Are We Heading for a Labour Market AI-pocalypse?

A talk in Bristol with Financial Times journalist Sarah O’Connor on how automation and AI are reshaping work, in discussion with Heather Stewart and Sue Turner OBE.

Financial Times journalist Sarah O’Connor discusses how technological change and automation are impacting workers, drawing on her book We Are Not Machines. The session explores how work is changing, what is being lost, and where new tools may improve jobs, safety and satisfaction.

O’Connor is joined in discussion by Heather Stewart (The Guardian) and Sue Turner OBE (University of Bristol).

Speakers

• Sarah O’Connor (Financial Times)
• Heather Stewart (The Guardian)
• Sue Turner OBE (University of Bristol)

Date and time
Wednesday 18 November 2026, 1:30pm–2:30pm

Location
Cinema 1, Watershed, 1 Canon's Road, Bristol BS1 5TX

Tickets
Tickets available via Eventbrite; group and school booking discounts are referenced on the organiser’s website.