Day 1

Thursday, 25 January 2018

10:00–10:30

Arrival and registration, Brdo Centre Congress Lobby

10:30–11:00 

11:00-11:10

Opening remarks, Grandis Hall

•    Karl Erjavec, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Slovenia [@MZZRS]
•    Gabriela Ramos, OECD Chief of Staff, Special Counsellor and Sherpa to the G20 [@gabramosp]

Photo session (for speakers only)

Session 1: Early childhood development, disadvantage and development, Grandis Hall

Chair:Tomaž Boh, State Secretary, Ministry of Education, Science and Sport, Slovenia [@MIZS_RS]

Introduction: Monika Queisser, Senior Counsellor, Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs, OECD [@OECD_Social]
Panel discussion
• Gabriela Ramos, OECD Chief of Staff, Special Counsellor and Sherpa to the G20 [@gabramosp]
• Linas Kukuraitis, Minister of Social Security and Labour, Lithuania
• Fatma Betül Sayan Kaya, Minister of Family and Social Policy, Turkey
• Beneda Attila, Deputy State Secretary, Ministry of Human Capacities, Hungary
• Taeick Cho, Director General, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Korea
• Doug Murphy, Special Advisor on Social Policy, Ministry for Employment and Social Development, Canada
Open discussion

Session 2: Ensuring equal access to health prevention and care, Grandis Hall

Chair: Jožica Maučec Zakotnik, State Secretary, Ministry of Health, Slovenia

Introduction: Stefano Scarpetta, Director for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs, OECD  [@OECD_Social]
Panel discussion
• Adolfo Rubinstein, Minister of Health, Argentina
• Hans-Horst Konkolewsky, Secretary General of the International Social Security Association [@ISSACOMM]
• Phil O’Reilly, Chair, Business at OECD (OECD Business and Industry Advisory Committee)
• Elvire Aronica, Deputy Delegate, European and International Affairs, Ministry of Health, France
Open discussion

Session 3: Towards the new work – life model, Grandis Hall

Chair: Stefano Scarpetta, Director for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs, OECD  [@OECD_Social]

Introduction: Monika Queisser, Senior Counsellor, Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs, OECD  [@OECD_Social]
Panel discussion
• Anja Kopač Mrak, Minister of Labour, Slovenia
• Hideki Makihara, State Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, Japan
• Amedeo Trambajolo, Diplomatic Adviser to the Minister for Labour and Social Policies, Italy
• Evelyn Astor, Economic and Social Policy Officer at the International Trade Union Confederation
• Agnieszka Chlon-Dominczak, Polish Pension Group, Warsaw School of Economics
• Mike Mansfield, Program Director for the Aegon Center for Longevity and Retirement, The Netherlands
Open discussion

Session 4: Ensuring older workers can participate in the labour market, Grandis Hall

Chair: Peter Pogačar, State Secretary of Labour, Family, Social affairs and Equal opportunities, Slovenia [@PPogacar]

Introduction: Stefano Scarpetta, Director for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs, OECD  [@OECD_Social]
Panel discussion
• Jānis Reirs, Minister of Welfare, Latvia [@Lab_min]
• Marcelo Caetano, State Secretary for Social Security, Ministry of Finance, Brazil
• Ramsey Alwin, Director Financial Resilience on the Global Thought Leadership team, American Association of Retired Persons, United States
• Axel Börsch-Supan, Director Munich Center for the Economics of Ageing, Max-Planck-Institute for Social Law and Social Policy, Germany
Open discussion

Closing remarks, Grandis Hall

Maja Makovec Brencic, Minister of Education, Science and Sport, Slovenia [@MajaMakovec]

Meeting documents

   • Issues Notes (14-page .pdf)

   • Who's Who (24-page .pdf)

   • OECD (2017), Preventing Ageing Unequally

To Register:

Please fill in and return this registration form (1-page - .docx)