The Future of Jobs: Humans, AI & the World of Work Conference

March 4th 2026

On Monday 2 March Queen Anne's School welcomed guests to join our first AI conference, The Future of Jobs: Humans, AI & the World of Work Conference. .

Our expert panel was made up of entrepreneurs, business owners and researchers who all brought a wide range of perspectives on the use and benefits of AI in an ever changing world of work.

Mungo Dunnett, Director at Mungo Dunnett Associates provided an excellent keynote speech to set the scene on the history of AI and its current impact on the labour market.

The rest of the panel was then invited to share their thoughts on the questions the audience members had asked in advance that covered topics including the graduate market, what schools should be doing to help prepare young people and what the future labour market looks like.

Jo Wedlock, Director of Brand at Vodafone UK discussed how the use of AI was helping her team to be more productive rather than replacing humans with AI.

Frank Bothwell, Founder of Thomas Franks shared his plans for digitising his business and will be using AI to streamline his employees work to create more time and, therefore, more ideas and growth in the future.

Kamila Miller, Lecturer in Digitalisation and Marketing at Henley Business School, University of Reading shared the research she has conducted regarding the role of AI in business and how middle managers are taking on the load of junior workers by having to input the information and prompts to AI platforms themselves.

Lastly, alumnae Afiya (Fi) Titus, CEO & Co-Founder of Fineo AI and serial entrepreneur explained what she sees in the labour market through her work in supporting UCL students and graduates starting their careers.

The overwhelming consensus of the panel was that we still need humans in our workforce with human centric skills including critical thinking, communication, reasoning, collaboration, problem solving and creativity.

AI is an excellent tool when used correctly to enhance our work and productivity. It should not be used to fully replace employees, especially new and emerging talent. Organisations that are actively reducing their staff numbers and replacing them with AI tools may only see the short-term benefits of cutting costs.

If we do not have robust and capable young people joining the labour market in junior roles, who will become the next middle managers or CEOs?

Yes, the labour market is challenging for a variety of reasons including the advancement of AI, but there are opportunities in a wide range of established and emerging industries for young people.

A big thank you to our amazing panel and guests, and to Miss Johnson for expertly managing the event, and to Mrs Odell for organising such a successful and thought-provoking conference.