Matrix, the Northern Ireland Science Industry Panel is to sponsor The Future of Work, Workforce and Workplace at Work: In Progress, an event being organised by Startacus which will run on Wednesday 10th November at the MAC Belfast.
The Future jobs and talent planning stream will explore
- Tackling talent shortages
- Alternatives to university and emerging talent strategies incl. training & grad schemes, apprenticeships and skills academies
- Newer ways of working – from role sharing to remote and flexible work opportunities
- Upskilling and reskilling strategies
- The current relationship between education, careers and employers
- Future jobs and future skills – how can we predict the roles of the future?
- What a good skills academy should look like
- Can unlocking talent and skills really impact social inequality and economic prosperity?
Speakers at the event include
- Diana Akanho – a Senior Insight Manager at Tech Nation
- Sophie Smallwood – globe-trotting tech founder
- Lucy Mc Kenna – co-founder of The Brave Lab
- Richard Kirk – CEO & Founder of Workplus,
- Sharon Didrichsen from Specialisterne and
- Carol Fitzsimons MBE -Chief Executive of Young Enterprise Northern Ireland
Since the advent of the Covid-19 Pandemic, the world of work has been revolutionised with millions of workers now calling their spare rooms their workplaces. As we begin to emerge from a cycle of lockdowns what can we expect from the new world of work and what skills will our future workforces need to stay competitive and drive innovation and economic development?
A current project of the Matrix Panel is attempting to understand the future skills requirements for Northern Ireland’s high tech sectors and will be published in the near future.