Upcoming Event
Upcoming Event
Annual Conference of the Future of Work and Inclusive Growth project
The future of work is digital, but is it for all?
On 7 June we hold the Annual Conference of the Future of Work and Inclusive Growth project. Half-way through this three-year project, we invite you to join us in discussing how inclusive the digital future of work will be, as we focus on job quality, digital skills and productivity.
Moving past worries of how many jobs will be left in an AI-automated future, we discuss what kind of jobs this future holds? Low-skilled workers experience much more low-quality work and as new technologies are threatening to exacerbate this inequity, we discuss how to mitigate this risk and ensure better jobs for all workers across the skill spectrum. Closing the digital skills gap is crucial to achieving this inclusive growth and we examine how online data can enable useful foresight about skills requirements and training implications. Finally, digital skills will also be essential in ensuring that expected productivity gains of AI can materialize. We discuss the challenges business face as they adapt their business models and organizational models this new technology.
The conference will be held over two days. The first day, 7 June, will feature a series of public sessions, available to attend on-site or watch online. These public sessions will be followed by a closed-door dinner for the speakers and members of the Future of Work and Inclusive Growth Excellence Network. On 8 June the members of the Excellence Network will take part in a series of closed door workshops to exchange on the ongoing research.
10:30-11:30 CET
From quality to inequality: preparing for the future of work
Chair: Laura Nurski, Research fellow
Francis Green, Professor of Work and Education Economics, University College London
Ivailo Kalfin, Executive Director, Eurofound
Poon King Wang, Director, Lee Kuan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities at the Singapore University of Technology and Design
Additional speakers to be confirmed.
11:30-12:00 CET
Coffee break
12:00-13:00 CET
13:00-14:00 CET
Lunch break
14:00-15:00 CET
How data science and online data can help closing the digital skill gap
Chair: Fabian Stephany, Non-resident Fellow
Anoush Margaryan, Professor of Learning Sciences, Department of Digitalization and Endowed Chair of Blended Learning, Copenhagen Business School
Julia Nania, Research Lead, Emsi Burning Glass
Additional speakers to be confirmed.
15:00-15:30 CET
Coffee break
15:30-16:15 CET
Productivity effects of AI: Are there transatlantic differences
Chair: J. Scott Marcus, Senior Fellow
Arturo Franco, Senior Vice President, Thought Leadership, Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth
Francis Hintermann, Executive Director, Accenture Research, Accenture
Additional speakers to be confirmed.
16:30-17:15 CET
Closing speech
Chair: Erik Brynjolfsson, Jerry Yang and Akiko Yamazaki Professor and Senior Fellow, Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI (HAI)
Jerry Yang and Akiko Yamazaki Professor and Senior Fellow, Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI (HAI)
Professor of Work and Education Economics, University College London
Executive Director, Accenture Research, Accenture
Executive Director, Eurofound
Research fellow
Senior Fellow
Professor of Learning Sciences, Department of Digitalization and Endowed Chair of Blended Learning, Copenhagen Business School
Research Lead, Emsi Burning Glass
Director, Lee Kuan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities at the Singapore University of Technology and Design
Non-resident Fellow
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