The Collaboration in the Gig Economy conference is next week in London. The event brings together technology suppliers, HR executives, procurement executives and others to discuss the latest trends in the human cloud and explore strategies for improving the performance of the talent supply chain.

Industry leaders will discuss culture, data, technology, automation, legal issues and more.

Next week’s Collaboration in the Gig Economy conference features thought leaders from across the workforce solutions ecosystem, including SIA President Barry Asin’s “The Gig Economy: Where We’ve Been and Where We Are Going” session; and leading suppliers and market intermediaries will share insights on the challenges and solutions facing the ecosystem in a keynote panel “Connecting and Optimizing the Talent Supply Chain,” moderated by John Nurthen, SIA’s executive director of global research.

Other sessions in the spotlight at this year’s Collaboration in the Gig Economy include the keynote “GigE Talks,” where industry peers share their perspectives, and the “Gig Economy Dragons’ Den,” where gig economy technology companies compete for the second-annual Gig Economy Dragons’ Den Innovation Award.

“The second annual Collaboration in the Gig Economy taps the rapid evolution in the industry over the past year, informing, connecting and elevating the ecosystem and bringing together staffing companies, technology companies, enterprise professionals and related industry partners alike to explore the tremendous shifts in ideology, technology and work models that are taking hold and creating tremendous opportunity,” said Ursula Williams, COO at SIA.

Staffing suppliers, hundreds of workforce solutions buyers; VMS, MSP and RPO providers; suppliers to staffing; gig economy/human cloud companies; and others interested in the workforce solutions ecosystem are expected to attend the conference next Wednesday and Thursday at the Royal Lancaster Hotel.