Transforming the Worldplace

September 20, 2026 Creative Director Transforming the Workplace

 

 

 

Tthe future of work meets the future of life.

  • On January 15-16 , 2027, we will bring together people transforming how the world works, learns, produces, and lives.
  • From artificial intelligence and advanced manufacturing to clean energy, food production, housing, public health, and education, IMX explores the emerging economy through the people building it.
  • This is not another  conference devoted exclusively to theories, predictions, and keynote speeches.
  • It is a participatory experience featuring working demonstrations, real-world projects, practical training pathways, and opportunities to collaborate.
  • Our presenters will include the people developing technologies, training workers, building community infrastructure, and creating opportunities in the emerging economy.

Participants will discover:

  • Which existing careers are being transformed.

  • What new and expanding occupations may offer opportunities.

  • What skills, credentials, and experience are required.

  • Where training and apprenticeships are available.

  • Which organizations are creating tangible opportunities.

  • How to connect directly with people and projects.

Through Mobilized News, these conversations can continue beyond the event through an ongoing network connecting knowledge, people, projects, learning opportunities, and practical action.

No travel. No hotels. No bureaucracy. No participation fees. No kidding.

Proposed participation model; confirm that all access and program components are free before publication.

Less talking. More doing.

The IMX career transformation framework

Every sector presentation will follow the same practical format.

Nine questions to address:

  1. What is changing in your sector, and why?
  2. Which jobs and tasks are declining, being automated, or being redesigned?
  3. Which occupations are emerging or expanding? What evidence supports the demand?
  4. What skills and qualifications will people need?
  5. Who is already providing accessible, effective training?
  6. Where are employers, communities, or entrepreneurs putting these skills to work?
  7. What are the costs, barriers, salaries, and realistic entry points?
  8. How does this transformation affect other sectors and everyday life?
  9. What can someone do immediately to enter the field, change careers, or build a local initiative?

Each presenter will provide evidence of actual work: an operating project, a functioning technology, a training initiative, employment outcomes, or an implemented community solution.

Technology vendors should be able to discuss failures and limitations alongside achievements. Workers and trainees should have a voice in evaluating whether programs deliver worthwhile careers.

The changing career landscape

Artificial intelligence and automation

  • Tasks facing automation or decline
  • Routine data entry, standardized reporting, basic transcription and repetitive customer-service tasks face increasing automation.
  • Careers being transformed
  • Programmers, analysts, educators, accountants, designers and administrators may increasingly supervise and verify AI-supported work.
  • Emerging and expanding opportunities
  • AI implementation specialists, model evaluators, AI security practitioners, automation technicians and governance professionals.
  • Skills and training required
  • AI literacy, data handling, statistical reasoning, domain expertise, verification, cybersecurity and responsible deployment.

The question we must answer

How do we train people to work effectively with AI without sacrificing judgment or eliminating entry-level career pathways?

  • The career analysis should also compare wages, geographical availability, training costs, workplace safety, employment protections, and access for people without four-year degrees. Emerging demand for a skill is not, by itself, evidence of a reliable job opportunity.

Day One: Understand the transformation.

What is changing? Which jobs are at risk? Where are opportunities emerging? What skills are required?

Day One — The great transformation

Friday, January 15, 2027 · 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. ET

9:00–9:30 a.m.

Opening: The world has changed. Has education kept up?

  • Why the employment model is changing.

  • The relationship between technology, public services and living standards.

  • Why the transition requires participation by workers and communities.

  • Outcome: Establish the shared questions and goals for both days.

9:30–10:30 a.m.

Session 1: Artificial intelligence — the jobs it may eliminate, transform and create

Live demonstrations comparing human and AI-assisted workflows.

  • Administrative, clerical and customer-service work.

  • Software development, research and technical professions.

  • Healthcare, education and journalism.

  • AI reliability, security and human oversight.

  • The potential loss of entry-level training tasks.

  • Displacement, redeployment and worker participation.

Outcome: A practical AI career-transition map.

10:30–10:45 a.m.

Break

10:45–11:30 a.m.

Session 2: Computer science, cybersecurity and digital infrastructure

  • What computer scientists will do as AI writes more code.

  • Building secure software and trustworthy digital services.

  • Cybersecurity jobs across hospitals, utilities and municipalities.

