Each year we organise conferences to develop, survey and disseminate valued industry opinion on future industry leadership issues.
Our conferences encourage interactive participation of both students and industry managers in order to attract young leaders to a career in industry.

An interactive online research conference for leaders of industry and student organisations to discuss the big technology challenges of our industry workplace of the future.

These conferences aim to discuss and better understand the impact in the workplace of the increasing use of digital technologies, including AI, the impact of these on skills requirements, and career expectations, of a new generation of graduates joining  industry.

Four themes will be discussed:

• How workplace choice, working from the office vs. remotely, will affect work-life balance expectations and workspace/office design.
• The increased use and impact of social and professional media in the workplace, and the implications for decision taking and career management.
• Organisational challenges in adopting new workplace technologies including using AI tools.
• The impact of new technologies on hard and soft skills needed in organisations, and what a future expert might look like.

Building on keynote speeches and panel discussions, participants will engage in small group discussions about the needs of the new Connected Generation (Gen Z) and how to manage and develop their careers in industry.