The Changing World of Work: Does the Collaborative Economy Foster Trust or Inequity?
Friday, April 15, 2016
Session Description
It is often dubbed “the gig economy” and lauded as a new economic system based on trust where people rent, lend, or share their cars, homes, and pets–among other things–with strangers. But does this technology-based model promote empowered workers who feel they are masters of their own destiny, or an angry mob of men and women working for people who have more money than time? This session will explore the tensions inherent in the rise of the “collaborative” or “sharing” economy.
FORMAT: PANEL DISCUSSION
Time & Location
Time:
10:00 - 11:15, Friday, April 15, 2016
BST
Location:
SBS, Rhodes Trust Lecture Theatre
Speakers
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Speaker
Author & Lecturer, Collaborative Lab
Rachel Botsman is an author, lecturer and the global authority on the power of collaboration and trust enabled by digital technologies to change the way we live, work, bank and consume.
She is known for originating the theory of ‘collaborative consumption’ with her acclaimed book, What’s Mine is Yours…
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Founder CEO, Traity
Juan is founder and CEO of Traity, a reputation platform that aims to help people trust each other for any sort of transactions between strangers, like a tenant renting a house from a landlord. Juan was formerly in strategy and product management in the telecoms industry. Juan holds an MBA from the…
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Director, Beyond Jobs
Wingham Rowan is Director of the “Beyond Jobs” project in London, UK.
Beyond Jobs grew out of multiple UK government investments to create advanced markets for low silled people seeking non-standard employment. Wingham oversaw these projects and market launches. He now works with…
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Executive Director, Freelancers Union
As Freelancers Union's Founder and Executive Director, Sara Horowitz has been helping the new workforce build solutions together for two decades. A MacArthur Foundation "Genius" fellow and Deputy Chair of the Federal Reserve of New York, Sara is a leading voice for the emerging economy. Today…
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Moderator
Director (2009-2016), Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship
Dr. Pamela Hartigan was Director of the Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship at Said Business School at the University of Oxford from 2009 until her passing in 2016. She was also founding partner of Volans Ventures, an organization focused on building innovative scalable solutions to challenges…
