Future of Work
How will robots, automation and AI impact the workforce of the 2030s and our everyday lives?
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AI, Robots + The Future of Work
In this short showcase speech, Futurist Shara Evans describes how artificial intelligence and robots are set to have a major impact on the work force, as well as presenting new security and privacy challenges. But rather than doom and gloom, Shara motivates audiences with new business opportunities and a glimpse of the many new Jobs of the Future that will emerge as these technologies become more prevalent in our society.
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Technology + The Future of Humanity – Extended Version
In this mega session, delivered at the Society of Women Engineers November 2019 event in Anaheim, CA, futurist Shara Evans talks about how technology will impact jobs, security, and privacy as well as providing incredible business opportunities to commercialize these concepts into innovative new products and services.
Topics covered in this speech include smart cities, future modes of transport, space travel, artificial intelligence (in its many forms), examples of jobs of the future, and the future of humanity – including brain implants, stem cell therapies, nanobots, and genetic engineering – along with the many new jobs and challenges that will emerge as we adopt these technologies.
This session was designed for delegates to be able to:
- Recognize the changing world of 2030 and identify how technology will impact jobs, security, and privacy as well as providing incredible business opportunities to commercialize these concepts into innovative new products and services,
- Capitalize on the future, now – thinking outside the box, imagining the world in 10 – 20 years.
- Avoid futuristic dystopia – addressing business threats associated with emerging technologies such as AI and Robotics.
Technology and the Future of Humanity
In this keynote speech, futurist Shara Evans talks about how technology will impact jobs, security, and privacy as well as providing incredible business opportunities to commercialize these concepts into innovative new products and services.
Shara also explores big picture items such as what will it mean to be human in the age of pervasive technology.
Topics covered include:
- The changing world of 2030 – Understanding how technology will impact jobs, security, and privacy as well as providing incredible business opportunities to commercialize these concepts into innovative new products and services.
- Capitalizing on the future, now – Thinking outside the box, imagining the world in 10 – 20 years
- An Engineer’s view of the future – How society is likely to respond to the new world of work.
- Staying up to date with exponential advances in technology: Why Augmented and Virtual Reality will be big business
- Avoiding futuristic dystopia – Addressing business threats associated with emerging technologies: AI and Robotics.
- Going into the Future – What will it mean to be human?
Technology, Cutting Edge Health Innovations + The Future of Work
In this speech, Futurist Shara Evans takes audiences into the world of Technology, Cutting Edge Health Innovations + The Future of Work. Topics include:
- A big picture view of the world in 2030
- Cutting edge healthcare
- New Jobs: The impact on HR and Healthcare
In this keynote, Shara describes how AI, robotics, drones, AR, VR and 3D printing can be used by healthcare organisations, a variety of cutting-edge MedTech devices, and amazing new advances in regenerative medicine, stem cells, brain machine interfaces, nanobots and genetic engineering.
Shara also shows audiences how these technologies will underpin a range of new jobs, along with the ongoing need for the “human touch” in healthcare delivery.
Jobs of the Future
We’re living in a time of massive changes to our society, which are impacted by geopolitical events, population growth, climate change and rapidly accelerating technological advancements. On top of this is the convergence of medical research and technology – where we’re on the cusp of humans not only living much longer than we do today, but also being enhanced by technology.
Technological change is going to have a massive impact on the job market in Australia and around the world. Yet, somehow there seems to be a major disconnect between the acceleration of technologies such AI and Robotics, and their impact on the workforce.
In this speech, technology futurist Shara Evans will provide you with state-of-the-art information on technologies such as AI and robotics, then take you on a journey into the job market of the 2030s and beyond. While many jobs may disappear or change in fundamental ways, emerging technologies will also bring about many new opportunities.
in this speech Shara lays out a wide range of new job categories that will need to be filled, and will start you thinking about the skill sets required for these jobs, as well as providing thought provoking insights and a roadmap for kick-starting the transition process in your firm.
A Look into the Future – What to Expect in 2030
Talk about robots, automation and AI is all the rage – but how is this likely to impact the workforce of the 2030s and our everyday lives? Technology won’t just impact jobs by combining tech advances with cutting edge medical research it will fundamentally change what it means to be human.
In this speech, technology futurist Shara Evans will take you on a journey into the job market of the 2030s based on her extensive research of projects that are already being worked on / contemplated in research labs around the world. Starting with a look at today’s state-of-the-art-developments, Shara will then extrapolate how the evolution of technology will impact life in the 2030s and beyond.
Topics covered include:
- Smart Cities – how might they evolve in the 2030s?
- 3D printing – a game changer for lots of industries, including examples of new job categories that don’t exist today
- Robots + Jobs: What job categories are subject (or not) to automation? What will robots of the future be capable of?
- The drone revolution: a look at some of the latest innovations, and a preview of the many new job categories that will be required to support the drone industry in the 2030s.
- Artificial Intelligence: How smart will AIs get? Will we have personal AI-based digital avatars? What does this mean for the workforce of the future? (Including some examples of how FinTech will impact the banking / superannuation industry.)
- New Job Categories of the 2020s and beyond: By extrapolating the impact of advancing technology Shara will share her insights on some of the key job opportunities that will emerge in the corporate space.
- Technology + Humans: Will we merge our minds with machines? How the convergence of biotech, ICT, nanotechnologies and augmentation of our bodies may change what it means to be human.
- Genetic engineering: Advances in genetic engineering will not only create completely new job categories, but imagine the impact of genetically-modified humans in the workforce (2040s and beyond)!
Please note: The actual topics covered will depend on the time allocated to Shara’s keynote speech.
AI, Robots and the Future of Education
Rapid advances in AI, robotics and automation will have a profound impact on the workforce of tomorrow. What do educators and human resource professionals need to know to plan for this transition? And, how can these technologies be harnessed to personalize the learning process?
In this speech, technology futurist Shara Evans will take you on a journey into the job market of the 2030s based on her extensive research of projects that are already being worked on / contemplated in research labs around the world. Starting with a look at today’s state-of-the-art developments, Shara will then extrapolate how the evolution of technology will impact life in the 2030s and beyond.
Topics covered include:
- What’s hot, what’s new and what’s coming in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and robotics
- AI and robotics in use – the hype, the experience and the evidence
- Transforming how people learn at work, and how AI and other technologies such as Augmented and Virtual reality can be used in the Learning and Development function
- Understanding some of the new job roles that will emerge, and how educators and workplace training departments can leverage technologies to assist in the reskilling of today’s workforce.
‘The buzz in the room was just unbelievable! Shara’s opened our eyes up to new ways of thinking, and gave us food for thought that we need to take into consideration as we develop our strategy for the coming years’
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