Recent research predicts that about a third of UK jobs are at high risk of automation in coming decades. Is this to be welcomed, given our poor productivity performance and the growing needs of an ageing population? Or does it spell a future of high unemployment and great inequality? Should we welcome the robots or fear them? Speakers: Chair: Richard Davies, The Economist
Gavin Kelly, Resolution Foundation
Debra Howcroft, Manchester Business School
Paul Johnson, Institute for Fiscal Studies
Diane Coyle, University of Manchester