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From frontlines to forums – amplifying climate voices that matter 

From frontlines to forums – amplifying climate voices that matter WHEN 3 March I 15:00 – 17:00 WHERE The Square TOPICS Climate, Youth WHEN 3 March I 15:00 – 17:00 WHERE The Square TOPICS Climate, Youth This session is by invitation only If you’re interested in joining the discussion, please contact [email protected] More information coming […]

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The European network for Technology Resilience and Sovereignty: tackling Europe’s digital dependencies

The European network for Technology Resilience and Sovereignty: tackling Europe’s digital dependencies WHEN 3 March I 15:00 – 17:00 WHERE The Square TOPICS Digital WHEN 3 March I 15:00 – 17:00 WHERE The Square TOPICS Digital At least 80% of Europe’s digital technologies are imported, predominantly from non-European big tech firms. These dependencies create cascading

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The EU Return Regulation reform and international human rights obligations

The EU Return Regulation reform and international human rights obligations WHEN 3 March I 15:00 – 17:00 WHERE The Square TOPICS Migration WHEN 3 March I 15:00 – 17:00 WHERE The Square TOPICS Migration The European Commission’s proposal for a new Return Regulation, set to replace the 2008 Return Directive, marks a significant shift in

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From signature to standstill: what future for the EU-Mercosur agreement?

From signature to standstill: what future for the EU-Mercosur agreement? WHEN 03 March I 11:15 – 12:30 WHERE The Square TOPICS Trade WHEN 03 March I 11:15 – 12:30 WHERE The Square TOPICS Trade The EU-Mercosur agreement has entered a new and uncertain phase. Although it was formally signed on 17 January 2026, the European

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How to unlock European leadership in the quantum computing domain?

How to unlock European leadership in the quantum computing domain? WHEN 03 March I 11:15 – 12:30 WHERE The Square TOPICS Quantum computing WHEN 03 March I 11:15 – 12:30 WHERE The Square TOPICS Quantum Computing Quantum technologies are rapidly shifting from frontier science to a key determinant of economic competitiveness and security. The 2025

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Ancient tongues, modern voices: AI for language and biocultural heritage

Ancient tongues, modern voices: AI for language and biocultural heritage WHEN 3 March I 11:15 – 12:30 WHERE The Square TOPICS Artificial Intelligence WHEN 3 March I 11:15 – 12:30 WHERE The Square TOPICS Artificial Intelligence Indigenous languages and cultural traditions are intrinsically linked to the ecosystems they sustain. This interconnectedness means that linguistic diversity

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Between two giants: Europe’s strategy for double de-risking

Between two giants: Europe’s strategy for double de-risking WHEN 3 March I 15:00 – 17:00 WHERE The Square TOPICS Geoeconomics WHEN 3 March I 15:00 – 17:00 WHERE The Square TOPICS Geoeconomics This session is by invitation only If you’re interested in joining the discussion, please contact [email protected] Conventional wisdom has long held that closely aligning with the United States is a

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Competition or competitiveness? At the intersection of competition and industrial policy

Competition or competitiveness? At the intersection of competition and industrial policy WHEN 3 March I 15:00 – 17:00 WHERE The Square TOPICS Industrial Policy WHEN 3 March I 15:00 – 17:00 WHERE The Square TOPICS Industrial Policy This session is by invitation only If you’re interested in joining the discussion, please contact [email protected] This session

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15:15 - 16:30

ROOM 206

AI and the future of work: a new division of labour

Recent developments in generative AI have helped to democratise expertise, making knowledge more accessible to a wide range of non-expert workers. Meanwhile, however, many high- and middle skilled occupations continue to experience labour shortages. This lab session will explore how such advancements in AI could be leveraged to redesign jobs and organisations, addressing skill shortages and providing new career paths. (For further background, listen to this CEPS Tech podcast episode)

With:

Enrique Fernandez-Macias, Researcher and coordinating the Employment and Skills team, Joint Research Centre

Marlene de Koning, Director and leading the HR Tech & Digital team, PwC Netherlands

Isabelle Schömann, European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC)

Isabella Loaiza Saa, Postdoctoral Associate, MIT Sloan School of Management

Laura Nurski, Associate Research Fellow and Head of Programme on Future of Work, CEPS (moderator)