Jobs, Automation & the Robotics Revolution

10am – 11.15am 31 October 2024 techUK, 10 St Bride Street, London, EC4A 4AD
Online

This event will be taking place in hybrid format: in-person at techUK offices AND online. Please select the correct ticket when booking.

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Nimmi Patel

Head of Skills, Talent and Diversity, techUK

Nimmi Patel is the Head of Skills, Talent and Diversity at techUK. She works on all things skills, education, and future of work policy, focusing on upskilling and retraining. Nimmi is also an Advisory Board member of Digital Futures at Work Research Centre (digit). The Centre research aims to increase understanding of how digital technologies are changing work and the implications for employers, workers, job seekers and governments.

Prior to joining the techUK team, she worked for the UK Labour Party and New Zealand Labour Party, and holds an MA in Strategic Communications at King’s College London and BA in Politics, Philosophy and Economics from the University of Manchester. She is currently taking part in the 2024-25 University of Bath Institute for Policy Research Policy Fellowship Programme.

Email:: [email protected]
Phone:: 07805744520
Twitter:: @nimmiptl
Website:: www.techuk.org
LinkedIn:: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nimmi-patel1/

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Rory Daniels

Senior Programme Manager, Emerging Technologies

Rory joined techUK in June 2023 after three years in the Civil Service on its Fast Stream leadership development programme.

During this time, Rory worked on the Government's response to Covid-19 (NHS Test & Trace), school funding strategy (Department for Education) and international climate and nature policy (Cabinet Office). He also tackled the social care crisis whilst on secondment to techUK's Health and Social Care programme in 2022.

Before this, Rory worked in the House of Commons and House of Lords alongside completing degrees in Political Economy and Global Politics.

Today, Rory leads techUK's emerging technologies activity across everything from immersive, web3, AI and robotics to space, gaming & metaverse.

This involves co-running techUK's flagship Innovation campaign, managing four series (including the 'Meet the Innovators' interview series), and launching 4-6-month 'sprint campaigns' on transformative technologies and sectors.

Email:: [email protected]
LinkedIn:: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rorydaniels28/

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According to a 2017 study, robotic and Artificial Intelligence technologies could impact almost a third of UK jobs by the 2030s.

What progress has been made since this study was published? How successful has the UK been at driving inclusive automation that acts in the service of workers? What policy responses are still required to ensure these technologies provide positive outcomes for both employees and employers?

As such, our panel of speakers will:

Explore the current state of robotics and automation technologies in the UK (including AI and Machine Learning);
Ask where these technologies are (and are likely not) heading;
Investigate what this means for job displacement and creation across different sectors.

We will also hear from organisations pioneering the use of robotics to enhance human productivity and creativity, in particular through the deployment of collaborative robots (cobots).