Conference Time: 3rd May 2025, 05:57:56am CEST
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8:00amRegistration starts from 8:00am Location: Entrance of the ILO Building - Door 5 (R2 north)
9:00am - 10:30amParallel Session 4.1: Labour Market Transitions Location: Room XI (R2 south) Session Chair: Juan Chacaltana
9:00am - 10:30amParallel Session 4.2: Special Session on Trade and Decent Work (I) Location: Room III (R3 south)
9:00am - 10:30amParallel Session 4.3: Flexibility and Job Insecurity Location: Room A (R1 temporary building) Session Chair: Greg J. Bamber
9:00am - 10:30amParallel Session 4.4: Labour Rights: Assessing Effectiveness and Performance Location: Room E (R1 temporary building) Session Chair: Kamala Sankaran
9:00am - 10:30amParallel Session 4.5: Labour Rights in the Gig Economy (I) Location: Room II (R3 south) Session Chair: Edward Webster
9:00am - 10:30amParallel Session 4.6: Occupational Gender Segregation and Solutions Location: Room V (R3 south) Session Chair: Núria Sánchez-Mira
9:00am - 10:30amParallel Session 4.7: Wages & Working Conditions (III) Location: Cinema room (R2 south) Session Chair: Damian Grimshaw
9:00am - 10:30amParallel Session 4.8: ILR Special Issue on Interlinked Crises and the World of Work (I) Location: Room I (R3 south) Session Chair: Aristea Koukiadaki
10:30am - 11:00am☕ Coffee break Location: Espace Gobelin (R2 south)
11:00am - 12:30pmParallel Session 5.1: Decent Work in Crises Context Location: Room XI (R2 south) Session Chair: Sukti Dasgupta
11:00am - 12:30pmParallel Session 5.2: Special Session on Trade and Decent Work (II) Location: Room III (R3 south)
11:00am - 12:30pmParallel Session 5.3: Preventing Violence and Sexual Harassment Location: Room A (R1 temporary building) Session Chair: Deirdre McCann
11:00am - 12:30pmParallel Session 5.4: Special Session on Social Justice and the World of Work Location: Room E (R1 temporary building)
11:00am - 12:30pmParallel Session 5.5: Labour Rights in the Gig Economy (II) Location: Room II (R3 south) Session Chair: Eva Kocher
11:00am - 12:30pmParallel Session 5.6: Special Session on Paid and Unpaid Domestic Work in Urban India Location: Room V (R3 south)
11:00am - 12:30pmParallel Session 5.7: Role of Social Dialogue Location: Cinema room (R2 south) Session Chair: Vincenzo Maccarrone
11:00am - 12:30pmParallel Session 5.8: ILR Special Issue on Interlinked Crises and the World of Work (II) Location: Room I (R3 south) Session Chair: Esther Barrett
12:30pm - 2:00pm🥣 Lunch break
12:45pm - 1:45pmDiscussion of WESO 2023: The Value of Essential Work Location: Room V (R3 south) Presenters:
Janine Berg, Sévane Ananian, Hannah Liepmann, ILO
Discussants:
Ian Greer, Cornell University
Shahra Razavi, ILO
2:00pm - 3:30pmParallel Session 6.1: Youth Employment Location: Room XI (R2 south) Session Chair: Sher Verick
2:00pm - 3:30pmParallel Session 6.2: Special on Free Trade Agreements and International Labour Rights Location: Room III (R3 south)
2:00pm - 3:30pmParallel Session 6.3: Special Session on Job Quality Location: Room A (R1 temporary building)
2:00pm - 3:30pmParallel Session 6.4: Governance and Decent Work in Global Value Chains Location: Room E (R1 temporary building) Session Chair: Gerhard Reinecke
2:00pm - 3:30pmParallel Session 6.5: Organizing Informal Workers Location: Room II (R3 south) Session Chair: Winifred R. Poster
2:00pm - 3:30pmParallel Session 6.6: Special Session on Formalising Paid Domestic Work (I) Location: Room V (R3 south)
2:00pm - 3:30pmParallel Session 6.7: Social Dialogue in Times of Crisis Location: Cinema room (R2 south) Session Chair: Sarosh Kuruvilla
2:00pm - 3:30pmParallel Session 6.8: ILR Special Issue on Interlinked Crises and the World of Work (III) Location: Room I (R3 south) Session Chair: Aristea Koukiadaki
3:30pm - 4:00pm☕ Coffee break Location: Espace Gobelin (R2 south)
4:00pm - 5:30pmParallel Session 7.1: Decent Work and Supply Side Considerations Location: Room XI (R2 south) Session Chair: Imraan Valodia
4:00pm - 5:30pmParallel Session 7.2: Special Session on M-POWERing the Labour Movement Location: Room III (R3 south)
4:00pm - 5:30pmParallel Session 7.3: Special Session on Health and Safety at Work for Key Workers Location: Room A (R1 temporary building)
4:00pm - 5:30pmParallel Session 7.4: Combating Forced Labour Location: Room E (R1 temporary building) Session Chair: Ana Virginia Gomes
4:00pm - 5:30pmParallel Session 7.5: Gig Economy: Labour Protests and Collective Bargaining Location: Room II (R3 south) Session Chair: Silvia Rainone