  • Creating affordable entry-level training programs.

Demonstration: Investigating and responding to a simulated cybersecurity incident.

Outcome: Identify practical routes into digital careers.

11:30 a.m.–12:15 p.m.

Session 3: The new food economy

  • Regenerative agriculture.

  • Precision fermentation and alternative proteins.

  • Controlled-environment growing.

  • Food manufacturing, safety and distribution.

  • Local food enterprises and cooperative ownership.

Demonstration: The skills and equipment involved in a food biotechnology or controlled-growing operation.

Outcome: Identify training requirements, existing facilities and viable business opportunities.

12:30- 1:154p.m.

Session 4: Clean energy — building the workforce

  • Solar, wind, storage and microgrids.

  • Grid modernization and industrial electrification.

  • Building retrofits and heating.

  • Apprenticeships and practical certifications.

  • Energy ownership and local economic benefits.

Demonstration: An electrical or solar training lab and its progression into employment.

Outcome: Connect prospective workers with training providers and employers.

1:45–2:30 p.m.

Session 5: The new manufacturing economy

  • Robotics and automation.

  • Advanced manufacturing and digital fabrication.

  • Repair, remanufacturing and circular production.

  • Locally distributed manufacturing.

  • Materials science and biotechnology.

Demonstration: From digital design to a locally manufactured product.

Outcome: Explore how communities can build production capacity.

2:30–2:45 p.m.

Break

2:45–3:30 p.m.

Session 6: Media and entertainment — who creates, who owns, who earns?

  • AI-generated content and changing production jobs.

  • Journalism, verification and trustworthy sources.

  • Copyright, licensing and creator compensation.

  • New formats for interactive and community media.

  • Skills for independent producers.

Demonstration: A human-led, AI-assisted production workflow with editorial verification.

Outcome: A practical framework for independent media careers.

3:30–4:15 p.m.

Session 7: Public and planetary health, science and discovery

  • Digital health and clinical AI.

  • Robotics and laboratory automation.

  • Preventive healthcare and community health.

  • Environmental monitoring.

  • Bioinformatics and scientific research.

  • Training, safety and professional responsibilities.

Outcome: Identify healthcare and research careers across technical and nontechnical pathways.

  • 4:15–5:00 p.m.

    Closing forum: What did we learn about the future workforce?

    Representatives from every sector identify:

    • Three important occupational changes.

    • Three training gaps.

    • One functioning program to showcase.

    • One opportunity for cross-sector collaboration.

    Outcome: Publish the first draft of the IMX Future Careers Map.

Make this an experience, not just a conference

Every hour should offer a way for the audience to participate.

  • Live demonstration

Watch people perform real work using technologies and methods they are already deploying.

  • Training connection

Meet educators, apprenticeship providers and technical training organizations.

Career matchmaking

  • Connect participants with mentors, employers and working professionals.

The Mobilized Exchange

  • Discover projects, products, services and concrete collaboration opportunities.

A core production requirement: demonstrations must be prepared in advance. Each session should have a working backup recording, a verified case study, and a named facilitator who can connect participants with the presenter afterward.

The emphasis should be on leaders and practitioners who can show functioning programs, document results, and connect participants to opportunities.

These are organizational outreach targets. The proposed session roles are editorial recommendations, not confirmed commitments.

For food, housing, community health and mobility, seek working operators and trainees from several countries rather than relying on national executives. Select them through case-study submissions and verify that their programs are operational.

A useful international balance would include practitioners from Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, North America and Oceania, with actual regional projects rather than speakers offering only global commentary.

C. An additional group that must be represented

Invite workers whose livelihoods are being directly affected.

A conference about the future of careers should include:

  • A recent graduate who secured employment through an alternative training program.

  • A worker whose occupation was changed by AI.

  • An experienced worker who successfully retrained.

  • An employer providing paid apprenticeships.

  • A worker representative familiar with displacement and workplace protections.

  • A community entrepreneur operating a sustainable business.

  • A teacher developing hands-on technical education.

  • A young person making a career decision today.

Their testimony should be checked against measurable outcomes rather than presented as proof that every participant can achieve the same result.

What participants will take home

IMX should produce lasting resources rather than ending with two days of recordings.

