In 10 years, will a robot be serving you your cheeseburger at the drive-thru?
Instead of traditional work training, will your AI assistant be around at all times to help you fill in the blanks? Will we start learning how to do things like train to be a nurse in high school?
Nobody can actually predict these things — can they?
Actually, there’s a science to it, and Christopher Rice spends every day right in that space.
Rice is a futurist, which means he explores the intersections of technology, education, climate, community economic development and politics to make educated predictions about what we may see in the coming years.
Rice spoke in NKY in 2022, and many of the things he talked about are already starting to happen.
LINK is lucky enough to have secured Rice to be the speaker at our December Community Conversation, which is all about the future of work. If you’ve never seen a futurist speak, or particularly Rice, you’re in for a treat. Be prepared for your mind to be blown.
We don’t normally begin to advertise one Community Conversation before the next one is set to take place (don’t forget to join us on Thursday, Oct. 9 for a conversation about parental partnerships with schools in NKY!), but we were so excited about this one we decided to just go ahead and let y’all know so you can reserve your seat to the free event before they are all gone.
In an interview for our November Super Issue about the future of work, Rice told LINK nky that there’s not one specific factor that’s going to change the way we work over the next few years, especially because multiple challenges are happening at the same time.
“We’re in the midst of a polycrisis, and that means that any meaningful forecast about the future has to take those multiple trends and drivers and think about how they interact at a systems level,” Rice said.
Below are all the details so you can reserve your spot and mark your calendar. We can’t wait to see you there!
What to know if you go
When: Dec. 4, 2025 from 5:30 to 7:30
Where: Sparkhaus in Covington: 727 Madison Ave.
