International conference on AI in Work, Innovation, Productivity and Skills

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Ulrik Vestergaard Knudsen

OECD

Deputy Secretary-General

Description

Ulrik Vestergaard Knudsen took up his duties as Deputy Secretary-General in January 2019. His portfolio includes the strategic direction of OECD policy on science, technology and innovation; employment, labour and social affairs, migration, health; education; and entrepreneurship, SMEs, regions and cities. He oversees the Centre for Skills and the newly established Well-Being, Inclusion, Sustainability and Equal Opportunity Centre (WISE). Jointly with the Secretary-General, Mr Knudsen transformed the OECD Executive Committee in Special Session into the Global Strategy Group (GSG) to have a strategic forum to discuss issues of global relevance, which he chaired from 2013-2017.

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1:00 pm - 1:50 pm

Opening Plenary

AI is reshaping economies and societies across the world, offering new products and services, and promising to generate productivity gains, improve efficiency and lower costs. But the adoption of AI also raises questions and fuels anxieties; as AI transforms the way we work, we need to reflect how AI adoption in the workplace can be effective, beneficial, people-centred and accepted by the population at large. This opening session will set the scene for the week’s events, with opening remarks...

Erik Brynjolfsson

Stanford University

Justine Cassell

PRAIRIE Institute for Interdisciplinary Research in AI

Ulrik Vestergaard Knudsen

Rolf Schmachtenberg

Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs

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