DAY ONE: Tuesday 12 November
10:00-12:00: CSR Law Research Network Meeting (open for all members of the CSR LRN)
Chaired by Associate professor Karin Buhmann, chairman of the CSR LRN
12:00-13:00: Light lunch and registration
Session 1: Strengthening the implementation of the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises through mediation and conflict resolution
Chair: Professor Birgitte Egelund Olsen
13:00-30:10: Welcome Professor Birgitte Egelund Olsen
13:10-13:40: The OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises and the role of
the National Contact Points
Professor Karsten Engsig Sørensen, Department of Law, Aarhus University
13:40-13:55: Discussion
13:55-14:30: Who should have access to the National Contact Points?
Mads Øvlisen, Chair of the Danish Contact Point
14:30-15.00: Comments from the UK NCP (5 minutes)
Comments from the N NCP (5 minutes)
Plenary discussion 15 minutes
15:00-15:30: Coffee break
15:30-16:05: The position of the parties in the proceedings before the NCP
and the gathering of information
Danish Chopra, UK Contact Point
16.05-16:30: Comments from the N NCP (5 minutes)
Comments from the DK NCP (5 minutes)
Plenary discussion 15 minutes
16: 30-16:40: Break
16.40-17:15: Applying the OECD Guidelines – the scope, interpretation and application
Hans Petter Graver, Chair of the Norwegian Contact Point
17.15-17.40: Comments from the UK NCP (5 minutes)
Comments from the DK NCP (5 minutes)
Plenary discussion 15 minutes
17:40-18:00: General discussion and concluding the first day
DAY TWO: Wednesday 13 November
09:00-12:00: CSR LRN PhD Seminar (open for all participants)
Chaired by Associate professor Karin Buhmann, chairman of the CSR LRN
09:00-09:10: Introduction
09:10-09.40: From legal liability to shared responsibility?
Eskil Riskær (Discussion 15 minutes)
09:40-10:10: The evolution of codes of conduct of major corporations,
Sinisa Milatovic (Discussion 15 minutes)
10:10-10:30: Coffee break
10:30-11:00: The functioning of the Dutch National Contact Point during
the specific instance procedure
Sander van’t Foort, (Discussion 15 minutes)
11:00-11:30: Could the OECD Guidelines provide the first knock to break an interpretive deadlock?
Kristinn Már Reynisson, (Discussion 15 minutes)
11:30-11:45: General discussion and closing the CSR LRN PhD Seminar
11:45-12:15: Light lunch and registration
Session 2: The Danish CSR reporting and verification agenda
Chair: Professor Karsten Engsig Sørensen
12:15-12:25: Welcome: Professor Karsten Engsig Sørensen
12:25-12:55: The special features of Danish CSR reporting
Professor Birgitte Egelund Olsen, Department of Law, Aarhus University
Discussion 10 minutes
12:55-13:25: Is mandatory disclosure the way forward?
Senior legal advisor Henriette Kinnunen, CEPOS
Discussion 10 minutes
13:25-13:45: Coffee break
13.45-14.15: How do businesses benefit from CSR-reporting?
Morten Nielsen from Carlsberg
Discussion 10 minutes
14.15-14.30: Break
14.30-15.00: How is CSR reporting used by investors and financial markets?
Senior Analyst Jens Houe Thomsen, Jyske Markets
Discussion 10 minutes
15.00-15.30: The role of accountants in CSR reporting
Consultant Louise Rosenmeier, KPMG
Discussion 10 minutes
15:30-15:45: Coffee break
15:45-16:15: CSR reporting and human rights
Associate professor Karin Buhmann, Roskilde University
Discussion 10 minutes
16:15-16:45: CSR reporting in an international context
PhD-fellow Dániel Gergely Szabó, Department of Law, Aarhus University
Discussion 10 minutes
16:45-17:00: General discussion and concluding the conference