Program
TBC - To be confirmed
9:00-9:40
Welcome Remarks from Summit Sponsors and Partners
- Moderator: Ms. Melanne Verveer, Co-Founder and Chair, Vital Voices Global Partnership
- Mr. James Cunningham, U.S. Consul General to Hong Kong
- Professor Richard Welford, Director, CSR-Asia
- Dr. Aleya Hammad, Member of the Board, Suzanne Mubarak Women's International Peace Movement
- Video Message from H.E. Suzanne Mubarak, First Lady of Egypt and Founder of
the End Human Trafficking Now Campaign
9:40-10:50
Plenary 1: Everybody's Business: The Impact of Human Trafficking and Forced Labor on Your Business
- Moderator: Ms. Yang Lan, TV Anchor and Talk Show Host; Chair, Sun Culture Foundation
- UN Goodwill Ambassador Julia Ormond's footage of her journey
- Mr. David Arkless, Senior Vice President, Corporate Affairs, Manpower, Inc.
- Ms. Kim Olson, Vice President/Chief Communications Officer, Carlson Companies
- Mr. Mechai Viravaidya, Chairman, Population and Community Development Association, and Former Minister and Senator of Thailand
11:10-12:20
Plenary 2: Creating Opportunities: The Multi-Stakeholder Approach to End Human Trafficking and Forced Labor
- Moderator: Ms. Amy Kazmin, Chief Correspondent, Thailand, The Financial Times
- Ms. Tina Auyeung, Vice President, Human Resources, Liz Claiborne Inc.
- Ms. Lori Forman, Asia Regional Director, Community Affairs, Microsoft
- Mr. Iskandar Shalaby, President and CEO, Egyptian Co. for Mobile Services (Mobinil) and Board Member of Orascom Telecom
- Ms. Melanne Verveer, Co-Founder and Chair, Vital Voices Global Partnership
12:30-1:00
Press Conference - The Power of One (Co-sponsored by Lifetime Networks)
1:00-2:00
Luncheon and Keynote Discussion (Co-sponsored by International Labor Organization)
2:15-3:30
Innovative Business Solutions to End Human Trafficking and Forced Labor
Goal: showcase three different types of business action and private-public partnerships. Each group will have lead discussants sharing their companies' work, in roundtable format with a moderator.
Panels
Note: please choose one panel to participate in when signing up.
Group A:
Understanding the Challenges and Taking Action (Room: The Golden Pen)
Conducting research, analyzing laws/policies, identifying problems through business practices, participating events/conferences, auditing/CSR, signing ethical codes of conduct, connecting forced labor and human trafficking.
- Moderator: Mr. Philip Robertson Jr.
- Ms. Kathleen Kerr, Orrick, Herrington, and Sutcliffe LLP
- Ms. Carmen Madrinan, Executive Director, ECPAT International
- Ms. Amy O'Neill Richard, Acting Deputy Director, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, US Department of State
Group B: Building Capacity (Room: Nathan Room 1)
Training law enforcement, employee education/training, community development, poverty alleviation, strengthen mandatory education, job skills training, generating local economy, and providing resources to civil society
- Moderator: Ms. Mary Yerrick, Vice Chair, Vital Voices Global Partnership
- Ms. Katharine Bostick, Senior Director, Legal & Corporate Affairs, Asia Pacific, Greater China, Japan, Microsoft
- Ms. Cecilia Flores-Oebanda, President, Visayan Forum Foundation, Philippines
- Ms. Kristiina Kangaspunta, Chief, Anti-Trafficking Unit, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Group C: Raising Awareness - Global Initiative (Room: Nathan Room 2)
Media reporting, movie/documentary making, advertising, airline campaign, consumer awareness raising through products and advertisement, company policy
- Moderator: Mr. Christopher Tung, Chair of the Sustainable Development Committee, French Chamber of Commerce; Partner, Mallesons Stephen Jaques LLP
- Mr. Jeffrey Avina, Director of Operations, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
- Mr. Steve Cook, Chief of Mission, Indonesia, International Organization for Migration
- Mr. Thomas Ehr, Executive Director, MTV Europe Foundation
- Dr. Aleya Hammad, Member of the Board, Suzanne Mubarak Women's International Peace Movement
3:50-5:00
Plenary 3: Advancing Corporate Social Responsibility to End Human Trafficking and Forced Labor
Help CSR officers make a compelling case within their companies, including communication strategies, public relations, brand management, building the link between human trafficking and business, and real-term profits (investor relations and cost analysis).
- Moderator: Mr. Hugo Restall, Editor, Far Eastern Economic Review
- Mr. Roger Plant, Head, Special Action Programme to Combat Forced Labour, International Labour Organization
- Mr. Ian Spaulding, Director, Global Compliance, Sears, Inc.
- Professor Richard Welford, Director, CSR-Asia
- Ms. Susan Young, Vice President, Manufacturing, Eileen Fisher
5:00-5:30
Closing Remarks and Next Steps
5:30-7:00
Reception co-sponsored by Vital Voices Global Partnership, End Human Trafficking Now Campaign, Manpower, and United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (Room: Salisbury Foyer)
