Where
P514Science & Engineering Centre (P Block)
Cost
FreeMany recent studies have indicated the 4th industrial revolution will see many jobs disappear and new ones emerge. Are you worried about a robot taking your job?
This is a panel discussion chaired by Professor Rowena Barrett (QUT Entrepreneurship) with Jack Hurley (Firetail Robotics), Nicci Rossouw (Exaptec), Shawn Tansley (BIA5) and William Pagnon (Freelance Robotics). This panel will discuss where robots are already working in society – often hidden in plain sight – and consider the capabilities and limitationsof robotics in society. They will explore the fears people have of robots and how entrepreneurs like our panel members, who work with state-of-the art technology, can influence visions of the future.
Chair
Professor Rowena Barrett
Speakers
Jack Hurley (Surfbee), William Pagnon (Freelance Robotics), Nicci Rossouw (Exaptec) and Shawn Tansley (B1A5)
Bio
Professor Rowena Barrett is Executive Director, QUT Entrepreneurship. QUT Entrepreneurship operates across the whole of the University, from a base in the QUT Business School. The mission is to provide opportunities for all QUT students and staff to engage in entrepreneurship. This will be done through collaboration to realise QUT’s entrepreneurial potential, by building a learning program to inspire, develop the means and have the places for entrepreneurial practice, and positioning QUT as the place for student entrepreneurship.
Rowena is an experienced and authentic leader who brings integrity, purpose and commitment to engaging people across many domains inside and outside the university around entrepreneurship. She brings academic and practical understanding of motivations and drivers for entrepreneurship and has been instrumental in activating the University’s entrepreneurship DNA as well as ensuring QUT is a key player in the wider Queensland entrepreneurial ecosystem.