Conference Agenda

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Session Overview
Date: Thursday, 03/July/2025
8:00am Registration starts from 8:00am
Location: Entrance of the ILO Building - Door 5 (R2 north)
9:00am
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10:30am
Parallel Session 4.1: Special Session on Decent Work and the Sustainable Development Goals
Location: Library Room (Jura) (R2 south)
Chair: Christoph Scherrer
Parallel Session 4.2: Innovative Approaches to Organising Precarious Workers: Building Power in the Informal Economy
Location: Room C (R1 temporary building)
Chair: Olivia de Quintana Figueiredo Pasqualeto
Parallel Session 4.3: Book Presentation on Social Law 4.0
Location: Room B (R1 temporary building)
Chair: Olga Chesalina
Parallel Session 4.4: Beyond Compliance: Rethinking Labour Law Enforcement to Address Exploitation
Location: Room D (R1 temporary building)
Chair: Martin Oelz
Parallel Session 4.5: Beyond the Algorithm: Understanding the Human Impact of Platform Work
Location: Room E (R1 temporary building)
Chair: Aditya Ray
Parallel Session 4.6: Algorithmic Transparency and Accountability in the Workplace: Legal and Regulatory Approaches
Location: Auditorium (Cinema Room) (R2 south)
Chair: Morgan Williams
Parallel Session 4.7: Special Session on Digital Intermediaries in Domestic and Care Work
Location: Room II (R3 south)
Chair: Claire Elizabeth Hobden
Chair: Lorena Poblete
Parallel Session 4.8: Occupational Health and Safety in Global Supply Chains: Addressing the Risks to Workers' Health
Location: Room A (R1 temporary building)
Chair: Ockert Dupper
10:30am
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11:00am
☕ Coffee break
Location: Gobelins (R2 south)
11:00am
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12:30pm
Parallel Session 5.1: Digitalisation and Labour Market Dynamics: Exploring the Impact on Skills, Wages, and Employment Opportunities
Location: Library Room (Jura) (R2 south)
Chair: Olga Strietska-Ilina
Parallel Session 5.2: Empowering Workers in a Changing World: Agency, Participation, and Social Dialogue
Location: Room C (R1 temporary building)
Chair: Greg J Bamber
Parallel Session 5.3: Special Session on Living Wages and Decent Work
Location: Room B (R1 temporary building)
Chair: Paulien Osse
Parallel Session 5.4: Strengthening Labour Law Enforcement: Exploring New Strategies
Location: Room D (R1 temporary building)
Chair: Aristea Koukiadaki
Parallel Session 5.5: Regulating Platform Work: Challenges and Opportunities for Workers' Rights and Protections
Location: Room E (R1 temporary building)
Chair: Dafne Papandrea
Parallel Session 5.6: Special Session on World Bank's Business Ready Project
Location: Auditorium (Cinema Room) (R2 south)
Chair: Deirdre McCann
Parallel Session 5.7: Special Session on Digital Intermediaries in Domestic and Care Work
Location: Room II (R3 south)
Chair: Francisca Pereyra
Chair: Anna Olsen
Parallel Session 5.8: Enforcing Compliance and Labour Governance: Innovative Approaches
Location: Room A (R1 temporary building)
Chair: Fabiola Mieres
12:30pm
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2:00pm
🥣 Lunch break
1:00pm
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2:00pm
Information Session: Introducing 'Work-Net International'
Location: Library Room (Jura) (R2 south)
Chair: Jill Rubery
Other Speakers:
Caroline Fredrickson, ILO;
Dalia Gesualdi-Fecteau, University of Montreal
2:00pm
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3:30pm
Parallel Session 6.1: Decent Work in Diverse Contexts: Rethinking Policies and Institutions
Location: Library Room (Jura) (R2 south)
Chair: Christoph Scherrer
Parallel Session 6.2: Social Dialogue and the Informal Economy: Building Bridges for Inclusive Labour Relations
Location: Room C (R1 temporary building)
Chair: Elizabeth Frantz
Parallel Session 6.3: Remote Work: Implications for Labour Market Institutions and Work-life balance
Location: Room B (R1 temporary building)
Chair: Christiane Kuptsch
Parallel Session 6.4: Innovations in Labour Regulation and Enforcement: Global Perspectives
Location: Room D (R1 temporary building)
Chair: Leah Vosko
Parallel Session 6.5: Regulating Platform Work in India: Emerging Legal Frameworks and Worker Experiences
Location: Room E (R1 temporary building)
Chair: Miriam Cherry
Parallel Session 6.6: Special Session on Normative Frameworks for Social Justice
Location: Auditorium (Cinema Room) (R2 south)
Chair: Corinne Vargha
Chair: Sukti Dasgupta
Parallel Session 6.7: Platformisation of Care and Domestic Work: Reshaping Labour Relations and the Boundaries of Decent Work
Location: Room II (R3 south)
Chair: Anam Parvez Butt
Parallel Session 6.8: Access to Rights and Justice for Migrant Workers: Challenges and Strategies
Location: Room A (R1 temporary building)
Chair: Fabiola Mieres
3:30pm
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4:00pm
☕ Coffee break
Location: Gobelins (R2 south)
4:00pm
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5:30pm
Parallel Session 7.1: Special Session on the Politics of Unpaid Labour
Location: Library Room (Jura) (R2 south)
Chair: Uma Rani
Parallel Session 7.2: Gender Equality in the Workplace: New Approaches to Worker Representation
Location: Room C (R1 temporary building)
Chair: Suneha Seetahul
Parallel Session 7.3: Sectoral Variations in Worker representation: Perspectives from Manufacturing, Banking, and E-Commerce
Location: Room B (R1 temporary building)
Chair: Dora Sari
Parallel Session 7.4: Beyond Traditional OSH: Addressing the Impacts of Technology and Informal Work on Worker Well-being
Location: Room D (R1 temporary building)
Chair: Claire La Hovary
Parallel Session 7.5: Exploring the Impact of AI, Automation, and Platformisation on Labour Markets
Location: Room E (R1 temporary building)
Chair: Carin Håkansta
Parallel Session 7.6: Special Session on Institutional Change in Times of War
Location: Auditorium (Cinema Room) (R2 south)
Chair: Eva Kocher
Parallel Session 7.7: Role of Labour Institutions in Protecting Vulnerable Workers: Case Studies from Healthcare and Domestic Work
Location: Room II (R3 south)
Chair: Ivana Pais
Parallel Session 7.8: Book discussion: Migrant Work by Another Name: Differential Inclusion and Precarity in Canada’s International Mobility Program
Location: Room A (R1 temporary building)
Chair: Adelle Blackett
5:30pm
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7:00pm
Plenary 2: Access to Protection and Legal Rights
Location: Governing Body Room (R3 south)
Chair: Caroline Fredrickson
Presenters: Professor Guy Davidov and Professor Kamala Sankaran (member of the ILO Committee of Experts)
Discussant: Adelle Blackett (Senior Adviser to the DG, ILO)

 
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