Global Forum 2026: Programme overview
Day one | Wednesday 15 September
| 8.15am | Registration |
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| 9.00 am | Welcome and opening remarks |
| 9.15am | Introduction to the Global Forum for AI and the Social Sciences |
| 9.30am | OECD keynote: Mark Pearson |
| 9.45am | ILO keynote: Caroline Fredrickson |
| 10.00am | Table introductions |
| 10.15am | Coffee break |
| 10.45am | Setting the scene: Philippe Aghion |
| 11.00am | AI’s impact on the quantity of jobs |
| 12.00pm | In conversation: Helen Margetts and Fabian Curto Millet |
| 12.15pm | Lunch |
| 1.15pm | Setting the scene: Luis Garicano |
| 1.30pm | AI's impacts on the quality of jobs |
| 2.30pm | Tea break |
| 3.00pm | Lightning talks: National perspectives on quantitative and qualitative impacts around the world |
| 4.00pm | Reflections: Regional perspectives on quantitative and qualitative impacts around the world |
| 4.30pm | Tea break |
| 5.00pm | Spotlight session: Research at the frontier |
| 5.45pm | Closing remarks |
| 6.00pm | Reception |
| 7.00pm | Dinner and fireside chat |
Day two | Thursday 16 September
| 8.15am | Registration |
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| 9.00am | Welcome to day two |
| 9.15am | UNESCO Keynote: Gustavo Merino |
| 9.30am | Setting the scene: Era Dabla-Norris |
| 9.45am | Policy responses to AI’s labour market impacts |
| 10.45am | Coffee break |
| 11.15am | Setting the scene: Simon Johnson |
| 11.30am | National models for government capacity |
| 12.30pm | Lunch |
| 1.30pm | The role of trade unions in addressing AI’s labour market impacts |
| 2.30pm | Parallel sessions |
| 4.15pm | AI and the future of work: The role of human rights |
| 4.30pm | The role of workers in AI supply chains |
| 4.45pm | Understanding and addressing AI’s labour market impacts |
| 5.30pm | Closing remarks |
| 5.45pm | Reception |