The Promise of Progress

January 20, 2016 12:00

While technology enters its next golden age, the percentage of adults working or looking for work is the lowest in almost 40 years in countries such as the United States. Is the Fourth Industrial Revolution failing the middle class?

This session was developed in partnership with Al Jazeera.

This session is televised and webcast live. Please arrive 15 minutes early, as the doors will be closed at the scheduled time.

Speakers:

Andrew McAfee

Co-Director and Co-Founder, MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy; Principal Research Scientist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Guy Ryder

Under-Secretary-General for Policy, United Nations

Vishal Sikka

Advisory Professor, East China Normal University (ECNU)

Arne Sorenson

Laura D'Andrea Tyson

Distinguished Professor of the Graduate School, Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley

Ali Velshi

Anchor, NBC News