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COVID-19 and the World of Work

1-2 and 7-9 July 2020
Worker in Zimbabwe producing hand sanitizing gel. © KB Mpofu/ILO

Building a better future of work

The largest ever online gathering of workers, employers and governments will discuss how to address the economic and social impacts of the pandemic. The ILO Global Summit will unfold over five days and consist of five regional events and three global events.

Building a better future of work

The largest ever online gathering of workers, employers and governments will discuss how to address the economic and social impacts of the pandemic. The ILO Global Summit will unfold over five days and consist of five regional events and three global events.

Regional Events
July 1
July 2
Global Events
July 7
July 8
July 9
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8:00 AM - 5:00 PM UTC
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Global Leaders’ Day

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This day features addresses from Heads of State and Government, and prominent global employer and trade union leaders on the challenges and opportunities of the pandemic in the world of work.

Confirmed Speakers

Mr Guy Ryder
ILO Director-General
Mr António Guterres
Secretary-General of the United Nations
Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
Director-General of the World Health Organization
S.E. Mme Simonetta Sommaruga
President of the Swiss Confederation
H.E. Mr Moon Jae-In
President of the Republic of Korea
H.E. Mr Gotabaya Rajapaksa
President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
Ms Sangita Reddy
President of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce And Industry (FICCI)
Mr Rikio Kozu
President, Japanese Trade Union Confederation (JTUC-RENGO)
H.E. Mr Josaia Voreqe Bainimarama
Prime Minister of the Republic of Fiji
H.E. Sheikh Hasina
Prime Minister of the Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh
H.E. Mr Tuilaepa Lupe Sailele Malielegaoi
Prime Minister of the Independent State of Samoa
H.E. General Prayut Chan-O-Cha
Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Thailand
H.E. Mr K. P. Sharma Oli
Prime Minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal
H.E. Mr Imran Khan
Prime Minister of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan
H.E. Daw Aung San Suu Kyi
State Counsellor of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar
Ms Reema Nanavaty
Leader, Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA), India
Ms Kristalina Georgieva
Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund
Mr Roberto Azevêdo
Director-General of the World Trade Organization
H.E. Mr Mohammad Ibrahim Shtayyeh
Prime Minister of the Palestinian Authority
H.E. Mr Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa
President of the Republic of South Africa
H.E. Mr Michael D. Higgins
President of Ireland
S.E. Sr. Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo
President of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea
H.E. Mr Nicos Anastasiadis
President of the Republic of Cyprus
S.E. M. Ismaël Omar Guelleh
President of the Republic of Djibouti and Head of Government
Mr Carlo Bonomi
President of the General Confederation of Italian Industry (CONFINDUSTRIA)
Mr Mikhail Shmakov
President, Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Russia (FNPR), Russian Federation
S.E. M. Denis Sassou Nguesso
President of the Republic of Congo
H.E. Mr Zoran Milanović
President of the Republic of Croatia
S.E. M. Alpha Condé
President of the Republic of Guinea
S.E. M. Alessandro Mancini Et S.E. Mme Grazia Zafferani
Captains Regent of the Republic of San Marino
M. Jean-Marie Ackah
President, General Confederation of Enterprises of Côte d'Ivoire
H.E. Ms Angela Merkel
Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany
S.E. M. Azali Assoumani
President of the Union of the Comoros
H.E. Mr Mikhail Mishustin
Prime Minister of the Russian Federation
H.E. Mr Stefan Löfven
Prime Minister of Sweden
H.E. Mr Danny Faure
President of the Republic of Seychelles
S.E. M. Xavier Bettel
Prime Minister of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
H.E. Mr Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa
President of the Republic of Zimbabwe
Mr Mthunzi Mdwaba
IOE Vice-President to the ILO
Mr Reiner Hoffman
President of the German Trade Union Confederation
H.E. Ms Sahle-Work Zewde
President of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
S.E. M. António Luís Santos Da Costa
Prime Minister of the Portuguese Republic
S.E. M. Andry Nirina Rajoelina
President of the Republic of Madagascar
H.E. Mr Boyko Borissov
Prime Minister of the Republic of Bulgaria
S.E. M. Macky SALL
President of the Republic of Senegal
S.E. M. Abdelmadjid Tebboune
President of the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria
Mr Erol Kiresepi
President of the International Organisation of Employers (IOE)
Ms Rosa Pavanelli
General Secretary, Public Service International (PSI)
Mr Pat McCann
President of the Irish Business and Employers Confederation (IBEC)
H.E. Mr. Nangolo Mbumba
Vice President of the Republic of Namibia
H.E. Ms Katrin Jakobsdóttir
Prime Minister of Iceland
S.E. M. Saad-Eddine El Othmani
Head of government of the Kingdom of Morocco
H.E. Mr Andrej Babiš
Prime Minister of the Czech Republic
H.E. Mr Mostafa Kamal Madbouly Mohamed
Prime Minister of the Arab Republic of Egypt
H.E. Mr Giuseppe Conte
Prime Minister of the Republic of Italy
H.E. Mr Ambrose Mandvulo Dlamini
Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Eswatini
S.E. Sr. Pedro Sánchez-Pérez Castejón
President of the Government of Spain
S.E. M. Elyes Fakhfakh
Head of Government, Tunisian Republic
Mr Roberto Suárez Santos
IOE Secretary-General
M. Salim Labatcha
General Secretary, General Union of Algerian Workers (UGTA), Algeria
H.E. Mr Robert Abela
Prime Minister of the Republic of Malta
S.E. M. Hamed Bakayoko
Interim Prime Minister of the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire
Mr Piotr Kaminski
Vicepresident of Employers of Poland
Mr Stephen Cotton, General Secretary
International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF)
Mr Laurent Freixe
Executive Vice President and CEO Zone Americas of Nestlé
Mr Angel Gurría
Secretary-General of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
S.E. Sr. Lenín Moreno Garcés
President of the Republic of Ecuador
S.E. Sr. Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez
President of the Republic of Cuba
H.E. Mr Justin Trudeau
Prime Minister of Canada
S.E. Sr. Iván Duque Márquez
President of the Republic of Colombia
S.E Sr. Laurentino Cortizo Cohen
President of the Republic of Panama
H.E. Ms Mia Amor Mottley
Prime Minister of Barbados
Mr Richard Trumka
President of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), United States of America
Sra. María Isabel León
President of the National Confederation of Private Commercial Institutes (CONFIEP)
S.E. Sr. Alejandro Giammattei Falla
President of the Republic of Guatemala
S.E. Sr. Luis Lacalle Pou
President of the Eastern Republic of Uruguay
S.E. Sr. Marvin Rodríguez Cordero
Vice-President of the Republic of Costa Rica
Mr Sérgio Nobre
President of Central Union of Workers (CUT), Brazil
Sr. Ricardo Cusanno
President of the Venezuelan Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Production (Fedecámaras)
Ms Mari Pangestu
Managing Director, World Bank