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Thursday 12 December

10:00 AM11:30 AM

High-Level Opening Session

The session will start with opening remarks from the OECD Secretary-General Mathias Cormann and the Permanent State Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, Lilian Tschan. A...

Chair of Working Party on AI Governance (AIGO OECD) and Co-Chair of the Global Partnership on AI

Mathias Cormann

OECDSecretary General

Christy Hoffman

UNI Global UnionGeneral Secretary

Stephanie Ifayemi

Partnership on AISenior Managing Director, Public Policy

Ulrik Vestergaard Knudsen

OECDDeputy Secretary-General

Christina Leimoni

Microsoft EMEARegional Director - AI Skills for Social Impact

Robert F. Trager

Oxford Martin AI Governance InitiativeDirector

German Federal Ministry of Labour and Social AffairsState Secretary

Thursday 12 December

Women’s and men’s experiences of AI at work: how might they differ?

Women are 20 percentage points less likely to have used ChatGPT compared to men in the same occupations, according to a new study. Does this reflect a greater scepticism over AI, a skills gap, a...

LinkedInLead Data Scientist, Economic Graph Research Institute

Marguerita Lane

OECDLabour Market Economist

Stefano Scarpetta

OECDDirector of the Employment, Labour and Social Affairs (ELS) Directorate

Engage Technology - Tech & AI agencyCEO and Supervisory Board Member

Emilie Vestergaard

University of CopenhagenPhD student in the Department of Economics

Thursday 12 December

Tracking AI diffusion in firms and sectors: new evidence for policymaking

Artificial Intelligence (AI) holds the promise of radically transforming economies and changing how people work and firms organise their production. To harness the opportunities brought by AI and...

Céline Antonin

Economic Research Center of Sciences Po (OFCE)Senior Economist

Israeli Ministry of Economy and IndustryDirector of Strategic Analysis

OECDSenior Economist in the Directorate for Science, Technology and Innovation

Timothy DeStefano

Georgetown University, McDonough School of BusinessAssociate Research Professor

German Federal Ministry of Labour and Social AffairsDirector General of Digital, Work, Society

Stephanie Ifayemi

Partnership on AISenior Managing Director, Public Policy

Revelio LabsChief Economist

Thursday 12 December

OECD’s AI Capability Indicators: A first look at the scale on social interaction

As part of AI-WIPS, OECD is developing a set of AI capability indicators to describe what AI can and can’t do with respect to different areas of human performance. The full set of indicators will...

OECDSenior Economist

Margarita Kalamova

OECDAnalyst, AI and the Future of Skills project & Project Lead, Higher Education Policy team

Adriano Linzarini

OECDLead Analyst, Rethinking Assessment of Social and Emotional Skills project

Brian Scassellati

Yale UniversityProfessor of Computer Science, Cognitive Science, and Mechanical Engineering

Thursday 12 December

AI Incidents: A look at past mistakes to inform future AI governance

AI incidents and hazards reported by reputable media outlets worldwide have seen a sharp increase since 2022, as tracked by the OECD AI Incident Monitor (AIM). Data on past and present AI risks and...

Marko Grobelnik

The Artificial Intelligence Lab at Jožef Stefan Institute (JSI)AI Researcher & Digital Champion, co-leader

Stephanie Ifayemi

Partnership on AISenior Managing Director, Public Policy

Digital Safety Research InstituteFounding Director

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)Chief AI Advisor

IQuilibirumAIManaging director and CEO

Friday 13 December

Introduction Day Two

Stephanie Ifayemi, Senior Managing Director of Public Policy with Partnership for AI and conference rapporteur, summarises day one of the conference and tells us what’s in store for day two.

Stephanie Ifayemi

Partnership on AISenior Managing Director, Public Policy

Friday 13 December

9:30 AM10:00 AM

In Conversation with Professor Barney Glover: Is training adapted to the AI transition?

Training systems are being called upon to prepare workers for the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) in the workplace. While initial education is important, upskilling and reskilling the...

Jobs and Skills AustraliaCommissioner

Stefano Scarpetta

OECDDirector of the Employment, Labour and Social Affairs (ELS) Directorate

Friday 13 December

10:30 AM11:15 AM

Maintaining the Fairness and Relevance of High-Stakes Exams in the Age of AI

In many countries, upper secondary graduation requires students to pass high-stakes exams. But as AI systems become more powerful, so does their potential to disrupt high stakes testing either...

OECDAnalyst, Education & Skills Directorate

Theodore Pengelley

Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA)Digital Manager

Mary Richardson

University College LondonProfessor of Educational Assessment

Tine Wirenfeldt Jensen

Aarhus University - Member of Danish Ministry of Education Expert Group on ChatGPTExternal Lecturer

Friday 13 December

11:30 AM12:00 PM

In Conversation with Professor Giovanni Briganti: Perceptions of AI from Medical Associations

The OECD conducted a survey into the perspectives of medical associations regarding the integration of AI tools. The survey aimed to contribute to the discussion on AI from the healthcare providers’...

Giovanni Briganti

University of Mons, BelgiumProfessor and Head of Computational Medicine & Neuropsychiatry

Stefano Scarpetta

OECDDirector of the Employment, Labour and Social Affairs (ELS) Directorate

Friday 13 December

AI use by public employment services: can it lead to more inclusive labour markets?

People furthest from the labour market can have large gaps in their educational attainment, qualification and work experience, and their skills can be difficult to map using “traditional” data...

Paris School of EconomicsChaired Professor

Andreas Henningsson

The Public Employment Service of Sweden (Arbetsförmedlingen)Senior AI and data strategist

Stephanie Ifayemi

Partnership on AISenior Managing Director, Public Policy

Gabriele Marconi

Luxembourg Public Employment Agency (ADEM)Data Scientist

Friday 13 December

AI and Competition

The economic impact of AI is intrinsically linked to the functioning of the competitive environment. For instance, market leaders with large customer bases and scales of operation might reap higher...

Cristina Caffarra

University College LondonHonorary Professor

Sara Calligaris

OECDSenior Economist, Directorate for Science, Technology and Innovation

Maryam Farboodi

MIT Sloan School of ManagementJon D. Gruber Career Development Associate Professor of Finance

Bloomberg’s Weekend EditionEditor

Rotman School of Management, University of TorontoProfessor of Strategic Management

University of VirginiaProfessor at the Department of Economics and the Darden School of Business

Friday 13 December

Does AI boost firms’ and workers’ productivity?

Investments in AI from employers are often driven by a desire to boost productivity. But evidence on the effects of AI on productivity is still emerging. Firms that use AI tend to be more productive...

OECDSenior Economist in the Directorate for Science, Technology and Innovation

Nathan Goldschlag

Center for Economic Studies at the U.S. Census BureauPrincipal Economist

Jens Lundsgaard

OECDDeputy Director, Directorate for Science, Technology and Innovation

Lindsey Raymond

MicrosoftPostdoctoral Researcher in Economics and Computation

IBMWorkforce and ESG Executive, Europe, Government and Regulatory Affairs

Trade Union Congress (TUC)Employment Rights Policy Officer

Friday 13 December

Agentic AI: Balancing opportunities and risks in the age of intelligent agents

Beyond creating content and interacting with human users, generative AI systems are increasingly designed to function as autonomous agents capable of making decisions on a user’s behalf. The...

AI Safety InstituteHead of Autonomous Systems

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)Computer scientist

Global Partnership on AI (GPAI) Tokyo Expert Support CenterSecretary General

Arvind Narayanan

Princeton UniversityProfessor of computer science

Michael Schönstein

Federal Chancellery of GermanyHead of General Digital Policy