Programme 15 June: Forum

  9:00-10:00

Registration of participants

  10:00-10:15

Opening session

Mrs. Diane Finley, Minister of Human Resources and Social Development, Canada
Mrs. Berglind Ásgeirsdóttir, Deputy Secretary General, OECD
Mr. Chris Bentley, Minister for Training, Colleges and Universities, Ontario, Canada.

10:15-12:30

OECD Jobs Strategy: lessons from a Decade’s Experience

Chair: Mr. Alan Nymark, Deputy Minister of Human Resources
and Social Development, Canada

10:15

Presentation by Mr. John P. Martin, Director for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs, OECD

Boosting Jobs and Incomes: facts, challenges and policy analysis

10:45

Opening comments from the Chair

10:50

Comments from the OECD’s Business and Industry Advisory Committee (BIAC) and the OECD’s Trade Union Advisory Committee (TUAC)
Speakers:
Mrs. Loes van Embden Andres, Chair of the BIAC Committee on Employment, Labour and Social Affairs, and Director International Social Affairs, Confederation of Netherlands Industry and Employers VNO-NCW,
Mrs. Nancy Hughes Anthony, President and Chief Executive Officer, The Canadian Chamber of Commerce,
Mr. John Evans, General Secretary, TUAC Committee on Employment, Labour and Social Affairs,
Mr. Andrew Jackson, National Director of Social and Economic Policy, Canadian Labour Congress

11:20

Open discussion with experts and representatives of member countries

12:30-14:00

Lunch

14:00-18:00

Forum: What works, for whom, and at what costs?

Chair: Paolo Sestito, Chair of the ELSA Committee

14:05

First keynote speaker: Professor James J. Heckman (Nobel Prize winner, University of Chicago, United States).

What are the key employment challenges and policy priorities for OECD countries?

14:30

Second keynote speaker: Professor Assar Lindbeck (Institute for International Economic Studies, Stockholm University, Sweden).

Market reforms, welfare arrangements and stabilisation policy – A triple interaction in employment policy

14:50

Discussant: Professor Lisa Lynch, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, United States.

15:15

Opening comments from the Chair

15:30

Coffee break

16:00

Round table
Speakers:
Mr. Randall W. Eberts, Executive Director, W.E. Upjohn Institute, United States,
Mr. Junichi Goto, Director, Research Institute for Economics and Business Administration, Kobe University, Japan,
Mr. David Howell, Professor, Milano The New School for Management and Urban Policy, United States
Mr. Antonis Kastrissianakis, Director, Employment, Lisbon Strategy, International Affairs Directorate, European Commission,
Mr. W. Craig Riddell, Professor, University of British Columbia, Canada,
Mr. José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Executive Director, Employment Sector, International Labour Organisation,
Mr. Klaus F. Zimmermann, Director of the Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Germany.

16:45

Open discussion

17:45

Synthesis of the day’s discussions
Mr. Raymond Torres, Head of the Employment Analysis and Policy Division, OECD, and Sveinbjörn Blöndal, Head of the Structural Policy Analysis Division 2, OECD

18:00

Closing remarks by Mrs. Diane Finley, Minister of Human Resources and Social Development, Canada

18:00-22:00

Reception for Delegates and Ministerial Dinner

18:00

All Delegates are invited to participate in a cocktail offered by the Government of Canada.
The reception is scheduled to end at 20:30.

19:30

Ministerial Dinner, Fairmont Royal York Hotel
Ministers or Heads of Delegation are invited for the official dinner hosted by Mrs. Diane Finley, Minister of Human Resources and Social Development, Canada

The dinner is scheduled to end at 22:00.

See also: Programme for the Ministerial Meeting 16 June 2006