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Location: Governing Body Room (R3 south)

Date: Wednesday, 02/July/2025

9:00am
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9:30am

Opening remarks by Celeste Drake, Deputy Director General, ILO (Video message)
Location: Governing Body Room (R3 south)
Chair: Caroline Fredrickson

Followed by remarks from academic partners: ● Deirdre McCann, University of Durham, United Kingdom ● Rupa Banerjee, University of Toronto, Canada ● Jill Rubery, University of Manchester, United Kingdom

9:30am
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11:00am

Plenary 1: Keynote Address: Prof. Sir Paul Collier on "Contributive Justice: Why Decent Work Matters and Why it is under Threat"
Location: Governing Body Room (R3 south)
Chair: Sangheon Lee

Date: Thursday, 03/July/2025

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)

Date: Friday, 04/July/2025

4:00pm
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5:30pm

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;
Danielle Guizzo, University of Bristol;
Agustín Mario, Levy Economics Institute of Bard College & Universidad Nacional de Moreno;
Sangheon Lee, ILO

5:30pm
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6:00pm

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