6th SEMINAR ON INTERNATIONAL AND COMPARATIVE LABOUR LAW

The Future of Work Labour Law and Labour Market Regulation in the Digital Era
Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, 27–31 May 2019

May 26, Sunday
Participants arrival
May 27, Monday
9.30 am -1.00 pm, Room: Baratto
Welcoming regards
M. Bugliesi, Magnificent Rector, Ca’ Foscari
University of Venice
M. Billio, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice,
Economics Department Chair
M. Brollo, AIDLASS President, University of Udine
L. Brugnaro, Mayor of Venice
G. Casale, ISLSSL, Secretary-General, ITC-ILO
(International Training Center of the International
Labour Organization) Director
Introduction to the Seminar
A. Perulli, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice
Round table discussion on ILO Centenary:
the Major Findings of the Global Commission
Report on the Future of Work
Chair: T. Treu, ISLSSL Honorary President, CNEL
(National Council for Economics and Labour)
President, Catholic University of Milan
Lectures:
T. Araki, University of Tokyo
G. Casale, ISLSSL, Secretary-General
A. Lyon-Caen, Paris Ouest Nanterre
La Défense University
P. Jennings, UNI global Union
P. Tridico, University of Roma Tre
M. Weiss, University of Frankfurt
2.30 pm - 3 pm, Room: Baratto
T. Sachs, University of Paris Ouest Nanterre
La Défense
3 pm - 7.00 pm Rooms: Baratto,
Berengo, Archivio
Working groups and discussion

May 28, Tuesday
9.30 am - 1.00 pm, Room: Baratto
The Platform Work: Employees or Independent
contractors? A new challenge to the figures
of labour law: qualification problems, new
protections, individual and collective rights
Chair: V. Brino, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice
Lectures:
V. Cagnin, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice
N. Countouris, University College London
V. De Stefano, University of Leuven
A. Perulli, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice
M. Weiss, University of Frankfurt
2.30 pm - 7.00 pm Rooms: Baratto,
Berengo, Archivio
Working groups and discussion
May 29, Wednesday
9.30 am - 1.00 pm, Room: Baratto
Digitalization and business 4.0. Changes
in the organization of work and forms of
subordination. New opportunities for the
worker or new flexibility for the enterprise?
Chair: M. Weiss, University of Frankfurt
Lectures:
M. Boldrin, Washington University in St. Louis
M. Faioli, Rome Tor Vergata University
I. Senatori, Marco Biagi Foundation, Modena
and Reggio Emilia University
T. Araki, University of Tokyo
2.30 pm - 7.00 pm Rooms: Baratto,
Berengo, Archivio
Working groups and discussion

May 30, Thursday
9.30 am - 1.00 pm, Room: Baratto
Industrial relations in the era of digitalization:
disintermediation and new forms
of workers’ representation
Chair: A. Topo, University of Padova
Lectures:
E. Ales, University of Naples Parthenope
S. B. Caruso, University of Catania
V. Filì, University of Udine
A. Pizzoferrato, University of Bologna
R. Rogowski, University of Warwick
2.30 pm - 7.00 pm Rooms: Baratto,
Berengo, Archivio
Working groups and discussion
May 31, Friday
9.30 am - 1.00 pm, Room: Baratto
Young Legal Scholars Section of the ISLSSL
Papers presentation and discussion
Chair: S. Bellomo, La Sapienza University
of Rome
2.30 pm - 6.30 pm, Room: Baratto
Young Legal Scholars Section of the ISLSSL
Paper presentations and discussion
Chair: A. Pizzoferrato, University of Bologna
6.30 – 7.00, Room: Baratto
Conclusions of the Seminar
J. Bellace, ISLSSL President, University
of Pennsylvania
M. Weiss, University of Frankfurt