About us - Future of Work Conference

WHO WE ARE

To consider and address the labour-market impact of a multitude of
concurrent trends, including the green and energy transitions, macroeconomic
factors, geo-economic and supply chain shifts
To contribute and formulate a multistakeholder agenda to better prepare
government, business, educators, workers and potential labour markets
entrants to the disruptions and opportunities to come
To inform planning by policy makers and to empower labour market entrants
to prepare better informed by scientific evidence of how the future of work
looks
To empower young people as a future workforce to make informed study and
career choices based on knowledge about the outlook of the future of work

To redefine South Africa’s list of critical and scarce skills and outline a roadmap for skilling and reskilling of the current and future workforce
To redefine South Africa’s list of critical and scarce skills and outline a roadmap for skilling and reskilling of the current and future workforce
To develop a booklet in an electronic and hard copy form that will contain knowledge about shifts in labour market trends and a list of critical jobs for the future

To advocate for a dedicated and focused awareness campaign that will drive awareness on the future of work and jobs of the future through greater use of social media and activations
To effect the current skills development and training trends to be more aligned with current workplace and industry
The booklet to be made available across libraries, schools and Thusong Services Centres