SLAVERY, LAW & INTERNATIONAL SUPPLY CHAINS CURRENT

SLAVERY, LAW & INTERNATIONAL SUPPLY CHAINS
CURRENT ISSUES AND PERSPECTIVES
Wednesday • April 15, 2015 • 12 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Lowenstein Sandler LLP • 1251 Avenue of the Americas, New York
Lowenstein Sandler LLP and Free the Slaves are co-sponsoring a unique luncheon conference to examine the
quickly-evolving field of slavery and the law. Regulations that require companies to investigate forced labor slavery
in their products have been emerging at the state, federal and international levels. Socially-responsible investment
funds are screening companies for their human rights standards and practices. Are you up-to-date on emerging
trends in corporate transparency and accountability?
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Key Conference Themes
Current Landscape: What are the current efforts to eradicate slavery from supply chains and are they
effective?
What’s Next: What new, modified, and expanded efforts to change supply chain behavior are on the horizon?
Being Prepared: Are businesses and their counsel prepared to address effectively the growing issues of supply
chain transparency and accountability?
Featured Speakers
Jean Baderschneider: Former Exxon Mobil Vice President of Global Procurement and current CEO of the Global
Fund to End Slavery
Ralph Falzone: U.S. Department of State
Cathy Feingold: Director of international affairs, AFL-CIO
Cecilia Gardner: Jewelers Vigilance Committee
Judy Gearhart: International Labor Rights Forum
Steve Hitov: Coalition of Immokalee Workers
E. Christopher Johnson: Center for Justice, Rights and Dignity
Adam Kanzer: Domini Social Investments
Melysa Sperber: Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking
For a detailed agenda and to RSVP email: lina.permut@freetheslaves.net
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of the abolition movement. Slavery has been outlawed everywhere, but it has not been eradicated. Free the Slaves exists to help finish the work that earlier generations of abolitionists started. We help those in slavery escape the brutality of bondage. We help prevent others from becoming trapped by traffickers. We help
officials bring slave holders to justice. We help survivors restore their dignity, rebuild their lives, and reclaim the future for themselves, their families, and their
communities. Free the Slaves is building a world without slavery by demonstrating that ending slavery is possible.
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