The Future of Work Conference
Conference overview
AWPA together with the nation's 11 Industry Skills Councils will be hosting a conference titled ‘The Future of Work- Developing Australia’s workforce in a global economy’ on Wednesday and Thursday 3-4 October 2012 at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre.
Some of the questions we will explore are:
- What does the State of the Nation in 2025 look like?
- What are the major changes looming that will affect work and productivity?
- What will be the impacts of the ‘Asian century’ – for the economy, for jobs, for learning/skills development?
- What are the implications for the tertiary sector of meeting the skill needs of employers and individuals?
- Are improvements in labour productivity the key to continued prosperity?
- What are the implications for various industry sectors of all this?
- How will the fast pace of change in ICT and social media/social networking change the way we work?
- What is the impact of technology?
Speaker and Presenter Information
The Honourable Senator Chris Evans, Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills, Science and Research Lynda Gratton, from the UK, author of The Shift – The Future of Work will join us via recording Mark Bouris – Executive Chairman of Yellow Brick Road and host of The Celebrity Apprentice Australia. Dr Ziggy Switkowski, former CEO of Telstra, Optus, and Kodak Professor Hugh Lauder, from the UK, one of the three authors of The Global Auction Tony Jones will moderate a Q&A session Marita Cheng , Young Australian of the Year 2012 and Founder of Robogals Ged Kearney, President, ACTU Kerry O’Brien will be Master of Ceremonies Matt Barrie, Chief Executive, Freelancer.com Mark Pesce, author of The Next Billion Seconds and panellist on The New Inventors Dr Peter Shergold AC
When
Wed-Thu, Oct 3-4, 2012
Where
Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre
NSW 2000
Sydney AU
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Website
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Organizer
AWPA
