The focus of the second annual conference will be on the Draft Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive: Opportunities and Challenges. The conference will take place in Lisbon, in an hybrid format, on the 28th and 29th of September 2022.

This year’s edition is organised in partnership with the Portuguese Government, the Portuguese Chamber of Commerce and Industry, PLMJ and the FCT (Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology). It will count with the participation of the Vice-President of the European Parliament, Heidi Hautala, the EU Commissioner for Justice, Didier Reynders, the Secretary-General of the Portuguese Chamber of Commerce, João Pedro Guimarães, as well as members of the UN Working Group of Business and Human Rights, members of the Portuguese government, scholars, civil society organisations and businesses.

Coordinators: Claire Bright , Laura Íñigo Álvarez and Inês Crispim.

First Day: 28^th September

(lisbon time)

13h15 – Opening speeches

• Margarida Lima Rego, Vice-Dean – NOVA School of Law

• Claire Bright, Director of the NOVA BHRE

• Bernardo Ivo Cruz, Portuguese Secretary of State for Internationalization

• Bruno Ferreira, Managing Partner at PLMJ

• Robert McCorquodale, Member of the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights

14h00 – Panel 1: The Implications of the Draft CSDD for Responsible Agricultural Supply Chains

      Keynote speech: Representative (tbc) of the Portuguese Government

• Chair: Tomislav Ivancic, FAO

      Panel:

• Stephanie Bratnick, Institute for Human Rights and Business

• Sofia del Valle, World Benchmark Alliance

• Nasir Mansoor, NTUF Pakistan trade union

• Isabelle Schömann, European Trade Union Confederation

• António Serrano, Jerónimo Martins

15h15 – Coffee Break

15h45 – Panel 2: The Draft CSDD, Climate Change and the Just Transition

      Keynote speech: Erika George, Tanner Humanities
Center

• Chair: Alison Holm, NOVA SBE 

      Panel:

• Lucila de Almeida, NOVA School of Law/ Wageningen

• Eduardo Moura, EDP

• Aurelie Skrobik, Global Witness

• Max Mangold, Mercedes-Benz Group

17h00 – Panel 3: The Enforcement of the Draft CSDD (online)

      Keynote speech: Lara Wolters, European Parliament

• Chair: Lise Smit, BIICL

      Panel:

• Sarah Dadush, Rutgers University

• Gabrielle Holly, Danish Institute for Human Rights

• Chris Patz, ECCJ

• Daniel Schönfelder, BHR Lawyer, Germany

18h30 – End of day one

Second Day: 29^th September 2022

(lisbon time)

10h00 – Opening speeches

• Manuela Doutel Haghighi, Microsoft

• Fernanda Ferreira Dias, General Director of the Directorate General for Economic Activities of the Portuguese Ministry of Economy and Sea

• Didier Reynders, EU Commissioner for Justice

• Damiola Sunday Olawuyi, UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights

10h30 – Panel 4:  The interconnections between the Draft CSDD and the Draft Treaty on BHR

      Keynote speech: Surya Deva, Macquarie Law School

• Chair: Inês Crispim, PLMJ

      Panel:

• Humberto Cantu-Rivera, University of Monterrey

• Laura Iñigo Álvarez, NOVA School of Law

• Axel Marx, KU Leuven

• Claire Metven O’Brien, University of Dundee

• Ben Van Peperstraete, ECCHR

12h00 – Lunch break

14h00 – Panel 5: The Draft CSDD and its Implications for Children’s Rights

      Keynote speech: Ines Kaempfer, CEO, The Centre for Child Rights and Business

• Chair: Teresa Anjinho

      Panel:

• Francisca Magagno – Advocacy Director, UNICEF Portugal

• Virginie Mahin, Mondelez

• Emilio Puccio, Secretary General of the European Parliament Intergroup on Children’s Rights

• Benjamin Smith – Senior Officer, ILO

15h30 – Coffee break

16h00 – Panel 6: The Draft CSDD and Business Conduct in Conflicts-Affected Areas

      Keynote speech: Anita Ramasastry, University of Washington School of Law

• Chair: Laura Iñígo Álvarez, NOVA School of Law

      Panel:

• Céline da Graça Pires, BSR 

• Olena Uvarova, Yaroslav the Wise National Law University & Wageningen University 

• Ron Popper, GBI

• Tara Van Ho, University of Essex

17h30 – Closing

• Benedita Sequeira, NOVA School of Law