Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 10:33:37 +0200
From: IIRA Secretariat <iira@ilo.org>
Reply-To: IIRA Secretariat <iira@ilo.org>
Subject: IIRA 15th World Congress - 3rd Newsletter
To: jvsibal@up.edu.ph
IIRA Membership No.: 642
15thWorld Congress of the International Industrial Relations Association (IIRA)
The new World of Work, Organisations & Employment
Monday 24 –Thursday 27 August 2009
Sydney Convention & amp; Exhibition Centre, Sydney, Australia
Newsletter No.3, March 2009
EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION DEADLINE EXTENDED
Register before
Member Rate
To receive the member rate, you must be a member of one of the following associations: IIRA, IRSA, AHRI & amp; AIRAANZ and indicate your association on the registration form.
Register: http://www.iceaustralia.com/IIRA2009/register.html
CALL FORCOMMUNICATION ABSTRACTS DEADLINE
The IIRA World Congress Scientific Committee is still accepting proposals for papers to be considered for communication.
To submit an abstract, click on http://www.iceaustralia.com/IIRA2009/call.html
follow the prompts.
Please be sure to read the guidelines below before proceeding.
SUBMIT ABSTRACT
PROGRAMHIGHLIGHTS
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
The Hon. Julia Gillard MP, Deputy Prime Minister of Australia and Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, Minister for Education and Minister for Social Inclusion
Dr Juan Somavia, Director General, International Labour Organisation, Geneva, Switzerland
Heather Ridout, Chief Executive, Australian Industry Group (AiG)
Jeff Lawrence, Secretary, Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU)
OPENING DAY ACTIVITIES - MONDAY 24 AUGUST
FORUM ON THE WORLD FINANCIAL CRISIS AND THE IMPLICATIONS FOR ECONOMIC SUSTAINABILITYAND EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS
This forum will provide international perspectives on the World Financial Crisis by experts from North America, Europe, Asia and Latin America. A discussion will also include employer and trade union representatives on the implications of the crisis for sustainability and employment relations in
Session1: 9.00am - 10.30am - International Perspectives on the Global Financial Crisis
Chair: Nick Wailes, Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics and Business,
A North American Perspective
Thomas Kochan, Professor, Sloan School of Management, MIT, Boston, USA and adviser to President Barack Obama
A European Perspective
Raymond Torres, Director, International Institute for Labour Studies, ILO,
An Asian Perspective
Wonduck Lee, Senior Economic Adviser to Samsung Corporation, former Director of the Korea Labor Institute and Senior Adviser to the President of the Republic of Korea
A Latin American Perspective
Helio Zylberstajn, Professor, School of Economics and Business,
Session 2:11.00am – 12.30pm - Implications for Sustainability and Employment
Relations
Chair: John Buchanan, Director, Workplace Research Centre,
Sharan Burrow, President, Australian Council of Trade Unions and President, International Trade Union Confederation
Heather Ridout, Chief Executive, Australian Industry Group
Duncan Campbell, Director, Economics and Labour Market Analysis, International Labour Organisation, Geneva, Switzerland
FORUM ON INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS AND HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN AUSTRALIA
This will be an opportunity for delegates to receive a comprehensive briefing on
current developments in industrial relations and human resource management in
Australia from leading academics and practitioners.
The briefing is only open to delegates registered for the IIRA World Congress.
Chair: Suzanne Jamieson, Associate Professor, Work and Organisational Studies,
Session 1: 1.30pm – 3.00pm
Ron McCallum, Blake Dawson Waldron Professor of Labour Law, University of
Peter Anderson, Chief Executive, Australian Chamber of Commerce & amp; Industry
Sharan Burrow, President, Australian Council of Trade Unions
Mark Lennon, Secretary, Unions
Session 2:3.30pm – 5.00pm
Peter Wilson, President, Australian Human Resources Institute
Sue Bussell, Director of Industrial Relations, Qantas Airways Limited
Katy McDonald, Head of Employment Relations, Diversity and Equity, Westpac Banking Corporation
Study Group Meetings
The following IIRA Study Groups will be holding meetings on Monday 24 August, the
opening day of the World Congress. For more details, please contact the Convenors directly. Please note that participation in the Study Group meetings is only open to delegates registered for the IIRA World Congress.
