The Future of Jobs: Platforms Business Models, Blockchain and AI

As a speaker, mentor, judge and workshop host, Adam’s support and expert guidance to our hackaton was invaluable. His keynote speech on “The Future of Jobs” inspired participants and the subsequent on-demand mentoring he provided proved to be crucial to their success, with winning teams personally thanking him for his tireless efforts. (IF) (WHEN) you have the chance to work with Adam (THEN) take it, you won’t regret it!” – Nic Scott, Co-Founder & CDO at Educraftor in Finland Summary The World Economic Forum estimates that 65 percent of children entering primary school today will ultimately end up working in completely new job types that don’t yet exist. Since most of the jobs have not been created, the opportunities and challenges will largely depend on a persons ability to recognize these changes. Are you ready? Technological progress is accelerating greater than ever. New industries are constantly being born and old ones are becoming obsolete. This trend will create millions of jobs that don't even exists today, change traditional business models and force people to learn very different skills that are needed today. Today 4 of 5 biggest companies in the United States are platforms. Jack Ma estimates that over the next 30 years, 90% of all business will be conducted over digital platform, so its important to understand how they work. They have already rapidly transformed the world, but this knowledge is still not taught in higher education in most Universities. New technologies will unleash new productive capabilities by removing gatekeepers and intermediaries but have many limitations. Want to know more? ​In this free presentation you'll find out how to prepare for the new future economy, why platform business models will create new productive capabilities and how to practically to think about future of jobs​. Bullet Point Summary: In this one hour presentation and Q&A, w​e’ll explore real-life platform business models​, leading scientific​ ​research, ​and the mindset used by iconic figures to answer the following questions: - What are practical ways to think about the future of jobs? - How will the basic principles of platform design thinking create new sources of supply? - What are the opportunities and limitations of with machine learning, blockchain and the automation of decision making. - How to find platform business model opportunities? SPEAKER: Adam Dorfman (MBA, Author, and Platform Designer) Adam Dorfman is Canadian but currently based in Ukraine. He is an expert on platform thinking and offers a sophisticated and fresh vision for the future of job in the region. He is touring Central and Eastern Europe to share his knowledge on how the basic principles of platform business models along with recent technological advancements have changed the nature of work. He is also the founder of an early stage startup called, If When Then. At If When Then he is advised by one of the top platform designers in the world to launch a new search engine mechanism for global online courses and local workshops in the Central and Eastern European region. For more information check out www.ifwhenthen.com Past Lectures: The Future of Jobs: How platform Business Models and Technology are Changing the Nature of Work. February 2017, Shenzhen, China at Simply Work May 2017, Kyiv, Ukraine at the Innovation and Development Foundation June 2017, Odesa, Ukraine at Terminal 42 July 2017, Riga, Latvia at Birojnīca July 2017, Tartu, Estonia at Startup Hub August 2017, Prague, Finland at Impact Hub August 2017, Bratislava, Slovakia at 0100 Campus September 2017, Bucharest, Romania at TechHub September 2017, Timisoara, Romania at Coworking Timisoara September 2017, Cluj, Romania at Cluj Cowork October 2017, Lviv, Ukraine at iHub October 2017, Vilnius, Lithuania at iHub October 2017, Helsinki, Finland at Microsoft Flux October 2017, EduHack 2.0, Tampere, Finland November 2017, Kyiv, Ukraine at iHub Kyiv November 2017, Bratislava, Slovakia at EBCG Robotics conference November 2017, Lasi, Romania at TechShift Conference November 2017, Chisinau, Moldova at iHub Chisinau