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. 

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8:30am-9:00am | Opening Coffee

9:00am-9:10am | Welcome Remarks 

• 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 | Opening 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)

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) 
• 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)

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)

11:30pm-12:00pm | Lunch 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)

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