Followed by a virtual reception
The second Future of Work Summit will encourage the international community to think ahead from crisis to change. This interactive, vistual event will bring together leaders, experts and practitioners from across sectors, in Geneva and beyond. Join us to connect, exchange and think ahead after a year that has transformed the Future of Work.
The Future of Work is facing massive, simultaneous, and interconnected disruptions, made more acute by the impacts of COVID-19. Work has moved online at an incredible pace, demonstrating our capacity for technology and behaviour change at speed and scale. At the same time, the disproportionate impact of the pandemic on essential and vulnerable workers has exposed systemic weakness, the limits of technology, and the unique importance of our humanity.
In this context, the second Future of Work Summit will encourage the international community to think ahead from crisis to change. This interactive, virtual event will bring together leaders, experts and practitioners from across sectors, in Geneva and beyond, to explore the unprecedented changes to work as we know it over the course of 2020 and their implications for the future.
As a launch event for the new Thinking Ahead on Societal Change (TASC) Platform, the Summit will be framed around three areas of change that have been accelerated and amplified by Covid-19: Working on the Frontline; Working Online; and Working in Radical Uncertainty. Each will feature a panel discussion and a selection of breakout sessions hosted by members of the TASC Community.
Our virtual event hub allows participants to access information, explore content, meet the community and contribute to the conversation – before, during and after the live event.
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Welcome
Opening Plenary
Change 1 - Working on the Frontline: A more human future
Many roles where workers are required to be physically present are undervalued and precarious, yet essential for a well-functioning society and economy. How should we value a more human future?
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Change 2 - Working Online: A more virtual future
The shift to remote and platform work has happened faster and at a larger scale than we expected. What can we expect from a more virtual future?
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Change 3 – Working with Radical Uncertainty: A less predictable future
Extraordinary measures have been taken to protect jobs and incomes as estimates of working hour losses continue to rise. How can we build resilience for a more uncertain future?
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Aspirations for the Future of Work
A final set of breakout sessions featuring perspectives and experiences from students and young professionals.
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Closing Plenary
Final take-aways on insights from the day, emerging issues and themes, and ideas to be further explored and taken forward.
Virtual reception
Help yourself to a refreshment and join us for a virtual networking session to close the day. Meet in small groups for short, informal conversations with hosts, panelists and participants from the event.