Highly Recommended Viewing: WEF Issue Briefing: Jobs in the Fourth Industrial Revolution
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As technological advances, demographic change and new business models disrupt labour markets, what are the implications for employment, and what are the best strategies for mitigating job losses from automation?
Speakers
- Mariana Mazzucato, Professor of Economics of Innovation and Public Value, University College London (UCL), United Kingdom
- Andrew McAfee, Co-Director and Co-Founder, MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy; Principal Research Scientist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
- Saadia Zahidi, Managing Director, Head of Social and Economic Agendas, World Economic Forum
Speakers
- Mariana Mazzucato, Professor of Economics of Innovation and Public Value, University College London (UCL), United Kingdom
- Andrew McAfee, Co-Director and Co-Founder, MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy; Principal Research Scientist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
- Saadia Zahidi, Managing Director, Head of Social and Economic Agendas, World Economic Forum
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Francisco Gimeno - BC Analyst Deep briefing here. Societies around the world, governments and industries need to prepare for the 4th IR. At the core a new reinventing of education, skills for work, a new narrative to be always in constant preparation, is needed to deal with the upheaval of employment which is coming. A lot depends on how we prepare, both personally and collectively. We are not sure if really governments and the tradicional sector are really waking to this yet.