Launch event: The changing nature of work and skills in the digital age

Social Media manager, Airbnb host, influencer, SEO specialist, app developer, Uber driver, driverless car engineer, podcast producer, drone operator.

These are just some of the jobs that did not exist 10 years ago.

What will come in the future? What will today's 10-year-olds do when they are 25?

Which jobs will disappear? What new forms of work are emerging? Which new skills will be valuable in the job market?

You can find out at the launch event for the report "The changing nature of work and skills in the digital age".

This report provides new insights on the interplay between automation, jobs and work organisation and how this affects skills in the EU.

Registration

Please register online.

Programme

10:30 - 11:00 Registration 11:00 - 11:50 Report presentation and feedback from a policy perspective 11:50 - 13:00 Panel discussion: A multi-stakeholder perspective 13:00 - 13:15 Closing remarks

Speakers & panelists

• Giulia Baccarin, Co-founder MIPU and Managing Director I-Care
• Stijn Broecke, Senior Economist. Skills and Employability Division. Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs. OECD
• Joost Korte, Director-General, Commission department for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion (DG EMPL)
• Irene Mandl, Head of Unit Employment, Eurofound
• Uma Rani, Senior Economist, International Labour Organization
• Dr. Elisabeth B. Reynolds, Executive Director of the MIT taskforce on the Work of the Future
• Vladimir Šucha, Director-General JRC
• Ignacio González Vázquez, JRC

Venue

European Commission

CDMA Atrium,

Rue du Champ de Mars 21

1050 Brussels

Belgium

Web streaming

Watch the event online on 24 September from 10:50 to 13:15.

Background

The report shows that new technologies do not only create or destroy jobs. More importantly, they change what people do on the job, and how they do it.

This reconfiguration of jobs will increasingly require individuals to leverage their "human advantage". People need to learn new skills that help them to adapt in ever-changing workplaces.

The report shows: digital skills and non-cognitive skills are common denominator of many of emerging jobs.

The report sheds light on the role of new technologies in facilitating the rise of new forms of work. It offers novel evidence on the nature, intensity, and challenges of platform work.

The report looks at the employment structure and dynamics in the EU over the past 15 years. One key finding is that the divide between and within EU countries remain large. In some cases it widens, especially between capital city and other regions.

Contact

For more information please email JRC-B7-SECRETARIAT@ec.europa.eu

Venue

Brussels, BE