The Changing World of Work: Does the Collaborative Economy Foster Trust or Inequity? | #skollwf 2016

It is often dubbed “the gig economy” and lauded as a new economic system based on trust where people rent, lend, or share their cars, homes, and pets–among other things–with strangers. But does this technology-based model promote empowered workers who feel they are masters of their own destiny, or an angry mob of men and women working for people who have more money than time? This session will explore the tensions inherent in the rise of the “collaborative” or “sharing” economy. FORMAT: PANEL DISCUSSION SPEAKERS Pamela Hartigan Director, Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship Sara Horowitz Executive Director, Freelancers Union Wingham Rowan Director, Beyond Jobs Juan Cartagena Founder CEO, Traity Rachel Botsman Author & Lecturer, Collaborative Lab The Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship is the premier international platform for advancing entrepreneurial approaches and solutions to the world's most pressing problems. Our mission is to accelerate the impact of the world's leading social entrepreneurs by uniting them with essential partners in a collaborative pursuit of learning, leverage and large-scale social change. Each year, nearly 1,000 of the world’s most influential social entrepreneurs, key thought leaders and strategic partners gather at the University of Oxford’s Saïd Business School to exchange ideas, solutions and information. http://skoll.org/skoll-world-forum/