CPD RMG Study Stitching a better future for Bangladesh
Published on the ILO website
The 5th Conference of the Regulating for Decent Work Network will gather leading academics at the Headquarters of the ILO, from 3 to 5 of July 2017, to discuss key dimensions of the future of work, with a focus on identifying potential policy and regulatory responses. The organizing committee selected 200 papers to be presented in sessions split in four tracks:
- Work and Society
- Decent Jobs for all: New Jobs for the Future and their Nature
- The Organization of Work and Production: Challenges for Decent Work
- The Governance of Work: Labour regulation’s Complex Future
The conference will also host plenary and special sessions, and documentary exhibitions.
Agenda
The full agenda can be downloaded here . It is also available on the mobile app Conference4me for Android , Windows Phone and iOS – search for “RDW 2017” to download the agenda to your app.
Highlights
Opening Ceremony with Guy Ryder (Director-General, ILO)
Monday, 3 July, 9.00-9.30. GB Room.
Plenary Session no. 1 Care Jobs and the Care Economy – An opportunity for the future of decent work
Monday, 3 July, 9.30-11.00. GB Room.
Speakers: Susan Himmelweit (Open University), Magdalena Sepúlveda (UNRISD), Chidi King (ITUC), Eleonore Kofman (Middlesex University) and Elissa Braunstein (UNCTAD)
Chair: Manuela Tomei (ILO)
Plenary Session 2: Can a universal basic income resolve future income security challenges?
Tuesday, 4 July, 17.00-18.30. GB Room.
Speaker: Olli Kangas (The Social Insurance Institution of Finland), Gerhard Bosch (IAQ Germany), Corina Rodríguez Enríquez (CIEPP Argentina)
Chair: Sandra Polaski
Plenary Session 3: The governance of work: labour regulation’s complex future
Wednesday, 5 July, 16.00-17.30. GB Room.
Speaker: Kerry Rittich (University of Toronto), David Levi-Faur (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
Chair: Moussa Oumarou (ILO)
RDW award for best paper and closing session
Wednesday, 5 July, 17.30-18.00. GB Room.
Guy Ryder (ILO), John Howe (Melbourne Law School), Deirdre McCann (Durham University) and Kea Tijden (AIAS, University of Amsterdam).
Convener: Nicolas Niemtchinow (ILO)
Movie screenings
The True Cost (2015)
Monday, 3 July, 17.30-19.00. ILO Cinema (R2 South).
Directed by Andrew Morgan, is documentary film exploring the impact of fashion on people and the planet.
Discussants: Mark Anner (Penn State University & Center for Global Workers’ Rights), Gary Gereffi (Duke University)
Convener: Uma Rani (ILO)
The Moderators (2017)
Tuesday, 4 July, 12.30-13.30. Espace Gobelin.
Directed by Adrien Chen and Ciaran Cassidy, this short documentary shows the reality of social media monitors in offices in India who ensure social media sites are not taken over by bots and scammers.
