2019 CWC Conference: Important travel and event information

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2019 CWC Conference: Important travel and event information

This page contains information on registration, the schedule and hotel options for the 2019 Workers’ Capital Conference in Paris, France. Please note that this conference will take place in two different venues: The AG2R LaMondiale on Sunday, September 8 and the OECD Headquarters and Conference Centre on Monday, September 9.

Conference participants are invited to a networking dinner on Saturday, September 7. The morning of Sunday, September 8, we will hold a Trustee Leadership Workshop that is open to trustees. The conference itself begins the afternoon of Sunday, September 8.

Please keep checking this page for updates.

REGISTRATION

  • Registrations for the conference are now CLOSED.
  • Register for the Trustee Leadership Workshop (September 8 morning): Registration is open to all trustees and capped at 40 participants. There is a EUR150 registration fee. Please note that you do not have to register separately for the CWC Conference if you’ve registered for the trustee workshop.

AGENDA

This year’s conference agenda will include sessions on:

  • Reclaiming the balance of power: How trustees and unions are holding asset managers accountable
  • Investor responses to digitalisation and the future of work
  • Changing the rules: State-based frameworks to hold investors accountable on social issues
  • Good jobs on a living planet: Progress on the Just Transition to a low-carbon economy
  • Tax avoidance: how are changes in the regulatory and transparency landscapes creating risks and opportunities for responsible investors?
  • Workers’ rights in alternative asset portfolios
  • Innovations around fee transparency in the investment chain

See the latest draft agenda here

See the Trustee Leadership Workshop agenda here

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7
Radioeat: Restaurant de la maison de radio
1er étage Galerie Seine - Radio France, 116 avenue du président Kennedy 75016 Paris
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Networking dinner
19:00 - 21:00

  • Participants will be asked to pre-pay to take part in the optional networking dinner when registering for the conference. While we encourage you to pre-pay online, you will have the option to make an offline payment. The cost is 50 EUR per person, which includes an appetizer, entrée, desert, a glass of wine and coffee.

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 8
AG2R LaMondiale
104, boulevard Haussmann 75008 Paris
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Trustee Leadership Workshop
9:30 - 12:00

Workers’ Capital Conference
13:00 - 17:30

  • This event is open to all trade union delegates and trustees

Keynote Speaker: Ludovic Phalippou

Reception
17:30 - 19:00

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 9
OECD Headquarters and Conference Centre
2, rue André Pascal 75016 Paris
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Workers’ Capital Conference
8:30 - 17:00

HOTELS

Conference participants are responsible for arranging their own hotel bookings. For your convenience, we are pleased to share with you a list of hotels in Paris offering preferential rates to OECD visitors, courtesy of TUAC. We encourage you to make your reservation as soon as possible as the rooms are filling up.

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