Taylor Phillips from Futureproof Bama presented on their organization's mission to educate and innovate to keep Alabama workers employed as technology advances. Studies show 47-66% of jobs could be automated within 10-15 years. Futureproof Bama aims to raise public awareness, establish advisory boards, hold conferences, and push legislation to help workers transition. Their 10-year roadmap includes growing membership, major events, and policy changes. Funding will come from sponsorships, grants, events, donations, and pursuing 501(c)(3) status. Their goal is to mitigate the impacts of automation on workers through preparation.

1. 1MillionCups: Birmingham
March 8th
Taylor Phillips
taylor@futureproofbama.org

2. Problem
Tech Innovations
• Eliminate need for some jobs.
• Technological Unemployment
Tech Adoption
• Slow adoption rates
Workforce Crisis
• High variance in unemployment projections
• What jobs are “Futureproof?”

3. Background
AI Interest
China 2025
White
House
Reports
U.N. Report
Oxford-
Martin
Publication
47%
within
15 years
66%*
within
10 years
47%
within
20 years
100%
manufacturing
within
10 years

4. Projections
Occupation*
AL DOL
2014
AL DOL
2024
AL DOL
Projected Change
(%)
Oxford-Martin
Prob. of
Computerization
Industrial Machinist
Mechanics
9,600 11,800 +22.79 67%
Team Assemblers 33,500 41,900 +24.89 97%
Accountants and
Auditors
15,930 17,690 +11.05 94%
Customer Service
Representatives
31,430 35,630 +13.36 55%
Personal Care Aids 11,630 15,240 +31.04 74%
*All Occupations found on Alabama Department of
Labor’s list of “Alabama High Demand Occupations”

5. Mission
Keep
Alabama
Working
Educate
Innovate
Educate. Innovate. Keep Alabama Working.
Worker Focus
Business Focus

6. Base Roadmap
• Public Awareness
• Org. Growth
Chapters vs. Membership
• Establish Advisory Board
Year 1
• Major Event/Conference
• Mid-Legislation/Policy Push (501(h)?)
Year 5
• Projected End of Life
Year 10

7. Funding Opportunities
Sponsorship
• Corporate/Business
• Chambers
• Associations
Grants
• Foundations
• Government
Event Revenue
• Paid Meetups
• Conference
Donations
• Online
• TeeSpring/Merch
501(c)(3) pending as of March 8th. Teaming opportunities
increase access to tax detections for donors.

8. ”Deploying efforts to prepare for that
future will go a long way to mitigating
the potentially far-reaching impacts of
automation on millions of workers
around the world.”
Sunil Johal and Daniel Araya
Brooking Institute (2/28/17)

9. Sources:
Twitter- @futureproofbama
Taylor Phillips
taylor@futureproofbama.org