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Meetings Stub Page [mx-stub]

7:30am - 9:00am: Registration and Coffee

9:00am - 9:30am: Introductions
Speaker: Bryan Alexander, Bryan Alexander Consulting, LLC

We quickly introduce the day and the audience, getting a sense of participants' interests. Then we outline this approach to the future of education, touching on methods and some leading topics.

9:30am - 10:30am The Future of the Book
Speaker: Bob Stein, Author, The Future of Everything

What is the book becoming? Reading has already been changing under the impact of new hardware (e-readers, smartphones, tablets) and software (e-books). What will happen to the historical promise of the book, to readily bring readers information and delight?

This session looks into social or networked reading, whereby readers share their reading and reflections with others. It also considers the networked or distributed book, new possibilities for design, new forms for annotation and multimedia inclusion, the continuing evolution of reading on mobile devices, and changes to literacy.

10:30am - 11:30am: The Future of Higher Education Economics
Speaker: Bryan Alexander, Bryan Alexander Consulting, LLC

How are higher education economics changing? In this session we dive into that complex issue, looking into college and university budgets and how they have transformed. We explore state funding, endowments, tuition discount rates, and student loans, then conclude with several models for the medium-term future.

11:30am - 12:00pm: The Future of Food
Speaker: Christopher Wolf, Strategic Capabilities & Foresight, Tyson Chicken

12:00pm - 1:00pm: Lunch

1:00pm - 2:00 pm The Future of Work: How Soon Will You Lose Your Job to a Robot?
Speaker: Joyce Gioia, CEO, The Herman Group

In this fun, interactive dive into your future at work, we will. . .
- Explore the importance of “experience” and how that will inform your role as a leader in the future
- Discover how the Corporation of the Future will evolve through the years
- Examine the changing roles of HR and Leadership and how Artificial Intelligence will have an impact on your job in the near-term, mid-term, and long-term; and of course---
- Address the critical question: How soon will your job be replaced by a robot?

2:00pm - 3:00pm Discussion-Taking It All Back Home

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