​10:00 AM to 10:30 AM               Registration​​​

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10:30 AM – 10:50 AM                Welcome: Opportunities of AI to Identify and Reduce Forced                                          Labor

Dr. Jay Golden, Director Dynamic Sustainability Lab & Pontarelli Professor Maxwell School of Citizenship & Public Affairs, Syracuse University.       

Heather C. Panton, senior advisor for social impact and human rights at Thomson Reuters. Former White House Special Advisor for Human Trafficking.

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10:50 AM – 11:10 AM                  Research Findings: Results of a National Survey on How                                                Organizations Use AI for Forced Labor

Research Fellows of the Dynamic Sustainability Lab.

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11:25 AM – 12:00 PM                 Keynote Speaker:  Luis C. deBaca

Former U.S. Ambassador at Large to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons.  Professor University of Michigan.

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12:00 PM                                    Lunch Served

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12:30 PM – 1:15 PM                    Panel Session: How Organizations Are Implementing AI in                                              Supply Chain Transparency

Moderator:  Bob Rhodes, Chief Technology Officer for Thomson Reuters Special Services.

Panelists:

Jeff Vockrodt, President & CEO - Fair Labor Association.

John Koski, Special Agent - Homeland Security Investigations.           

Michael Levine, Former VP & Chief Sustainability Officer & Managing Counsel Under Armour.

Dan Viederman, Partner at Working Capital Fund.

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1:15 PM – 2:00 PM                    Audience Moderated Discussions: What Practices, Standards,                                       Outreach, Education And Tools Are Needed To Leverage AI                                           For Forced Labor In Global Supply Chains’?

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2:00 PM– 2:10 PM                    Wrap Up and Follow Up