The Gilder Lehrman Center is pleased to announce that registrationis open for our 20th annual international conference: Fighting Modern Slavery: What Works Thursday, November 1, 2018 • 5:00 pm to Saturday, November 3, 2018 • 5:00pm Henry R. Luce Hall, Room 101 (Auditorium) 34 Hillhouse Avenue New Haven, CT 06511 After two decades of government, business, activist, and scholarly efforts to understand and fight modern slavery, exploitative practices including forced labor and human trafficking remain endemic in the global economy. A coalition of anti-slavery and labor justice advocates pushes forward to meet the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal to end child labor by 2025 and eradicate forced labor and modern slavery by 2030. These goals demonstrate an urgent need to reflect on strategy and ask what works and what does not in attempt to understand and confront these global issues. Such reflection is particularly crucial in light of warnings from scholars and activists that some anti-slavery efforts may have adverse effects, potentially harming those they intend to save. The 20th Annual Gilder Lehrman Center (GLC) Conference will provide a forum for this discussion. Organized by the GLC Modern Slavery Working Group, this public program will allow an international group of scholars and practitioners to reflect on their experiences in the field, shed light on the question of “what works?”, and discuss their work with the community at large.