Inter/sections Work Ethics in the Age of Automation
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Description
Automation is seen as the most important development in labour since the Industrial Revolution with futurologists predicting seismic shifts in the jobs market, but where does this leave the technology sector?
This panel discussion will look at the changing nature of the sector, different models of working, and how this impacts on the individual. Chaired by Jacqueline de Rojas (president of techUK), including panellists Dr Ildar Farkhatdinov (human-robot/computer interaction) and Luke Dormehl (technology journalist).
Panellists
Jacqueline de Rojas is the President of techUK and sits as a Non-Executive Director on the board of UK technology business Rightmove plc. She serves on the government’s Digital Economy Council & advises the Dept for Exiting the EU. In 2016 she entered the @Computerweekly Hall of Fame after being voted Computer Weekly's Most Influential Woman in IT 2015; she was listed on Debretts 2016 500 People of Influence – Digital & Social and named in Europe’s Inspiring Fifty most inspiring female role models for 2017.
Dr Ildar Farkhatdinov is a Lecturer in Robotics at the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) and an Honorary Lecturer at the Department of Bioengineering of Imperial College London. His primary research interests are in the field of human-robot/computer interaction, in particular haptics, teleoperation, human sensory motor system, as well in design and control of robotic systems.
Luke Dormehl is a technology journalist, author, and public speaker. He has written for The Guardian, Digital Trends, Wired, Consumer Reports, Fast Company, and other publications, and is the author of three books for Penguin Random House. The latest, Thinking Machines, is a survey of artificial intelligence.
Please visit intersections.io for the details of our exhibition, workshops and the symposium.
Inter/sections is supported by the EPSRC+AHRC Media and Arts Technology CDT, Queen Mary University of London, and the EPSRC Digital Economy Network
Organiser Media and Arts Technology, QMUL
Organiser of Inter/sections Work Ethics in the Age of Automation
The Media and Arts Technology programme links to many strands of research both within and outside the university through research groups such as Cognitive Science, Multimedia and Vision and the Centre for Digital Music, and also interdepartmentally, with strong ties to the School of Electronic Engineering, School of Business and Management, School of Geography and the Drama and Film departments. Being part of Queen Mary University of London also means we naturally collaborate with the larger University of London network and the UK academic networks as a whole. Queen Mary University of London is also part of the Russell group, making it one of the top class research institutions in the UK.
