Dr. Mamphela Ramphele (keynote speaker) was until recently, one of the four Managing Directors of the World Bank, now Co-Chair of the Global Commission on International Migration, will deliver the keynote (on the Global Commission) at this event marking the 30th anniversary of the Inter-University Committee on International Migration. All are welcome to attend, including those who are interested in the politics of South Africa. (Dr. Ramphele played a prominent role in the South Africa liberation movement.)

Sharon Stanton Russell (Introduction of keynote speaker) (Senior Research Scholar at MIT's Center for International Studies; Chair of the Steering Group of the Inter-University Committee on International Migration; Director of the Mellon-MIT Inter-University Program on Non-Governmental Organizations and Forced Migration)

Nazli Choucri (MIT Professor of Political Science)

John Harris (Boston University Professor of Economics)