eric G. Major CEO and Member of the Executive Committee Henley & Partners, Jersey Louis Leblanc Managing Director, National Bank of Canada, Montreal Kamal Rahman Head of Immigration, Mishcon de Reya, London, UK Austin Fragomen Founder and Senior Partner, Fragomen LLP, New York David Chen Managing Partner, Visas Consulting Group, Shanghai, China Veronica Cotdemiey Founder and Director of Citizenship Invest, Dubai Eugene Chow Principle, Chow King & Associates, Hong Kong
The Investment Migration Forum will be the largest and most important such conference in the world. Renowned academics, government officials, representatives of international organisations, as well as the world s leading professionals dealing with investor immigration and citizenship will be gathering in Geneva. Program Highlights Second Citizenship: The Global Trend The effects of the Malta individual Investor Programme Investment Migration in the 21 st Century Citizenship by Investment Programmes Government Roundtable Shaping the future of Citizenship by Investment Monday 6 th June Academic Day and Cocktail Reception Academic Forum at the Graduate Institute, Geneva All delegates are invited to attend without additional charge Separate program will be published 19h00 Welcome to Geneva Reception at the Grand Hotel Kempinski Tuesday 7 th June at the Grand Hotel Kempinski Opening address and welcome by IMC Chairman Professor Dr. Dimitry Kochenov, Chairman, The Investment Migration Council Plenary 1: A New World Order of Good Citizenship 09h10 09h30 Second Citizenship: From Concept to Reality Eric G. Major IMCM, CEO, Henley & Partners Panel discussion: Governance, Risk & Compliance (the Lawyer, the DD Expert. the Civil Servant) Eric G Major IMCM, CEO, Henley & Partners (Moderator)
Susanne DeLint, Partner, Global Immigration Network Leader, KPMG Law LLP, Toronto Damien Martinez, Director, Governance, Risk & Compliance, Thomson Reuters, Paris* Tim Mohr Principal, National Financial Services Advisory Leader, BDO Consulting, New York Gary Cook, UK Home Office representative* 10h00 Presentation by an international police agency Interpol, Europol* or panel on day 2 10h30 Refreshments Plenary 2: Title: TBA. < Policy / think tanks / Institutions> 11h00 Panel discussion: Global Policy in Migration Dr. Demetrios G. Papademetriou, Co-Founder, Migration Policy Institute, Washington D.C. (Moderator) Dr Adrian Berry, Chairman UK Immigration Law Practitioners Association (ILPA) Dr. Philippe Foret, Environmental Humanities Co-Director, University of Zurich Professor Dr. Khalid Koser OBE, Vice-Chairman of the Advisory Council on Migration, World Economic Forum, Geneva Professor Dr. Christian Joppke, Director of Institute of Sociology, University of Berne, Speaker 5: OECD* 12h00 Keynote: Judith Gold, International Monetary Fund * 12h30 13h00 14h00 Luncheon in the Foyer 30 minute lunch briefings Briefing 1: Antigua Chris Willis, IMCM, Managing Partner, Henley & Partners Carribean Briefing 2: Belgium Residence Options Alain Greenille * Briefing 3: * Briefing 4: * Keynote: The Hon. Dr. Joseph Muscat, Prime Minister of the Republic of Malta. The Malta Individual Investor Programme, two years on, what are the tangible effects on the economy Plenary 3: Investment Migration in the 21st century 14H15 14h45 15h15 On the Pulse This panel discussion with the IMC representative offices is an excellent opportunity to discuss the developments taking place in the region. Moderator: Bruno L ecuyer, Chief Executive Investment Migration Council, Geneva Asia Francois Mandeville IMCM, Founder, Mandeville & Associates, Hong Kong Middle East Veronica Cotdemiey IMCM, Founder, CitizenshipInvest, Dubai Europe Nadine Goldfoot IMCM, Partner and Head of Investor Immigration Practice, Fragomen LLP, London Americas Ron Klasko IMCM, Managing Partner, Klasko Immigration Law Partners, LLP, New York * Panel discussion: The relevance of Investment Migration today: Q&A with the IMC Governing board. Moderator: * Dimitry Kochenov, Chairman, Investment Migration Council, Geneva Kamal Rahman IMCM, Head of Immigration, Mischon de Reya, London David Chen IMCM, Managing Partner, Visas Consulting Group, Shanghai Christian H. Kalin IMCM, Group Chairman, Henley & Partners, Zurich Refreshments in the Foyer
Plenary 4: Citizenship by Investment Programmes Government Roundtable 15h45 16h15 16h35 16h45 18h30 Moderator: Christian H. Kalin US Treasury Dept * Nigel Farminer, Head of Border Security and Visa Policy, Home Office, UK Government* Caribbean government * The Hon. Gaston Browne, Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda* The Hon. Joseph Muscat, Prime Minister of Malta The Hon. Demetris Syllouris MP, Government Coalition Leader and Special Advisor to the President of Cyprus Elizabeth Hoffmann, Regional Director UK and Europe, Department of Immigration and Border Protection, Australian Government Main Global Migration Issues and their impact Dr. Demetrios G. Papademetriou, Co-Founder, Migration Policy Institute, Washington D.C. Conference Chairman s closing remarks Networking in Foyer Steamboat Cruise and Dinner on Lake Geneva 21h30 Close of day 1. Wednesday 8 th June 08h15 30 minute breakfast briefings Briefing 1: Antigua Briefing 2: Cyprus* Briefing 3: Malta* Briefing 4: Portugal* Chairman s opening remarks Plenary 1: TITLE TBC* 09h10 09h30 09h50 Part 2: 10h20 10h40 The Global Competition for Talent Professor Dr. Khalid Koser OBE, Vice-Chairman of the Advisory Council on Migration, World Economic Forum, Geneva Refreshments Title TBC* Case law review of immigration judgements Dr Adrian Berry, Chairman Immigration Law Practitioners Association (ILPA) Forum Debate Shaping the Future of Citizenship by Investment Moderator: Boriss Cilevičs, MP Council of Europe, Latvia Austin Fragomen, Founder Fragomen LLP, New York* Louis Leblanc, Managing Director, National Bank of Canada*
Christian H. Kalin IMCM, Group Chairman, Henley & Partners, Zurich Madeleine Sumption, Director, Migration Observatory University of Oxford, UK* 11h10 Keynote 11h30 Jean-Christophe Dumont OECD * 11h50 1 12h10 12h40 14h00 14h20 14h40 15h00 15h20 15h40 16h00 16h20 16h40 The Long and Longer Arm of US Law Enforcement and its Relevance to Citizenship-by-Investment Programs Daniel W. Levy, Former Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York McKool Smith P.C., New York Panel discussion: Tax consequences of expatriation from the US - what you need to know. Or Consequences of surrendering US Citizenship what you need to know Luncheon in the Foyer Law enforcement panel Law enforcement panel Refreshments in the Foyer Tax rulings overview of recent Swiss rulings Dr. Lucien W. Valloni Froriep, Switzerland* 17h00 End of day 2 * sessions and speakers to be confirmed by end of 2015