On 20 November 2012 the Netherlands Demographic Society (NVD) hosted the 5th Dutch Demography Day. The day started with a plenary session about the "battle for talent", which address knowledge migration and the migration of higher educated in relationship with the current developments in the labour market. The plenary speakers were Maarten Vleugel (INDIAC) and Jeroen Doomernik (AISSR/IMES). The plenary session was followed by three rounds of parallel sessions. Summaries of the presentations and posters can be found in the Book of Abstracts.