IOE/ICC Roundtable, Geneva 2000 Forum
28 June 2000, Centre International de Conférences Genève (CICG), Geneva

Introduction

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Programme

14.00-14.30
Opening presentations

Trends since Copenhagen: what has been achieved?

• Ashraf Tabani, President of IOE

Business and the new economy

• Baron Paul de Meester, President and Chairman, Société Belge des Bétons, Belgium; member of ICC Executive Board

Panel 1
14.30-15.50
The impact of the knowledge economy on business

• Requirements of knowledge-based business
  - Availability of a skills pool capable of mastering and contributing to new technological developments
  - Availability of venture capital
  - Entrepreneurial talent prepared to take risks
• National and international regulatory frameworks that facilitate new businesses
• The impact of the knowledge economy and knowledge-based business on development.
  

Moderator:

• Maria Livanos Cattaui, Secretary General of ICC

Panellists

• Willy de Greef, Head of Regulatory Affairs, Novartis Seeds, Switzerland
• Douglas Gregory, European Public Affairs Executive, IBM Government Programmes EMEA, Brussels, Belgium
• Stefan Röver, Chief Executive Officer, Brokat Infosystems, Germany
  

15.50-16.10
break

Panel 2
16.10-17.30
The world of work in the 21st century

• Employment and labour standards in the 21st century
  - new forms of employment
  - mobility and stability
  - training and skills
  - fundamental principles and rights at work
• Trade unionism in the 21st century
• Challenges and opportunities for the developing world.
  

Moderator:

• Rolf Thüsing, Executive Vice-President of IOE
  

Panellists:

• Lord Brett, Workers' Spokesperson, ILO Governing Body
• Wilfred Kiboro, Group CEO, Nation Media Group, Kenya;
  Chairman of the Federation of Kenyan Employers
• Third speaker to be confirmed

17.30-17.45
Key outcomes of the discussion

• Ambassador Abraham Katz, USA

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