Agenda - Friday, 27th of October 2017

08:30 Registration and coffee

09:00 Welcome by Google by Antti Järvinen, Google Finland Country Manage

09:15 How accelerating technology innovation needs to shape our conversation on the future of work - inspiring keynote by David Rowan, Editor-at-large of WIRED magazine's UK edition

09:45 Presentation of new McKinsey research “The Future of Work - Europe’s 9 Digital Frontrunner countries”. Jacques Bughin, Senior Partner at McKinsey and Director of McKinsey Global Institute

10:15 Panel discussion: Future jobs, future skills. With Anita Lehikoinen, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education and Culture, Anna Salomons, MIT/Utrecht University, Julia Jousilahti, work researcher, Demos Helsinki, Jarkko Eloranta, President of the Central Organization of Trade Unions

10:55 Break - light lunch

11:30 Keynote by Kai Mykkänen, Minister for Foreign Trade and Development

11:45 Keynote by Nicklas Lundblad, Google Vice President for Public Policy and Government Relations EMEA

12:05 Panel discussion: The future of work through the business lens – How to secure Finland’s competitive edge in a European context? With Farid Tabarki, Founder of Studio Zeitgeist, Miapetra Kumpula-Natri, Member of the European Parliament, Tarja Pääkkönen, Executive Partner BOARDMAN

12:45 Conclusions and take aways by Antti Järvinen, Google Finland Country Manager

13:00 Event closing and lunch, wine and mingle