Social Science Research Council
Sunday, 17 October
7pm OPENING DINNER
WELCOMING REMARKS BY:
Deepak Nayyar, Vice Chancellor of the University of Delhi
Ha-Joon Chang, University of Cambridge
Manuel Montes, Ford Foundation
Craig Calhoun, Social Science Research Council
PRESENTATIONS BY:
Joseph Stiglitz, Columbia University
Mary Robinson, Ethical Globalization Initiative
Monday, 18 October (United Federation of Teachers headquarters)
8:30 WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION
9:30 SESSION 1: GROWTH AND EMPLOYMENT
MODERATOR:
Rolph van der Hoeven, ILO, World Commission on the Social Dimension of Globalization
PRESENTATIONS BY:
Robert Rowthorn, University of Cambridge
Amit Bhaduri, Pavia University, Italy
DISCUSSION BY:
Cecilia Lopez Montaño, Fundación Agenda Colombia
Mark Levinson, UNITE HERE
12:30 LUNCHEON: MEDIA, GLOBALIZATION AND DEVELOPMENT
MODERATOR:
Eric Hershberg, Social Science Research Council
PRESENTATION BY:
Elizabeth Becker, New York Times
DISCUSSION BY:
John MacArthur, Harper's
William Pfaff, International Herald Tribune
2:30 SESSION 2: INTERNATIONAL TRADE POLICY AND THE DEVELOPING WORLD
MODERATOR:
Nilufer Cagatay, University of Utah
PRESENTATIONS BY:
Deepak Nayyar, Vice Chancellor of the University of Delhi on paper prepared by SP Shukla, former Indian Ambassador to GATT
Kamal Malhotra, United Nations Development Program
Mark Weisbrot, Center for Economic Policy Research
DISCUSSION BY:
Mariama Williams, International Gender and Trade Network
Gerry Helleiner, University of Toronto
5:00 PUBLIC SESSION: REMAKING THE INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AGENDA
MODERATOR:
Martin Khor, Third World Network
KEYNOTE PRESENTATIONS BY:
José Antonio Ocampo, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs at the United Nations
Thandika Mkandawire, Director, United Nations Research Institute for Social Development
Ariel Buira, Intergovernmental Group of 24
Marjatta Rasi, President, Economic and Social Council of the United Nations
Tuesday, 19 October 2004 (United Nations)
In cooperation with the Financing for Development Office of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs
10:00 WELFARE-ENHANCING POLICIES FOR GROWTH, EMPLOYMENT AND TRADE
In conjunction with the meeting of the Second Committee of the General Assembly
CHAIR:
Marco Balarezo, Chair of the Second Committee
KEYNOTE PRESENTATIONS BY:
Deepak Nayyar, Vice Chancellor of the University of Delhi
Ha-Joon Chang, University of Cambridge
José Antonio Ocampo, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs at the United Nations
REGIONAL PRESENTATIONS BY:
Eric Eboh, African Institute for Applied Economic Analysis
Norman Girvan, Former Secretary General of the Association of Caribbean States
Samir Radwan, Economic Research Forum (Egypt)
Martin Khor, Third World Network
12:30 LUNCHEON
1:45 PANEL SESSION 1: GENDER AND EMPLOYMENT
Co-sponsored by DAWN and GEM-IWG
MODERATOR:
Joanna Kerr, Association for Women's Rights in Development
PRESENTATIONS BY:
Mariama Williams, International Gender and Trade Network
Nilufer Cagatay, University of Utah
Caren Grown, International Center for Research on Women
Diane Elson, University of Essex
Joann Vanek, Women in the Informal Economy; Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO)
2:45 PANEL SESSION 2: RIGHTS-BASED APPROACHES TO TRADE
Co-sponsored by the Ethical Globalization Initiative
MODERATOR: Scott Jerbi, Ethical Globalization Initiative
PRESENTATIONS BY:
Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, President and Founder, Tebtebba Foundation
Thea Lee, AFL-CIO
Ray Offenheiser, President, Oxfam America
4:15 PANEL SESSION 3: TOWARD WELFARE-ENHANCING GROWTH
MODERATOR:
Eric Hershberg, Social Science Research Council
PRESENTATIONS BY:
Luis Carlos Bresser Pereira, former Brazilian Finance Minister
Frances Stewart, Oxford University
Gerry Epstein, Political Economy Research Institute
5:15 CONCLUDING STATEMENTS
PRESENTATIONS BY:
Deepak Nayyar, Vice Chancellor of the University of Delhi
Ha-Joon Chang, University of Cambridge
CONCLUDING REMARKS BY:
Thandika Mkandawire, Director, United Nations Research Institute for Social Development
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