Working together to shape the unknown
The Future of Work Summit convenes policymakers, businesses, researchers, civil society and youth to inspire fresh thinking and collaboration. Join us for a day of critical reflections and proactive solutions towards shaping a future where technology empowers and migration enriches the world of work.
The interconnected and fast-moving geopolitical and technological challenges facing organizations and workers around the globe call for a concerted effort – but instead meet with institutional silos in thinking and decision-making. The impact of these divides is even more profound in times of heightened and multifaceted uncertainty.
The Future of Work Summit 2024 engaged with the challenge of building trust for collaborative policy building and a renewed social contract - with a focus on two crucial unknowns at the forefront of domestic and international discourse: Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Migration, in recognition of World Refugee Day.
Unprecedented levels of global movement and displacement of people, coupled with fundamental shifts in work and productivity caused by new technologies were raising fears of increased hardship and inequality. Participants joined us for a day of critical reflections and proactive solutions towards shaping a future where technology empowers and migration enriches the world of work.
The interactive discussions built collective intelligence, applied practical tools, and demonstrated how a shift in mindsets could breakdown silos, strengthen policy responses, and inform collaborative action - hosted and facilitated by our TASC Platform Co-chairs:
Cédric Dupont, Professor of International Relations & Political Science, Geneva Graduate Institute,
Gudela Grote, Professor of Work and Organizational Psychology, ETH Zurich.
Graphic Recording by Anne-Raphaelle Barmon
programme
9:30 - 10:30 CEST | Welcome Breakfast
10:30 - 11:30 CEST | Governing the Unknown: When Complexity Meets Silos
Our Co-Chairs were be joined by a special guest for an opening discussion tackling the challenge of creating trust for collaborative policy-building across multiple unknowns. Could more collaborative methods inform stronger policy frameworks to steer geopolitical, demographic and technological impacts on the future of work?
Special guest:
H.E. Mr. James Ndirangu Waweru, Ambassador, Permanent Mission of the Republic of Kenya to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva
11:30 - 11:45 CEST | Break
See summit thought leaders profiles here
11:45 - 12:30 CEST | Developing Shared Perspectives
The first of our roundtable dialogues. Participants engaged with systemic views of migration and AI in the world of work to incorporate different perspectives, considered diverging goals, and discovered interconnections.
12:30 - 14:00 CEST | Networking Lunch at the Terrace de la Paix
14:00 - 15:00 CEST | Carving New Collaborations
Roundtable 2, identifying challenges, opportunities and missing links in our responses to migration and AI in the workplace. Can we envisage new modes of cooperation or partnerships to achieve shared goals?
15:00 - 15:30 CEST | Break
15:30 - 17:00 CEST | Integrating Across Multiple Unknowns
Attendees were invited to join forces to identify connections between the systems and policy solutions for migration and AI. The roundtables closed with reflections on how new mindsets, tools and connections could influence how we work together to envision and shape the future of work.
17:00 - 17:30 CEST | Break
17:30 - 19:00 CEST | The Future of Working Together
Our closing panel brought together conveners of prominent multilateral initiatives and events geared towards bridging silos, building trust, and broadening cooperation. What can we do together to ensure multilateral, multistakeholder collaboration leads us to a more inclusive and human-centered future of work?
Speakers:
Safak Pavey, Senior Advisor, UNHCR, The UN Refugee Agency
Richard Samans, Director of Research, International Labour Organization (ILO)
Frederic Werner, Head, Strategic Engagement; Chief, Strategy and Operations, AI for Good, International Telecommunications Bureau (ITU)
19:00 - 20:30 CEST | Cocktail Reception
The summit closed with an enchanting evening with Armel Osée, a masterful Kora player, singer, and composer. His music, deeply rooted in African traditions and enriched by global influences, offers a unique blend of spiritual and cultural artistry. Don't miss this extraordinary performance!
Bridging the Summits: Partnership With the Migration summit, 24-28 June 2024
We were excited to be collaborating with the Migration Summit by MIT Emerging Talent, Na’amal and Karam Foundation. “Unlocking and Engaging Talent: Pathways for Dignified Work” which t place from 24-28 June with a series of virtual and in-person events.
Our organizations are united in our belief that mindsets can be shifted and more stakeholders brought into the fold to address real, solvable barriers facing refugees in the labour market, including legal and regulatory challenges, qualification recognition and workplace discrimination.