Future of Work Commission Meetings

November 9, 2020 – Convening 11: Working Session Agenda
By Videoconference

• Executive Summary: Working Draft
• Meeting Video

October 14, 2020 – 10th Convening: Working Session

• October 2020 Agenda
• DRAFT: Convening Document – October 2020
• Meeting Video

September , 2020 – 9th Convening: Planning Session

• September 2020 Agenda
• September 2020 Convening Doc
• Meeting Video 

July 30, 2020 – 8th Convening: Planning Session

• July 2020 Agenda

California Future of Work Update (April 2020)

• March 2020 Agenda
• March 2020 Briefing Packet
• Frame and Architecture for Recommendations (Working Draft)
• Stakeholder Session: Military and the Future of Work
• Stakeholder Session: CA Macroeconomy
• Stakeholder Session: College Students
• Stakeholder Session: Day Laborers
• Stakeholder Session: Employment Social Enterprises
• Stakeholder Session: High-road Restaurants
• Stakeholder Session: Remote Work
• Stakeholder Session: Tax Policy
• Stakeholder Session: Entertainment Industry
• Stakeholder Session: Care Workers
• Stakeholder Session: Immigrant Service Providers
• Stateholder Session: Justice-Involved Service Providers

• February 2020 Agenda 
• February 2020 Briefing
• February 2020 Synthesis
• February Meeting Video Part 1, Part 2, Part 3

Social Policy Innovations: Upgrading the Social Compact in California
A discussion of innovative social policy proposals aimed at addressing emergent challenges shaped by the changing
nature of work.
Moderated by Julie Su, Secretary, Labor and Workforce Development Agency

• Palak Shah, Social Innovations Director, National Domestic Workers Alliance
  • Powerpoint: Portable and Prorated Benefits for All Workers
• Josephine Kalipeni, Director of Policy and Federal Affairs, Caring Across Generations
  • Powerpoint: Future of Work[ers] & Universal Family Care 

Doing Business Better: Profit and Purpose
A discussion of new business structures that could encourage companies to pursue the interest broad range of stakeholders, beyond shareholders.
Moderated by Lenny Mendonca, Chief Economic and Business Advisor

• Heerad Sabeti, Co-founder, Fourth Sector Group
• Holly Ensign-Barstow, Director of Stakeholder Governance and Policy, B Lab

• January 2020 Agenda 
• January 2020 Briefing Packet (PDF)
• Problem Statement Convening 5 (PDF)
• January 2020 Synthesis (PDF)
• 2020 Message from the Co-Chairs
• Off-Site: Employer Roundtable on High Road Business Practices (Pre-Convening Event)
• January Video Recording Part 1, Part 2

Perspectives on Technological Change & the Future of Work Data in the Workplace: A New Frontier of Employment Law
Moderated by Julie Su, Secretary, California Labor and Workforce Development Agency

• Ifeoma Ajunwa, Assistant Professor, School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Cornell University
  • Powerpoint: Automated Employment Discrimination
• Pauline Kim, Daniel Noyes Kirby Professor of Law and Co-Director, Center for Empirical Research in the Law, Washington University Law School
  • Powerpoint: Data and AI: The Impact on Workers

• December 2019 Agenda (PDF)
• December 2019 Briefing Packet (PDF)
• December 2019 Synthesis (PDF)
• December Meeting Video Part 1, Part 2, Part 3

Low-Wage Work and Economic Equity in California
A discussion of the problems of low-wage work and economic inequality in California.

• Manuel Pastor, Distinguished Professor of Sociology, University of Southern California
  • PowerPoint: The Future of Work and the Future of Us 
• Abel Valenzuela, Jr., Professor of Urban Planning, University of California, Los Angeles

Employer Perspectives on Jobs and Economic Equity
A discussion with California employers on the problems of low-wage work and economic equity.

• Mark Herbert, Vice President, Small Business Majority
• Pamela Kan, President, Bishop-Wisecarver
  • PowerPoint: Retaining, Growing, & Training California Next Generation of Manufacturing

• November 2019 Agenda (PDF)
• November 2019 Briefing Packet (PDF)
• November 2019 Synthesis (PDF)
• November 2019 Meeting Video Part 1, Part 2, Part 3

Expert Panel: What is a College Degree Worth (and for Whom?)
A discussion of the returns to a college degree for income and wealth across cohorts and racial groups.
Moderated by Lande Ajose, Senior Policy Advisor on Higher Education

• William R. Emmons, Lead Economist, Center for Household Financial Stability, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (PDF)

Expert Panel: What Do We Know About Job Quality and Labor Markets in California?
A discussion of new research on job quality and labor markets in California.