The IMX Future Careers Initiative

Proposed event deliverables

The Future Careers Guide

A continuously updated guide explaining occupational changes, training requirements, qualifications and opportunities by sector.

The Global Training Directory

A searchable database of verified training organizations, courses, apprenticeships, eligibility requirements, costs and available scholarships.

The Career Transition Toolkit

A practical guide to assessing existing skills, exploring new occupations, locating appropriate training and developing a 90-day transition plan.

The Mobilized Exchange

A place for training providers, employers, innovators and community organizations to share programs, opportunities, products and projects.

The Learning and Livestream Network

An ongoing schedule of workshops, demonstrations, career conversations and practical training opportunities.

The Community Transformation Playbook

An actionable guide showing how communities can connect local workforce development with food, energy, housing, infrastructure and public-service projects.

The directory should distinguish free from paid training, accredited from unaccredited credentials, and verified job-placement outcomes from marketing claims. It should not describe an opportunity as available until the provider confirms that it is.

11. How Mobilized turns this into an ongoing initiative

The event becomes the starting point for a permanent editorial and collaborative series.

The future of work, life and learning

Proposed Mobilized News recurring program

  1. Every week — One career transformation

    Investigate an occupation, document the impact of new technologies and show how people can acquire the necessary skills.

  2. Every week — One training organization

    Feature a working program and examine its costs, entry requirements, accessibility and demonstrated outcomes.

  3. Every month — One community transformation

    Show how a community connects economic development, education, housing, energy, health and local employment.

  4. Every quarter — The career and skills update

    Review verified changes in employment, hiring demand, training availability and emerging opportunities.

12. The invitation that ties everything together

IMX 2027 · PUBLIC INVITATION

The future is hiring. Are we prepared?

Artificial intelligence is changing the workplace. New technologies are transforming how we produce food, generate energy, build homes, create media, provide healthcare and operate our communities.

Some occupations are declining. Others are changing. New opportunities are emerging.

But where will people learn the necessary skills? Who will provide the training? Who will create the jobs? And who will benefit from the new economy?

On January 13–14, 2027, Mobilized News invites you to IMX, a two-day interactive experience connecting the people building the future with the people who want to participate in it.

Meet the innovators. See the technologies. Discover the careers. Find training. Connect with opportunities.

Whether you are a student, worker, educator, employer, entrepreneur or community organizer, IMX is designed to help you understand what’s changing and identify what you can do next.

From around the world into your home or office.

January 13–14, 2027

Live. Interactive. Participatory.

IMX — The Interactive Media Experience

Presented by Mobilized News

Less talking. More doing.

The central organizing principle is simple: every session must answer the question, “What can people learn, build, or do differently as a result of what they have just experienced?”

That makes IMX more than a conference about future careers. It establishes a framework for connecting workforce transformation with the systems that determine how people live.

Create a brief and poignant announcement with a call for submissions about this component

THE FUTURE IS CHANGING. WHO IS PREPARING US?

IMX 2027 | January 13–14 | A Call for Submissions

Artificial intelligence is transforming jobs. New technologies are reshaping food, energy, housing, healthcare, education, manufacturing, media, and public services.

Some careers will disappear. Others will evolve. New opportunities will emerge.

But who is preparing people for what comes next?

IMX is looking for the people already doing the work.

We’re inviting innovators, educators, employers, training organizations, entrepreneurs, and community leaders to share their real-world initiatives.

Show us what you’re building, which careers are emerging, how you’re training people, and how others can participate.

We’re looking for working solutions, practical demonstrations, successful training programs, and pathways to meaningful employment.

Not predictions. Not sales pitches. Real work. Real opportunities. Real connections.

Submit your initiative. Share your expertise. Help build the future workforce.

Join us for IMX, January 13–14, 2027.

The future of work is also the future of how we live, learn, and thrive.

Less talking. More doing.

Sketch out the two day dialogue plan

IMX 2027

The future of work, life and learning

Two days of global dialogue, demonstrations and collaboration

January 13–14, 2027 | Live and interactive

Central question: How do we prepare people for an economy that is being transformed before our eyes?

IMX will bring together the people already building the future with educators, employers, workers and communities seeking practical pathways into it.

Every dialogue follows a common principle: identify what’s changing, demonstrate what’s working, explain what people need to learn and connect participants with real opportunities.

