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# Future-Proofing Human Capital for the AI Economy


- **Date:** Thursday, Jul 9, 2026
- **Time:** 13:30–14:00 (30 min)
- **Room:** Tech Leaders Stage
- **Event:** World Congress 2026 Europe

## Recording

[Watch recording](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100079-future-proofing-human-capital-for-the-ai-economy)

## Description

Nobody knows what work, value or being "skilled" will even mean once AI reshapes the economy - yet we have to prepare for it anyway. This panel steps back from the day-to-day to ask the bigger question: how do people and societies stay relevant in a future none of us can predict? A forward-looking conversation about what endures when the rules are rewritten.

## Speakers

### [Stephanie Cohen](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/@stephanie-cohen)

Chief Strategy Officer of Cloudflare
### [Grisha Pavlotskyi](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/@grisha-pavlotskyi)

CTO of Miro
### [Joël Mesot](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/@joel-mesot)

President of ETH Zurich
### [Stefan Lehmann](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/@stefan-lehmann)

Chief Executive Officer of Generali Deutschland
### [Fanny Jimenez](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/@fanny-jimenez)

VP Performance and Collaboration at PREMIUM-GRUPPE


## Related talks at this congress

- [The Future of Knowledge Retention: AI-Driven HR Transformation](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-europe/sessions/1047-the-future-of) — Trecilla Lobo
- [The AI-Ready Workforce: Upskilling Lessons from the Real World](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-europe/sessions/1316-the-ai-ready) — Bernd Datler, Laura Thorson, Mark Pollok, Hendrikje Rudnick
- [Unpredictable costs of AI vs predictable cost of Humans](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-europe/sessions/1169-unpredictable-costs) — Hung Lee, Leandro Gomes da Silva, Raffi Krikorian, Anna Ott
- [The Great Reskilling - Who Wins in the AI Economy?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-europe/sessions/1008-the-great-reskilling) — Daniel Terzenbach, Johannes Kopf, Rudi Bauer