Name: Navigating the Future of Work: Between Displacement and Reinvention
Start: 2025-09-17T22:00:00.000Z
Location: Capgemini

**Wednesday, Sept 17 - 6:00 PM EDT**

**Event Description**
Join us to explore how AI and automation are reshaping the roles we play and the services we design. Through lightning talks and a collaborative futurecasting activity, we’ll examine the tension between a jobless future and new opportunities. Co-create, surface insights, and engage with the SDN NY community in meaningful dialogue.

The event is a collaboration between SDN NY, SDN Philly and frog, part of Capgemini Invent.

**Key Themes**

* The Future of Work: Navigating the tension between a jobless future and new opportunities.
* Speculative Design: Exploring scenarios and designing for possible futures.
* Ethical Design: Addressing bias, displacement, and responsible AI integration.

**Agenda:**

* 6:00 - 6:15pm Meet & mingle over food and drink
* 6:15 - 6:30pm Welcome from Frog
* 6:30 - 7:00pm Lightning Talks
* 7:00 - 8:15pm Group Activity
* 8:15 - 9:00PM Discussion & networking
* 9:00PM - ? Nightcap at [Park Bar](https://maps.app.goo.gl/mq4JUSS5bJxYAE8V9)

**Location:**
frog, part of Capgemini Invent
79 5th Ave #300
New York, NY 10003

**After-Party**:
Park Bar
15 E15th St

**Financial Transparency & Scholarships**
As a non-profit, we do our best to strike a balance between making our events available to all and ensuring we keep the lights on. For this event, we are charging $10.

* If this amount is prohibitive for you to attend this event, please message [David](https://www.meetup.com/members/318674203/) on Meetup and we’ll provide you a scholarship to this event.
* If you’d like to provide scholarships, please message [David](https://www.meetup.com/members/318674203/) on Meetup and he will follow up with you.

See you there :)
David, Francesco, Yasmin, Cameron, Lynn, Nicholas, & Barry

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**INFORMATION ABOUT SDGC25**
We are thrilled to announce that the **SDN Global Conference** is officially coming to **Dallas on October 15-17, 2025**!

For the first time in several years, the conference is returning to North America, recognizing the incredible growth and mainstream impact of Service Design in the U.S. and across the region over the past few years.
This year’s global conference will be a milestone in celebrating how far our discipline has come and the powerful momentum shaping its future.

This year's conference theme will be: **Business Transformation by Design.**
What to Expect:

* **Major Partners & Sponsors**: From the biggest U.S. bank **Chase**, to leading consultancies like **Deloitte, Slalom, and frog**, to software innovators like **Smaply, Miro, and Lucid**.
* **Academic Leaders**: Top design schools including **SCAD** and **SMU** will be there.
* **Incredible Speaker Lineup**: Hear from **Southwest Airlines, Accenture Song, NASA JPL, FedEx, Chase**, and many more.
* **A World-Class Venue**: The iconic **Toyota Music Factory in Irving** – a perfect stage for this groundbreaking event at the intersection of design and business transformation.

Visit the SDGC25 Official [Website](https://www.servicedesignglobalconference.com/) for more details!

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Nicholas Steigmann

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