Digital workers, unite! For a fair, equal and just future

Time: 12th June, 2024 - Wednesday

Location: "MozFest House Amsterdam" - Tolhuistuin

Event

The growth of digital economy should belong to everyone. More so to the significant percentage of digital platform workforce that power this AI revolution as the ‘humans behind the tech’. Platform economy is seeing exponential growth around the globe and provides jobs and livelihood to millions of workers, many of whom rely on it as their primary source of income. The promise of flexible and independent work often pales in front of the minimum protections, low wages, and limited rights that the workers enjoy. How can we envision a future that is unified, fair, and just when the very backbone of this digital economy – digital workers – are left on their own to navigate the labyrinth of uncertainty and exploitation?

This session confronts these realities of the AI-driven labour market. It offers a safe space to worker representatives, their allies and policy stakeholders to question if the global efforts adequately address barriers and complement the national efforts around tailored regulations. Are the perspectives of workers, their advocates, and innovative organizations like platform cooperatives considered when designing policies? Which data-driven solutions exist for workers and their allies? Can AI even help resolve the issues that its development is causing?

We invite participants to engage in a thought-provoking debate which looks at the humans behind the platforms and the implications of the current AI trajectory on their (and our) collective future. Global experts and institutions committed to fairness and equality will share insights and initiatives to encourage broader collaboration. From essential skills and awareness to data-driven tools and regulatory strategies, experts will reveal effective solutions and ideas to address power imbalances and workers' struggles within AI. This session aims to inspire action, whether you are a tech entrepreneur, advocate, consumer, or policy stakeholder in our digital era.

Speakers

• Pooja Gianchandani
  
  • GIZ Gig Economy Initiative
• Shakhlo Kakharova
  
  • Gesellschaft für internationale Zusammenrbeit (GIZ) GmbH
• Anna Spinardi
  
  • Data-Pop Alliance
• Martijn Arets
  
  • WageIndicator Foundation
• Fiona Dragstra
  
  • WageIndicator Foundation