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26 October, 2017Follow the live stream of the conference on Facebook Live here.

Eighth session

Formulating a global policy and plan of action on Industry 4.0

Panel discussion

  • Angelina Chitambo, Zimbabwe Energy Workers Union (ZEWU), Zimbabwe
  • Antonio Deusa UGT FICA, Spain
  • Jeanette Moen, Fellesforbundet, Norway
  • Chien-Jung Chen, TEPLU, Taiwan

Concluding remarks

  • Valter Sanches
  • Kemal Ozkan

Seventh session

Formulating a global policy and plan of action on Industry 4.0

Panel discussion

  • Ilaria Armaroli, FIM-CISL, Italy
  • Andre Kriel, SACTWU, South Africa
  • Towhidur Rahman, IBC, Bangladesh
  • Alain Larose, FGMM-CFDT, France
  • Kathrin Ackermann, Syna

Sixth session

Panel discussion

Impacts of Industry 4.0 on various sectors with IndustriALL jurisdiction: threats and opportunities

  • Patrick Loos, IG Metall, Germany
  • Prince William Ankrah, GMWU, Ghana
  • Lena Yuliana, FSP ISI, Indonesia
  • Simon Cox, Unite the union, UK
  • Mônica Velosa, CNTM-FS, Brazil
     

Fifth session

Anticipated labour and social impacts of Industry 4.0

Keynote speaker: Wolfgang Lemb, IG Metall, Germany

Experiences and case studies on the impacts of Industry 4.0 in developed and in developing countries.

  • Panel discussion:
  • Gwenne Farrell, MoveUP, Canada
  • Sanjay Vadhavkar, SMEFI, India
  • Jenni Karjalainen, ILRY, Finland
  • Joaquina Rodriguez, FSC.CC.OO, Spain

Fourth Session

Anticipated labour and social impacts of Industry 4.0

Panel discussion

  • Michael Mersmann, IG BCE Germany
  • Maicon Vasconcelos da Silva, Confederação Nacional dos Metalúrgicos da CUT (CNM/CUT), Brazil
  • Hlokoza Freddy Motau, NUMSA, South Africa
  • Christina Furlan, Filctem-Cgil Nazionale, Italy
  • Dai Shinno, UA Zensen, Japan

Third session

Global Concepts Analysis: Future of Work

Keynote: Deborah Greenfield, Deputy Director General, International Labour Organization.

Panel discussion:

  • Anna Biondi, ILO Actrav
  • Andrew Dettmer, AMWU - Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union
  • Anne-Catherine Cuddenec, Cfe-cgc Metallurgie
  • Tony Maher, CFMEU Mining & Energy Division

Followed by questions and answers and discussions from the floor.

Second session:

Keynote speaker: Francisco Betti, World Economic Forum

Panel discussion with Sharan Burrow of the ITUC, Luc Triangle of IndustriAll Europe, Issa Aremu of NUTGTW in Nigeria and Shigetoshi Asai of JCM Japan.

Opening session with Valter Sanches, Kemal Özkan and Brian Kohler.