Pretoria, 18 May 2021

The Future of Work

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

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