Name: WorkerTech Conference
Uploaded: 2023-07-18T10:48:54Z
Description: Join Resolution Foundation and an array of future of work experts to explore the role of technology in creating good work in the UK.

WorkerTech Conference

The Foundation informs public debate and key decision makers in government, the private sector, and civil society.Alongside regular publications from our team on a range of policy issues, we hold a wide ranging programme of events, hosting diverse speakers from academia, the voluntary sector and business, and regularly engage with politicians from across the political spectrum.Recent speakers have included the Chancellor, the Shadow Chancellor, a former Prime Minister, Nobel Prize-winning economists and members of the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee. Our events are often recorded and available to watch on our website event pages or on ourYouTubechannel.

Resolution Foundation

Join Resolution Foundation and an array of future of work experts to explore the role of technology in creating good work in the UK.

Events @ No 6

Technology is changing the world of work — from AI to app-based firms and the pandemic-induced surge in remote working. The benefits of these new technologies can often pass low-earners by, or add to greater insecurity in their working lives. But new technologies also have the potential to improve workers’ pay, skills and career paths — if that potential can be harnessed.To develop and harness that potential, the Resolution Foundation has brought together leading foundations and social investors to launch The Workertech Partnership — the UK’s first-ever worker-focused innovation fund — backed by Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Ufi VocTech Trust, Friends Provident Foundation, Accenture UK, Trust for London, and Bethnal Green Ventures.The Foundation is building on this partnership to host its first ever WorkerTech conference in central London. We are bringing together over 100 founders, innovators, researchers, funders and investors to share learning and identify new paths to acheiving better work in the UK. Over the course of the conference, we will explore the emerging dynamic between social impact investors and start-ups, and examine how mission-driven organisations - in collaboration with foundations, researchers, unions, and businesses - can use data and technology to benefit low-paid workers and those in precarious work. As well as talks, panel discussions and workshops, the day will include participatory discussions on several key themes. The conference will explore:<ul><li>The potential role of impact investing in catalysing change in the world of work. Where does it fit and how can it complement the wider landscape of labour market policy change, effective enforcement and action via other key groups such as unions?</li><li>New routes to inclusive recruitment, training and skills.</li><li>The growth of tech-powered communities that seek to enhance worker power and choice.</li><li>The scope for social investment to back and help scale innovative approaches to improving work for those in low-paid or precarious jobs in the decade ahead. </li></ul>We have a line-up of brilliant speakers confirmed, including:<ul><li>S﻿herry Coutu, Chair of Workfinder </li><li>S﻿arah O'Connor, Employment Columnist at the Financial Times</li><li>H﻿elen Gironi, Director of Ventures at Ufi VocTech Trust</li><li>S﻿tephen Muers, CEO of Big Society Capital</li><li>D﻿anyal Sattar, CEO of Big Issue Invest</li><li>C﻿amilla Drejer, Managing Director of Citizenship, Sustainability and Responsible Business at Accenture</li><li>B﻿ecky Wright, Executive Director of Unions 21</li><li>A﻿nna Maybank, CEO of Breakroom</li></ul>Lunch and refreshments will be provided for in-person attendees. Attendance at the event is free, but capacity is limited. If tickets sell out, we will open a waiting list. No 6 is a fully accessible venue. If you face accessibility barriers to attending including cost of travel, please let us know via emma.selinger@resolutionfoundation.org.A﻿ttendees can join in person, and panel sessions will be streamed to an online audience.

Agenda

Registration

Welcome and opening panel: The future of work and technology

Morning theme: Solving the skills gap with social investment

Breakout sessions: small group discussions with founders and experts

Lunch

Afternoon theme: Enhancing worker choice and worker power

Closing panel: Innovation for a fairer future of work

Drinks reception

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