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Our national focal point, the Danish Working Environment Authority, is organising a conference on 23 November to explore the opportunities and challenges associated with digital transformation in the labour market. Digitalisation is changing the way we work at a rapid pace making it all the more important to stay informed.

The event will explore insights across several key domains: Digital platform work is all paid work provided through, on or mediated by an online platform – that is, an online marketplace operating on digital technologies that facilitate the matching of demand for and supply of labour. , task Use of systems or technical procedures to allow a device or system to execute (partially or fully) a function that was previously, or conceivably could be, carried out (partially or fully) by a human. , remote and hybrid employment models, the management of workers through (AI) AI refers to systems that display intelligent behaviour by analysing their environment and taking actions – with some degree of autonomy – to achieve specific goals. AI-based systems can be purely software-based, acting in the virtual world (e.g. voice assistants, image analysis software, search engines, speech and face recognition systems) or AI can be embedded in hardware devices (e.g. advanced robots, autonomous cars, drones or Internet of things applications). and the integration of Umbrella term to indicate digital systems for monitoring and enhancing workers’ safety and health including for example smart PPE (that can identify levels of gases, toxins, noise levels and high-risk temperatures), wearables (able to interact with workers, with sensors that may be embedded in hardhats or safety glasses), mobile or static systems that use cameras and sensors (e.g. drones that effectively reach and monitor dangerous areas of work sites avoiding to put humans in danger in the construction and the mining industries). . This wide range of applications of technology in the working environment impacts many sectors and industries.

The conference will also feature a discussion on artificial intelligence and An explicitly defined set of instructions describing how a computer or a human could perform an action, task or procedure or solve a problem. management, including ethical considerations, with contributions from researchers in the field.

Speakers:

• Agnete Melgaard Hansen, Researcher RUC
• Jeppe Ajslev, Senior Researcher NFA
• Kasper Edwards, Senior Researcher DTU