ILO Events

This event is organized as part of ITU's AI for Good Series. In the Information Age, many hoped that technology would level the economic playing field by making information widely accessible. Instead, it concentrated power among experts who use this information to make important decisions. AI, however, presents a unique opportunity to change this dynamic by enhancing human expertise. AI can help more workers, not just elite professionals, take on complex tasks like medical care, legal work, software development, and education. The main argument of this talk is that, if used wisely, AI could help rebuild the middle-skill, middle-class heart of the US labor market that has been hollowed out by automation and globalization.

The ILO Global Business and Disability Network (GBDN) will host its 11th global annual conference “From Margin to Mainstream: Disability in Business” on 27th and 28th November 2024 at the ILO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland – using a hybrid modality. The ILO GBDN conference will allow for the welcoming of new ILO GBDN members, the exchange on good corporate practices on disability inclusion, and the presentation of latest business initiatives on disability at global and local levels. International Sign interpretation and live captioning in English, French Spanish and Arabic are provided.

This event is organized as part of ITU's AI for Good Series. In July 2023, the Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) began a 118-day strike following a breakdown in negotiations with its counterpart, the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP). At the heart of the breakdown in negotiations was the use of AI in production. This conversation with Duncan Crabtree Ireland, Chief Negotiator of SAG-AFTRA, will discuss the concerns of its membership over the use of AI and the reasons the union felt an imperative to have an agreement on informed consent and fair compensation. The conversation will also cover the potential and limitations of AI for the industry, the need to establish guardrails at an early stage, as well as the technology-proof uniqueness of human talent.

The 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference or Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC, more commonly known as COP29, is the 29th United Nations Climate Change Conference. COP29 takes place in Baku, Azerbaijan from 11 to 22 November, 2024. For the third year in a row, the ILO and the European Commission are hosting the Just Transition Pavilion, a convening space for events, meetings and knowledge sharing around just transition and climate action in cooperation with the UNFCCC, International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) and International Organisation of Employers (IOE). Keeping the social dimension of climate change at the forefront of discussions is the focus of events being organized in the Just Transition Pavilion. Read more on ilo.org/cop29.

Under the theme “Transforming care systems to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals in the context of Beijing+30”, this high-level event will build on the recently launched UN system-wide policy guidance on Transforming Care Systems as a critical lever for gender equality. As we approach the 30th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, this occasion is a timely opportunity to commit to action to transform care systems, to end the undervalued and gendered division of care work and build thriving, equitable and sustainable economies and societies for today’s and tomorrow’s generations.

The International Labour Organization (ILO) will mark International Day of Care and Support 2024 by spotlighting the Resolution concerning Decent Work and the Care Economy, adopted by the ILO International Labour Conference in June 2024. This webinar, organized by the ILO, will feature tripartite constituents (Government, employers’ and workers’ organizations) and an ILO representative – who will share their insights on implementing the Resolution. It promises to be an engaging discussion on how we can promote decent work in the care economy globally. Let us mark this significant day together as we discuss how to implement this new Resolution. – You can register on Zoom to participate and ask questions: Registration - Zoom

The Latin America Conference of the ILO Global Business and Disability Network is convened by the International Labour Organization (ILO) as a side event to the Third OECD Ministerial Summit on Social Inclusion. The general objective of the conference is to discuss how companies can be supported to promote and improve the employment of people with disabilities in Latin America.

The Regional Initiative Latin America and the Caribbean Free of Child Labour (winner of the ILO Innovation Award in 2019), a 31 countries tripartite action platform established to accelerate the eradication of child labour, celebrates  it's 10 years of hard work.  Follow Live, the opening ceremony and commemoration of ten years of tripartite work.

This event is organized as part of ITU's AI for Good Series. Digital and AI-based technologies provide new tools to reorganize work and manage workers. These can be used in different ways: to automate and deskill jobs or augment worker skills; and to intensify monitoring and discipline or improve training and scheduling. In this talk, Professor Doellgast asks under what conditions these technologies generate mutual gains for employers, workers, and the broader public – drawing on findings from research in the North American and European telecom, IT, and call center industries. She discusses challenges to realizing these benefits, as well as opportunities for management and policy choices that support more socially sustainable AI strategies. This talk is based on: Doellgast, V. (2023). Can democracy at work deliver mutual gains in the digital economy? Studi organizzativi: XXV, 2, 2023, 213-229. – and Doellgast, V., Wagner, I., & O’Brady, S. (2023). Negotiating limits on algorithmic management in digitalised services: cases from Germany and Norway. Transfer: European Review of Labour and Research, 29(1), 105-120. This live event includes a 30-minute networking event hosted on the AI for Good Neural Network. This is your opportunity to ask questions, interact with the panelists and participants and build connections with the AI for Good community.

On International Coffee Day 2024, join us in celebrating the individuals behind your daily cup of coffee and support efforts to promote decent work in the coffee supply chain. This documentary features interviews with coffee growers from Brazil, Uganda, and Vietnam, and insights from key organizations like the ILO, the International Coffee Organization, and European Commission. Produced by the ILO Vision Zero Fund and ITCILO as part of the #CoffeePeople campaign, and co-funded by the European Union.