2019 World Employment Conference: Leadership in a new World of Work

  • April 2024

    IZA/OECD Workshop: Applications with Linked Employer-Employee Data

    Paris

    The workshop seeks to bring together researchers who share an interest in using linked employer-employee data for innovative and policy-relevant research. The workshop will take place on April 10 and be preceded by a policy seminar with a keynote speaker on April 9. The workshop is organized in the context of the OECDs LinkEED v 2.0 project that seeks to enhance our understanding of the role of policies in inclusive growth through cross-country analytical work based on linked employer-employee data from different OECD countries. We welcome submissions of applied papers using linked employer-employee data in all areas.

    G²LM|LIC Policy Meeting: Boosting Women’s Labour Force Participation – Evidence from Western and Sub-Saharan Africa

    Online

    This online workshop assembles recent empirical evidence on possibilities to improve the position of women in the labour market and their access to it in Western and Sub-Saharan Africa and discusses policy solutions.

    2nd IZA/OECD Workshop: Climate Change and the Labor Market

    Online

    The IZA/OECD workshops aim to increase synergies between researchers and OECD experts to promote the societal impact of academic research and the relevance of expertise. These workshops are organized twice a year and focus on topics of particular importance to the economy and society. They bring together researchers from the IZA network, OECD experts and policymakers. They take place by videoconference, over half a day, with presentations by experts, researchers and discussions with policymakers.

  • October 2024

    IZA/ECONtribute Workshop on the Economics of Education

    Online

    The 8th IZA/ECONtribute Workshop on the Economics of Education will convene international scholars focusing on the development of skills within both formal and informal educational contexts and their valuation in the labor market. The conference will feature a select group of presenters, alongside a poster session for local researchers from the host institutions. Presentations and the keynote speech will be accessible via Zoom to an external audience.

2019 World Employment Conference: Leadership in a new World of Work
October 30, 2019 - November 01, 2019
In 2019 RCSA & WEC welcome the world.

For the first time in its 51 year history the World Employment Confederation will hold its annual conference in Australia in conjunction with the RCSA International Conference. The combined event will see the world’s thought leaders in the recruitment, staffing and workforce solutions space converge on the Sheraton Mirage Resort on the Gold Coast from the 30 October to the 1 November to explore Leadership in a New World of Work.

Every day the world is getting smaller. As rapid advancements in technology and connectivity bring us closer together, new opportunities and challenges arise yet, despite increases in automation, the rise of AI, and digital innovation changing our industry almost daily we believe, more than ever, that the future is human. The new world of work will be defined by how our individuality, our professional integrity, and our creative spirit intersects with technology but, more importantly, how we inspire people and create opportunity.

The 2019 International Conference will explore the role our industry will play in improving lives, communities, and economies through connecting individuals with meaniningful work into the future. Through bringing us together to reflect as individuals, and as a collective, this year’s conference will explore how we can empower, how we will collaborate, and how we can build trust in a new world of work. Our collective leadership will be more important than ever before and you can shape it at the World Employment Conference 2019. 

Tuesday 29 October
WEC Welcome Dinner
Evening: WEC Dinner and Awards Night

Wednesday 30 October
WEC Delegate Conference
Evening: Surf's Up Welcome Drinks
Click here to view the Wednesday Program

Thursday 31 October
World Employment Conference Day One
Evening: Day of the Dead Festival
Click here to view the Thursday & Friday Program

Friday 1 November
World Employment Conference Day Two
Evening: Top of the World Wrap Party
Click here to view the Thursday & Friday Program
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