Event
Improving Working Conditions in Supply Chains: Practical Examples & Future Challenges
Global Discussions, Collaborating For Decent Work. With ILO Office for the United States and Canada and the Mosbacher Institute for Trade, Economics and Public Policy.Ìý
8:30am-9:00am | Opening Coffee
9:00am-9:10am | Welcome RemarksÌý
- Mr. Kevin Cassidy – Director, ILO Office for the United States and Canada
- Professor Raymond Robertson – Director of the Mosbacher Institute for Trade, Economics, and Public Policy, Professor, and Helen and Roy Ryu Chair in Economics and Government (In-person)
9:10am-9:15am |ÌýOpening Video Message
- Mr. Guy Ryder – Director-General, ILO
9:15am– 9:35am | Keynote
The Ongoing Challenge of Labor Compliance in Global Value Chains
- Ms. Thea Lee - Deputy Under Secretary for International Labor Affairs, U.S. Department of Labor (In-person)
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9:40am-10:40am | Session 1
Current Challenges and Responses
Moderator: Ms. Gabriela Inchauste – Lead Economist, Poverty and Equity Global Practice, World Bank (In-person)
- Professor Raymond Robertson – Director, Mosbacher Institute for Trade, Economics, and Public Policy, Professor, Bush School of Government, Texas A&M University (In-person)Ìý
- Professor Kelly Pike – School of Human Resource Management, York University (In-person)
- Ms. Gale Raj Reichardt - Research Fellow, WZB (Virtual)
- Ms. Fabiola Mieres - Technical Officer, Labour Migration (ILO) (Virtual)
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10:40am-10:50am | Coffee Break
10:50am-11:30pm
Advancing Equitable Economic Growth And Worker Voice
Moderator: Professor Raymond Robertson – Director, Mosbacher Institute for Trade, Economics, and Public Policy, Professor, Bush School of Government, Texas A&M University (In-person)
- Ambassador Katherine Tai – United States Trade Representative (In-person)
- Mr. Kevin Cassidy – Director and Representative to the Bretton Woods and Multilateral Organizations, ILO Office for the United States and Canada (In-person)
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11:30pm-12:00pm |ÌýLunch Provided
12:00pm-1:15pm | Session 2
Looking Forward: New Approaches and Opportunities
Moderator: Ms. Anna Pienaar – Executive Director, Responsible Labor Alliance and Responsible Glove Alliance (In-person)
- Mr. Josh Kagan – Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Labor, Office of the United States Trade Representative (In-person)
- Mr. Peter Young – Deputy Head of the Trade and Agriculture Section, Delegation of the European Union to the United States (In-person)
- Mr. Scott Nova – Executive Director, Worker Rights Consortium (In-person)
- Professor Jodi Short – Associate Dean for Research & Professor of Law, UC Hastings Law (Virtual)
- Ms. Arianna Rossi – Senior Research and Policy Specialist, Better Work, ILO (Virtual)
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1:15pm-1:30pm | Concluding Comments
- Professor Raymond Robertson – Director of the Mosbacher Institute for Trade, Economics, and Public Policy, Professor, and Helen and Roy Ryu Chair in Economics and Government
- Mr. Kevin Cassidy – Director, ILO Office for the United States and Canada