Where? Stiftung Mercator - Neue Promenade 6, 10178 Berlin, Germany
When? Wednesday, 15 January 2025, 14:00-19:00 CET
Due to limited capacity, please fill out this interest form if you would like to attend the event. We will respond on a rolling basis, so applying early is advised.
On behalf of the Global Solutions Initiative, the Sciences Po Technology and Global Affairs Innovation Hub, and the RadicalxChange Foundation, we invite you to help us anticipate AI’s possible disruptions to labor in the coming years, and imagine new policy strategies to help workers weather the risks.
This convening, bringing together senior representatives from labor organizations, public administrations, technology and cultural organizations, is an official side event of the AI Action Summit in Paris on February 10 and 11. See our expert consultation to the Summit here.
Our aim is to take seriously the possible depth and breadth of AI systems’ disruptions to livelihoods, hone in on policies that would help, and bring them to the upcoming AI Action Summit and beyond. This includes the idea of a new market structure for AI training data (featuring trusted data intermediaries as “necessary counterparties” from which AI companies would need to negotiate rights to use large datasets). Other relevant ideas include new social insurance pools, and new forms of capital ownership.
Agenda
- 14:00 - 14:10 Welcome & Introduction
- 14:10 - 14:30 Framing Remarks
- Christian Kastrop, CEO & Partner of Global Solutions Initiative
- Chris Boos, CEO of Almato AI & Former Member of the German Government’s Digital Council
- Ana Dujić, Director-General of the Directorate “Digital, Work, Society” at the German Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs
- 14:30 - 16:00 Panel
- Matt Prewitt, President of RadicalxChange Foundation
- Ana Dujić, Director-General of the Directorate “Digital, Work, Society” at the German Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs
- Paul Nemitz, Principal Adviser on the Digital Transition, DG Justice and Consumers, European Commission
- Miapetra Kumpula-Natri, Member of European Parliament (2014-2024) & Member of the Parliament of Finland (2003-2014 and again 2024-)
- Victoria Ivanova, R&D Strategic Lead at Serpentine Galleries
- 16:00-16:15: Break
- 16:15-17:45: Breakout Workshops
- Can labor organizations act as trusted data intermediaries?
- How can data market reform or other pro-labor policies make their way into the global AI policy agenda?
- How to structure a model law that gives trusted data intermediaries a vital role in the data market?
- How to prepare new forms of social insurance and capital ownership?
- 17:45-18:00: Closing Remarks
- 18:00-19:00: Networking Cocktail
Optional Prep Material
- RadicalxChange: “New Solidarity For An AI-Disrupted Economy”
- IMF: “Scenario Planning for an A(G)I Future”
- Noahpinion: “Plentiful, high-paying jobs in the age of AI”
- Noema: “A View Of The Future Of Our Data”
- Serpentine: “Holly Herndon and Mat Dryhurst: The Call”
- European Policy Centre: “AI and the future of work: Linking generative AI with social, economic, and labour market policies”
- Arxiv: “Shaping AI’s Impact on Billions of Lives”
Who Should Attend
Labor organizers, tech professionals, policymakers, and community leaders who are passionate about shaping the future of work.
How To Attend
Due to limited capacity, please fill out this interest form if you would like to attend the event. We will respond on a rolling basis, so applying early is advised.
RadicalxChange
RadicalxChange Foundation is a 501©(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to democratic innovation and institutional design through operational partnerships and experimental projects between academia, government, art, technology, and beyond.
Global Solutions Initiative
The Global Solutions Initiative proposes policy responses to major global problems, generated through a disciplined research program, elaborated in policy dialogues, and addressed by the G20, the G7 and other global governance fora.
Technology and Global Affairs Innovation Hub at Sciences Po
The Paris School of International Affairs (PSIA) Technology and Global Affairs Innovation Hub’s core mission is to accelerate collaborative technology and governance to address global affairs challenges focused specifically on citizenship and tech, defence and security, and tech and prosperity.
Stiftung Mercator
Stiftung Mercator is a private, independent, and non-profit foundation, committed to an open society based on solidarity and equal opportunities.
If you have any questions, please feel free to email our team.