Master of CeremonyAli AslanInternational TV Presenter and Journalist
OECD High-Level Policy Forum Agenda
(Paris Time - CEST)
Day
1 :
February 13, 202508:00 - 09:15
Registration
09:15 - 09:45
09:45 - 11:00
Session 1 - Ageing, longevity and the demographic transition: a new generational contract?
ModeratorMonika QueisserHead of Social Policy DivisionOECD
SpeakerHiroko AkiyamaProfessor EmeritaUniversity of Tokyo
SpeakerLuÃs de Melo JerónimoDirector, Equity ProgrammeCalouste Gulbenkian Foundation
SpeakerMarc LeemansVice PresidentTrade Union Advisory Committee OECD (TUAC)
SpeakerKonstantinos PapachristouPolicy and Research OfficerUK Safer Internet Centre
SpeakerDebra WhitmanEVP & Chief Public Policy OfficerAARP
11:00 - 11:30
Coffee Break
11:30 - 12:30
Session 2 – Digitalising of social protection: risks, opportunities and impacts of technology in social policy
ModeratorHilke SchellmannAssociate ProfessorNew York University
SpeakerAmandeep GillSecretary General's Envoy on TechnologyUnited Nations
SpeakerWhitney BairdPresident and CEOUnited States Council for International Business(USCIB)
SpeakerJakob KortCDO & Head of International AffairsEmployers’ Liability Insurance Association for the Construction Industry (BG BAU), Germany
SpeakerAnna KuulmannFormer e-Estonia Briefing Center Managing Directore-Governance and nation branding expert and consultant
12:30 - 13:45
Lunch
George Marshall and Roger Ockrent Rooms, OECD Chateau
13:45 - 14:45
Session 3 – Ensuring equal opportunities: where are the blind spots?
ModeratorBen HunteAnchor & CorrespondentCNN
SpeakerFrancesca BastagliHead of Research and PolicyFondazione Agnelli
SpeakerVincent HerrAuthor / Activist / ConsultantHERR & SPEER
SpeakerStacy Johnson MBEAssociate Professor and Founder of The Reverse Mentoring Practice LtdUniversity of Nottingham
MinisterSigne RiisaloMinister of Social ProtectionEstonia
14:45 - 15:30
Session 4 – Climate change and social policy
ModeratorLouise OsborneChief Climate ReporterDeutsche Welle (DW)
SpeakerLint BarrageAssociate Professor and Chair of Energy and Climate EconomicsETH Zurich
SpeakerGuðmundur Ingi GuðbrandssonFormer Minister for the Social Affairs and the Labour MarketIceland
SpeakerKumi NaidooPayne Distinguished LecturerUniversity of Stanford
15:30 - 16:00
Coffee Break
16:00 - 17:10
Session 5 – Ministerial Panel: New Frontiers for Social Policy - Investing in the Future
Master of CeremonyAli AslanInternational TV Presenter and Journalist
MinisterKristina NamiesniowskiSenior Associate Deputy Minister of Employment and Social Development CanadaCanada
MinisterMarath Baruch Bolanos LopezMinister of Labor and Social WelfareMexico
MinisterAlison McGovernMinister for EmploymentUK Department for Work and Pensions
MinisterDara CallearyMinister for Social Protection and Minister for Rural and Community Development and the GaeltachtIreland
MinisterDr. Iryna PostolovskaDeputy Minister of Social Policy of Ukraine for European IntegrationUkraine
17:10 - 17:20
