11:00 Opening Remarks - Padmanabha Gopinath, Director, IILS and Counsellor to the Director-General, ILO
11:15 A trade union perspective - Lord Brett, Member of TUC General Council and Vice-Chairperson of the ILO's Governing Body
11:30 First panel - Changing Employment Relationships in Europe
The growing importance of information and knowledge as key factors of production is associated with the emergence of new forms of
work and changing employment relationships. Some workers derive great benefits, many others are experiencing uncertainty and
precariousness. Are there high-road policy options? Which policies and institutions could help foster autonomy, flexibility and
creativityand, at the same time, contribute to enhanced career opportunities, continuous learning and better quality of work and life
for all workers?
Pascal Petit - Director of Research, CNRS and CEPREMAP, Paris
Roger Blanpain - Professor of Labour Law, Universities of Leuven and Tilburg
Ken Mayhew - Director, ESRC Centre on Skills, Knowledge and Organizational Performance, Universities of Oxford and Warwick
Chair: Jean-Michel Servais, IILS
13:00 Light buffet
14:00 Second panel - Information and Knowledge for Development
Improved information flows could help alleviate unemployment and poverty in poor countries by means of enhancing the efficiency of
micro-economic processes; widening access to education and health care; and increasing social capital, empowerment and
participation. Should investment in communications networks be a key priority of development strategies? What other preconditions
and policies should be in place to maximize its developmental benefits? What should be the role of national and international
agencies and civil society?
Heather E. Hudson - Director, Telecommunications Management and Policy Programme, University of San Francisco
Catherine Adeya - UNU/INTECH
Alex Corenthin - Professor of Information Technology, Cheikh Anta Diop University, and President, Internet Society, Dakar
Chair: Duncan Campbell, ILO
15:15 An employer perspective - Michel Barde, Secretary general of the Swiss Employers' Federation and Member of the ILO's
Governing Body
15:30 Closure
