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Conference Agenda

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Date: Wednesday, 12/July/2023
8:00am	Registration starts from 8:00am Location: Entrance of the ILO Building - Door 5 (R2 north)
9:00am - 10:30am	Parallel Session 8.1: Promoting Decent Work in Times of Crisis Location: Room XI (R2 south) Chair: Georg Picot Can a Universal Basic Income Contribute to Decent Work and Inclusive Development? Reflections From the South African Experience Neil Coleman, Kelle Howson Covid-19 and the Labour Market – Major Opportunities and Risks of Short-time Work Compensation Schemes Ulrich Walwei Post COVID-19 phase and Recovery of the Informal Economy in Bangladesh: Perspective and Emerging Challenges Kazi Mahmudur Rahman	Parallel Session 8.2: Digitalisation in Global Value Chains Location: Room III (R3 south) Chair: David Campbell Francis Digital Jobs in Developing Economies: Can Digitalisation Drive Structural Transformation? Sarah Bridget Cook, Uma Rani The Role of Competition Amongst Workers in BPO-AI Supply Chains: Evidence From Indian Data Labellers Raghav Mehrotra, Aditi Surie Ground Control using Automation: Implications for Content Moderators and Service Suppliers Sana Ahmad The Kaldor-Verdoorn Law at the Age of Robots and AI Andrea Borsato, André Lorentz	Parallel Session 8.3: Social Protection in Times of Crisis (I) Location: Room A (R1 temporary building) Chair: Lou Juliette Alexandra Tessier Sustainable Financing of Social Protection in the G20 Umberto Cattaneo, Helmut Schwarzer A Rights-based Approach to Social Protection Floors: The Case of Childcare Workers in the United States Mariapia Rueda Discontinuous Workers and Social Security System After the Pandemic Crisis: The Strengthening of Supplementary Pension System From a “Welfare Mix” Perspective Luisa Monterossi, Maria Giovannone	Parallel Session 8.4: Regulatory Innovations and Work Transformation Location: Room E (R1 temporary building) Chair: Lisa Tortell Regulatory Strategies of Retail Trade Unions in the Face of Socio-technical Transformations: the Case of Functional Flexibility Schemes in Chilean Supermarkets Alejandro Castillo Larrain Regulating Psychosocial Risks Through The Humanisation Of Work Principle Joanna Grace Helme Paid Sick Leave Laws and the Spread of Covid-19 Or Eliezer Shay
9:00am - 10:30am	Parallel Session 8.5: Special Session on Social Dialogue in the Gig Economy Location: Room II (R3 south) Social Dialogue in the Gig Economy: A Comparative Empirical Analysis Chair(s): Jean-Michel Bonvin, Nicola Cianferoni, Maria Mexi Presentations of the Special Session Regulating the Gig Economy: Promises and Limits of Social Dialogue in Switzerland Jean-Michel Bonvin, Nicola Cianferoni, Luca Perrig Weakening Worker Protections? Uncovering the Gig Economy and the Future of Work in the UK Tom Montgomery, Simone Baglioni Social Partnership and the Gig Economy in Greece: Continuity or Discontinuity? Maria Mexi	Parallel Session 8.6: Special Session on Formalising Paid Domestic Work (II) Location: Room V (R3 south) Formalising Paid Domestic Work (II): Actors’ Perceptions, Strategies and Power Chair(s): Francisca Pereyra, Karen Jaehrling Presentations of the Special Session The Role of Domestic Workers’ Organizations in Labour Standards Enforcement: The Case of Jamaica Simon Black, Lauren Marsh Behavioral Determinants of Social Security: Experiences in Drawing Systematic Insights and Promote Behavioral Change in the ILO's Work. Claire Hobden, Paulius Yasmin-Slotkus “I Have Nothing to Complain About”: Deterrents to Formalizing Domestic Work Friederike Fleischer From Dead Letter to Functional Policy? Domestic Worker Rights in Peru Leda Pérez, Andrea Gandolfi	Parallel Session 8.7: New Approaches to Organising Workers Location: Cinema room (R2 south) Chair: Agnieszka Piasna Trade Union Rights, Democracy and Trade: An Industry-level Approach David Kucera, Leanne Roncolato, Mark Anner, Dora Sari Union And Informal Worker Organizing With Information Technology: Emerging Patterns And Policy Opportunities Hannah O'Rourke, Edward Saperia, Hannah Johnston, M. Six Silberman Grassroot Organizing in Indonesia: Independent Union Fight for Workers' Right through Social Media Nabiyla Risfa Izzati	Parallel Session 8.8: Outcome Metrics for Corporate Reporting Requirements for the EU Legislation on Human Rights and Environmental Due Diligence Location: Room I (R3 south) Chair: Sarosh Kuruvilla Presentation: Sarosh Kuruvilla, Global Labor Institute, Cornell University Panelists: Dan Rees, ILO Arianna Rossi, ILO Better Work Anil Verma, University of Toronto Outcome Metrics for Corporate Reporting Requirements for the EU Legislation on Human Rights and Environmental Due Diligence and the German Supply Chain Due Diligence Legislation Kuruvilla Sarosh
