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Jobs and Skills

Anyone with internet access can download the course material for a Harvard degree, take part in the 'gig economy' or do an office job from home. That's a profound and very recent change. The pandemic put the focus on how those technologies that were disrupting our economic and social lives also helped us to adapt. But history suggests that if we leave it to the market, the Fourth Industrial Revolution will usher in a long and damaging period of dislocation. We can see it coming, we know we're going to have to reskill, so what are we going to do about it and how are businesses and industries going to manage the change?

In this context, it's crucial for businesses, governments, and civil society to work together to find common solutions and take decisive action. Through its Centres, the World Economic Forum integrates public-private efforts to achieve greater impact.

Sustainable development goals covered:
SDG 04: Quality EducationSDG 05: Gender EqualitySDG 08: Decent Work and Economic Growth

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Accelerating the Reskilling Revolution

Speakers: Salil S. Parekh, Rana Foroohar, Najla Bouden, Saadia Zahidi, Lady Marieme Jamme, Robert E. Moritz, Jeff Maggioncalda
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Revaluing Essential Work

Speakers: Leo Varadkar, Hilary Cottam, Elena Cherney, Christy Hoffman, Fernanda Lopes Larsen
45m
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Creating a Global Skills Framework

Speakers: Josephine Teo, Shobana Kamineni, Allen Blue, Zanny Minton Beddoes, Manny Maceda
45m
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Press Conference: The Global Workforce: Empowered but Divided

Speakers: Saadia Zahidi, Robert E. Moritz
30m
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Where Will the Jobs of Tomorrow Come From?

Speakers: Rebecca Blumenstein, François-Philippe Champagne, Jos De Blok, Dipu Moni, Mikael Damberg
45m
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Hybrid Work: What Happens Next?

Speakers: Daniel Meuser, Chano Fernandez, Erik Brynjolfsson, Lynda Gratton, Christy Hoffman
45m
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The Future of Workplace Learning

Speakers: Sally Buzbee, Judith Wiese, Asheesh Advani, Ebru Özdemir
30m
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Responding to the Great Resignation

Speakers: Levent Cakiroglu, Larry Hogan Jr, Richard Quest, Alain Dehaze, Sharan Burrow
45m
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Wages in the Spotlight

Speakers: Mauricio Cárdenas, Jean-Pascal Duvieusart, Nela Richardson, Abha Bhattarai
45m
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The Four-Day Week: Necessity or Luxury?

Speakers: Adam Grant, Anne-Marie Slaughter, Jonas Prising, Hilary Cottam
45m
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The Future of the Gig Economy

Speakers: Sharan Burrow, Karien van Gennip, Alyson Shontell Lombardi, Eynat Guez, Niklas Östberg
45m
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Integrating Refugees into Labour Markets

Speakers: Ebru Özdemir, Nicolas Schmit, Heba Aly, Valérie Beaulieu, Jesper Brodin
45m
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The Global Jobs Outlook

Speakers: Saadia Zahidi, Nicolas Schmit, Aiman Ezzat, Hisayuki Idekoba, Zainab Shamsuna Ahmed
45m
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