Agenda
Day 1) 08.15-08.45
Registration & Breakfast
Please arrive promptly to ensure smooth registration.
The Sporting Chance Forum will start promptly at 9am
Day 1) 09.00-10.00
Welcomes & Speeches (livestreamed)
Welcomes:
- Pascale Baeriswyl, State Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Government of Switzerland
- Mary Robinson, Chair, Mega-Sporting Events Platform for Human Rights; Former President of Ireland; Former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Speeches from:
- Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations
- Guy Ryder, Director General, International Labour Organization
- Thomas Bach, President, International Olympic Committee
Day 1) 10.00-11.15
Plenary: Advancing Women's Rights Through Sport
Chair: Minky Worden, Director of Global Initiatives, Human Rights Watch
Panelists:
- Raha Moharrak, First Saudi woman to climb Mt Everest
- Bilqis Abdul-Qaadir, NCAA Division I basketball player, Memphis University and Indiana State University
- Sara, @OpenStadiums activist
- Kathryn Gill, Player Relations Executive, Professional Footballers Australia; Former captain, Australian women’s national team; Asian Football Confederation Women’s Player of 2010
Day 1) 11.15-11.45
Coffee
Day 1) 11.45-12.45
Plenary
Speeches from:
- Adolf Ogi, Ambassador, Peace & Sport; Former President, Swiss Confederation; Former Special Advisor to the UN Secretary General, Sport for Development & Peace
- Hassan al-Thawadi, Secretary General, Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy, Qatar 2022
- Lola Young, Baroness Young of Hornsey, House of Lords, United Kingdom
- Bakary Bamba Junior, Conseiller pour les questions Paix, sécurité et droits de l’Homme, Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF)
Day 1) 12.45-13.45
Lunch
Day 1) 13.45-14.45
Parallel Sessions
Host Cities & Governments:
Room: Genève
Chair: Sandra Lendenmann, Head of Office of Human Rights Policy, Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs
Panelists:
- Kathryn Dovey, Manager for National Contact Point Coordination, OECD
- Lucy Amis, Sports & Human Rights Specialist, UNICEF
- David Russell, Chief Executive, Northern Ireland National Human Rights Commission
Sponsors:
Room: Lausanne
Chair: Andres Franco, Director for Private Sector Engagement, UNICEF
Panelists:
- Brent Wilton, Global Head of Workplace Rights, The Coca-Cola Company
- Bill Anderson, VP, Social & Environmental Affairs, Asia Pacific, adidas Group
- Matt Galvin, Legal & Compliance Director, AB InBev
- Chikako Miyata, Vice President, ANA Holdings. INC, with translation support from Hiroshi Ishida, Caux Roundtable Japan
Broadcasters:
Room: Vevey
Chair: Gigi Alford, Head of Sport and Human Rights, World Players Association, UNI Global Union; Coordinator, Sport & Rights Alliance
Panelists:
- Moira Oliver, Head of Policy & Chief Counsel, Hu- man/Digital Rights, BT plc
- Steve Leroy, Senior Vice President Public Policy & Regulatory Affairs, Discovery
- Courtney Radsch, Advocacy Director, Committee to Protect Journalists
Sport for Development and Peace:
Room: Nyon
Chair: Guido Battaglia, IHRB
Panelists:
- Oliver Dudfield, Head of Sport for Development and Peace, Commonwealth Secretariat
- Eli Wolff, Director, Sport and Society Initiative, Brown University; Olympic footballer
- Delphine Schmutz, Office Manager, Taekwondo Humanitarian Foundation
Day 1) 14.45-15.15
Coffee
Day 1) 15.15-16.30
Plenary: Meeting the Needs of Affected Groups
Chair: Brendan Schwab, Executive Director, World Players Association, UNI Global Union
Panelists:
- Mary Graham, Associate Adjunct Professor, University of Queensland; Aboriginal representative
- Kristen Worley, Cyclist; Educator & Diversity Development Adviser; President, Human Diversity in Sport Foundation (HDiS), Canada
- Rachel Denber, Deputy Director for Europe & Central Asia, Human Rights Watch
- Semyon Simonov, Researcher & Photographer, Human Rights Watch
- Eli Wolff, Director, Sport and Society Initiative, Brown University; Olympic footballer
Day 1) 16.30-17.30
Plenary: The Nature of the Challenge
Chair: John Morrison, Chief Executive, IHRB
Panelists:
- Don Fehr, President, World Players Association, UNI Global Union
- Louise Martin, President, Commonwealth Games Federation; Chair, Commonwealth Advisory Board on Sport
- David Rutherford, Chief Commissioner, New Zealand Human Rights Commission
- Moya Dodd, Partner, Gilbert + Tobin; Former member, FIFA Council; Former international footballer
Day 1) 17.30
Day 1 Closing Remarks
Closing remarks from Mary Robinson, Chair, Mega-Sporting Events Platform for Human Rights; Former President of Ireland; Former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Day 2) 08.15-08.45
Registration & Breakfast
The Sporting Chance Forum will start promptly at 9am
Day 2) 09.00-09.15
Reflections from Day 1
- John Morrison, Chief Executive, Institute for Human Rights and Business
Day 2) 09.15-10.30
Plenary: The Governing Body Perspective
Chair: Rachel Davis, Managing Director, Shift
Panelists:
- Patrick Gasser, Head of Football and Social Responsibility, Executive Of ce, Union of European Football Associations (UEFA)
- Becky Edwards, Strategic Communications Director, International Olympic Committee (IOC)
- Federico Addiechi, Head of Sustainability & Diversity, Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA)
- David Grevemberg, Chief Executive Of cer, Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF)
Day 2) 10.30-11.00
Coffee
Day 2) 11.00-12.15
Plenary: The Host Perspective
Chair: Steve Gibbons, Ergon Associates
Panelists:
- Takeo Tanaka, Head of Sustainability, Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic Games, with translation assis- tance from Hiroshi Ishida, Executive Director, Caux Round Table Japan
- Rik Desmet, Building and Wood Workers’ International (BWI)
- Darron Turnquest, Director of Youth, Ministry of Youth Sports & Culture, Government of the Bahamas
- Dionne Harrison, Director, Impactt
Day 2) 12.15-13.15
Plenary: The Work Ahead - A Permanent Body for Collective Action
Chair: Mary Robinson, Chair, Mega-Sporting Events Platform for Human Rights; Former President of Ireland; Former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Panelists:
- Linda Kromjong, Secretary General, International Organisation of Employers (IOE)
- Lene Wendland, Chief of Directorate, Of ce of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
- Giovanni Di Cola, Special Adviser, Of ce of the Deputy Director General, International Labour Organization (ILO)
- Tim Noonan, Director, Campaigns & Communications, International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC)
Day 2) 13.15-13.30
Closing Remarks
- Heidi Grau, Head of Human Security Division, Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs
- John Morrison, Chief Executive, Institute for Human Rights and Business
Day 2) 13.30
