Could Sardinia become the new Hawaii? An international conference on Artificial Intelligence, Big Data and labour market
An international conference on 12-13-14 October in Tempio Pausania promoted by the European Network on Regional Labour Markets (ENRLMM) in collaboration with Eurispes
A green island that can overcome the primacy achieved by the Hawaiian Islands in terms of sustainability, which has now become a model for a green economy due to a series of interventions oriented towards a policy of harmonious and environmentally friendly development. The goal of reaching and outperforming Hawaii’s model is regarded by many as strategic for Sardinia. Therefore, in the next few years, the island could place itself at the centre of a major ecological transition project in accordance with the most advanced European and international guidelines to be a leader in this sector. It will be essential, including for the new Government, to pursue a wide-ranging programme to make Sardinia a model to be replicated on a global scale and which could, eventually, create new employment opportunities for new emerging professions linked explicitly to the environment, but also new technologies and Big Data.
This strategy for Sardinia is intended to enhance the exchange with that the extensive European Network on Regional and Local Labour Markets, ENRLMM – coordinated by the German institute IWAK of the W. Goethe University in Frankfurt – has promoted in collaboration with Eurispes at the Institute’s regional headquarters in Tempio Pausania, Sardinia on 12-13-14 October 2022. In accordance with the strategic indications of the EU, the international conference will address the impact that the dual green and digital transition are expected to have on regional and local employment services and labour markets and their level of both efficiency and performance. In particular, there will be an in-depth assessment of the consequences of the rising deployment of Artificial Intelligence systems and the use of Big Data over the operational capacity of employment services, acceleration of job matching processes, skills upgrading, social inclusion processes, and the potential contribution of the digital revolution to the green transition and a truly sustainable economic development.
Experts from the scientific and academic worlds, employment service managers, operators of private employment agencies, and representatives from various countries and international organisations, such as OECD and the EU, but also from non-European countries, will meet at the Eurispes headquarters in Tempio Pausania. For the first time, an important delegation of executives and managers of employment services will be present from numerous South-East Asian countries that are part of Asean, a political, economic and cultural organisation of South-East Asia countries working for free trade in that area.
In particular, representatives from the following countries will be attending: Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Philippines, and Viet Nam. This is a major event facilitated by the German Cooperation Agency GIZ, which promoted this mission.
In addition to the Asian delegation, just to name a few, the head of the Swiss Council Presidency will be present. For France, the head of international relations of the government labour agency CEREQ; for Spain, the governmental agency LAMBIDE; for the Netherlands, the labour agency UWV. Germany is represented by the social attaché of the German Embassy in Italy, and the director of the German Cooperation Agency for Asia GIZ – Foreign Ministry. From the USA, the director of one of the largest employment agencies applying digital, Lightcast, is confirmed to attend. While from the academic community, lecturers from the universities Bicocca and Sapienza (Italy), Exeter and West Scotland (Great Britain), W.Goethe (Germany), Timisoara (Romania), and IRE (Switzerland) are expected to attend.
During three days, Sardinia will be at the centre of a major international debate on the most relevant aspects of the green and digital transition. It may seem a mere coincidence, but the programme already envisioned by Italy to make the island a unique green reality in the world appears to have a great appeal to the international community engaged in the promotion of labour policies.
Participation in the ENRLMM conference is free upon registration. To register, please contact the Eurispes organisational secretariat at the following e-mail address: istituto@eurispes.eu
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