Conference Agenda

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Session Overview
Date: Monday, 10/July/2023
8:00amRegistration starts from 8:00am
Location: Entrance of the ILO Building - Door 5 (R2 north)
8:00am - 9:00am☕ Welcome coffee and tea
Location: ILO Restaurant (R2 north)
9:00am - 9:30amOpening Ceremony
Location: Room A (R1 temporary building)
Session Chair: Uma Rani
9:30am - 11:00amPlenary 1: Keynote Address
Location: Room A (R1 temporary building)
Session Chair: Sangheon Lee
Rosemary Batt on "Regulating Finance for Decent Work: Bringing Capital Back In"
11:00am - 11:30am☕ Coffee break
Location: ILO Restaurant (R2 north)
11:30am - 1:00pmParallel Session 1.1: Macroeconomic Policies in Times of Crisis
Location: Room XI (R2 south)
Session Chair: Sangheon Lee
11:30am - 1:00pmParallel Session 1.2: Challenges to Decent Work in Manufacturing GVCs
Location: Room III (R3 south)
Session Chair: Guillaume Delautre
11:30am - 1:00pmParallel Session 1.3: Public Policies to Ensure Decent Work
Location: Room A (R1 temporary building)
Session Chair: Praveen Jha
11:30am - 1:00pmParallel Session 1.4: Public Governance in Times of Crisis
Location: Room E (R1 temporary building)
Session Chair: Valérie Van Goethem
11:30am - 1:00pmParallel Session 1.5: Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence, and Decent Work
Location: Room II (R3 south)
Session Chair: Christina Hiessl
11:30am - 1:00pmParallel Session 1.6: Care Work
Location: Room V (R3 south)
Session Chair: Valeria Esquivel
11:30am - 1:00pmParallel Session 1.7: Minimum Wages in Times of Crisis
Location: Cinema room (R2 south)
Session Chair: Daniel Kostzer
1:00pm - 2:30pm🥣 Lunch break
1:15pm - 2:15pmDiscussion of Global Wage Report 2022–23: The impact of inflation and COVID-19 on wages and purchasing power
Location: Room V (R3 south)
Presenters:
Giulia De Lazzari, ILO
Ding Xu, ILO
Discussants:
Damian Grimshaw, King’s College, London
Nicolò Giangrande, Fondazione Giuseppe Di Vittorio (FDV), Italy
2:30pm - 4:00pmParallel Session 2.1: Reflections on the Concept of Work
Location: Room XI (R2 south)
Session Chair: Sara Elder
2:30pm - 4:00pmParallel Session 2.2: Regulatory Challenges in Agricultural Value Chains
Location: Room III (R3 south)
Session Chair: Stephanie Barrientos
2:30pm - 4:00pmParallel Session 2.3: Decent Work Case Studies
Location: Room A (R1 temporary building)
Session Chair: Olívia de Quintana Figueiredo Pasqualeto
2:30pm - 4:00pmParallel Session 2.4: Ensuring Decent Work in Various Sectors
Location: Room E (R1 temporary building)
Session Chair: Kelly Pike
2:30pm - 4:00pmParallel Session 2.5: Special Session on Impact of Policies on the Gig Economy
Location: Room II (R3 south)
2:30pm - 4:00pmParallel Session 2.6: Persistent Gender Discrimination
Location: Room V (R3 south)
Session Chair: Alma Espino
2:30pm - 4:00pmParallel Session 2.7: Wages & Working Conditions (I)
Location: Cinema room (R2 south)
Session Chair: Gerhard Bosch
4:00pm - 4:30pm☕ Coffee break
Location: Espace Gobelin (R2 south)
4:30pm - 6:00pmParallel Session 3.1: Employment Quality
Location: Room XI (R2 south)
Session Chair: Ulrich Walwei
4:30pm - 6:00pmParallel Session 3.2: Special Session on Better Work Training on Sexual Harassment Prevention
Location: Room III (R3 south)
4:30pm - 6:00pmParallel Session 3.3: Training and Labour Market Integration
Location: Room A (R1 temporary building)
Session Chair: Vicky Leung
4:30pm - 6:00pmParallel Session 3.4: Special Session on Decent Work for Young Workers
Location: Room E (R1 temporary building)
4:30pm - 6:00pmParallel Session 3.5: Gig Economy: Case Studies
Location: Room II (R3 south)
Session Chair: Anil Verma
4:30pm - 6:00pmParallel Session 3.6: Special Session on Gender (in)equality in Turbulent Times
Location: Room V (R3 south)
4:30pm - 6:00pmParallel Session 3.7: Wages & Working Conditions (II)
Location: Cinema room (R2 south)
Session Chair: Kea Tijdens
6:15pmReception
Location: ILO Restaurant (R2 north)
Hosted by the ILO and the Korea Labor Institute.
Date: Tuesday, 11/July/2023
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
Date: Wednesday, 12/July/2023
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