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Thursday, January 28, 2016
Situational Awareness. Zika Virus. Emerging Infectious Diseases Journal - January 28, 2016
Networking Opportunity. FREE ACPDC Meet & Greet. BCP and EM professionals. February 9, 2016
ACPDC After work "meet and greet" at the Bistro
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/acpdc-after-work-meet-and-greet-at-the-bistro-tickets-20862670810
- WHEN
- WHERE
- Marriott Courtyard Wash., DC /U.S. Capitol - 1325 2nd Street Northeast Washington, DC 20002 - View Map
Sunday, January 24, 2016
MARCH 3, 2016. Chamber of Digital Commerce DC Blockchain Summit. Georgetown University.
Join the BEMA collective during our new annual renewal period starting February 1, 2016.
2016 the Year of Change. Change from pure consumers to a change force in our communities.
I will be attending.
Charles D. Sharp. CEO. BEMA.
2016 the Year of Change. Change from pure consumers to a change force in our communities.
I will be attending.
Charles D. Sharp. CEO. BEMA.
THU, MAR 3 AT 8:00 AM
Chamber of Digital Commerce DC Blockchain Summit
$39–$99GET TICKETS
Event Information
Event Description
The Chamber of
Digital Commerce, in conjunction with Georgetown University, is holding the
Capital’s Inaugural Blockchain Conference.
Market leading
companies from every industry are pioneering with bitcoin, blockchain and
distributed ledger technologies to change global finance as we know it.
We are bringing
together the best and brightest minds from industry and government to
Washington, DC, to provide thought leadership on the policy challenges facing
this disruptive technology.
We invite you to
be a part of this historic event!
For more
information, visit www.DigitalChamber.org.
If you'd like to
pay for registration using bitcoin, please contact the event organizer.
WHEN
Thursday, March 3, 2016 from 8:00 AM to
7:00 PM (EST) - Add to Calendar
WHERE
Georgetown University: McDonough School
Of Business - 37th and O St., N.W. Washington, DC 20007 - View Map
Saturday, January 23, 2016
The robot revolution could wipe out 5.1 million jobs by 2020
The robot revolution could wipe out 5.1 million jobs by 2020
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The “Fourth Industrial Revolution” is already underway and it’s not looking too promising for your job.
Over the next five years, automation and robots will cause 5.1 million job losses, according to a new report from the World Economic Forum. The findings are based on a survey of 15 economies that account for about 65 percent of the world’s total workforce.
The jobs that are most at risk are office and administrative roles, which are expected to be impacted by “a perfect storm of technological trends,” the report reads. The trends the report is referencing are the mobile internet, cloud technology, Big Data analytics and the Internet of things.
Other sectors that also stand to lose jobs include office and administrative, manufacturing and production, construction and extraction, installation and maintenance and the arts and entertainment.
Each industry will also face job losses, although the impact will vary considerably. The biggest negative losses will most likely occur in healthcare, thanks to the rise of telemedicine, followed by energy and financial services.
Technology alone isn’t the only force that’s driving job change, though. Other factors that will make it unreasonable to retain a large workforce in the coming years include climate change, resource efficiency and workplace flexibility.
Although the report found that job losses will hit men and women equally by net percentages, with 48 percent for women and 52 percent for men, it will be felt more acutely by women because the male workforce is larger. While men will see about one job gained for every three lost over the next five years, women will lose five jobs for every one job gained.
But the report isn’t all gloom and doom. About 7.1 million jobs will be lost, but these losses will be offset by the addition of 2.1 million new jobs.
The main sectors that will see job growth are business and financial operations, management, computer and mathematical and architecture and engineering.
Over the next five years, automation and robots will cause 5.1 million job losses, according to a new report from the World Economic Forum. The findings are based on a survey of 15 economies that account for about 65 percent of the world’s total workforce.
The jobs that are most at risk are office and administrative roles, which are expected to be impacted by “a perfect storm of technological trends,” the report reads. The trends the report is referencing are the mobile internet, cloud technology, Big Data analytics and the Internet of things.
Other sectors that also stand to lose jobs include office and administrative, manufacturing and production, construction and extraction, installation and maintenance and the arts and entertainment.
Each industry will also face job losses, although the impact will vary considerably. The biggest negative losses will most likely occur in healthcare, thanks to the rise of telemedicine, followed by energy and financial services.
Technology alone isn’t the only force that’s driving job change, though. Other factors that will make it unreasonable to retain a large workforce in the coming years include climate change, resource efficiency and workplace flexibility.
Although the report found that job losses will hit men and women equally by net percentages, with 48 percent for women and 52 percent for men, it will be felt more acutely by women because the male workforce is larger. While men will see about one job gained for every three lost over the next five years, women will lose five jobs for every one job gained.
But the report isn’t all gloom and doom. About 7.1 million jobs will be lost, but these losses will be offset by the addition of 2.1 million new jobs.
The main sectors that will see job growth are business and financial operations, management, computer and mathematical and architecture and engineering.
Until 29 January 2016. United Nations Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent (WGEPAD) in USA
UN Human Rights USA
& DC Visit: Rights of Afrodescendants, 19-29 January
NOTICE: The United
Nations Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent (WGEPAD) is
coming to the USA for a country visit, to investigate the state of the HUMAN
RIGHTS of the Black people from, and in, the United States.
The UN WGEPAD visit is
19 January to 29 January 2016.
In order, they will
visit DC, Baltimore, Jackson, Mississippi, Chicago, New York City, and then
return to DC, before flying back to their base, the Office of the UN High
Commissioner for Human Rights, in Geneva, Switzerland.
WGEPAD is responsible
for the creation and administration of the United International Decade for
People of African Descent, 2015-2024. THREE of the five or six members of the
Working Group will be on this USA fact-finding
visit. Current chair
of the Working Group is the late Dr. Frantz Fanon's daughter, Mireille Fanon Mendes-France
(French national; Caribbean Afrodescendant- Martinique).
Due to very limited
time, space, and resources, most of the U.S. public WILL NOT be able to meet
with the Working Group. However, everyone is welcome to email them directly at:
AFRICANDESCENT at UNHCHR.org.Be sure to spell the name correctly - UNHCHR (for Office of the
High Commissioner for Human Rights), or they will not get your email.
UN
WGEPAD Official website:
The US visit is being
coordinated by the U.S. State Department and, for civil society organisations,
by the Atlanta-based U.S. Human Rights Network (USHRN).
The
(LOCAL) part of the Washington visits is being coordinated by the Pan-African
Action Committee - Netfa Freeman, Shelly Green, Adwoa Masozi, and Max
Rameau.
PHOTO: Since 2015, Ms.
Mireille (Meer RAY uh) Fanon Mendes-France is the current chair of the WGEPAD.
She is the daughter of the late pan-African writer and psychiatrist, Frantz
Fanon, who was an Afrodescendant from the Caribbean island of Martinique (still
claimed as "part" of France).
UN International Decade
for People of African Descent, official website:
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