Plenary Session

09.00 - 09.10 Introduction by:
H.E. Ms. Régine De Clercq
Ambassador for Migration and Asylum Policy
Belgian Executive Director of the GFMD

09.10-10.30
Plenary Session in the presence of His Majesty King Albert II

Opening Speeches

• H.E. Mr. Guy Verhofstadt, Prime Minister of Belgium
• H.E. Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations

Keynote Speaker

• H.E. Mr. José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission

Special guest Speakers

• H.E. Sir John Kaputin, Secretary-General of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States
• H.E. Professor Alpha Oumar Konare, Former President of Mali, Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union
• Professor Ernesto Zedillo, Director of the Yale Center for the Study of Globalization, former President of Mexico

10.30-13.00 Plenary Session and General Debate

10.30 - 12.00 Interventions of participants
Chair: H.E. Ms. Régine De Clercq, Ambassador for Migration and Asylum Policy - Belgian Executive Director of the GFMD

12.00-13.00 Report of the Civil Society Day: Findings and discussions

• Moderator: Professor Susan Martin, Executive Director of the Institute for the Study of International Migration in the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University