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How can we better invest in people?

Workers in the Driver’s Seat

January 20, 2026
08:15–09:00 (Europe/Amsterdam time zone)

About this session

Long-term economic restructuring of supply chains, deepening geopolitical fragmentation and rapid advances in artificial intelligence are disrupting business models, and the global workforce. While businesses are under immense pressure to adapt, workers face job loss, de-skilling, and growing health pressures. How can today’s workers remain productive members of society and avoid the risk of...
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Speakers

DG
Dipali Goenka
Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director
Welspun Living
DM
Denis Machuel
Chief Executive Officer
Adecco Group
RM
Roxana Mînzatu
Executive Vice-President for Social Rights and Skills, Quality Jobs and Preparedness
European Commission
MA
Mina Al-Oraibi
Editor-in-Chief
The National
LT
Luc Triangle
General Secretary
International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC)

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