Asia-Pacific Regional Seminar on New Staff Discussion Notes on “AI and the Future of Work” and “Green Innovation”
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Contact
For event inquiries:
International Monetary Fund
Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific
Tel. 81-(0)3-3597-6700
Email: OAPEconomicSeminar@IMF.org
Seminar purpose and themes
- Event organized by the IMF Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific to discuss two IMF Staff Discussion Notes: “Gen-AI: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Work” and “Green Innovation and Diffusion”.
- Focused themes:
- Labor-market implications of Gen-AI and policies to utilize AI’s full potential.
- Role of a global climate policy strategy to bolster innovation in and development of low-carbon technologies and its impacts on growth.
- Format: presentations by authors of the discussion notes followed by a Q&A session.
Presentations and substantive points
- Presentation on Gen-AI: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Work (Florence Jaumotte, IMF Research Department)
- Topic emphasis: labor-market implications of Gen-AI.
- Topic emphasis: policies to utilize AI’s full potential.
- Presentation on Green Innovation and Diffusion (Samuel Pienknagura, IMF Research Department)
- Topic emphasis: global climate policy strategy to bolster innovation in and development of low-carbon technologies.
- Topic emphasis: impacts of climate policy and green innovation on growth.
- Interactive component: a Q&A session allowed discussion and clarification following the presentations.
Speakers and expertise
- Florence Jaumotte
- Role: Division Chief, Structural and Climate Policies Division, IMF Research Department.
- Background: has worked in the Multilateral Surveillance Division and the World Economic Studies Division of the IMF Research Department, on IMF country teams, and at the OECD in Paris.
- Research interests: labor market policies, climate, economic growth, inequality, and open-economy macroeconomics.
- Degree: Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard University.
- Samuel Pienknagura
- Role: Senior Economist, Structural and Climate Policies Division, IMF Research Department.
- Background: previously worked at the IMF’s Regional Studies Division for WHD and at the World Bank.
- Research interests: International Economics and Macroeconomics, with a focus on developing economies; recent focus on the link between climate policies and economic outcomes.
Agenda and timing
- 10:00 AM — Introduction; Akihiko Yoshida, Director, IMF Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific
- 10:05 AM — Presentation by Florence Jaumotte, Division Chief, Structural and Climate Policies Division, IMF Research Department; Presentation
- 10:25 AM — Presentation by Samuel Pienknagura, Senior Economist, Structural and Climate Policies Division, IMF Research Department; Presentation
- 10:45 AM — Q&A session
- 11:10 AM — Closing & post-event survey
Content in this bundle
- Gen-Ai: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Work
- Welcome to a visually integrated Fund