ANDREW RAMLO, Director, Urban Futures
The Workplaces & Workforces of the Future

Date: Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Time: 2:30 - 3:15 PM
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Over the coming decades the thirty percent of Canada's current population born between 1946 and 1965 will age into the third (and final) major stage of their lifecycle, one that is dramatically different from the first stage - the twenty years of childhood that was concerned with getting through school and entering the workforce - and from the second stage - the forty years of establishing homes, families, and careers. No part of Canadian society will be unaffected by these changes, directly or indirectly, as Canada enters its third great demographic transformation.

A major challenge facing employers today has become managing issues of labour supply. For the third year in a row the national unemployment rate has fallen to historic lows, moves driven not by an economic boom in Canada per se, but relatively slow growth in our labour force. So what does all this mean for future generations of employees? In part it signifies a world of potential opportunities. It also signifies a world increasingly characterized by change. With both product and business lifecycles shortening, the range of jobs (and increasingly careers) that the next generation of workers will be exposed to will continue to grow. Even within a particular job or career path, increasing social, cultural and economic diversity will require the next generation to have a growing range of skills and dexterity to adapt to this new demographic and economic paradigm.

Andrew Ramlo is a prominent demographer, urbanist, and planning consultant. An expert at forecasting demographic and economic change, he can apply these forecasts to the concerns of specific industries, companies or regions. As Director of Urban Futures Incorporated, Andrew carries out strategic management assignments for a wide range of private and public sector clients. Andrew has worked with many of Canada's leading developers, investors, and retailers as well as public sector clients, including many of Canada's most rapidly changing municipalities, public agencies and crown corporations.

Andrew Ramlo is a contributing author to over 40 of the Urban Institute's research reports and participates in many of its public presentations. These assignments have included a wide range of topics ranging from labour force, human resource and membership management to external market analyses of demographic and economic growth and change. Research topics of note include: "The Context for Change: Demographics," "Life Cycles, Economics, and the Lower Mainland of British Columbia Over the Next Four Decades, Changing People, Changing Participation: Demographic and Behavioural Trends as a Context for the Future of the Canada Pension Plan, 2001 to 2050" and "A Decade of Jobs and Pay in Canada: A Perspective on Canada's National and Regional Economies."

Because of his profound ability to relay difficult material with enthusiasm and clarity, Andrew is regularly quoted in various media and his presentations are informative, animated and lively, incorporating specifically customized information for each client. With a focus on the dimensions of change - demographic, societal, economic and environmental - Andrew shares the results of his research and outlines strategies designed to address the challenges and opportunities organizations and individuals will face in the decades to come.

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