The Sydney Dialogue

The world is undergoing the largest workforce transition since the industrial revolution, and the Indo-Pacific is at the epicentre of this shift. Post pandemic, public and private sector enterprises of all sizes are capitalising on improvements in productivity, efficiency, and profitability by accelerating the rate at which they are applying technology to automate and augment work with more machines doing the work once done by people. AI will be a major growth driver in the coming decade and will affect one in every five jobs in Asia — and eliminate one in eight. 
 
In this panel discussion, speakers will discuss where the effects of automation pose the greatest challenges for the region and how we can ensure career pathways for those displaced to mitigate the risk of civil unrest and ensure that critical skills gaps do not open up and restrict growth in the long term. 
 
Speakers will consider research data and policy recommendations that urgently align technology and talent agendas to build career pathways for those economies feeling the impact in the Indo-Pacific.

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Sharan Burrow 

Sharan Burrow AC

Sue Keay

Dr Sue Keay

Samir Saran

Dr Samir Saran

Fergus Hanson

Covid-19 has created unprecedented disruption to our economic, health, and travel systems. The pandemic has demonstrated the importance of governments, scientists, and industry leaders working together to ensure healthy and thriving communities. How will this relationship re-write itself in the wake of the pandemic? 
 
In this panel discussion, speakers will look at how governments, scientists and industry leaders can better work together to protect global health and promote economic recovery using technology.

Increasing Resilience in a Post-Pandemic World

The Bengaluru Tech Summit (BTS) is organised by the Karnataka Government as their flagship science, innovation and ICT summit. It is Asia’s largest technology event and brings together industry, technology experts and policy makers from across the world. 
 
For 2021, the summit’s theme ‘Driving the Next’ recognises how Bengaluru kept the world moving during the COVID-19 pandemic – emerging as a hub for multi-national companies and fuelling the world’s rapid digital transformation. The summit emphasises how technology has emerged as a crucial tool in fighting the virus, in resurrecting crippling industries and bringing together people in these challenging times. 
 
The Sydney Dialogue is delighted to partner with BTS for this session on deepening India-Australia ties in technology and innovation. The convergence of dates, themes and sessions between the BTS and the Sydney Dialogue speaks to deepening bilateral ties between Australia and India, and our shared interests in working with like-minded countries to shape the norms and rules underpinning emerging technologies.

Who Works? The Crisis of Automation in the Indo-Pacific

Sharan Burrow

Sue Keay

Samir Saran

Fergus Hanson

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