Conference Programme & Presentations 2017

Venue: The Octagon at Queen Mary University of London

Date: Thursday 7th December, 2017

8.30 Registration/seating of participants

9.15 Welcome from the organisers

9.30 Key Note Conversation: Tapping the Power of Public Procurement for Workers' Rights

Kan Matzusaki, IndustriALL

Kristian Hemström, Stockholm County Council

Heather White, Co-Director/Producer "Complicit"

Moderator: Olga Martin-Ortega, Business, Human Rights and the Environment Research Group

10.20 Plenary A: Precarious Labour in the Global Electronics Industry

Fahmi Panimbang, Sedane Labour Resource Center, Indonesia

Andy Hall, Migrant Worker Rights Network, Thailand

Deepika Rao, Cividep, India

Moderator: Pauline Overeem, SOMO, Netherlands

11.20 Break for refreshments & networking

11.45 Plenary B: What are Transparent Supply Chains?

Huong Ngo, Center for Development and Integration, Vietnam

Ted Smith, International Campaign for Responsible Technology

Alejandro Gonzalez, Good Electronics Network

Liz Cooper, University of Edinburgh, Scotland

Robert Stumberg, Georgetown University Law Center, United States (by video)

Moderator: Olga Martin-Ortega & Johanna Hoekstra, Business, Human Rights and the Environment Research Group

13.00 Lunch

14.00 Breakout Sessions:

A) The Missing Link: Working Conditions and Worker Suicide in China

Dimitri Kessler, Economic Rights Institute, China

B) Migrant Electronics Workers in Thailand: How to Build Ethical Recruitment Practices

Chutimas Suksai, Migrant Worker Rights Network, Thailand

C) Toxic Chemicals in Electronics: Towards a Healthy Workplace in Indonesia

Fahmi Panimbang, Sedane Labour Resource Center and Edwin Christiawan, Federation of Indonesian Metalworkers' Union, Indonesia

D) Precariously Employed and Pregnant: Mongolian Migrants in the Electronics Manufacturing Sector in CEE

Marek Çanek, MKC Praha, Czech Republic

15.00 Plenary C: On the Cutting Edge in Socially Responsible Public Procurement

Nicole vander Meulen, International Corporate Accountability Roundtable

Björn Claeson, Electronics Watch

Moderator: Opi Outhwaite, Business, Human Rights and the Environment Research Group

15.45 Break for refreshments

16.00 Plenary D: Not Business as Usual - How Can We Reform the Electronics Industry?

Dimitri Kessler, Economic Rights Institute, China

Albert Geuchies, DUO/SSO-Noord, Netherlands

Gale Raj-Reichert, Queen Mary University of London

Casper Edmonds, International Labour Organization

Moderator: Emma Nicholson, Advanced Procurement for Universities and Colleges, Scotland

17.15 Closing Session: The Movement Ahead

Andy Davies, London Universities Purchasing Consortium, UK

So Sheung, Labour Education and Service Network, China

17.30 End of Conference