Nobel Prize Dialogue
18 May 2021
10:00 - 12:30 SAST/CET
10:00 - 10:50
WELCOME REMARKS
Tawana Kupe and Laura Sprechmann
THE IMPACT OF COVID-19
Irma Eloff, Lebone Nkhumeleni and Christopher Pissarides (Laureate in economic sciences 2010)
SHAPING THE FUTURE
Interview with Christopher Pissarides (Laureate in economic sciences 2010)
TRIBUTE TO ALBERT LUTHULI, NOBEL PEACE PRIZE LAUREATE 1960
Read by Tumeka Matshoba-Ramuedzisi
THE FUTURE OF WORK IN AFRICA
Interview with Akinwumi A. Adesina
10:50 - 11:20
Session 1: The Future of Learning
THE FUTURE OF HIGHER EDUCATION
Brian P. Schmidt (Nobel Prize laureate in physics 2011)
DOES HIGHER EDUCATION NEED TO CHANGE?
Eeva Leinonen and Brian P. Schmidt (Nobel Prize laureate in physics 2011)
11:20 - 12:00
Session 2: The Future of Employment
INTERVIEW WITH JOSEPH STIGLITZ (Laureate in economic sciences 2001)
THE PAST AND FUTURE OF WORK
Talk by Joel Mokyr
THE IMPACT OF TECHNOLOGY
Joel Mokyr and Zainab Usman
12:00 - 12:30
Session 3: The Social and Environmental Impact of Work
INTERVIEW WITH MUHAMMAD YUNUS (Nobel Peace Prize laureate 2006)
THE IMPACT OF WORK
Abhijit Banerjee (Laureate in economic sciences 2019), Nicky Newton-King and Sharmi Surianarian
12:35 - 13:10 SAST/CET BREAKOUT SESSIONS : 3 Tracks
Track 1
12:35 - 13:10
EDUCATION
Q&A with panellists
The future of learning
Eeva Leinonen and Brian P. Schmidt (Nobel Prize laureate in physics 2011)
Track 2
12:35 - 13:10
EMPLOYMENT
Q&A with panellists
The future of employment
Joel Mokyr and Christopher Pissarides (Laureate in economic sciences 2010)
Track 3
12:35 - 13:10
IMPACT
Q&A with panellists
The social and environmental impact of work
Abhijit Banerjee (Laureate in economic sciences 2019) , Nicky Newton-King and Sharmi Surianarian
13:15 - 14:00 SAST/CET
13:15 - 14:00
FEEDBACK FROM BREAKOUT TRACKS
Alex Antonites, Zozo Dyani-Mhango and Lebone Nkhumeleni
REIMAGINING FUTURE WORK: WHAT WILL MATTER MOST?
Abhijit Banerjee (Laureate in economic sciences 2019), Christopher Pissarides (Laureate in economic sciences 2010), Brian P. Schmidt (Nobel Prize laureate in physics 2011), Andee Uren and Zainab Usman
CLOSING REMARKS
Tawana Kupe