DAY ONE — JANUARY 13

Understanding the transformation

What is changing? What jobs are at risk? What new opportunities are emerging?

Proposed schedule · Eastern Time

  1. 9:00–9:30 AM

    Opening dialogue: The world has changed. Has education kept up?

    What happens when the systems designed to prepare us for life and work no longer match the economy?

    Participants: Workforce innovators, educators, working professionals and young people.

    Key question: What must we stop teaching, start teaching and continue teaching?

  2. 9:30–10:30 AM

    Dialogue 1: AI and the great career transformation

    • Which jobs and tasks are vulnerable to automation?

    • Which professions are being redesigned?

    • What new occupations are emerging?

    • Who benefits from increased productivity?

    • How do we protect entry-level career pathways?

    Demonstration: A real workplace process before and after AI integration.

    Deliverable: An AI career transition map.

  3. 10:30–11:15 AM

    Dialogue 2: Computer science, ICT and cybersecurity

    As AI writes more code, what will tomorrow’s software developers do?

    Explore secure systems, cloud infrastructure, AI verification, cybersecurity, networks and digital public services.

    Demonstration: A practical cybersecurity training exercise.

    Deliverable: A skills and training pathway for digital careers.

  4. 11:15 AM–12:00 PM

    Dialogue 3: The transformation of food

    From regenerative agriculture to precision fermentation and distributed food production.

    Who will grow, manufacture, test, distribute and manage the food of tomorrow?

    Demonstration: A working food innovation or training initiative.

    Deliverable: Emerging occupations and existing training opportunities.

  5. 12:00–12:45 PM

    Lunch and global networking

  6. 12:45–1:30 PM

    Dialogue 4: The new energy workforce

    Solar, wind, battery storage, electrification and community microgrids.

    What skills will electricians, engineers, technicians and energy entrepreneurs require?

    Demonstration: An operating renewable-energy workforce training program.

    Deliverable: Training providers, apprenticeship routes and workforce needs.

  7. 1:30–2:15 PM

    Dialogue 5: Manufacturing, materials and circular production

    From extracting resources and throwing products away to designing for repair, reuse and local production.

    Explore robotics, fabrication, materials science and remanufacturing.

    Demonstration: A community fabrication lab or circular manufacturing enterprise.

    Deliverable: A local production and training model.

  8. 2:15–3:00 PM

    Dialogue 6: The future of media and creativity

    What happens to journalists, filmmakers, designers, musicians and content creators when AI can generate media?

    Explore human creativity, verification, ownership, licensing and sustainable livelihoods.

    Demonstration: Human-led production supported by AI.

    Deliverable: A roadmap for independent media careers.

  9. 3:00–3:45 PM

    Dialogue 7: Science, public health and biotechnology

    Explore laboratory automation, preventive healthcare, bioinformatics, medical technology and community health.

    What will scientists, healthcare workers, laboratory technicians and caregivers need to learn?

    Deliverable: A map of emerging scientific and health careers.

  10. 3:45–4:30 PM

    The Big Picture: What connects all these transformations?

    Bring all presenters together.

    How does energy affect food? How does housing affect health? How does AI affect every sector? How do education and financing connect them all?

    Deliverable: The first IMX Future Careers and Skills Map.

  11. 4:30–5:00 PM

    Audience dialogue: What do we need to learn next?

    Live questions and participant contributions.

    Identify priority skills, missing training programs and opportunities for collaboration.

DAY TWO — JANUARY 14

Building the future together

How do we turn emerging opportunities into education, careers, local businesses and improved quality of life?

  1. 9:00–9:30 AM

    Opening dialogue: The future is not a spectator sport

    Review Day One’s findings.

    What would happen if every community had access to the knowledge, tools and training needed to participate in the emerging economy?

  2. 9:30–10:15 AM

    Dialogue 8: Reinventing education

    Should education still be structured around classrooms, degrees and a single career?

    Explore:

    • Lifelong learning.

    • Paid apprenticeships.

    • Community colleges.

    • Skills-based credentials.

    • AI-supported education.

    • Learning through real projects.

    Demonstration: An existing program that connects education with employment.

    Deliverable: A replicable lifelong learning model.

