The Unworking Conference

4-5 June 2024
The Unworking Conference
Meta Kings Cross and The Ministry, Borough

WORKTECH, the pioneering event series shaping the ever-evolving world of work, announces the return of The Unworking Conference in London on Tuesday 4^th and Wednesday 5^th June at Meta, Kings Cross and The Ministry, Borough.

Unworking is an intention first proposed by Philip Ross (futurist, commentator, and the entrepreneur behind Ungroup and Cordless Consulting) and Jeremy Myserson (design writer and Professor Emeritus at the Royal College of Art), in their book Unworking – The Reinvention of the Modern Office published in 2022.

Delegates at the London conference will delve into a ground-breaking manifesto for ‘unworking’, shedding old practices, embracing innovative approaches to work, and exploring in-depth the potential of smart technologies and workplace experience.

Key topics on the Smart Technologies conference agenda (4 June at Meta) include the evolution of smart buildings and technologies, the transformative impact of emerging digital technologies on work dynamics, and strategies for fostering smart and sustainable workplace environments.

Pivotal themes for discussion at Workplace Experience (5 June at The Ministry, Borough) include human-centred excellence, purpose-driven productivity, connecting for success, a people-first approach and elevating employee experience.

Highlights include:

Julia Hobsbawm, award-winning writer, and broadcaster delivering a keynote inspired by her latest book, Working Assumptions – a rapid response to the seismic changes affecting working life. Julia will address the threat to white collar workers from generative AI; productivity and the universal upheaval on jobs and acting human when approaching workplace wellbeing.

Jessica Schmidt, Associate Director, Markets and Business Development and Claus Christensen, Head of Workplace Experience and Advanced Analytics at EY will disclose EY Nordic’s experience driving a new era of workplace by catalysing innovative technology solutions driven by the transformative power of AI.

Mike Petrusky, host of the Workplace Innovators podcast, in an exclusive interview with Lohan Presencer, Chairman of Ministry of Sound Group. The pair will discuss The Ministry’s vision for the workplace of the future with Presencer outlining an ambitious concept which fuses community, workspace, and social hub.           

Jeff Dewing, best-selling author, and Top 50 Workplace Leader, will deliver a keynote about leadership and workplace culture in which he unpacks what ingredients are required to embody authentic values, and build a dynamic shared culture in which everyone flourishes.

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