Welcome to the Official Schedule for RightsCon Toronto 2018. This year’s program, built by our global community, is our most ambitious one yet. Within the program, you will find 18 thematic tracks to help you navigate our 450+ sessions.
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Kelly Ross has been Deputy Policy Director of the AFL-CIO since 2010, and has been with the AFL-CIO since 2002. He has also been a member of the International Labor Organization’s (ILO) Governing Body and Committee on Freedom of Association since February 2015. He is currently staffing the AFL-CIO Commission on the Future of Work and Unions. As AFL-CIO Deputy Policy Director, he works on policy formulation and implementation on a wide range of issues, including the future of work; labor protection for workers in the On Demand economy and other insecure workers; labor standards and employment policy; economic policy; and budget and tax policy. He was a senior staffer in the U.S. Congress for 10 years, most recently as Senior Policy Advisor to Senator Paul Wellstone (D-MN) and Minority Staff Director of the Employment Subcommittee of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the U.S. Senate. He holds an A.B. in International Relations from Stanford University; an A.M. in International Policy Studies from Stanford University; and a J.D. from Harvard Law School.
