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Tweeting the Forum Tweetsheet Packet Tweeting the Forum Tweetsheet packet Hashtag: #OECDwk Session hashtags: Blue Amphitheatre #OECDblue Green Amphitheatre #OECDgreen Red Amphitheatre #OECDred Follow @OECD, @OECDlive (see each session sheet for more) Useful short URLs: OECD Forum homepage, live stream: http://bit.ly/OECD4m2016 OECD Forum programme: http://bit.ly/OECD4Mprog OECD Social Media page: http://bit.ly/smOECD OECD Forum photos: https://flic.kr/s/aHskAwW216 Better Life Index: http://bit.ly/BLIndex Link to these Tweetsheet: http://bit.ly/tweet2016 OECD Week homepage: http://bit.ly/OECDweek16 Meeting of the OECD Council at Ministerial Level: http://www.oecd.org/mcm/ 2 Contents OECD Forum Opening Session ................................................................................................... 5 Productivity & inclusive growth ................................................................................................. 6 Gen Y, inequality & the Future .................................................................................................. 7 From a Pre-digital to a Digital Economy .................................................................................... 8 Disrupt Ageing ............................................................................................................................ 9 Income, Wealth & Tax .............................................................................................................. 10 Lunch Debate: Migration ......................................................................................................... 11 Lunch Debate: Children, (Digital) Skills & Creativity ................................................................ 12 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda .................................................................................. 13 The Digital Economy & the Future of Work ............................................................................. 14 OECD & G20 – Towards an Innovative, Invigorated, Interconnected and Inclusive World Economy ................................................................................................................................... 15 Responsible Business Conduct ................................................................................................. 16 Health & Productivity in the Digital Economy ......................................................................... 17 Skills for the Future .................................................................................................................. 18 Women & the Future of STEM ................................................................................................. 19 The Contribution of Architecture to Inclusive Growth & Productivity .................................... 20 Policies to Address the Global Economic Outlook ................................................................... 21 New Agenda for Growth: Productivity, Inclusiveness & the Next Production Revolution ..... 22 Panel with Lunch: Life, Time & Space in the 21st Century ...................................................... 23 Trade and Investment .............................................................................................................. 24 Inclusive Cities .......................................................................................................................... 25 Closing the Gender Gap: 25 by 2025 ....................................................................................... 26 Latin America: Productivity, Inclusive Growth & Governance ................................................ 27 The Circular Economy .............................................................................................................. 28 Finreg & FinTech ...................................................................................................................... 29 DISCOVERY LAB SESSIONS ........................................................................................................ 30 Meet the Author ...................................................................................................................... 30 Meet the Author – Europe Reforms Labour Markets: Leaders’ Perspectives ......................... 31 Meet the Author – The Master Algorithm: How the Quest for the Ultimate Learning Machine Will Remake Our World ........................................................................................................... 32 Meet the Author – European Youth Forum Report: Social Inclusion & Autonomy ................ 33 Meet the Author – Postcapitalism: A Guide to Our Future ..................................................... 34 Meet the Author – Capital without Borders: Wealth Management and the One Percent ..... 35 3 Meet the Author – Disrupt Aging: A Bold New Path to Living Your Best Life at Every Age .... 36 Meet the Author – European Spring: Why Our Economies and Politics Are in a Mess and How to Put Them Right ............................................................................................................ 37 Meet the Author – The Economics of Latin America ............................................................... 38 Meet the Author – The Cost of Refugees: Beyond ODA .......................................................... 39 Meet the Author – Political Turbulence: How Social Media Shape Collective Action ............ 40 Talk Together – (In Meet the Author space) – Wake up! The World’s Retirement Alarm Clock Is Sounding ..................................................................................................................... 41 Meet the Author – Swimming with Sharks: My Journey into the World of the Bankers ........ 42 Meet the Author – Why Information Grows: The Evolution of Order, from Atoms to Economies ................................................................................................................................ 43 Meet the Author – Flexibility@work: The Future of Work in the Digital Age ......................... 44 Meet the Author – The Great Acceleration: How the World Is Getting Faster, Faster ........... 45 Meet the Author – The European Union: A Citizen's Guide .................................................... 46 Meet the Author – The Globalization of Inequality ................................................................. 47 4 Tuesday 31 May, 9h00-9h20 OECD Forum Opening Session Session link: http://bit.ly/1TnpRNL Live tweeting channels: @OECDlive, @ocdeenespanol, @OECDTokyo, @OCDE_fr Hashtags for session: #OECDblue, #OECDwk Speakers on the panel: Keynote address Angel Gurría, Secretary-General, OECD, @A_Gurria OECD WEEK general short URLs OECD Forum http://bit.ly/OECD4m2016 Forum programme http://bit.ly/11b1ueT OECD Week http://bit.ly/OECDweek16 OECD Social Media: http://bit.ly/smOECD 5 Tuesday 31 May, 9h20-10h30 Productivity & inclusive growth Session link: http://bit.ly/1Xzr2N8 Live tweeting channels: @OECDeconomy Hashtags for session: #OECDblue, #OECDwk Speakers on the panel: Moderator John Gapper, Associate Editor and Chief Business Commentator, Financial Times, @johngapper Scene Setting Gabriela Ramos, Chief of Staff & Sherpa to the G20, OECD, @gabramosp Speakers Diane Coyle, Professor of Economics, University of Manchester, United Kingdom; Director, Enlightenment Economics, @diane1859 César A. Hidalgo, Assistant Professor of Media Arts and Sciences, MIT Media Lab; Faculty Associate, Harvard University’s Center for International Development, @cesifoti Eric Labaye, Director and Chairman, McKinsey Global Institute, @McKinsey Frances O’Grady, General Secretary, Trades Union Congress, @FrancesOGrady Useful URLs: The future of productivity: http://bit.ly/1KfFiod OECD WEEK general short URLs OECD Forum http://bit.ly/OECD4m2016 Forum Programme http://bit.ly/11b1ueT OECD Week http://bit.ly/OECDweek16 OECD Social Media: http://bit.ly/smOECD Background note for Productivity & Inclusive Growth: Productivity growth is slowing and inequality is getting worse. Are they influencing each other? The technological and business revolution being driven by digitalisation and other technological changes is not being translated into productivity growth. We can no longer assume that technological advances, and the related innovations in processes and business models, will automatically lead to better economic performance and stronger productivity growth. And there is no guarantee that the benefits of higher levels of growth, or higher levels of productivity in certain sectors, will be shared across the population as a whole. 6 Tuesday 31 May, 9h20-10h30 Gen Y, inequality & the Future Session link: http://bit.ly/1Nydpvl Live tweeting channels: @OECD_Social Hashtags for session: #OECDgreen , #OECDwk Speakers on the panel: Moderator Sarah O'Connor, Employment Correspondent, Financial Times, @sarahoconnor_ Scene setting Shiv Malik, Journalist and Author, The Guardian, @shivmalik Caelainn Barr, Journalist, Data Projects, The Guardian, @caelainnbarr Speakers Tibor Navracsics, European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Youth and Sport, @TNavracsicsEU Allan Päll, Secretary General, European Youth Forum, @allanpall Luca Visentini, General Secretary, ETUC, @VisentiniLuca Useful URLs: OECD work on Youth: http://bit.ly/1pHXYOS OECD WEEK general short URLs OECD Forum http://bit.ly/OECD4m2016 Forum Programme http://bit.ly/11b1ueT OECD Week http://bit.ly/OECDweek16 OECD Social Media: http://bit.ly/smOECD Background note for Gen Y, Inequality & the Future:
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