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Public Lectures
The IILS Public Lecture series provide a global platform for distinguished public figures to open new perspectives on contemporary economic and social issues before audiences of international opinion-makers and policy-makers. The lectures are attended by representatives of the ILO's tripartite constituency of governments, business organizations and trade unions; the academic, diplomatic, and press communities of Geneva and senior international officials from the ILO and other United Nations bodies. The purpose of these lectures is to encourage reflection and an exchange of views on issues of topical or future importance.
The inaugural Lecture in the series was given on 7 May 1975 by Mr. Joseph Fontanet, former Minister of Labour and of Education of France, who addressed the issue of Social Policy in a Changing World. Since that date, more than fifty Public Lectures have been delivered at the ILO under IILS auspices.
Speakers have included:
PROFESSOR SILVANA SCIARRA, Professor of European Labour and Social Law, Jean Monnet Chair, Faculty of Law of the University of Florence, on 'Modernization' of labour law: A current European debate (PDF format 231 kb) (March 2007);
PROFESSOR MIREILLE DELMAS-MARTY, Collège de France, on La dimension sociale de la mondialisation et les transformations du champ juridique (PDF format 214 kb) (November 2006);
SIR RICHARD JOLLY, Honorary Professor, Institute of Development Studies at the University of Sussex, on Hans Singer: Gentle giant of development (PDF format 180 kb) (May 2006);
PROFESSOR ARJUN K. SENGUPTA, Chairman, National Commission on Enterprises in the Unorganised/ Informal Sector and Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha), Government of India, on Rights at Work and the Right to Work (Audio format) (March 2006);
PROFESSOR BRIAN LANGILLE, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto, on What is International Labour Law for? (PDF format 203 kb) (March 2005);
PROFESSOR BHIKHU PAREKH, Professor of Political Science at Westminster University, London, on Unity and Diversity in Multicultural Societies (PDF format 302 kb) (March 2004);
PROFESSOR THOMAS A. KOCHAN, MIT Institute for Work and Employment Research & MIT Workplace Center, on Efficiency and Equity: The ILO’s Role in Building 21st Century Work & Employment Institutions (PDF format 160 kb) (March 2003);
MR. JEAN-ROBERT CADET, Executive Director, The Restavec Foundation, on Haiti's Invisible Child Slaves (PDF format 62 kb) (November 2002);
PROFESSOR TIZIANO TREU, Senator, Italian Republic, on Labour Law and Social Change (PDF format 79 kb) (November 2002);
MR. HIROSHI OKUDA, Chairman of the Board of Toyota Motor Company and Chairman of Nikkeiren, on Japan's Prospects: Unlocking Growth and Expanding Choice (PDF format 223 kb) (November 2001);
PROFESSOR DEEPAK NAYYAR, Vice-Chancellor, University of Delhi, India, on Globalization, Migration and Labour (March 2001);
PROFESSOR BOB HEPPLE, Professor of Law and Master of Clare College, Cambridge, United Kingdom, on Work, Empowerment and Equality (November 2000);
PROFESSOR ALAIN SUPIOT, University of Nantes, France, on Travail, droit et lien social (November 1999); (Also published in English: Work, Law and Social Linkages);
PROFESSOR LOWELL TURNER, School of Industrial and Labour Relations, Cornell University, United States, on Revitalizing the Labour Movement in the United States, Britain and Germany (May 1999);
MR. NOBUO TATEISI, Chairman, Omron Corporation, Japan, on Business & Society: New Perspectives (March 1998);
MR. BILL JORDAN, General Secretary, International Confederation of Free Trade Unions, on Unions, Markets, Democracy (November 1997);
MR. JIRO NEMOTO, Chairman of Nikkeiren and Chairman and CEO of NYK Shipping Corporation, Japan, on Global Competition and Social Values: A Japanese business perspective (November 1996);
PROFESSOR JEFFREY SACHS, Director, Harvard Institute for International Development, United States, on Globalization and Employment (March 1996);
HRH PRINCESS BASMA BINT TALAL, Chairperson, Queen Alia Fund for Social Development, Jordan, on Women in the Arab World (March 1996);
DR. ALEKSANDR SHOKHIN, former Vice-Prime Minister of the Russian Federation and member of the Russian Duma, on Russia: The politics of economic reform (November 1995);
PROFESSOR JOHN KENNETH GALBRAITH, Professor Emeritus Harvard University, United States, on The World Economy Today: The larger view (February 1993);
PROFESSOR ALAIN TOURAINE, Director, Centre d'analyse et d'intervention sociologique, Ecole des hautes études en sciences sociales, Paris, France, on Economic Reform and Democracy: A new social contract (February 1992);
MR. ABRAHAM KATZ, President of the US Council of International Business, United States, on Structural Change: The universal challenge (February 1989);
MR. HERNANDO DE SOTO, Chairman of the Instituto Libertad y Democracia, Lima, Peru, on The Other Path (May 1988);
MR. LI BOYONG, Vice-Minister of Labour & Personnel of the People's Republic of China, on Reform of the Labour System in the People's Republic of China (June 1987);
MR. MICHEL JOBERT, Minister of State for External Trade, France, on Money, Energy and Civilization (June 1981);
PROFESSOR JAN TINBERGEN, winner of the 1969 Nobel Prize in Economics, on Reshaping the International Order (November 1976).
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