TEAC16 Report
The plenary session set out to address the following questions:
What are the future trends for jobs and skills? How will modes of employment change? How will mobility, freelancing, micro-contracts, retail chain failures and industry transformation change in the future? How can we better predict these trends and changes and develop support packages that will boost inclusion, employability and productivity?
In response, the plenary speakers talked in detail about the Digital Belgium Plan, the New Skills Agenda for Europe, how ICT skills should be seen as a basic skill, the softer skills people will need for future work and changes to working practices and how the retail different sector is already using many new technologies.
Videos of each speaker and presentations can be found here.
On the second day delegates were addressed in plenary by � Dr Jason Blackstock – Head of Department, Senior Lecturer in Science and Global Affairs, University College London � Andre Richier – Unit for Key Enabling Technologies, Digital Manufacturing and Interoperability, DG for Internal
Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs, European Commission The speakers explored in more detail the Fourth Industrial Revolution and the roles of government in it, digital skills of the labour force and the e-skills gap in Europe, as well as IT professionalism and leadership, amongst many other areas. Presentations for these keynote speakers can be found here.
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