10:30am - 11:00am	☕ Coffee break Location: Espace Gobelin (R2 south)
11:00am - 12:30pm	Parallel Session 9.1: Digitalisation, Transitions and Structural Transformation Location: Room XI (R2 south) Chair: Sarah Bridget Cook Digital Transformation of Work and Employment – The Case of Swiss MSEs relating to COVID-19 Alain Neher, Lucia Wuersch, Alfred Wong, Marc K. Peter The Interplay Between Orchestration of Digital Innovations and Information Asymmetries in the Kenyan Labour Market Aggrey Makokha Ndombi Formal and Informal Sector Growth in Indian Manufacturing: Role of Structural Transformation and Subcontracting Linkages Angarika Rakshit	Parallel Session 9.2: Global Values Chains and Invisible Workforce Location: Room III (R3 south) Chair: Guillaume Delautre The Invisible Labour in Reversed Global Value Chains: Tracing Waste Destruction Networks Between Germany and Turkey Safak Tartanoglu Bennett, Vera Weghmann Do Large-Scale Training Programs Increase Social Upgrading in Global Value Chains? Alessandro Guasti, Matthew Amengual, Damian Raess	Parallel Session 9.3: Social Protection in Times of Crisis (II) Location: Room A (R1 temporary building) Chair: Christina Behrendt Institutional Linkages Between National Social Health Protection And Occupational Health Services Systems: A Scoping Review Aurore Iradukunda, Marietou Niang, Tessier Lou, Tatiana Agbadje, Gloria Ayivi-Vinz, Ana Catalina Ramirez, Frédéric Bergeron, Dejan Loncar Decent Work? Social Protection, Unemployment and the Crisis of Social Reproduction: Insights from Agincourt, South Africa David Campbell Francis	Parallel Session 9.4: Transnational Challenges for Labour Rights Location: Room E (R1 temporary building) Chair: Jeong-Hee Lee Addressing Labour Rights Abuse in Public Health Supply Chains: Cutting, Nudging and Engaging Olga Martin-Ortega, Martina Trusgnach, Cindy Berman Collectivism and Transnational Labour: Challenges of the Non-Permanent and Terminated Indian Cabin Crew Rinju Rasaily
11:00am - 12:30pm	Parallel Session 9.5: The Quest for Decent Work in the Gig Economy Location: Room II (R3 south) Chair: Fang Lee Cooke Autonomy and Control in Gig Economy and Platform Work: Domestic and Home Repair Workers in Turkey Kadir Uysal, Cemil Boyraz Distributive Justice at Work: Understanding the Experiences and Perceptions of Distributive Justice in the Workplace for On-Demand Platform based Gig Workers Anindya Ganguly, Amit Dhiman Content Marketplaces As Digital Labour Platforms: Towards Accountable Algorithmic Management And Decent Work For Content Creators M. Six Silberman, Sangh Rakshita, Halefom Abraha, Jeremias Adams-Prassl	Parallel Session 9.6: Work-life Balance and Remote Work Location: Room V (R3 south) Chair: Jill Rubery Work-life Balance Policies: How to Face the Correlation Between Gender Gap and Vulnerability Risk? Marina De Angelis, Rosita Zucaro Teleworking, Work Life Balance And The Right To Disconnect: Can Current And Emerging Law Adequately Protect Teleworkers? Amanda Jane Reilly Measuring the Impact of Induced Telework on Female Employment in Portugal: Overview, Legal Novelties and Policy Suggestions Ekaterina Reznikova Challenges for Collective Bargaining in the Quest for Decent Remote Work Agnieszka Piasna, Kurt Vandaele	Parallel Session 9.7: Special Session on Institutional Experimentation in the COVID-era Location: Cinema room (R2 south) Institutional Experimentation in the COVID-era: a Pathway to Better Work? Chair(s): Émilie Genin, Dalia Gesualdi-Fecteau, Mélanie Laroche Presentations of the Special Session The Future of Social Protection in Canada: Lessons From the COVID-19 Crisis Dalia Gesualdi-Fecteau, Lucie Lamarche Post-COVID-19 Employment Trajectories of Women in Quebec : Advances, Setbacks or status quo? Émilie Genin, Mélanie Laroche, Patrice Jalette, Éléonore Danthine Negotiation in Times of Crisis: What Adaptations to Labour and Employment Rules in the Context of the Covid-19 Pandemic in Quebec? Mélanie Laroche, Patrice Jalette
