Joint Center Hosts Congressional Roundtable on Solutions to Automation and Work

U.S. House Education and Workforce Ranking Member Congressman Bobby Scott (VA), in conjunction with the Joint Center, hosted a Member Roundtable to focus on options for federal policy responses to automation and the future of work.

On Wednesday, July 19, 2018, U.S. House Education and Workforce Ranking Member Congressman Bobby Scott (VA), in conjunction with the Joint Center, hosted a Member Roundtable to focus on options for federal policy responses to automation and the future of work. Special

Remarks

• Rep. Bobby Scott Ranking Member of the House Education and the Workforce Committee

Moderator

• Mr. Spencer Overton, President, Joint Center for Political & Economic Studies

Panelists

• Professor Thomas Kochan, George Maverick Bunker Professor of Management, Sloan School of Management, MIT (click here for written statement on solutions)
• Professor Tom Mitchell, E. Fredkin University Professor, School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University(click here forwritten statement on solutions)
• Dr. Maya Rockeymoore, President and CEO, Global Policy Solutions click here forwritten statement on solutions)

Other Members of Congress participating:

• Rep. Susan Davis (CA)
• Rep. Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan (MP)
• Rep. Donald Norcross (NJ)
• Rep. Mark DeSaulnier (CA)

Please click to watch the here full video.This is the third event in our series on the future of work. Click on the following for a description of the Members and experts who participated in our future of work in transportation roundtable (April) and our future of work in retail roundtable (May). The Joint Center will continue to dive deep on the future of work and we will work with local, state, and federal officials as well as with community groups and the private sector to find ways to support the community in a changing economy.