Global Labor Market Conference in Riyadh

Objectives

Act as the leading international platform for regulators, employers, and civil society to collaborate on and promote innovative global labor market solutions.
Create high-level discussion of the catalysts for change in the global labor market today.
Bring the latest evidence and best-practice learnings on solutions to contemporary labor market challenges.
Introduce international participants to the labor market re-engineering taking place in the GCC.
Identify cutting-edge skill-building initiatives for workers of all generations and backgrounds.
Evaluate the results of innovative labor market experiments from around the world.

WHY ATTEND

Gain insight into the forces impacting the global labor market today.
Discover workable solutions to contemporary labor market and workforce challenges.
Debate contentious labor market proposals.
Uncover the latest evidence on labor market experiments.
Refresh your perspective on significant labor market reengineering initiatives underway in the GCC.
Meet and exchange with GLMC partners about their initiatives in the Conference Marketplace.

Audience

Political leaders
CEOs of some of the world’s largest companies
Leaders of international organizations
Labor market regulators
Researchers and academics
Young Talents
Media

2000+

Participants

40+

Sessions

120+

Speakers

10+

Partners

Themes

Global Labour Market Catalyst

A look at the forces and trends impacting the global labor market today, including technological disruption (especially from AI), demographic shifts, climate change, regulatory trends, and changing production geographies.

Skills & Productivity Conundrums

Two major skills gaps are manifest in the global labor market today: a lack of personnel able to keep up with accelerating technological transformations, and the low level of skills of informal economy workers, 60% of the global labor force. These skills gaps translate into weaker productivity for companies and countries. What are the critical challenges to address?

Labour Market Makeovers

Regionalization, reshoring, localization: these are all terms for how global supply chains are being rearranged today as companies re-evaluate their sourcing practices, and governments re-assess their regulatory policies. Is there a new labor mobility system emerging? Will cities and countries still be able to foster global talent hubs? Migrant workers, find decent work closer to home?

Work for All

Young people today are the most educated generation in history, yet many struggle to enter and thrive in the workforce. Meanwhile, demographic pressures are prompting many countries to seek to keep older workers employed for longer. How can governments and employers encourage and support an all-ages workforce? What about policies and practices to reduce unemployment and get unemployed people back to work?

AI Needs People?

Technological revolutions might be good for society in the long term, but before that they can seriously disrupt labor markets. AI is predicted to transform entire sectors, workflows and job categories. What is the state of play and what is on the horizon for organizations and workers?

Labor Market Re-Engineered

The GCC’s labor markets are going through structural transformation at an incredibly high pace, including entrepreneurial SMEs and freelancer ecosystems. What are the results to date from the re-engineering? What are the lessons to take into future policy and planning?

The Right Way to (De)Regulate

Business leaders and policy makers often disagree about labor market regulation – its purpose, what kind of regulation works, and when it works. Free movement of labor is particularly divisive. For some, it harms local workers and their families. For others, it has been – and continues to be? – a critical ingredient for cities or countries to become talent hubs and engines of growth.

The Future-Proofed Organization

COVID-19 shook up employers’ relationship with their workers and put employee well-being on the workplace agenda as never before. Many workers want safe, hybrid workplaces, where mental as well as physical health is protected. Many also expect corporations and their leaders to take on new social responsibilities. How can employers respond to these trends and future-proof their workplaces?

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