Agenda

The 7^th OECD World Forum on Well-being will take place over three days in Rome on the 4^th to the 6^th November 2024. The organisation of the agenda will be divided between plenary sessions and parallel sessions. Please note that more information on relevant Forum sessions and speakers will be added as details are confirmed.

Plenary sessions
Plenary sessions will be devoted to discussing the enabling environments and broader strategic overview of main challenges and opportunities for mainstreaming well-being data and approaches in policy and practice. Below provisional examples of plenary slots which will revolve around the following themes:

Plenary Roundtable on “Strengthening well-being approaches to economic policy making”
Plenary Roundtable on “Next frontiers for well-being measurement and data”
Plenary Roundtable on “Centering inclusive well-being in climate change action”
Plenary Roundtable on “Harnessing technology and artificial intelligence for inclusive, sustainable well-being”

Parallel sessions
Parallel sessions will instead be devoted to deep dives into specific measurement and statistical issues, as well as into policy and practice implementation. They are expected to be 12, divided into 4 slots of 3 parallel sessions each. Following provisional examples:

Parallel Session on “Advances in well-being impact assessment, appraisal and evaluation”
Parallel Session on “Innovations for more timely well-being data and analysis”
Parallel Session on “Co-producing well-being data”
Parallel Session on “Joining up data production and analysis for well-being”
Parallel Session on “Climate change and health”
Parallel session on “Ensuring safe, fair and inclusive AI development”
Parallel session on “AI applications for improving well-being: examples and key issues”
Parallel session on “Monitoring and predicting well-being outcomes with machine learning”
Parallel Session on: “The triple transition and social connectedness: drivers and interventions”
Parallel Session on: “Promoting social investment for well-being”
Parallel session on “Joining up public, private and community sector well-being action”