Global Conference 2026

Abundance and Disruption: Rethinking the Future of Work

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AI and automation are forcing a reckoning with how we educate people, distribute opportunity, and define economic value. As machines begin to outperform humans in more cognitive and physical tasks, the question is no longer whether work will change, but whether our current institutions can keep up. This session confronts the tension between abundance and displacement, exploring how education systems, employers, investors, and philanthropists must rethink talent development, retraining, and responsibility in an AI-driven economy. Panelists will debate what it truly means to prepare people not just to work alongside machines, but to remain economically relevant—and socially included—over a lifetime of accelerating change.

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    Speakers

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    John Gerzema

    CEO, The Harris Poll
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    Tallis Gomes

    Founder and President, G4
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    Donald Howard

    President and CEO, The James Irvine Foundation
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    Dalila Wilson-Scott

    Executive Vice President and Chief Impact and Inclusion Officer, Comcast Corporation