Digital Disruption and the Changing Workforce

Unpacking the bundle of technological drivers of change in the mould of the Fourth Industrial Revolution yields a rather more optimistic picture regarding the job creation potential of technologies such as Big Data analytics, mobile internet, the Internet of Things and robotics.



This event will bring together decision makers from the private sector as well as senior officials and experts in higher education and will provide an inventory and feedback on the impact of digital transformation on the workplace with case studies from Spain, Turkey and Switzerland to open the debate and discussion on this topic for Tunisia.





18:30 – 18:33 : Introduction Mr. Souheil Ben Abdallah, President of the SMU Alumni Association / Olfa Melki Vice President of the SMU Alumni



18:33 – 18:43 : Mr. Slim Khalbouss, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Current Impact of Digital disruption on higher education



18:43 – 18:50 : Dr. Tawfik Jelassi, Professor of Strategy and Technology Management, IMD Business School, Lausanne (Switzerland) 



18:50 – 19:10 : Mr. Andrea Longraetti, Director of Admissions, School of Human Sciences and Technology, Instituto de Empresa, Madrid (Spain)



19:10 – 19:30 : Dr. Cebrail Taskin, Istanbul, Bahcesehir University, Former Chief Technology officer, Turk Telekom International (Turkey) 



19:30 – 20:00 : Dr. Tawfik Jelassi



20:00 – 20:30 : Discussion moderated by Dr. Tawfik Jelassi 



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Program details:



Mr. Andrea Longaretti.



Understanding of what is shaping today’s world and the implications of technology on your daily human interactions.

Discover how the job market, company structures, and professional roles are transforming.

What skills are businesses actually looking for? How have job opportunities changed in the past 15 years? How will these opportunities look in the future? And most importantly, how can you fit into this new reality?





Mr. Cebrail Taskin:



Disruptive Technologies and Digital Transformation



- What are Disruptive Technologies?

- How Disruptive Technologies effect to industry?

- What is Digital Transformation?

- İs Digital Transformation threat or opportunity?

- How Disruptive Technologies and Digital transformation effect to existing jobs?

- How to be master at Digital Transformation?

- Recommendation to company's owners and CEOs about Digital Transformation?