They are men and women, boys and girls, foreign nationals and U.S. citizens exploited for sex or labor. Many are trapped at the bottom rungs of global supply chains, impacting agriculture, IT, extractives, hospitality & tourism, apparel, manufacturing, retail and other industries and sectors. Others are exploited in hotels, restaurants or nail salons, hidden in communities across the United States.
Leaders, directors and managers in Executive, Procurement, Legal, CSR, Sourcing, Operations and Public Policy functions from a variety of industries will benefit from the presentations and resources provided to help your businesses eliminate sex and labor trafficking from your operations and in the communities you serve.
Learn from industry leaders that are utilizing technology and other assets to fight sex trafficking, as well as employing innovative partnerships to eliminate the risk and liability of trafficking in their supply chains.
This day long forum will allow for collective learning and analyses, peer to peer networking, and present concrete steps that corporate leaders can take to join the growing movement to end human trafficking and slavery.
Brian A. Gallagher, CEO, United Way Worldwide
Bruce Charendoff, Senior Vice President, Sabre
John Cotton Richmond, Special Litigation Counsel, Civil Rights Division, Human Trafficking Prosecution Unit, U.S. Department of Justice
Moderator: Toya Walker, Senior Advisor, State Government & External Affairs, Sabre
Discussant: Julie Cordua, Chief Executive Officer, Thorn
Discussant: Nicole Levine, Chief Business Development Officer, Polaris Project
Discussant: Karin Veltman Knox, Forward Deployed Engineer, Philanthropy Lead, Palantir Technologies
Thorn, Polaris and Palantir will discuss corporate partnerships that enable them to use technology to uncover sex and labor trafficking activity and reach victims.
Discussant: Elisa Massimino, Executive Director, Human Rights First
Discussant: Antonio Alvarez Lorenzo, VP of Compliance, Western Union
Western Union and Human Rights First will discuss technology based methodologies to identify human trafficking activity by analyzing financial networks.
Malika Saada Saar, Public Policy and Government Relations Senior Counsel, Civil and Human Rights, Google
Moderator: Brent Wilton, Director Global Workplace Rights,
the Coca Cola Company
Discussant: Jessica L. Hubley, Co-Founder & CEO, AnnieCannons
Discussion on the impact that partnerships between NGOs and businesses have on educating employees to identify trafficking risks, training survivors to help them get jobs and integrating human rights into business operations.
Presider: Kate Kennedy, Managing Director for North America, The Freedom Fund
· IST Research—Ryan Paterson, CEO
· Kroll—Robert "Bob" Huff, North America Managing Director
· LaborVoices—Kohl Gill, CEO and Founder
· Made in a Free World—Justin Dillon, CEO and Founder
· EcoVadis—Daniel Perry, Senior Account Executive
Each company will demonstrate their product that helps businesses conduct human trafficking due diligence in their supply chains.
Moderator: Ed Marcum, Vice President for Investments, Humanity United
Discussant: Dan Viederman, CEO, Verité
Discussant: Biko Nagara, Standards and Certifications Systems Officer, GoodWeave
Discussant: Rob Lederer, Executive Director, Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition (EICC)
Discussant: Patricia Jurewicz, Executive Director, Responsible Sourcing Network
Discussant: Mark Taylor, Senior Advisor—Global Strategy & Partnerships,
Project Issara
Hear from experts who have partnered with companies on innovative projects to identify, address and prevent issues of human trafficking.
Shandra Woworuntu, National Survivor Network Policy Champion & Member, United States Advisory Council on Human Trafficking
Mara Vanderslice Kelly, Executive Director, United Way Center on Human Trafficking & Slavery
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