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Master Class | Navigating Tomorrow: AI, Employment, and the 2024 Economic Outlook
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Dear Alumni,
Join us for another IE Masterclass in Lisbon for some continuous learning and networking with fellow alumni and the IE local community.
In this IE University masterclass, May 21st, Professor Gayle Allard will delve into the economic landscape, reflecting on the 2023 and projecting the geoeconomic and financial trends that will mark 2024. With a focus on labor market dynamics, she will discuss the impact of technology — particularly AI — on employment, inequality, and overall well-being. The session will conclude with discussions about the trajectory of these trends across short, medium, and long-term horizons.
The session will be followed by a networking cocktail.
About the Professor
Dr. Gayle Allard has been a professor of Economics for IE Business School since 2001, where she teaches students in various Master and Executive Programs. Her research has centered on labor markets and how their rigidities affect unemployment, and more recently she has moved into development issues. She has a small NGO which creates, and funds projects related to water access and women´s education in Ethiopia and, in addition to her academic publications, she appears regularly in the international media as a commentator on today's key economic problems.
Venue: Sheraton Lisboa Hotel & Spa Rua Latino Coelho, 1, 1069-025 Lisboa
Agenda:
18:50-19:00 Registration
19:00-19:05 IE University highlights
19:05-20:40 Masterclass
20:40-21:00 Networking cocktail
Register now and don't miss it! We are looking forward to seeing you.
Dress Business Casual
Where
Sheraton Lisboa Hotel & Spa
Rua Latino Coelho, 1 , Lisboa 1069-025, Portugal
Speakers
Ambar Wigmore Álvarez
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Considered one of the foremost references in Employability and the Future of Work on a global scale, Dr. Amber Wigmore Álvarez is currently Chief University Partnerships Officer at JobTeaser. Prior she served as Chief Talent Officer of Highered, the strategic careers partner of EFMD, with nearly 800 business schools and universities in 92 countries. She was Program Director of the Career Professionals Development Institute (CPDI) in alliance with the EFMD, and Facilitator of the HR Tech module.
Dr. Wigmore Álvarez is widely recognized as a thought leader in the talent industry, with a focus on generating insights and research that have the potential to shape the future of work. She was instrumental in leading Highered's global partnership with Coursera, a groundbreaking employability upskilling initiative.
Dr. Wigmore Álvarez brings more than 8 years of experience from the world of global career services at top-ranked IE, where she was Executive Director of Talent & Careers, managing a team of more than 40 talent professionals who delivered services to 6,000 students, 65,000 alumni and 4,000 corporate partners.