#GLOBSEC2020 Digital Stage: Automation Will Reshape the Workforce of Tomorrow

Day 2 – Thursday, 27 August 2020, 19:15

According to the Brookings Institute report from 2019, automation could disrupt 25% of the workforce — about 36 million jobs. AI, automation, and robotics will make the transformation of the workforce shift as significant as the mechanisation in prior generations of agriculture and manufacturing. While some jobs will be lost, and many others created, almost all will change. What implications do these changes have for policymakers in the EU and Central Europe, where the industrial fabric is making the region prone to be significantly affected by automation?

Speakers:
Nikolay Stoyanov, Policy Officer – Future of Work, DG Employment, Social Affairs & Inclusion, European Commission, Brussels
Geertrui Mieke De Ketelaere, Program Director AI, Imec, Brussels
Pavel Mik, Manager of Robotics in Eastern Europe, ABB, Bratislava
David Timis, Outgoing Curator, Brussels Global Shapers Hub, Brussels

Led by Zuzana Pisoň, Research Fellow for Technology and Society Programme, GLOBSEC, Bratislava