1. Industrial Relations as a Field and IR Theory
Convenors:
Bruce Kaufman bkaufman@gsu.edu
John Kelly j.kelly@lse.ac.uk
Peter Ackers P.B.Ackers@lboro.ac.uk
2. Gender andIR
Convenors:
Anne-Marie Greeneanne-marie.greene@wbs.ac.uk
Gill Kirton g.kirton@qmul.ac.uk
3. Equality in Pay and Employment
Convenors:
Harish Jain jainhar@mcmaster.ca
Janice Bellace bellace@wharton.upenn.edu
4. Workers' Participation
Convenor:
Ray Markey ray.markey@aut.ac.nz
5. Public Policy and IR
Convenors:
Serafino Negrelli negrelli@eco.unibs.it
Anil Verma Verma@Rotman.Utoronto.Ca
6. Flexible Work Patterns
Convenors:
Clare Kelliher clare.kelliher@cranfield.ac.uk
Richard Croucher R.Croucher@mdx.ac.uk
Christine Edwards c.edwards@kingston.ac.uk
7. The Future of Trade Unionism
Convenor:
Timo Kauppinen Timo.Kauppinen@eurofound.europa.eu;
8. The Theory and Practice of Negotiations
Convenor:
Edward Herman edward.herman@uc.edu
9. Human Resource Management
Convenor:
Stefan Zagelmeyer s.zagelmeyer@fh-bad-honnef.de;
10. Research Methods in IR
Convenors:
Diana Kelly di_kelly@uow.edu.au
Keith Whitfield whitfield@cf.ac.uk
11. IR in the Public Sector
Convenors:
Stephen Bach Stephen.bach@kcl.ac.uk;
Lorenzo Bordogna lorenzo.bordogna@unimi.it
12. The Comparative IR and Teaching Society (CIRRTS)
Convenors:
Roy J. Adams adamsr@mcmaster.ca;
John Logan J.Logan@lse.ac.uk
13. IR in Countries in Transition from Centrally-Planned to Market Economies
Convenor:
Darko Marinkovic dmarinkovic@megatrend-edu.net
14. Labour Market Regulations -rationales, indicators and impacts
Convenor:
Sangheon Lee lees@ilo.org
SUBMISSION OF FULL PAPERS
All papers accepted for the IIRA World Congress (both for presentation and communication) will be published in full in the Congress proceedings.
Papers accepted for presentation
Full versions of the papers accepted for presentation must be submitted electronically via the IIRA 2009 website www.iceaustralia.com/IIRA2009
Details about the formatting of papers, including length, are outlined on the website.
Please note: Full Papers & amp; Registration must be submitted by
listed in the main program and appear in the Congress proceedings.
Papers accepted for communication and placed on a waiting list for presentation
All papers accepted for communication at the World Congress will be published in the conference proceedings. If you would like your paper to be published in the conference proceedings and would like to have your paper considered for presentation at the World Congress (should an opportunity arise) you must register for the Congress and submit the full version of your paper by
Papers should be submitted electronically via the IIRA 2009 website
www.iceaustralia.com/IIRA2009
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http://www.iceaustralia.com/iira2009/accom.htmlor Telephone the Congress Secretariat on + 61 2 9368 1200 or email iira2009@iceaustralia.com.
Interesting fact:
IIRA World Congress Important Dates
Early Bird Registration Deadline
Tuesday 31 March 2009
Submission of communication abstracts (electronic)
Wednesday 1 April 2009
All presenters to have submitted full papers for inclusion in final program
Friday 1 May 2009
Last date for receipt of registration
Monday 10 August 2009