Please find below the final draft conference programme.
Day 1 – 29 January 2026
| 11:30 – 12:00 | Registration & Welcome Coffee |
| 12:00 – 12:30 | Welcome & Introduction into the Conference Theme Prof. Jörg Freiling & Dr. Alexandra David |
| 12:30 – 13:30 | Keynote: Prof. Monder Ram, Aston University, UK |
| 13:30 – 14:00 | Coffee Break & Socialising |
| 14:00 – 15:30 | Parallel Track Sessions (see PDF for details) |
| 15:30 – 16:00 | Coffee Break & Socialising |
| 16:00 – 17:30 | Parallel Track Sessions (see PDF for details) |
| 19:00 | Joint Conference Dinner* at Schlachte 1a, Sailer “Alexander von Humboldt” |
Day 2 – 30 January 2026
| 08:30 – 09:30 | Panel Discussion “Migrant Entrepreneurship & Ecosystem Inclusion” with Jan Rath, Professor Emeritus of Sociology in the University of Amsterdam; Beata Glinka, Professor at Jagiellonian University of Krakau, Polen; Giacomo Solano, Assistant Professor at Radboud University Nijmegen; Irene Ateneye, CEO of AiDiA – The Afro-German Startup Pitch moderated by Dr. Judith Terstriep, Westphalian University of Applied Sciences |
| 09:30 – 09:45 | Coffee to go |
| 09:45 –11:15 | Parallel Track Sessions (see PDF for details) |
| 11:15 – 11:45 | Energy Break & Socialising |
| 11:45 – 13:15 | Parallel Track Sessions (see PDF for details) |
| 13:15 – 13:30 | Coffee to go |
| 13:30 – 15:00 | Final Track Session (ee PDF for details) |
| 15:00 – 15:15 | Wrap up & Farewell |
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