Conference Time: 26th July 2025, 10:41:58pm CEST
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8:00am Registration starts from 8:00am Location: Entrance of the ILO Building - Door 5 (R2 north)
9:00am Parallel Session 8.1: South African Labour Market: Informality, Unemployment, and Policy Responses Location: Library Room (Jura) (R2 south) Chair: Sher Verick Parallel Session 8.2: Presentation and Discussion on Social Dialogue Report 2024 Location: Room C (R1 temporary building) Chair: Lieve Verboven Parallel Session 8.3: Improving Job Quality: The Role of Collective Bargaining and Labour Regulation Location: Room B (R1 temporary building) Chair: Marlese Von Broembsen Parallel Session 8.4: Wage Policies and Labour Market Outcomes Location: Room D (R1 temporary building) Chair: Elva Lopez Mourelo Parallel Session 8.5: Special Session on Opportunities and Pitfalls of Work 4.0 Location: Room E (R1 temporary building) Chair: Uma Rani Parallel Session 8.6: Protecting Vulnerable Workers: Addressing Discrimination, Harassment, and Marginalisation in the Workplace Location: Auditorium (Cinema Room) (R2 south) Chair: Lucy Taksa Parallel Session 8.7: Beyond the Household: Recognising and Protecting Domestic Workers' Rights Location: Room II (R3 south) Chair: Abigail Osiki Parallel Session 8.8: Special Session on Liberating Migrant Labour Location: Room A (R1 temporary building) Chair: Fabiola Mieres
10:30am ☕ Coffee break Location: Gobelins (R2 south)
11:00am Parallel Session 9.1: Co-sponsored Session with Levy Economics Institute on "Designing Effective Job Guarantee Programs" Location: Library Room (Jura) (R2 south) Chair: Mito Tsukamoto Chair: Kate Philip Parallel Session 9.2: Productive Employment Opportunities, Power Resources and Labour Relations Location: Room C (R1 temporary building) Chair: Jeong-Hee Lee Parallel Session 9.4: Special Session on Mandatory Mediation and Effectiveness of the Labour Law Location: Room D (R1 temporary building) Chair: Duygu Hatipoğlu Aydın Parallel Session 9.5: Regulating Platform Work in Brazil: Challenges, Opportunities, and Worker Perspectives Location: Room E (R1 temporary building) Chair: Gerry Rodgers Parallel Session 9.6: Special Session 1: Decent Work as a Pathway Location: Auditorium (Cinema Room) (R2 south) Chair: Ishbel McWha-Hermann Parallel Session 9.7: Special Session on Violence and Harassment in the World of Work Location: Room II (R3 south) Chair: Ira Postolachi Parallel Session 9.8: Special Session on Experimenting in a State of Polycrisis Location: Room A (R1 temporary building) Chair: Dalia Gesualdi-Fecteau
12:30pm 🥣 Lunch break
2:00pm Parallel Session 10.1: Measurement Approaches to Growth and Development Location: Library Room (Jura) (R2 south) Chair: Rick Samans Parallel Session 10.2: Special Session on Challenging Automation and Gender Justice Location: Room C (R1 temporary building) Chair: Geeta Thatra Chair: Shardha Rajam Parallel Session 10.3: Extending Social Protection to Workers in the Informal Economy: The Role of Policy Innovation and Social dialogue Location: Room B (R1 temporary building) Chair: Helmut Schwarzer Parallel Session 10.4: Special Session on Strengthening Labour and Social Protection for Domestic Worker Location: Room D (R1 temporary building) Chair: Claire Elizabeth Hobden Parallel Session 10.5: Regulating the Platform economy: Lessons from the Global South Location: Room E (R1 temporary building) Chair: M. Six Silberman Parallel Session 10.6: Special Session 2: Decent Work as a Pathway Location: Auditorium (Cinema Room) (R2 south) Chair: Ishbel McWha-Hermann Parallel Session 10.8: Special Session on Protecting Workers with Chronic Illnesses Location: Room A (R1 temporary building) Chair: Valeria Filì
3:30pm ☕ Coffee break Location: Gobelins (R2 south)
4:00pm Plenary 3: Rethinking our Economic Model for Decent Work and Human Development Location: Governing Body Room (R3 south) Chair: Rick Samans Panellists: Pedro Conceição, Director, UNDP;
5:30pm Closing remarks by Celeste Drake, Deputy Director General, ILO and Award of the RDW Prize Location: Governing Body Room (R3 south) Chair: Caroline Fredrickson Followed by remarks from academic partners:
● Gerhard Bosch, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
● Jeong-Hee Lee, Korea Labour Institute, Korea, Republic of (South Korea)
● Dina Bishara, Cornell University, United States of America
