Friday, May 7, 2010

15:30 – 16:00

REGISTRATION OF PARTICIPANTS

Amphitheatre of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs “Giannis Kranidiotis”

1, Akadimias Street

106 71 Athens

16:00 – 16:20

WELCOME AND OPENING OF THE SEMINAR

Dimitris PAXINOS, President of the Athens Bar Association, Athens, Greece
Panos MYLONOPOULOS, Legal Advisor of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Athens, Greece

Corrado DE MARTINI, UIA President, Rome, Italy

16:20 – 16:40

Introduction

16:40 – 17:00

Business and Human Rights Issues, Themes, and Dilemmas: 

- The Concept

- The Evolution

- Where is the Law Found?

Michela COCCHI, Avvocato Michela Cocchi - Studio Legale, Bologna, Italy (Chair)

17:00 – 17:20

Present Challenges and Opportunities of Law Practice

Sortiris FELIOS, S. A. Felios & Associates, Athens, Greece

17:20 – 17:40

Discussion

17:40 – 18:10

COFFEE BREAK sponsored by S. A. FELIOS & ASSOCIATES LAW FIRM

18:10 – 18:30

Economic Sectors:

Overview of the Global Cotton Industry

·   Impacts of Production on SEEP (Social, Environmental, and Economic Performance). 

·   A Comparative Analysis: The Ten Focus Countries of the Largest Producers by Volume.

·   China, India, USA, Pakistan, Brazil, Uzbekistan, Turkey, Greece, Syria and Burkina Faso. 

·   An Up-to-Date Picture through a Literature Review and a Research Evaluation.

Lara FACCO, Lipstick Index Department Curator, Avvocato Michela Cocchi - Studio Legale, Bologna, Italy

18:30- 18:50

Case Stories
Interview with Fashion System

Stefania PIGNATARO,Sales Executive, Jucca-Market Industrie, Soliera, Italy

18:50 – 19:15

Discussion

21:00

Optional Dinner

Cellier Le Bistrot

10 Panepistimiou Street

106 71 Athens

Saturday, May 8, 2010

09:00 – 09:30

REGISTRATION OF PARTICIPANTS

Amphitheatre of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs “Giannis Kranidiotis”

1, Akadimias Street

106 71 Athens

09:30 – 09:40

Emerging Themes:

Culture as a Catalyst for Business and Human Rights: Perspectives

Andrea PIZZI, Studio Legale Avv. Andrea Pizzi, Bologna, Italy

09:40 – 10:20

Dialogue about the Concept of Cultural Landscape:

- Within International Heritage Arenas.

- To Reconcile Nature and Culture.

Speakers:

Fabrizio SARTI, President, Istituzione Villa Smeraldi-Museo della Civiltà Contadina (Villa Smeraldi – Peasant Culture Museum), Bentivoglio, Italy

Andrea PIZZI, Studio Legale Avv. Andrea Pizzi, Bologna, Italy

10:20 – 10:40

Discussion

10:40 – 11:10

COFFEE BREAK sponsored by S. A. FELIOS & ASSOCIATES LAW FIRM

11:10 – 11:30

Emerging Trends:

Contemporary Islamic Finance and the Arab private sector’s foray into philanthropy and corporate social responsibility.

Majed M. GAROUB, the Law Firm of Majed M. Garoub, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

11:30 – 11:50

Discussion

11:50 – 12:10

Global Matters:

Immigration within Business and Human Rights context.

Hugues LANGLAIS, Hugues Langlais Law Firm, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

12:10 – 12:30

Discussion

12:30 – 14:00

LUNCH

Restaurant Ideal

46, Panepistimiou Street Athens

14:00 – 14:20

Global Frameworks:

How Companies are Impacting Human Rights.

Mary-Daphné FISHELSON, SCP Lefèvre, Pelletier et Associés, Paris, France

14:20 – 14:40

Follow the Money:

- A local point of view

Luca LADINI, Equitalia Polis S.p.a. - Bologna, Italy

14:40 – 15:00

Discussion

15:00 – 15:40

Experiences: 

- The US report

 Leslie K. L. THIELE, Whiteman Osterman & Hanna LLP, Albany-NY, USA

- The Eastern Europe report

Nenad JANICEVIC, Law Firm Janicevic Skopje, Skopje, Macedonia

15:40 – 16:00

Discussion

16:00 – 16:30

COFFEE BREAK sponsored by S. A. FELIOS & ASSOCIATES LAW FIRM

16:30 – 17:10

Mapping the Evolution

Round Table with the Participation of:

Michela COCCHI, Avvocato Michela Cocchi - Studio Legale, Bologna, Italy

Sotiris FELIOS, S. A. Felios & Associates, Athens, Greece

Mary-Daphné FISHELSON, SCP Lefèvre, Pelletier et Associés, Paris, France

Majed M. GAROUB, The Law Firm of Majed M. Garoub, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Leslie K. L. THIELE, Whiteman Osterman & Hanna LLP, Albany-NY, USA

17:10 – 17:30

Conclusions END OF THE SEMINAR