Agenda
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| Chair: | Mr Jonas Gahr Støre, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Norway |
| Moderator: | Mr Quentin Peel, International Affairs Editor, Financial Times |
| 08:00-09:00 | REGISTRATION AND NETWORKING COFFEE |
| 09:00-09:30 | WELCOME |
| 09:00 | Mr Jonas Gahr Støre, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Norway |
| 09:10 | Mr Roar Flåthen, President, The Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions |
| 09:20 | Mr Finn Bergesen jr, Director General, Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise |
| 09:30-11:00 | GOVERNING GLOBALISATION - AND THE CHALLENGE OF COHERENCE |
| 09:30 | Mr Juan Somavia, Director General, International Labour Organization |
| 09:50 | Mr Pascal Lamy, Director General, World Trade Organization |
| 10:10 | Mrs Mary Robinson, President, Realizing Rights: The Ethical Globalization Initiative |
| 10:30 |
Question and Answer session |
| 11:00-11:30 | NETWORKING COFFEE BREAK |
| 11:30-13:00 | GLOBALISATION ON THE GROUND: WORKERS' AND EMPLOYERS' PERSPECTIVES |
| 11:30 | Mr Kwasi Adu-Amankwah, General Secretary, International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) - Africa |
| 11:45 | Mr Tang Xinhong, President, Tianyuan Garments Co., People's Republic of China |
| 12:15 | Mrs Wanja Lundby-Wedin, President, European Trade Union Confederation |
| 12:30 | Ms Lakshmi Bhatia, Director - Global Partnerships, Social Responsibility. Gap Inc. |
| 12:45 | Question and Answer session |
| 13:00-14:15 | NETWORKING LUNCH Keynote address by Mr Erik Solheim, Minister of the Envioronment and International Development, Norway |
| 14:15-15:30 | POLICY RESPONSE: AVAILABLE TOOLS AND INSTRUMENTS |
| 14:15 | Mr Dag Terje Andersen, Minister of Labour and Social Inclusion, Norway |
| 14:25 | Ms Rachel Kyte, Vice President, Business Advisory Services, IFC, The World Bank Group |
| 14:35 | Mr Brent Wilton, Deputy Secretary General, International Organisation of Employers |
| 14:45 | Ms Thea Lee, Policy Director, AFL-CIO, The United States |
| 14:55 | Mr Richard Samans, Managing Director, World Economic Forum |
| 15:05 | Question and Answer session Including comments from Mr Muhammad Yunus, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate 2006, Bangladesh |
| 15:30-16:00 | SETTING THE COURSE AHEAD |
| 15:30 | Mr Juan Somavia, Director General, International Labour Organization |
| 15:40 | Mr Pascal Lamy, Director General, World Trade Organization |
| 15:50 | Mr Jonas Gahr Støre, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Norway |
| 16:00 | CLOSING REMARKS AND CLOSE OF CONFERENCE |
