About the Session:
This session is part of an ongoing dialogue about what happens to the workforce when Integrated Intelligent Systems — AI, AI agents, industrial robotics, autonomous vehicles, and humanoid machines — converge. Not as a future scenario. As something already underway and measurable.
The Work 4.0 Index, a monthly composite labor market instrument developed within SIM Work 4.0, currently reads 40 out of 100 — a zone we call Hidden Stress Building. The gap between baseline labor market health and the technology-adjusted signal is widening. The economy is growing. Workforce health is not keeping pace. That divergence is the problem this session is designed to address.
The Declaration of Human Participation is a fiscally-modeled framework for managing the large-scale workforce transition driven by IIS. It is not a political document. It is not a policy wish list. It is a comprehensive architecture — with a 40-year projection window, four displacement scenarios, and self-funding mechanisms that scale as IIS deployment accelerates.
Topics covered in this session:
• Why AI-only policy frames miss the majority of the displacement problem
• Why conventional responses — retraining, job guarantees, traditional UBI — fail at IIS scale
• Why this is not socialism, and why that distinction matters
• The income architecture: Displacement Income Guarantee, Universal Participation Income, and the Public Trust Fund
• The funding mechanisms: Labor Displacement Levy, Productivity Dividend Levy, and Inverted VAT
• The human framework: Essential Workforce Incentive, Human Expression Income, and the youth pipeline
• How IIS restructures consumer demand — not just labor supply
• The long-range picture: healthy longevity, fertility recovery, and the 40-year economic horizon
The session runs two hours. It is structured around six sections with a feedback pause after each. The only question asked at each pause: does this feel directionally correct, and is it worth building on?
This is a small-group, invitation-managed session. Attendance is limited. If you register, please attend or release your seat in advance — demand is high and space is reserved for those committed to the dialogue.
The session is open to technology leaders, workforce strategists, policy thinkers, and anyone who believes the conversation about what comes next needs to start now.
Facilitated By
Bill Waas
Co-Chair, SIM ReThink Everything! SIG
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Expect thoughtful disagreement.
Expect new perspectives.
Expect to leave with more questions than answers.
Because the future will not be shaped by those who assume certainty.
It will be shaped by those willing to think differently.
SPACE IS LIMITED: This session caps at 25 participants to ensure
quality discussion. Register early to secure your spot.
Since seats are limited, please do not sign up and not show up!
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About SIM ReThinkers
SIM ReThinkers brings together forward-thinking IT leaders to explore emerging technologies, strategic challenges, and leadership practices. Our sessions foster peer learning, strategic dialogue, and actionable insights for navigating digital transformation.
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