Hot Air: What works to combat extreme heat in apparel production in Asia?
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Overview
Please plan now to join Cornell University’s Global Labor Institute (New York) and Thammasat Business School (Bangkok) for new analyses and responses to heat’s impact on workers, manufacturers, apparel brands and governments in S. and S.E. Asia. Cornell GLI’s Jason Judd and Sarah Krasley will present new data analyses and case studies from South and Southeast Asia apparel and footwear production. We will be joined by Prof. Jason Lee of NUS (Singapore), members of the Cornell/BRAC University study in Bangladesh, and leaders from apparel manufacturers, trade unions, brands, policymakers and multilaterals.
Location:
Thammasat Business School
Room 500
Tha Prachan Campus
2 Prachan Road, Pranakorn
Bangkok 10200 Thailand
The conference is by invitation only and limited to 50 participants. Receipt of this email from the organizers at Cornell University is an invitation. Media is not invited and proceedings will be conducted under the Chatham House rule.
There is no cost. Breakfast and lunch will be provided. We have not organized a conference hotel, but the confirmation email includes hotels recommend by Thammasat Business School.
Agenda
9:30 a.m. - 4 p.m.
- Welcome and framing of issues (Chaturong Napathorn, Thammasat Business School and Jason Judd, Cornell University, Global Labor Institute)
- Presentation of Southeast Asia heat remediation case studies
- Responses from Professor Lee, Professor Kuruvilla, employers, unions, brands
- Presentation of the Bangladesh heat impact findings
- Responses
- Lunch
- Heat/climate governance advances and problems
- Responses, including policymakers
- Group discussions by issue and plenary discussion
- Closing and next steps