November 28

The Centre for Workplace Leadership is bringing together a world-class group of thinkers, practitioners and influencers to explore the future of work through the themes of people, place and technology.  Our speakers will help lead the discussion about the big picture changes that are happening in the world of work, while offering practical tools and insights into embracing opportunities through innovation.

Please note this is a provisional agenda, and is subject to change.
8:00am-8:45am
Registration
9:00am-9:15am
MC welcome
​Professor Simon Bell
​Director
​Centre for Workplace Leadership
9:15am-10:00am
Leadership BS:  Fixing the leadership development process
​Dr Jeffrey Pfeffer
​Thomas D. Dee II Professor of Organizational Behavior
Stanford University, USA
10:00am-11:00am
Identifying future leaders: Algorithms vs intuition
​Moderator: Jenni Henderson, Business and Economics Editor, the Conversation
Panel members: 
11:00am-11:30am
Morning tea
11:30am-12:30pm
Concurrent panels
Educating the workforce of the future
Moderator: Maxine McKew, Honorary Fellow, University of Melbourne
Panel members:
Will we soon need quotas for human workers?
​Moderator: Dr Miya Tokumitsu, ​Lecturer in Art History, ​University of Melbourne
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What it takes to be an employer of choice: why some employers go the extra distance when others don’t
Moderator: Professor Bill Harley, Associate, Centre for Workplace Leadership
Panel members:
From “sharing the scraps”, to what? The future of the gig economy
Moderator: Andrew Trounson, Senior Journalist, University of Melbourne
​Panel members:
12:30pm-1:15pm
Lunch
1:15pm-2:45pm
Concurrent masterclasses. Click here for masterclass details
Social change from the inside: A toolkit for the social intrapreneur
​Ben Neville, Janett Egber & Rachel Audigé

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Leading innovation
Professor Danny Samson
Making space for leadership 
Dr Agustin Chevez, Senior Researcher & Mark Bray, Global Head of Knowledge and Strategy
​HASSELL
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​The high performance tightrope - balancing performance and wellbeing
Vicky Roberts
The art of leadership
​Ben Stringer & Danielle Carter 
​NIDA

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Creating respectful multicultural workplaces Tine Koehler
Senior Lecturer
​University of Melbourne
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​Rethinking young people: how to work intergenerationally
Dhakshy Sooriyakumaran, YLab Director & Mehak Sheikh, YLab Associate
​Foundation for Young Australians​​
Is the future of leadership female? Two blokes explain
Dr Jesse Olsen & Dr Victor Sojo
​University of Melbourne
2:45pm-3:15pm
Afternoon tea
3:15pm-4:00pm
Keynote: Why women don’t lean in: Understanding how context constrains women's career choices
Professor Michelle Ryan
Professor of Social and Organisational Psychology
University of Exeter, UK
4:00pm-5:00pm
Plenary panel: Beyond token diversity: Leaders and practices driving genuine workplace change
Moderator: Maxine McKew, Honorary Fellow, University of Melbourne
Panel members:
5:30pm-7:00pm
Networking event

November 29

Date: Wednesday 29 November
Time: 7:30am to 9:30am (breakfast provided)
Venue: PwC Melbourne, Terrace 1, Southbank
Cost: $20 with the purchase of a Future of Work ticket (valued at $110)
 
Leadership and management scholar and keynote speaker at the Future of Work: People Place Technology 2017 conference, Professor Jeffrey Pfeffer will be in conversation with PwC’s Dani Fraillon, discussing good leadership, why it is important, and how organisations can develop it. Book your ticket when purchasing  your Future of Work conference ticket.

Further details here.
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