ILO Innovation Day

Join us for the first-ever global ILO Innovation Day. The programme will feature over 30 short talks covering AI, data, digital platforms, operations, and more. It will highlight both projects already delivering results and promising ideas that are just taking shape. Three high-level speakers will also take the stage. Check out the full agenda and plan your day.

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Keynote speakers

Mariana Mazzucato

Professor in the Economics of Innovation and Public Value, University College London

Mariana Mazzucato

Mariana Mazzucato is Founding Director of the UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose. Her highly acclaimed books include "The Entrepreneurial State", "The Value of Everything", "Mission Economy", and "The Big Con".

Bin Yang

Vice Chancellor of University Council and Professor of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University

Bin Yang

As a professor of Economics and Management, Prof. Yang focuses on organizational leadership, business ethics, social responsibility and the impact of AI on sustainable development.

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Innovation Talks

Leveraging AI for procurement capacity building

Alexandru Grigore

Skills for digital agriculture

Earli Shima

Generative AI and large language models (LLM) in labour statistics

Weichen Lei

Making change visible: Measuring system-level impact across ILO country interventions

Ramin Behzad

Digital transformation tools for employers and business membership organizations

Paolo Salvai

Labour daily: Bridging the information gap through AI to empower ILO staff

Yuenying Che

Xian Guan

E-Collab.OSH initiative as an example of digital transformation of professional collaboration, knowledge transfer and safety culture.

Saule Issabekova

The Workverse: Skilling and social dialogue in virtual reality

Melissa Kyeyune

AI-assisted speech-to-speech translation

Kiersten Weeks

Mission approval portal for Regional Office for Africa

Remy Bertrand Kama Kama

Gulen Muftuoglu

From papers to platforms

Juan Iván Martín Lataix

Automating data cleaning for labour market analyis and ILO modelled estimates

Roger Gomis

Stefan Kühn

South4Care: Innovating learning for decent work and the care economy

Laura Addati

Anita Amorim

Strategic foresight in times of disruption

Delphine Dall'Agata

Rafael Peels

Mindset for milestones: Institutional innovation or how values keep the ILO future-ready

Jihane Hannane

The future of reporting: Modernizing the ILO’s supervisory system for the next century

Claudia Esperanza Berch

Luis Carlos Melero Garcia

Rewiring Decent Work Monitoring in Southern Africa Action

Amanda Mejia Canadas

Nyasha Muchichwa

Maria Payet

MAIA Panamá: asesoría digital con IA para la formalización, el trabajo decente y la gestión empresarial

Rodrigo Mogrovejo

Turning ideas into tools for policy

Julien Magnat

Bernd Mueller

AI driven social protection platform for platform workers in India

Karun Gopinath

Resilient enterprises and workers - protecting livelihoods and incomes

Lisa Morgan

Pranav Prashad

Establishing a global community of practice to modernize statistical standards and data on occupation safety and health

Elisa Benes

Balint Nafradi

From insight to foresight: How AI‑driven psychosocial risk management can enable people‑centred organizational change

Aditya Jain

Daniela Menes

Labour inspectorates and the future of technology (LIFT)

Frédéric Laisné-Auer

Rumsha Shahzad

From evidence to impact: Using generative AI to transform knowledge on decent work in supply chains

Julian Götz

Laurel Hoffner

Massimiliano Leone

Supporting youth-led enterprises in Egypt: From old-fashioned businesses to AI innovation

Perihan Tawfik

Bargaining Voices: Reinventing collective bargaining learning through storytelling and mobile innovation

Vera Dos Santos Costa

Jeanne Schmitt

ILO AI pilots: Assessing innovation opportunities

Guillaume Giles

Stewart Kershner

Srini Konuganti

Revolutionizing Kenya's technical and vocational education and training through AI

Stephen Mwangi

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Innovation Talks

Over 30 innovation talks covering AI, data, operations, and more
Discover projects already delivering results alongside new ideas just taking shape
More than 50 colleagues presenting on stage and remotely from locations around the world
A glimpse into the latest and most innovative work changing how the ILO does business

What to expect

Three high-level speakers sharing insights for international organizations like the ILO
Inspiring discussions with external experts and thought leaders
Interactive booths showcasing departmental innovations
Cutting-edge technology: holograms, virtual avatars, AI demos, and more
A full-day livestream on ILO Live—join from anywhere

The venue

The Gobelins area, located in R2 South of ILO Headquarters, is one of the building's most iconic spaces. A central hub for delegates and staff, it is defined by a 110-metre tapestry, Le rouge au front, a gift from France that often serves as the backdrop for official events.

For Innovation Day, Gobelins will become an immersive, interactive space with a main stage and large screen, a giant LED screen for live and remote speakers, a HoloBox experience connecting colleagues from Turin and New York, four exhibition stands, networking areas, and a three-dimensional "Poster Heroes" exhibition on failure and innovation.

Visitors are welcome to spend as much time as they like in the space—there will always be something to see, hear, or take part in.

The Gobelins space at ILO Headquarters featuring the iconic tapestry — The iconic Gobelins space at ILO Headquarters will welcome visitors to the first Innovation Day.