  3. 10:15–11:00 AM

    Dialogue 9: The transformation of public services

    How will technology reshape government, infrastructure, water, utilities, waste management and community services?

    Who trains public employees to operate the new systems?

    Deliverable: A public-service workforce transformation framework.

  4. 11:00–11:45 AM

    Dialogue 10: Housing, transportation and smarter communities

    Explore affordable housing, sustainable construction, mobility, public transportation, community infrastructure and accessible urban design.

    Who will design, build, maintain and manage the communities of tomorrow?

    Deliverable: A community infrastructure career map.

  5. 11:45 AM–12:30 PM

    Dialogue 11: A new economy — who owns the future?

    • Worker cooperatives.

    • Community-owned infrastructure.

    • Local entrepreneurship.

    • Employee ownership.

    • New financing models.

    • Sharing the benefits of productivity.

    Central question: How can technological transformation translate into broader economic participation?

    Deliverable: Examples of functioning alternative ownership and enterprise models.

  6. 12:30–1:15 PM

    Lunch and networking

  7. 1:15–2:15 PM

    Dialogue 12: Meet the people already training tomorrow’s workforce

    Five international training initiatives demonstrate their actual programs.

    Each answers:

    • What do you teach?

    • Who can participate?

    • What does it cost?

    • How long does it take?

    • What jobs can graduates pursue?

    • What employment results can you document?

    • How can other communities replicate it?

    Deliverable: The foundation of the IMX Global Training Directory.

  8. 2:15–3:00 PM

    Dialogue 13: What does a good life look like in the new economy?

    Technology may change not only how we work, but also how we live, play, learn and care for one another.

    Explore working hours, income security, leisure, family life, lifelong education and community well-being.

    Deliverable: A set of human-centered measures for evaluating economic transformation.

  9. 3:00–3:45 PM

    Dialogue 14: From ideas to action — build your career pathway

    Interactive working session.

    Participants identify their existing skills, choose an occupation to investigate, evaluate training programs and develop a practical 90-day learning plan.

    Deliverable: A personal career transition roadmap.

  10. 3:45–4:30 PM

    The IMX Exchange: Connecting people, projects and opportunities

    Training providers meet employers. Innovators meet communities. Workers meet mentors. Projects meet potential collaborators.

    Participants present specific needs and offers.

    Deliverable: A documented list of opportunities, contacts and proposed collaborations.

  11. 4:30–5:00 PM

    Closing dialogue: What do we build together now?

    Present the initial Future Careers Guide, Global Training Directory and ongoing learning network.

    Identify working groups, responsibilities and follow-up milestones.

    Introduce the continuing Mobilized News platform for collaboration.

The dialogue format: no passive panels

Every featured dialogue follows a repeatable 45-minute structure.

The IMX 45-minute session

  1. 1. The reality

    5 minutes

    What is changing, why is it happening and who is affected?

  2. 2. Show the work

    10 minutes

    A practitioner demonstrates an operating initiative, technology, training program or solution.

  3. 3. The career implications

    10 minutes

    What tasks are changing? What careers and skills are emerging? What evidence supports the opportunities?

  4. 4. The audience dialogue

    10 minutes

    Participants question presenters, raise barriers and identify needs.

  5. 5. The action

    10 minutes

    Where can people learn? Who is hiring? What does training cost? What can participants do next?

The four roles in every dialogue

Each session should feature four distinct perspectives:

  • The practitioner: Someone already implementing the transformation.

  • The educator: Someone training people for the associated work.

  • The worker: Someone whose occupation or career has changed.

  • The facilitator: Someone who connects the discussion, challenges unsupported claims and identifies practical actions.

One person may fulfill more than one role, allowing sessions to remain compact.

The lasting outcome

By the end of the second day, IMX should have established three tangible foundations for ongoing work.

From conference to continuing collaboration

1. The Future Careers Guide

Which occupations are changing, what skills are needed and how people can enter new fields.

2. The Global Training Directory

An evolving database connecting people with verified educators, apprenticeships and workforce initiatives.

3. The Mobilized Collaboration Network

A continuing space for people, projects, organizations and communities to share opportunities and develop partnerships.

The defining IMX question:

What if the people building the future, the people training for it and the communities that need it could finally find one another — and start working together?

That’s the purpose of these two days.

Less talking. More doing.