Future of Work: Making It e-Easy, Tallinn

For centuries and generations, we have seen work and employment in a deliberate and non-deliberate shift. Today, we are once again debating the direction, extent and pace of the technological achievements, and the ever-changing economic landscape that will change both the quantity and the quality of work.

The presentations given at the Future of Work conference will be made available on the EU2017EE cloud after each session.

More importantly, we need to think about and negotiate the way we work in the future. We need to question the old recipes for managing employment, social security, development, and matching the skills.

The Future of Work: Making It e-Easy brings together social partners, policy makers, academics and others to address strategic readiness to capitalise on the opportunities offered by digitalisation, automation and the readiness to shape work in a way that benefits employees, employers and society as a whole.

The conference will focus on the following questions:

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  how digitalisation and automation are changing the world of work, and could we foresee disruptive changes?
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  what could the European Union and member states policy responses be to enable and benefit from the wanted changes and tackle unwanted changes?

Our aim is to provide a vision for developing policies for the changing nature of work that will ensure high employment, decent jobs, adequate social security, and a highly skilled workforce for the productive digital economy via digital solutions.

The conference on the future of work will be organised by the Government of Estonia, in the context of the Estonian Presidency of the Council of the European Union.

There will be a live stream of the event. Videos related to the event are available on our videos page and photos of events can be accessed on our photos page or on our Flickr account

Presentations

The presentations given at the Future of Work conference will be made available on the EU2017EE cloud after each session.

Press centre opening hours

13 September from 8.30 to 18.30

14 September from 8.30 to 17.30

Agenda

Wednesday, 13 September 2017

8.30-9.30

Registration

9.30-11.00

Setting the Scene

Conference host: Pärtel-Peeter Pere, CEO and co-founder of Future Place Leadership

Opening words

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  Kersti Kaljulaid, President of the Republic of Estonia
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  Guy Ryder, Director-General of International Labour Organisation (via video)

The new world of work, EU employment, and social protection policy

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  Michel Servoz, Director-General, Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion of the European Commission

Non-standard forms of employment: Recent trends and future prospects

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  Juan Menendez-Valdes, Director of Eurofound

11.15-13.10

Working conditions and social security: Do they still matter?

The future of work and the challenges of policy making

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  Werner Eichhorst, Coordinator of Labour Market and Social Policy in Europe, Institute of Labour Economics (IZA)

New work forms challenging traditional social security

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  Paul Schoukens, Professor of Social Security Law, KU Leuven & Tilburg University

Employer 4.0

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  Karoli Hindriks, CEO of Jobbatical

Interactive session: How do employers and employees adapt to changes in working life?

Moderator: Stefan Olsson, Director of Employment, Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion

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  Luca Visentini, General Secretary of the European Trade Union Confederation
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  Markus Beyrer, Director General of BusinessEurope
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  Marju Lauristin, Estonian Member of European Parliament

14.40-15.50

Working conditions and social security: Do they still matter?

Interactive session: Turning challenges into opportunities: Do states adapt or are they frontrunners?

Moderator: Stefania Giannini, Member of Italian Parliament

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  Ylva Johansson, Minister for Employment and Integration of Sweden
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  Anja Kopač Mrak, Minister for Labour, Family, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities of Slovenia
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  Jevgeni Ossinovski, Minister for Health and Labour, Ministry of Social Affairs, of Estonia

The White Paper Work 4.0

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  Thorben Albrecht, Permanent State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs of Germany

15.50-16.15

Interviews (media)

It is possible to interview the speakers on the basis of a prior agreement. Please send your requests for interviews as early as possible before the conference by sending an email to silvia.peets@sm.ee

16.15-17.25

e-Solutions for digital frontrunners

e-Estonia: Building a digital society

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  Siim Sikkut, Government CIO of Estonia

e-Solutions in the future tax-benefit system

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  Dmitri Jegorov, Deputy Secretary General, Ministry of Finance of Estonia

Finnish e-state solutions and cross-border cooperation between Estonia and Finland

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  Janne Viskari, Director of Digital Services, Population Register Centre of Finland

Thursday, 14 September 2017

9.15-10.50

e-Transforming the economy and the labour market: Implications for skills

International challenges of the new world of work

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  Mari Kiviniemi, Deputy Secretary-General, OECD

Making digital frontrunners lead

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  Jacques Bughin, Senior Partner at McKinsey and Director of McKinsey Global Institute

Skills and learning in the digital era

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  Maive Rute, Deputy Director-General, European Commission's Joint Research Centre

Reskilling, upskilling and overcoming the skill divide

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  Mark Keese, Head of the Employment Analysis and Policy Division in the Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs, OECD

11.20-13.00

e-Solutions for future skills

Skills and e-learning for future work

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  Mike Feerick, CEO of Alison

Future work skills via e-learning: How does it work in Canada?

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  David Porter, CEO, eCampusOntario

Matching future work and worker skills

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  Barbara Wittmann, Head of Germany, Austria and Switzerland at LinkedIn

Skill development and talent management in the future workplace

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  Iarla Flynn, Director of Public Policy and Government Affairs, Google

14.30-15.40

Challenge to Tackle: Skills divide and inequality

Interactive session: What can be done about the inequality caused by the skills divide?

Moderator: Jaak Aaviksoo, Rector of Tallinn University of Technology

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  Evarist Bartolo, Minister for Education and Employment of Malta
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  David Porter, CEO, eCampusOntario
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  Mike Feerick, CEO and founder of Alison
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  Jacques Bughin, Director of McKinsey Global Institute

Conference conclusions and looking forward

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  Jevgeni Ossinovski, Minister for Health and Labour of Estonia

15.45-16.15

Interviews (media)

It is possible to prearrange interviews with the speakers. Please send your requests for interviews as early as possible before the conference by sending an email to silvia.peets@sm.ee