Programme
15 November
Opening session
8 -9.30 Registration of participants
9:30-10:30 Welcome speeches
- Georges Dassis, President, European Economic and Social Committee (EESC)
- Guy Ryder, Director-General, International Labour Organization (ILO)
- Marianne Thyssen, EU Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs, Skills and Labour Mobility
10:30-11 Coffee break
11-11.10 Branislav Ondruš, State Secretary at the Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Family of the Slovak Republic
Working sessions
11.10-1 p.m. Work and Society
Session Chair: Luca Jahier, President of "Various Interests" Group, EESC
- Frank Vander Sijpe, Director of HR Research, Securex Belgium
- Wolfgang Greif, EESC Member, Employees' Group
- Tinkara Oblak, Lead Board Member for Employment, European Youth Forum
Debate
Conclusions
1-2.30 Lunch
2.30-4.15 Decent jobs for all
Session Chair: Ms Gabriele Bischoff, President of Workers' Group, EESC
- Irmgard Nübler, ILO Senior Economist
- Jukka Ahtela, EESC Member, Employers' Group
- Dr Maria Jepsen, Director of Research, European Trade Union Institute
Debate
Conclusions
4.15-4.30 Coffee break
4.30-6.30 The Organization of Work and Production
Session Chair: Vladimira Drbalovà, Vice-President of Employers' Group
- Janine Berg, ILO Senior Economist
- Representative of EESC from "Various Interests" group
- Mario van Mierlo, Senior Advisor for Social Affairs, VNO-NCW (tbc)
Debate
Conclusions
16 novembre
Working session
9.30-11.30 The Governance of Work
Session Chair: Heinz Koller, ILO Director for Europe and Central Asia
- Kris De Meester, representative of International Organisation of Employers (IOE) and BUSINESSEUROPE
- Giuseppe Guerini, President, European Confederation of Services and Industrial Cooperatives
- Esther Lynch, Confederal Secretary of the European Trade Union Confederation
Debate
Conclusions
11.30-11.45 Coffee break
11.45-12.15 Closing speeches
- Nicolas Niemtchinow, ILO special adviser on the future of work
- Georges Dassis, President, European Economic and Social Committee (EESC)