Rapidly changing technology is impacting everything from how people access care, to biotech-enabled body parts, to how people navigate their built and online environments. Social workers may be called up to create, to critique, and to use new technologies in the service of our practice objectives.

Artificial intelligence (also related to machine learning and other terms), is an increasingly present part of our modern world. Yet some suggest that the racism, and other forms of bias we see in our everyday world can be even more dangerous when embedded in these types of technologies. Whether it is facial recognition technologies or algorithms making recommendations about types of services or eligibility based on calculated risk scores - social workers may be called upon to interact with, contribute to or push against use of these technologies.

The geopolitical ecosystem is increasingly complex and contributes to increasing amounts of migration and vulnerability of individuals and families. Helping to resettle and create welcoming environments for those in transition is vitally important and when combined with such forces as climate change and global conflict, are estimated to increase in the years to come. Social workers may be called upon to develop new approaches, adhere to existing rules, or interrupt policies that do not reflect social work values.

• Climate change is impacting a wide variety of human well-being indicators - from mental and physical health, food shortages and availability, economic stability, and housing (even by moving entire communities due to climate vulnerabilities). Social workers may be called to both continue to deal with the impacts of climate change itself in these forms, as well as contribute to the development of green economic agendas that can increase physical and economic well-being.

The future of work is a dynamic and rapidly changing space in which many jobs are in a state of transition. Increasing automation and use of smart technologies put many in the workforce at risk. Social workers may be called upon to assist in transitioning people whose jobs have been eliminated and/or replaced by these new technologies to alternative forms of work, developing new economic tools and resources to build training and work programs between different generations of work.

Access to and skills for using technology as a vehicle for information sharing, accessing benefits and resources, and full participation in society will be increasingly considered a human right. Social workers may be called upon to help people expand this access, develop programs and policies that protect these rights, and navigate patchworked accessibility in both public and private sector spaces.