Venue info: The Parabola Arts Centre Cheltenham Ladies' College, Bayshill Road, Sandford, Montpellier, Cheltenham, GL50 3EP, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom More venue info
Price info: £16
Duration: 60 minutes

About The Future of Work

Are robots coming for your job? Financial journalist Sarah O'Connor and leading AI expert Richard Susskind talk to David Runciman to examine what working life could look like in the years ahead.

Drawing on stories from the front lines of technological change, they explore the realities of work in the new age of AI and automation. From stories of workers feeling increasingly lonelier, more automated and less human, to hopeful examples where new tools are improving safety, creativity and control, our experts consider how emerging and yet-to-be invented technologies could reshape professions, institutions and human capability as we look to the future. Chaired by David Runciman.

There will be a book signing after this event.

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How To Think About AI: A Guide For The Perplexed (Hardback)
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The Future of the Professions (Paperback)
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We Are Not Machines: The Fight for the Future of Work (Hardback)
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The History of Ideas: Equality, Justice and Revolution (Paperback)
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Getting Here

Parking

Pay at machine on-road parking can be found around the venue and the nearest main car park is located on St George’s Road (GL50 3DT).

Walk

The venue is a six minute walk from Montpelier Gardens and a seven min walk by foot from the town centre.

Bus & Train

Stagecoach bus services stop nearby on Montpellier and in town centre on the Promenade. The town centre is a 25-minute walk from the Cheltenham Spa Railway Station, with a taxi rank located outside the station as well as local bus services. For further information on Cheltenham bus services, please visit the Stagecoach website.

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Access

The venue’s front entrance has step access, but there is a no-step entrance on the Parabola Road side of the building with push-pad access. Guide dogs are welcome and the venue is equipped with hearing enhancers.

Accessible toilets can be found by the main toilets in the venue, by the circle bar, and the dance studio – all areas can be accessed via a lift.

There is no hearing loop or assistance system in Parabola Arts Centre.

If you are uncertain about your booking we advise contacting our box office via email, by phone on 01242 850 270 during on-sale periods, or by using our Access Booking Form so that we can ensure you seating is suitable for the event you wish to attend. Our booking information page will have the most up to date box office phone opening hours.

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