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"Carnegie Mellon Qatar is very pleased to host Dr. Alejandro Portes. He is a world expert on immigration from whom our students and the Qatar community will learn a great deal about the opportunities and challenges of immigration internationally,"
says Silvia Pessoa, Carnegie Mellon faculty member.
The first event is a Panel on Immigrant Labor in Qatar. Joining Portes on the panel are: Ambassador Isaias F. Begonia, Embassy of the Philippines; Pindie Stephen, International Organization for Migration; Hala Al Ali, National Human Rights Committee; Dr. Sadoum Rashid Al-Healy, National Office for Combating Human Trafficking; Dr. Abdelkader Latreche, Qatar Permanent Population Committee; and Dr. Fadwa El Guindi, Qatar University.
The second event is "Migration and Social Change: A Conceptual Reflection." Portes will be the speaker at this public event. He will draw from his vast experiences in this field. A Question & Answer session will follow the talk.
The final event is a student conference entitled "Educating student leaders who can make a difference." At this event students from Carnegie Mellon and Georgetown universities will present their research on immigration issues in Qatar. All research projects were performed as part of the Undergraduate Research Experience Program (UREP), which is sponsored by the Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF). With this conference, students aim to promote awareness about immigrant worker issues in Qatar and the community, with a particular emphasis on increasing awareness among Education City student leaders.
"These events provide a great opportunity for our students to interact with someone as knowledgeable and well respected in his field as Portes. The panel discussion and student conference on immigrant labor in Qatar will be great opportunities to shed light on such an important issue in Qatar and promote awareness in the community, especially among Education City students, about the challenges experienced by the thousands of immigrant workers that greatly contribute to the development of Qatar,"
Pessoa says.
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