4:00pm - 5:30pmParallel Session 7.6: Special Session on Digital Intermediaries in Domestic and Care Work Location: Room V (R3 south)
4:00pm - 5:30pmParallel Session 7.7: Special Session on the Challenges of Understanding the Content of Collective Bargaining Location: Cinema room (R2 south)
4:00pm - 5:30pmParallel Session 7.8: ILR Special Issue on Interlinked Crises and the World of Work (IV) Location: Room I (R3 south) Session Chair: Aristea Koukiadaki
5:30pm - 7:00pmPlenary 2: How to revalue work and ensure decent working conditions Location: Room A (R1 temporary building) Moderator:
Jill Rubery, University of Manchester
Discussants:
Maria Jepsen, Eurofound
Kamala Sankaran, National Law School, Bengaluru
Dzifa Torvieky, University of Ghana
Alma Espino, Interdisciplinary Center for Development Studies, Uruguay
8:00amRegistration starts from 8:00am Location: Entrance of the ILO Building - Door 5 (R2 north)
9:00am - 10:30amParallel Session 8.1: Promoting Decent Work in Times of Crisis Location: Room XI (R2 south) Session Chair: Georg Picot
9:00am - 10:30amParallel Session 8.2: Digitalisation in Global Value Chains Location: Room III (R3 south) Session Chair: David Campbell Francis
9:00am - 10:30amParallel Session 8.3: Social Protection in Times of Crisis (I) Location: Room A (R1 temporary building) Session Chair: Lou Juliette Alexandra Tessier
9:00am - 10:30amParallel Session 8.4: Regulatory Innovations and Work Transformation Location: Room E (R1 temporary building) Session Chair: Lisa Tortell
9:00am - 10:30amParallel Session 8.5: Special Session on Social Dialogue in the Gig Economy Location: Room II (R3 south)
9:00am - 10:30amParallel Session 8.6: Special Session on Formalising Paid Domestic Work (II) Location: Room V (R3 south)
9:00am - 10:30amParallel Session 8.7: New Approaches to Organising Workers Location: Cinema room (R2 south) Session Chair: Agnieszka Piasna
9:00am - 10:30amParallel 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) Session 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
10:30am - 11:00am☕ Coffee break Location: Espace Gobelin (R2 south)
11:00am - 12:30pmParallel Session 9.1: Digitalisation, Transitions and Structural Transformation Location: Room XI (R2 south) Session Chair: Sarah Bridget Cook
11:00am - 12:30pmParallel Session 9.2: Global Values Chains and Invisible Workforce Location: Room III (R3 south) Session Chair: Guillaume Delautre
11:00am - 12:30pmParallel Session 9.3: Social Protection in Times of Crisis (II) Location: Room A (R1 temporary building) Session Chair: Christina Behrendt
11:00am - 12:30pmParallel Session 9.4: Transnational Challenges for Labour Rights Location: Room E (R1 temporary building) Session Chair: Jeong-Hee Lee
11:00am - 12:30pmParallel Session 9.5: The Quest for Decent Work in the Gig Economy Location: Room II (R3 south) Session Chair: Fang Lee Cooke
11:00am - 12:30pmParallel Session 9.6: Work-life Balance and Remote Work Location: Room V (R3 south) Session Chair: Jill Rubery
11:00am - 12:30pmParallel Session 9.7: Special Session on Institutional Experimentation in the COVID-era Location: Cinema room (R2 south)
12:30pm - 2:00pm🥣 Lunch break
12:45pm - 1:45pmInformation 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 - 3:30pmParallel Session 10.1: Interlinkages Between Decent Work and Social Protection Location: Room XI (R2 south) Session Chair: Florence Bonnet
2:00pm - 3:30pmParallel Session 10.2: Migrant Workers Location: Room III (R3 south) Session Chair: Fabiola Mieres
2:00pm - 3:30pmParallel Session 10.3: Social Protection in Times of Crisis (III) Location: Room A (R1 temporary building) Session Chair: Helmut Schwarzer
2:00pm - 3:30pmParallel Session 10.4
2:00pm - 3:30pmParallel Session 10.5: Innovation in Strategies and Research: Examples from Platform Work and Informal Work Location: Room II (R3 south) Session Chair: Halefom Hailu Abraha
2:00pm - 3:30pmParallel Session 10.6: Special Session on Decent Work for Sex Workers Location: Room V (R3 south)
2:00pm - 3:30pmParallel Session 10.7: Work and Well-being in the Informal Economy Location: Cinema room (R2 south) Session Chair: Simel Esim
3:30pm - 4:00pm☕ Coffee break Location: ILO Restaurant (R2 north)
4:00pm - 5:30pmPlenary 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 - 6:00pmClosing Ceremony and Award of RDW Prize Location: Room A (R1 temporary building) Session Chair: Sangheon Lee