The Future of Smart Work

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The Future of Smart Work

Discussions and workshops during this event will lead to the development of a collaborative smart work roadmap for Western Sydney

By Western Sydney University

Date and time

Wed, 21 Oct 2020 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM PDT

Location

Online

About this event

The Urban Living Futures and Society Research Theme at Western Sydney University welcomes you to Research Week at Western. For further events during this week, please visit the website at www.westernsydney.edu.au/researchweek

Smart working is a set of practices that provide innovative ways to allow work to become more flexible in terms of location, hours, and shared responsibilities which is facilitated through a range of physical and digital infrastructure. Smart working arrangements are seen as environmentally sustainable, offer a way to be more connected to family and community, and as a method of reducing costs both to the individual worker and organisation. Popular smart work techniques individuals teleworking from home, collaborative shared co-worker hubs in dense CBD urban areas, and smart working hubs in suburban and regional areas. With recent critical emergencies such as drought, bushfires, floods and Covid 19, Australians have been forced to adopt agile smart working practices. Resilience has been at the heart of our ability to adopt agile smart work.

Smart working hubs have been at the centre of suburban and regional development in Australia over the past several years, but have once again captured the attention of local councils, government, industry, and individual workers due to a string of emergencies, most noticeably Covid 19. As the Western Sydney Region grows and is urbanised, smart work arrangements, and particular smart working hubs offer a way of development that have the potential to provide flexibility and opportunity to the region.

This workshop will highlight research and initiatives suitable for the region, progress ideas with the idea of working towards a collaborative agenda for councils, industry, communities, and critical public institutions such as universities, schools and hospitals. Within the resilience theme, we will also discuss the importance of digital resilience – without it, many smart working arrangements will not be possible going forward. The workshop will conclude by with the collective development of a collaborative smart work roadmap for Western Sydney.

ORGANISER: Prof Alana Maurushat, Associate Dean International, School of Computer, Data and Mathematical Sciences and Research Theme Champion, Urban Living Futures & Society

Please note: A Zoom link will be emailed to you the day prior to this event.

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