12:30pm - 2:00pm	🥣 Lunch break
12:45pm - 1:45pm	Information and Brainstorm Session: Promoting Freedom of Association and Collective Bargaining Through Research, Engagement and Action Location: Room V (R3 south) Speakers: Manuela Tomei, ADG, Governance, Rights and Dialogue Cluster Chris Kazlauskas, Deputy Director, Office of Trade and Labor Affairs, ILAB, USDOL Susan Hayter, Lead Researcher, Social Dialogue Report 2022: Collective bargaining for an inclusive, sustainable, and resilient recovery, ILO Mark Anner, Professor, Director of the Center for Global Workers’ Rights, Penn State University
2:00pm - 3:30pm	Parallel Session 10.1: Interlinkages Between Decent Work and Social Protection Location: Room XI (R2 south) Chair: Florence Bonnet Government-to-People Cooperation: Co-producing Social Protection Infrastructure for Indonesian Labourers in Malaysia Pamungkas A. Dewanto Extended Protection Responsibility? Informal Workers Organizations’ Creative Leveraging of Regulation to Negotiate Access to Decent Work and Social Protection Beyond the State and Formal Employment Florian Juergens-Grant, Laura Alfers The Metro Manila Council Resolutions that Transgress the Constitutional Right of Street Vendors: The Need for a Legislative Reform in Street Vending Emily Christi Armayan Cabegin	Parallel Session 10.2: Migrant Workers Location: Room III (R3 south) Chair: Fabiola Mieres Promised Land: Foreign Workers' Experiences in the Quebec Food Processing Industry Blandine Emilien Walking a Tightrope? Progress and Barriers in Freedom of Association Rights for Migrant Workers Rachel Ruth Alexander, Fabiola Mieres	Parallel Session 10.3: Social Protection in Times of Crisis (III) Location: Room A (R1 temporary building) Chair: Helmut Schwarzer Candle in the Wind? Insights from a COVID-19 Emergency Cash Transfer to Informal Sector Workers in Sierra Leone Samik Adhikari, Suneha Seetahul Rethinking the Decent Work-Social Protection Nexus: Lessons Learned from the Covid-19 Pandemic in Cambodia’s Garment Sector Sabina Lawreniuk, Katherine Brickell, Lauren McCarthy	Parallel Session 10.4
2:00pm - 3:30pm	Parallel Session 10.5: Innovation in Strategies and Research: Examples from Platform Work and Informal Work Location: Room II (R3 south) Chair: Halefom Hailu Abraha Social Protection for Platform Workers in the European Union Olga Chesalina Fair Work for Platform Workers: Innovative Strategies Sandy Fredman, Darcy du Toit, Alessio Bertolini, Jonas C L Valente, Mark Graham Data Mining and Machine Learning: A Cutting-Edge Approach to Address Informal Work Ada Huibregtse, Eleni Alogogianni	Parallel Session 10.6: Special Session on Decent Work for Sex Workers Location: Room V (R3 south) Towards Decent Work for Sex Workers Chair(s): Karin Astrid Siegmann Discussant(s): Thierry Schaffauser Presentations of the Special Session From Precarity to Hyper-precarity: Effects of Third Party and Workplace Criminalisation on Sex Workers Lilith Brouwers Sex Workers’ Everyday Security in the Netherlands and the Impact of COVID-19 María Inés Cubides Kovacsics, Wáleri Santos, Karin Astrid Siegmann Testing the Employment Status of Online Pornography in Times of Crisis: Adult Content Creators as Workers Rebecca Rose Nocella Building Blocks for a Sex Worker Exploitation Index Marjan Wijers, Ine Vanwesenbeeck	Parallel Session 10.7: Work and Well-being in the Informal Economy Location: Cinema room (R2 south) Chair: Simel Esim Promoting Sustainable Development and Decent Work in Africa’s Informal Economy Through the Social and Solidarity Economy: Introducing a Conceptual Model and New Tool for Policy and Practice Jürgen Schwettmann, Michael Bull, Helen Wadham Women Social Sellers in Nigeria: Training, Safety and Redress Savita Bailur, Olayinka David-West
3:30pm - 4:00pm	☕ Coffee break Location: ILO Restaurant (R2 north)
4:00pm - 5:30pm	Plenary 3: Addressing the Interlinked Crises and the World of Work Location: Room A (R1 temporary building) Moderator: Sangheon Lee, ILO Discussants: Eddie Webster, University of Witwatersrand Richard Kozul-Wright, UNCTAD Shahra Razavi, ILO Daniel Kostzer, ITUC Akustina Morni, IOE
5:30pm - 6:00pm	Closing Ceremony and Award of RDW Prize Location: Room A (R1 temporary building) Chair: Sangheon Lee

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