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Tom Smith
Walmart
Director, External Stakeholder Strategy, Responsible Sourcing
London
Monday
, November 26
8:00am
Conversation with the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights
Room XXI
9:00am
Corporate human rights due diligence – state of play and way forward
Room XXIII
11:00am
Opening plenary
Assembly Hall
1:30pm
Human rights due diligence in the world of sport
Room XVII
Labour rights and human rights due diligence
Room XXI
2:00pm
Snapshot: Lead and deploy the vigilance approach: a challenge for large companies; lessons from BNP and Orange
Room XXIV
2:30pm
Snapshot: Human rights due diligence: practices in the supply chain. Findings from a cross-sectoral study.
Room XXIV
3:00pm
Disruptive technology I: what does artificial intelligence mean for human rights due diligence
Room XVII
3:30pm
Snapshot: Investor Relations - Need to Document Human Rights Due Diligence
Room XXIV
4:40pm
Disruptive technology II: What does automation mean for human rights due diligence?
Room XVII
6:15pm
Special film screening with Nobel Laureate Kailash Satyarthi: The Price of Free
Room XX
Tuesday
, November 27
8:30am
Human rights due diligence approaches for safeguarding migrant workers
Room XXI
9:00am
Snapshot: New insights? Labour governance in the garment industry
Room XXIV
9:15am
Snapshot: New insights After Rana-Plaza: Business, Labor, and Global Supply Chains in Bangladesh
Room XXIV
10:00am
Plenary II: Building coherence and reaching scale on human rights due diligence – International organizations' leadership perspectives
Room XX
11:30am
Safeguarding human rights defenders: new efforts and tackling growing threats
Room XX
12:00pm
Snapshot: Human rights-based sustainable fisheries: an experience from the Thai Tuna Industry
Room XXIV
12:45pm
Snapshot: #Metoo and She too– Addressing sexual abuse and other gender-specific violations
Room XXIV
1:30pm
Reinforcing the importance of human rights due diligence for realizing the SDGs
Room XXI
3:00pm
Addressing “modern slavery” in supply chains – Company responses
Room XVII
4:40pm
Developing a gender lens to business and human rights
Room XX
Government responses to modern slavery and child labour in supply chains
Room XVII
5:15pm
Snapshot: Experiences from practice - Effective multi-stakeholder models working against child labour
Room XXIV
Wednesday
, November 28
8:30am
Elements of effective human rights due diligence regulation: lessons from legal developments
Room XX
Human rights due diligence in practice in the global food and beverages sector
Room XXIII
10:00am
Engaging and safeguarding workers across value chains: identifying good practice approaches
Room XXIII
Trends and challenges in promoting business respect for human rights in Asia
Room XVII
How can benchmarks, rating agencies and ESG researchers drive more and better human rights due diligence
Room XX
11:40am
How can investors drive more and better human rights due diligence?
Room XX
1:30pm
Scaling up human rights due diligence through the use of blockchain
Room XVII
Addressing human rights impacts of toxic substances: challenges and human rights due diligence across sectors with a deep dive on the electronics industry
Room XXIV
Human rights due diligence in practice in the commodities trading sector
Room XXIII
5:00pm
Plenary III: Summing up and looking ahead
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