• Anmol Chaddha, Research Director, Institute for the Future (PDF)

Expert Panel: Job Quality: The Business Case
A discussion of the benefits to and role of employers in improving job quality.
Moderated by Julie Su, Secretary, Labor and Workforce Development Agency

• Sarah Kalloch, Executive Director, Good Jobs Institute
• Noah Bernstein, Director of Quality Jobs Fund, New World Foundation

Expert Panel: Imagining a Policy Agenda on the Future of Work
Moderated by Natalie Foster, Senior Fellow, Aspen Institute Future of Work Initiative

• October 2019 Agenda (PDF)
• October 2019 Briefing Packet (PDF)
• October 2019 Synthesis (PDF)
• October 2019 Graphical Recording (PDF, 10 MB)
• October 2019 Meeting Recording Part 1, Part 2

Expert Panel: Perspectives on Technological Change & the Future of Work
A discussion of how technological developments may shape the nature of work
Moderated by James Manyika, Commission Co-Chair

• Hal Varian, Chief Economist, Google (PDF)
• Susan Athey, The Economics of Technology Professor, Stanford Graduate School of Business
• Ken Goldberg, William S. Floyd Jr. Distinguished Chair in Engineering, University of California, Berkeley (PDF)

Expert Panel: The Uneven Social Impacts of Technological Change
A discussion of research on the anticipated social impacts of technological change on jobs and workers
Moderated by Anmol Chaddha, Institute for the Future

• Jed Kolko, Chief Economist, Indeed (PDF)

Working Lunch: Conversation with Anne-Marie Slaughter, CEO, New America

Expert Panel: Industry Cases
A discussion of the impact of technological change on work in specific industries, including manufacturing, trucking/logistics, and white-collar work
Moderated by Lande Ajose, Senior Policy Advisor for Higher Education, Office of Governor Gavin Newsom and Lenny Mendonca, Chief Economic and Business Advisor, Office of Governor Gavin Newsom and Director, Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development

• Lisa Campbell, Chief Marketing Officer and SVP, Business Strategy & Marketing, Autodesk (PDF)
• Steve Viscelli, Senior Fellow, Kleinman Center for Energy Policy, University of Pennsylvania (PDF)
• Melissa Valentine, Assistant Professor, Management Science & Engineering, Stanford University (PDF)

Expert Panel: Responses/Solutions
A discussion of potential policy responses and solutions to the anticipated impacts of technological change on work
Moderated by Julie Su, Secretary, Labor and Workforce Development Agency

• Dawn Gearhart, Gig Economy Organizing Director, National Domestic Workers Alliance
• Katrine Joensen, Consul General and CEO of Denmark Innovation Centre, Silicon Valley (PDF)

• September 2019 Agenda (PDF)
• September 2019 Briefing Packet and Onboarding Materials (PDF)
• September 2019 Initial Proposals (PDF)
• September 2019 Synthesis (PDF)

Day 1 – September 10, 2019

Opening Remarks, California Labor Secretary Julie A. Su (PDF)

Expert Panel: The State of Work in California
A discussion of how work has changed over the past 40 years

• Anmol Chaddha, Research Director, Equitable Futures Lab; Institute for the Future (PDF)
• Heather Boushey, President and CEO, Washington Center for Equitable Growth (PDF)
• Ken Jacobs, Chair, UC Berkeley Center for Labor Research and Education, Institute for Research on Labor and Employment (PDF)

Panel: Voices of Workers (PDF)

• Eric Guillen; San Bernardino, CA
• Linda Hernández; Lancaster, CA
• Anselmo Alday; Elk Grove, CA
• Raymond Bayquen; San Diego, CA

Day 2 – September 11, 2019

Expert Panel: Skills, Training & Job Quality
A discussion of the role of skills and job quality in addressing the Future of Work
Moderated by Anmol Chaddha, Institute for the Future

• Jesse Rothstein, Professor of Public Policy and Economics; Director of the Institute for Research on Labor and Employment, UC Berkeley (PDF)
• Rick Wartzman, Drucker Institute (PDF)
• Virginia Parks, Professor, Urban Planning and Public Policy, UC Irvine (PDF)

Expert Panel: Technologies Reshaping Work
A discussion of the key technologies reshaping work and the labor market
Moderated by Marina Gorbis, Institute for the Future

• Annette Bernhardt, Director, Low-Wage Work Program, UC Berkeley Labor Center (PDF)
• Michael Bernstein, Computer Science Department, Stanford University (PDF)
• Mark Rosekind, PhD, Chief Safety Innovation Officer, Zoox, Inc.

Applications of Technologies Reshaping Work
A continued discussion of the key technologies reshaping work and the labor market and how they are being applied.
Moderated by Marina Gorbis, Institute for the Future

• Jeremy Gray, Vice President of Research & Development, KnackApp (PDF)
• Ben Reed, Principal Program Manager—Mixed Reality at Work, Business Applications Group, Microsoft Corporation (PDF)
• Wendy McCoy, IBM (PDF)