Aspen is a place for leaders to lift their sights above the possessions which possess them. To confront their own nature as human beings, to regain control over their own humanity by becoming more self-aware, more self-correcting, and hence more self-fulfilling.
Walter P. Paepcke, Aspen Institute Co-Founder
Aspen Institute
Roundtable on Automation and Innovation
Note: This is a past event, additional resources may be available below.
Mon May 2, 2016
San Francisco, CA
Date
Mon May 2, 2016 6:00pm MDT
Location
San Francisco, CA
Obvious Ventures
Contact
Hosts
This evening roundtable conversation, hosted by Obvious Ventures and Medium, focused on reimagining work in a context of rapid technological advances and social shifts. The discussion explored topics including education for the new workforce, hiring practices, the role of automation, and how new tools (like better skill matching and development platforms) can help work and workers more efficiently contribute and find meaningful work — even as some jobs may be replaced by automation. Future of Work Honorary Co-Chair Senator Mark Warner, Co-Chair Bruce Reed and Fellow Greg Nelson participated. The event was moderated by Joanna Rees, Managing Partner at West and Senior Partner at the B Team. Participants included:
Ev Williams, Medium;
Vishal Vasishth and Andrew Beebe, Obvious Ventures;
Shereef Bishay, Learner’s Guild;
Tim O’Reilly, O’Reilly Media;
Marina Gorbis, Institute for the Future;
Jorge Heraud, Blue River Technology;
Nate Soares, Machine Intelligence Research Institute;
