Title: The role of migration in the formation of planetary systems

Abstract: Observations of exoplanets have unveiled a broad diversity of
planetary system architectures, ranging from planets orbiting extremely
close to their host stars with periods of less than one day, to systems
of planets orbiting at great distances from their stellar hosts. One
element of the theoretical work that is being undertaken to understand
the origin of planetary systems, and the observed architectural
diversity, is the study of disc-planet interactions and disc-induced
planetary migration. During this talk I will discuss our current
understanding of planetary migration within the context of planetary
formation theories and the observational data.