Joe Isaac Symposium - Varieties of digital ecosystems at work

The Monash Business school are delighted to invite ALERA members to its annual Joe Isaac Symposium, exploring the varieties of digital ecosystems at work in the age of AI and other new technologies.

Date: 15 October 2024 at 5:30 pm – 8:00 pm

Venue: The Pavilion, Building H, Level 8, Caulfield campus

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Description

Comparing the digital transformations of work, business and society through international benchmarks has become increasingly popular to monitor performance, raise awareness of gaps and drive strategic policy change for different labour market actors.

However, established theoretical approaches do not tell the full story behind the varied digital performance between and within countries. Understanding how the future of work is evolving requires a more holistic analysis.

Drawing on examples from the UK, South Korea, Estonia and Australia, this symposium will outline a novel framework of digital futures at work, challenging and building on established practical and theoretical approaches.

The symposium

The Department of Management at Monash Business School and the Department of Management and Marketing at the University of Melbourne jointly host annual symposia in honour of the late Joe Isaac, AO, FASSA.

He held chairs at and was Emeritus Professor at Monash University and The University of Melbourne. He was one of Australia’s most distinguished scholars and practitioners in the broad fields of industrial relations/labour economics, and helped design this symposium.

Keynote speaker

Professor Jacqueline O’Reilly, Co-Director, Digital Futures at Work Research Centre, University of Sussex Business School

Prof O’Reilly is Co-Director for the Digital Futures at Work Research Centre (Digit) and an experienced research professor, with skills in business, political science, policy analysis, sociology, and data analysis. She is also a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences.

Panellists

Liam Byrne, Future of Work and Unionism Project Coordinator, Australian Council of Trade Unions.

Dr Byrne is the author of Becoming John Curtin and James Scullin and the forthcoming No Power Greater A history of Australian unionism and worker struggle.

Professor Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld, Florence G. Heller Chair and Professor, Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University, Massachusetts.

Prof Cutcher-Gershenfeld leads research on agile institutions. Previously he was a professor and dean at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, and a faculty member at MIT. He is a past president of the US Labor and Employment Relations Association.

Welcome

Professor Simon Wilkie, Dean, Faculty of Business and Economics, Head of Monash Business School

Prof Wilkie joined Monash Business School in 2019 from the University of Southern California (USC), where he was Professor of Economics in the Department of Economics and Professor of Economics, Communication and Law in the USC Gould School of Law. He was previously head of USC’s Department of Economics and the USC Center for Communication Law and Policy.

Event co-chairs

Professor Greg Bamber, Department of Management, Monash Business School, and Monash Data Futures Institute, Monash University;
Professor Michelle Brown, Department of Management and Marketing, Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Melbourne.

A partnership between Monash University and The University of Melbourne.