December 23, 2024
To better understand the current and potential influence of advanced technologies on workforce needs within the warehousing and transportation industry specifically, the Delaware Valley Goods Movement Task Force will host a virtual panel discussion with subject matter experts at its next meeting on January 15, 2025.
Advancements in digital tools and technologies have the capacity to alter where and how we work (telework), as well as how we produce and distribute goods and services (automation). Increased and rapid digitalization of the economy has implications for everything from regional housing markets and land use decisions to unemployment rates and supply chains. However, digitalization and its impacts manifest differently across industries.
To better understand the current and potential influence of advanced technologies on workforce needs within the warehousing and transportation industry specifically, the Delaware Valley Goods Movement Task Force will host a virtual panel discussion with subject matter experts at its next meeting on January 15, 2025.
Meeting Panelists:
- Kate McAfoose, President of Chang Robotics, will discuss the use of advanced technologies, such as robotics, in the warehousing industry and highlight examples where these technologies are currently being used.
- Lisa Brozey, Vice President at AECOM, will provide an overview of local implementation of autonomous vehicles at the Philadelphia Navy Yard.
- Patricia Blumenauer, Chief Operating Officer at Philadelphia Works, will talk about the implications that new technologies have on workforce development.
- Beckie DeJoseph, Vice President of Talent Development, ESI, will provide insights into the economic considerations for regions and industries that either do or do not integrate these types of technologies into their operations.
Register to attend this online meeting.
If you would like to learn more about DVRPC’s efforts to understand how advanced technologies are anticipated to impact Greater Philadelphia and its peer regions differently, explore our recently published interactive online dashboard Comparing Regional Economies: Workforce Automation and Telework.