1. Emerging technology: How it Will Affect the Way We Work Dr Ted Dunstone, Biometix CPSISC Skills Conference April 2006

2. Skills Conference April 2006  "I have seen the future and it is very much like the present, only longer.“  Kehlog Albran, The Profit

3. Skills Conference April 2006 Agenda 1. Technology Drivers 2. Emerging Technologies 3. Future Workplaces 4. Conclusion

4. Skills Conference April 2006 Some Technology Drivers  “Free” availability of information  Open source/Open learning  No computing resource constraints  Processing everywhere  Ubiquitous communications  Anywhere/Anytime  Security and privacy  Risk management

5. Skills Conference April 2006 Emerging Technologies  Identity  Data  Communications

6. Skills Conference April 2006 Emerging Technologies  Identity  Biometrics  RF-ID  Identity Cards  Surveillance  Data  Communications

7. Skills Conference April 2006 Emerging Technologies  Identity  Data  Open Learning Open Learning  Machine Vision/Artificial Intelligence  Visualization  Open Source  Communications

8. Skills Conference April 2006 Emerging Technologies  Identity  Data  Communications  Instant Messaging  Voice over IP/Video conferencing  PDA’s  Display Technology

9. Skills Conference April 2006 Future Workplaces  My picks for growth areas for jobs:  Advanced information interpretation  Interpersonal facilitation  Health & Education  Service workers  IT Tool makers

10. Skills Conference April 2006 Future Workplaces  Employees will be  Increasingly technology savvy  Aware of the potential privacy issues  Adapt at networking and collaboration  Demanding of increasing flexibility  Increasingly like independent contractors

11. Skills Conference April 2006 Conclusion 5-10 years  Radical change is unlikely  Slow demographic shift due to aging  Some jobs/industries will disappear  Significant issues into the future:  Workplace privacy  Continued globalization  Work/Non-work balance

12. Skills Conference April 2006 QUESTIONS ?

13. Skills Conference April 2006 MIT Open Learning