“This event serves as a brilliant post- Tairawhiti Gisborne Techweek event. It also provides a vehicle for us to shine a light on the local employment market.”
Tairawhiti was experiencing a labour shortage and with that came real opportunity to secure better wealth and prosperity for the community, by using the shortage to an advantage, Mr Breen said.
“The Jobs, Robots and Us event will cover both how employers can compete internationally to attract emerging talent and how local emerging talent can better align themselves with higher paying, skilled roles.
“As a community, what do we need to focus on? What do employers need to focus on? What are the personal investments youth need to make to secure prosperous futures?”
Other talking points would include adapting to increased automation and what advantages, and disadvantages moves like this posed.
Mr Salmon will be in conversation with ECT chief exeutive Gavin Murphy tomorrow at 5.30pm at the War Memorial Theatre.
“Knowledge is wealth and Kinley’s insights into the changing world of work offers our community a competitive advantagew over those who are not keeping up with this change,” Mr Murphy said.
“Our talk with Kinley will focus on how to apply his international knowledge in a local, national and global context. This is a fantastic event to have in-region and we encourage all those who can make it to do so.”
Tickets are available from Muir’s Bookshop for $5 each.
