Grand Rapids

TheFutureofWork.org

Join us for a dialogue on the future of work. Together we can have an impact.

Location:

Start Garden

Date + Time:

To be announced

Agenda:

Snacks, programming, beer + food

Sponsors + Partners

Join leaders from industry, academia, government, and the not-for-profit and financial sectors to discuss the future of work.

Collborate

To bring together thought leaders
from industry, academia, government,
non-profit and financial sectors
for dialog and action.

Innovate

To create opportunities that:
a) Enable the sharing of information;
b) Inspire our collective imagination;
c) Catalyze meaningful action.

Educate

To find, curate and promote the:
a) Latest research and data;
b) Efforts by individuals/organizations;
c) Latest case studies and legislation.

Featured Guests + Panelists

Guests and panelists will be announced as they are confirmed. Sign up if you are interested in being a featured guest or panelist.

Agenda

12:30 PM — Checkin + Light snacks/drinks

1:30 PM — Programming with guests/panelists
2:00 PM — Open Q&A with guests/panelists

3:00 PM — Free local food, beer, and conversation

6:00 PM — Thank you and go take action

What people are saying about the future of work

“The transformation from the Industrial Era to the Age of Digital Dominance is assured. This transformation is underway.”

Duncan RobinsChairman, The Future of Work.org

Any kind of job is going to have a digital component. It doesn’t mean everyone’s got to be a computer scientist.”

Satya NadellaCEO, Microsoft

“Employment will no longer be the dominant model or the singular model through which companies get work done”

Ravin JesuthasanMD, Willis Towers Watson

“For policymakers, an embrace of automation could be accompanied by measures to raise skills and promote job creation, and by rethinking incomes and social safetynets."

McKinsey Global InstituteA Future that Works

“America is a mosaic of local economies on diverging trajectories. Automation could widen existing disparities.”

McKinsey Global InstituteThe Future of Work in America

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