16th Annual Engaging Business Forum
Tuesday
15th OCTOBER 2024
9:00 - 9:30
30 mins
Welcome - Paul Lalli
Sponsor session
Roberto Suarez Santos
Secretary-General, IOE
Whitney Baird
President and CEO, USCIB
Glenn Spencer
Senior Vice President, Employment Policy Division, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Opening speaker
9:30 - 10:30
1 hr
Panel 1: Human Rights of Logistics
Moderator
Didier Bergeret
Director Sustainability - Consumer Goods Forum HRC
Speakers
Lene Bjorn Serpa
Director - Head of Corporate Sustainability & ESG, Maersk
Filippo Spiezia
Senior Project Manager - Responsible Trucking Initiative
Lars Langner
VP HR Processes and Social Sustainability - DHL
10:30 - 11:15
45 mins
Discussion Series - Environment and Human Rights: Allies or Frenemies?
Speakers
John Morrison
CEO - Institute for Human Rights and Business
Yousuf Aftab
Director - A2
11:15 - 11:30
20 mins
Networking Break
11:30 - 12:30
1 hr
Panel 2: Charting the Unseen: Sub Tier HRDD
Moderator
Richa Mittal
Executive Vice President and Chief Innovation Officer - Fair Labor Association
Speakers
Rachel Rigby
Senior Program Director - Verite
Sarah Besnoff
Senior Human Rights and Sustainability Counsel - GE Vernova
Jessica Rivas
Director, Human Rights, McDonalds
Shannon Stewart
Principal Research Scientist - Altana
12:30 - 1:30
1 hr
Lunch
1:40 - 2:10
30 mins
Discussion Series - CS3D & UNGPs: Only Room For One Now?
Speakers
Andrea Shemberg
Chair - GBI
Kindra Mohr
Associate Director Financial Services and Human Rights - BSR
Jenny Holdcroft
Deputy Director of Business Engagement, Shift
Douglass Cassel
Counsel – King and Spalding
2:10 - 3:10
1 hr
Panel 3: Future of Audits and Certifications
Moderator
Avedis Seferian
Chair - APSCA
Speakers
Kristen Albertson
VP Global Responsible Sourcing - Walmart
Benjamin Gatland
Global Director Social Sustainability - Heineken
Giles Bolton
Executive Director -ETI
Daria Toschi
Human Rights and Livelihoods Director - Rainforest Alliance
3:10 - 3:30
20 mins
Networking Break
3:30 - 3:40
10 mins
Introduction to Circularity and Human Rights
Severino Lima
President – International Alliance of Waste Pickers
3:40 - 4:40
1 hr
Panel 4: Circularity and Human Rights
Moderator
Ben Dixon
Partner and Head of Materials and Circular Economy - Systemiq
Speakers
Vivien Luk
Executive Director - WORK
Tania Espinosa
Latin America Coordinator for the Law Program - WIEGO
Annerieke Douma
Director of Programs - The Circulate Initiative
Francis West
Director of Social Sustainability - Tetra Pak
4:40 - 5:00
20 mins
Closing Recap
5:00 - 7:00
2 hrs
Cocktail Reception
Wednesday
16th OCTOBER 2024
9:00 - 9:10
10 mins
Opening Remarks
9:10 - 10:10
1 hr
Panel 5: What’s Heightened About HRDD?
Moderator
Sinisa Milatovic
Programme Manager - UNDP
Speakers
Sam Jones
President and Co-Founder - Heartland Initiative
Vicky Bowman
Senior Advisor - Institute for Human Rights and Business
Claude Voillat
Retired – ICRC
Josie Kaye
CEO and Founder - Trust Works
10:10 - 11:10
60 mins
Panel 6: SME Perspective on Human Rights Challenges
Moderator
Mark Wielga
Director - Nomogaia
Speakers
Carla Caballeros
Executive Director - Camara del Agro Guatemala (Chamber of Agriculture of Guatemala)
Jason Pegat-Toquet
Adviser - IOE
Stephanie Ferguson
Director of Global Employment Policy & Special Initiatives - US Chamber of Commerce
Amaia Nichols
Manager of Sustainable Supply Chain & Human Rights - Mattel
11:10 - 11:20
10 mins
Networking Break
11:20 - 12:20
1 Hr
Panel 7: Risk Prioritization In the Age of CS3D
Moderator
Jonathan Drimmer
Partner - Paul Hastings
Speakers
Ewa Staworzynska
Director of Corporate Responsibility and Labor Affairs - USCIB
Jennifer Easterday
Head of Human Rights - Booking.com
Till Olbrich
Partner - Massari Olbrich Law Firm
Jessica Leinwand
Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel - UNICEF USA
12:20 - 12:30
10 mins
Closing
12:30 - 1:30
10 mins
Lunch