NOTE: This is a special session to capture community feedback on this topic - it will be shared at the upcoming G7 AI Summit happening in Montreal on Dec 6th.

The Montreal AI Ethics Institute and Microsoft are joining forces to discuss the future of work and the skills that will be necessary for the modern economy.

This session will take a critical, deep-dive into what this means and will explore this through the following reading material with an objective to produce a short article summarizing the views from our discussions.

Guiding questions for the session:

1) How might we create the urgency and incentives for investment in systems that support ongoing adaptation?

2) How might we increase individual capability for adapting and navigating transitions, particularly among young people and low skilled workers?

3) What new education models may be built around supporting more nimble, adaptable careers?

Mandatory Readings:

0) Machine Learning 101 [Very strongly recommended for those without a technical background] https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1kSuQyW5DTnkVaZEjGYCkfOxvzCqGEFzWBy4e9Uedd9k/edit#slide=id.g168a3288f7_0_58

1) The Future of Jobs Report 2018 by the World Economic Forum - http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_Future_of_Jobs_2018.pdf (ONLY PART 1)

2) Look to existing models to prepare workers for the future http://policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/november-2018/look-existing-models-prepare-workers-future/

3) Chairs' Summary: G7 Ministerial Meeting on Preparing for Jobs of the Future https://g7.gc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Chairs_summary_preparing_jobs_future.pdf

4) G20 Menu of Policy Options for the Future of Work http://www.oecd.org/g20/g20_menu_of_policy_options_for_the_future_of_work_fwg-executive_summary.pdf

NOTE : Please join Slack via http://bit.ly/ai-ethics-signup as we will be actively discussing things there leading up to the session.

Also, please make sure to sign up for the Montreal AI Ethics Newsletter https://montrealethics.ai#signup because we'll be sharing back the results from the summit there.

Format :

5:30-5:40 Registration and networking

5:40-5:45 Introduction

5:45-5:50 Break out into groups

5:50-7:05 Group discussion

7:05-7:10 Synthesize group discussion

7:10-7:25 Group presentations and debate [3 min. presentation + 3 min cross-questioning by group]

7:25-7:30 Session wrap-up