European Employers Forum for Work-Life Balance
Tuesday 9 September 2014
Opening session, introduction and welcome
Maria Kaisa Aula, Chair, Väestöliitto
Laura Räty, Minister of Social Welfare and Health, Finland
Annemie Drieskens, President, COFACE
Moderator: Helena Hiila-O’Brien, Managing Director, Väestöliitto
Academic Key-Note speech
Work-Life balance, the Agency & Capabilities Gap
Barbara Hobson, Professor, Stockholm University
Session 1 - The Bigger Picture
Matti Vanhanen, Managing Director, The Finnish Family Firms Association
János Vértes, Vice-President UEAPME (European Association of Craft, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises), Member of the EESC Employers’ Group
Claudia Menne, Confederal Secretary of ETUC (European Trade Union Confederation)
Moderator: Anna Rotkirch, Director, Population Research Institute, Väestöliitto
Session 2 – The Business Case for Work-Life Balance
The business-case for family friendly work
Anand Shukla, Chief Executive at the Family and Childcare Trust
Anna Kokko, Leading Specialist, Väestöliitto, Finland
Sirpa Huuskonen, HR Director, ISS Services Finland
Alison Maitland, Business Author
Moderator: Zoltan Vadkerti, Advocacy Officer, COFACE
Session 3 – From Theory to Practice
Effective interventions for improving work-life balance at workplaces
Salla Toppinen-Tanner, Work and family life, Programme coordinator,
Finnish Institute of Occupational Health
Antje Leist, Chief Executive Officer, Strategy, Marketing and Product Development, Audit Beruf und Familie
Christel Verhas, Director for Family Policy and Socio-Cultural Activities,
Gezinsbond, Belgium
Sissi Potzinger, City Councillor, City of Graz, Austria
Kara McGann, Senior Policy Executive, IBEC (Irish Business and Employers Confederation), Ireland
Moderator: Antonia Torrens, President, KMOP
Closing of the Conference
Robert Anderson, Head of Living Conditions and Quality of Life Unit, Eurofound
Ágnes Uhereczky, Director, COFACE
Helena Hiila-O’Brien, Managing Director, Väestöliitto