b'2024 CERC CONFERENCETHE NEWWORLD OF WORKBy Warren Heeley2024 Conference keynote Iliana Oris Valiente looks at the impact of technology on the workplace and how humans can continue to thriveT he changing workplace thatfuture humans want to live in. She is amaximum benefit to build a purposefully followed the COVID pandemicfrequent guest on Bloomberg, CNBC anddesignedlife.is nowhere near the normalCBC and is regularly quoted in main-we left behind. The questionstream media. Who better to look at howIt is no longer an issue of work from is: should this change be fearedthe work world is changing? home vs work from office. Its about where orembraced?in the world the worker decides to be, Oris Valiente will touch on how tech- explains Oris Valiente, who is currently the This is the topic that will be addressednology is shifting the pendulum towardsmanaging director and head of innovation during the keynote address at the upcomingthe worker instead of the company, andand environmental, social and corporate CERC Annual Conference, taking placehow to embrace rather than fear the chaosgovernance at Accenture Canada. September 8 to 10 in Montreal.that sometimes accompanies this type of dramatic change. Chaos may be uncom- Valiente has developed the potted plant The keynote speaker, Iliana Oris Valiente,fortable, but Oris Valiente will show howtheory on the future of work. This theory is a published author, pioneer in the block- it can create an unprecedented oppor- is based around worker needs for novelty chain technology sector, and renownedtunity for people to stop and reimagineversus certainty and resource require-thought leader on a mission to build atheir lives, harnessing trends to theirments. These needs will determine where 12PERSPECTIVESFall 2024'