Reshaping Work 2024 conference

10:00 – 11:00 CET Think Like a… Roundtables

Think like a Policy Maker – Max Uebe, Head of “Future of Work, Youth Employment” Unit, European Commission

How to deliver on the Commission President’s call to improve working conditions in platform work?

Think like an Insurer – Stefan Kröpfl, Global Head of Life Business Insights & Governance, Zurich Insurance

What are the main drivers for gaps in income protection (e.g., disability, critical illness) and pension savings in new forms of employment? What are the key concerns and the needs of workers in relation to these gaps? Who could / should address this issue? What could / should insurance companies do about it?

Think like a Research Organisation – Barbara Gerstenberger, Head of “Working Life” Unit, Eurofound

If we want to capitalise on the opportunities inherent in platform work, which actors should we rely on for policy action to minimise the risks and ensure a desirable future of platform work? Is their main task to clarify and enforce existing regulation or do we need new, platform-specific rules? Do current labour market actors have the capacity to organise and represent platform workers and identify and defend their interests?

Think like an EU Agency – Anastasia Fetsi, Lead Expert in Human Capital Development, European Training Foundation

How can we ensure platform workers develop skills and make them visible?

Think like a Union – Oliver Roethig, Regional Secretary, UNI Europa

Constructive social dialogue in the platform economy: the path to avoid a race-to-the-bottom?

Think like a Start-Up – Frederik Fahning, Co-Founder, ZenJob

How can European Startups role-model modern forms of work/employment?

Think like a Temporary Agency – Menno Bart, Public Affairs Manager, The Adecco Group

Discussing employment status: is the agency work model part of the solution?

Think like a Platform – Joanne Kubba, Senior Director EMEA Policy, Uber

How can platforms maximize job creation, flexibility and protection?

Think like an Investor – Paul Peake, General Counsel for Food, Grocery, and Etail Portfolio, Prosus

How can investors facilitate new and sustainable models of work and how can investors work with companies, in their portfolio, to achieve growth whilst empowering new categories of workers?

Think like a Platform Worker – Ferdinand Schmutzer, Worker, Roamler

Rethinking the applications designs and wages: How can the good quality of work be achieved in the platform economy?

14:00-14:05 Welcoming Remarks

Jovana Karanović, Founder, Reshaping Work

14:05-14:50 Keynote Address

Christina Behrendt, Head of the Social Policy Unit, ILO

14:50 – 15:00 Pitches: Out-of-Box Solutions

During this part of the program, four organisations – specifically selected by the Reshaping Work team on the grounds of originality and potential impact their idea could have on the society at large – will pitch their out-of-box solution via a video pitch. 

15:00 – 15:45   Panel Discussion: Improving work and working conditions in the EU 

Ana Carla Pereira, Cabinet Expert for Commissioner Nicolas Schmit, European Commission

Stefano Scarpetta, Director of the Employment, Labour and Social Affairs, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development 

Francesca Bria, President, Italian National Innovation Fund

Moderator: Melissa Heikkilä, Europe’s AI Correspondent, POLITICO

15:45 – 16:00 Reshaping Booster: Coffee & Tea Break

16:00 – 16:45 Keynote Address

Juliet Schor, Economist and Sociologist, Boston College

Gig workers and employment classification – unraveling the controversy

16:45 – 17.00 Closing Remarks