AGENDA:

10.00   Tea and Coffee on Arrival

10.30   Opening Speeches - How the Strategic Business and Human Rights Agenda has Developed in             2004

• Mary Robinson - Executive Director, Ethical Globalization Initiative & Chair, Business Leaders Initiative on Human Rights (BLIHR)
• Bill Rammell MP - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
• Peter Woicke - Executive Vice President, International Finance Corporation & Managing Director, World Bank
• Peter Eigen - Chairman, Transparency International

11.30   Defining Spheres of Influence: The Application of Human Rights across Sectors. Chaired by             Robert Davies, Chief Executive, The Prince of Wales International Business Leaders Forum

• Pharmaceutical Industry Initiative - Prof Klaus M. Leisinger, CEO & President, Novartis Foundation for Sustainable Development
• Utilities Industry Initiative - Gareth Llewellyn, Group Corporate Social Responsibility Director, National Grid Transco Plc
• Manufacturing and Engineering - Gary Steel - Executive Vice President, ABB Ltd

12.45   Lunch - 2 Courses with Wine, Soft Drinks and Coffee

14.00   Finance and Investment - Important Levers for Protecting and Upholding Human Rights             Internationally? Chaired by Chris Marsden, Chair, Amnesty International UK Business Group

• Chris Lendrum - Vice Chair and Group Executive Director, Barclays PLC
• Howard Carter - Chief Executive Officer, F & C Asset Management
• Dr Rachel Kyte - Director, Environment & Social Development Department, IFC

15.00  Emerging Issues for Business and Human Rights Leadership in 2005
            Chaired by Mary Robinson

• Georg Kell, Executive Director, United Nations Global Compact
• Teresa Fogelberg, Associate Director, Global Reporting Initiative
• Frances O'Grady, Deputy Secretary General, Trades Union Congress
• Michiel Bakker, Managing Director, MTV UK & Ireland

16.00  End