The Fafo Conference 2007
Equality, diversity and inclusion
Challenges to the Nordic models in the global economy

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Programme

Thursday February 15th 09.00-16.30

Opening session: Perspectives

Session chair: Tone Fløtten, Fafo

09.00 Opening performance

09.15 Welcome address
Jon M. Hippe, Managing Director, Fafo

09.30 The founding ideas, aims and visions
Terje Rød-Larsen, Fafo-founder, former Director of Fafo

09.45 Greetings from
The Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions, by President Gerd-Liv Valla and The Research Council of Norway, by Director Arvid Hallèn

10.10 Dialogue: Jon M. Hippe, Terje Rød-Larsen, Gerd-Liv Valla and Arvid Hallén

10.30 Enlarging Europe in a globalized world: Opportunities and challenges
Richard B. Freeman, Professor, Harvard University.

Coffee break 11.00-11.30

The Nordic welfare states and labour regimes: Continuity, erosion or renewal?

Session chair: Hanne Kavli, Fafo

11.30 Welfare states, inequality and production regimes: The Nordic countries in a comparative perspective
Walter Korpi, Professor at SOFI, University of Stockholm

12.00 How to ensure social justice, renewal and stability in a globalised economy?
Jens Stoltenberg, Prime Minister of Norway

12.30 The Nordic systems of labour market governance: From crisis to success
Jon Erik Dølvik, Fafo

Lunch 13.00 - 14.30

Parallel sessions 14.30-16.30

1 Towards a more inclusive working life?

Session chair: Inger Lise Skog Hansen,, Fafo

14.30 Creating a more flexible and inclusive working life: Barriers and opportunities
Siri Røine, Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise and Trine Lise Sundnes, Confederal Secretary, The Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions

14.45 Flexicurity: A Danish solution to the European employment crisis? Henning Jørgensen, Professor, University of Aalborg

15.10 Changing the ties between the welfare state and work in the multi-ethnic Nordic models. Grete Brochmannn, Senior researcher, Institute for Social Research Oslo

15.35 The workplace as arena for social inclusion: What's in it for the employers?
Anne Britt Djuve and Tove Midtsundstad, Fafo

16.00 Commentary and conclusions
The speakers

2 Corporate development and workers participation

Session chair: Inger Marie Hagen, Fafo

14.30 The Nordic model of corporate governance: Viable in Global competition?
Richard B. Freeman, Professor, Harvard University

14.45 Collective and individual participation: Interplay or contradiction?
Eivind Falkum and Bjørne Grimsrud, Fafo

15.10 “Leaning” complex production processes: Is worker involvement a comparative advantage for Norwegian companies?
Sigmund Aslesen, Fafo and Kenneth Pettersen, Product Manager, Ulstein Shipyard

15.35 Corporate development and innovation: The role of social science
Ragnhild Solheim, Excutive Director, The Research Council of Norway

16.00 Panel discussion:
Richard B. Freeeman, Professor, Harvard University, Ragnhild Solheim, The Research Council of Norway , Stein Lier-Hansen, Managing Director, Norsk Industri, Stein Stugu, former group trade union representative in Orkla, Advisor in DeFacto

3 Ethical values of global Production?
Session chair: Sissel Trygstad, Fafo

14.30 Consumer demand for corporate accountability"
Richard Lloyd, Director General, Consumers International

15.00 Disinvestment and possible effects on company conduct - experiences from the Ethical guidelines for the Norwegian Pension Fund.
Gro Nystuen, University of Oslo and Ethical Council of the Norwegian Pension Fund

15.30 Regulatory Ecology of Conflict Trade: business and human rights from Iraq to Guantanamo Bay.
Mark B. Taylor, Managing Director, Fafo Fafo Institute for Applied Social Studies.

16.00 Panel discussion
Willy Egset, CSR Manager, Statoil and Professor Atle Midttun, BI Norwegian School of Management

25th Anniversary Reception 19.00-23.00

Friday 16. February 09.30-16.00

Parallel sessions 09.30 - 11.30

4 The social partners and the Nordic collective bargaining systems: Withering or renewal?
Session chair: Jon Erik Dølvik, Fafo

09.30 Redrawing boundaries of solidarity? Trends and challenges in European industrial relations.
Jelle Visser, Professor, Institute for Advanced Labour Studies, University of Amsterdam

10.00 Partnership at the top: Strengths and weaknesses of the Norwegian bargaining model in a Comparative Perspective
Torgeir Aarvaag Stokke, Fafo. Comments: Gerd-Liv Valla, President, The Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions and Sigrun Vågeng, Director, Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise

10:30 From Saltsjöbaden to Strasbourg: Nordic and European labour law at a crossroads?
Niklas Bruun, Professor, National Institute of Working Life, Stockholm

11.00 Comments and panel discussion.
Participants: Lars Haukaas, The Employers` Association NAVO, Tore Eugen Kvalheim, The Confederation of Vocational Unions (YS), and the former contributors.

5 Social justice, competition and distribution: Changing lines of division?
Session chair: Jon M. Hippe, Fafo

09.30 Legitimacy of the welfare state: On solidarity and redistributive justice
Wim van Oorschot, Professor, Tilburg University

10.00 Changing lines of social division: ethnicity, gender and education: More important than class?
Gudmund Hernes, Fafo

10.30 The Nordic models and the outsiders: Limits of solidarity?
Tone Fløtten, Fafo

11.00 Panel discussion

6 Human security from below
Session chair: Mark B. Taylor, Fafo

09.30 Measuring deaths and disease in conflict affected populations: Challenges and applications
Professor Debarati Guha-Sapir, Director WHO Collaborating Centre for Disaster Epidemiology. School of Public Health, Université catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium

09:50 Governance and poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa: Rethinking best practices in migration management
Dr. Thanh-Dam Truong, Women/Gender and Development Studies, Institute of Social Studies, the Netherlands

10.10 Extreme aid dependency in Iraq and Palestine as a hindrance for lasting peace
Jon Pedersen, Fafo

10.30 Conflicting perspectives on what the problem is with trafficking
May-Len Skilbrei, Fafo

10.50 Raging against the Machine - youth and African insurgencies
Morten Bøås, Fafo

11.10 Panel discussion

Lunch 11.30 - 13.00

Making globalization work for all: Community in diversity?

Session chair: Gudmund Hernes, Fafo

13.00 Europe as the Prototype for a Global Open Society
George Soros, Chairman, Open Society Institute

13.40 Globalisation and Europeanisation: Opportunities, responsibilities and challenges for the Nordic welfare states
Jonas Gahr Støre, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Norway

14.10 Dialogue. George Soros and Jonas Gahr Støre

14.45 Closing remarks
Jon M. Hippe and Gudmund Hernes, Fafo

14.50 - 15.00 Conference ends

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