**apologies for cross-posting** A CONFERENCE ON HUMANS, MACHINES AND THE FUTURE OF WORK December 5-6, 2016, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA. The conference will focus on issues created by the impact of information technology on labor markets over the next 25 years, addressing questions such as: * What advances in artificial intelligence, robotics and automation are expected over the next 25 years? * What will be the impact of these advances on job creation, job destruction and wages in the labor market? * What skills are required for the job market of the future? * Can education prepare workers for that job market? * What educational changes are needed? * What economic and social policies are required to integrate people who are left out of future labor markets? * How can we preserve and increase social mobility in such an environment? CALL FOR POSTERS DEALINE IS SEPTEMBER 5TH, 2016!! FOR REGISTRATION AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, VISIT delange.rice.edu. Speakers and Panelists: Diane Bailey Associate Professor, School of Information The University of Texas at Austin Guruduth Banavar Vice President, Cognitive Computing, IBM Research John Seely Brown Co-chairman Deloitte.s Center for the Edge; Advisor to the Provost USC Deloitte Daniel Castro Vice President, Information Technology and Innovation Foundation Stuart Elliott Directorate for Education and Skills, OECD Richard Freeman Professor of Economics, Harvard University Eszter Hargittai Delaney Family Professor Affiliation Communication Studies Department, Northwestern University John Leslie King W.W. Bishop Professor of Information University of Michigan School of Information Vijay Kumar Nemirovsky Family Dean, School of Engineering and Applied Science University of Pennsylvania John Markoff Reporter, New York Times Lawrence Mishel President, Economic Policy Institute Joel Mokyr Robert H. Strotz Professor of Arts and Sciences and Professor of Economics and History at Northwestern University and Sackler Professor, (by spec. appnt.) Eitan Berglas School of Economics at Tel Aviv University Debra Satz Marta Sutton Weeks Professor of Ethics in Society, Professor of Philosophy, Senior Associate Dean for the Humanities and Arts, J. Frederick and Elisabeth Brewer Weintz University Fellow in Undergraduate Education, Stanford University Manuela Veloso Herbert A. Simon University Professor School of Computer Science Carnegie Mellon University Judy Wajcman Anthony Giddens Professor of Sociology The London School of Economics Thanks, Diane E. Bailey * Associate Professor * Provost's Teaching Fellow School of Information * The University of Texas at Austin