Future of Education & Work
Session Overview
Future of Education & Work
Education and work are both under pressure to change. The question is whether they're changing fast enough—and in the right direction.
Education faces fundamental challenges. Are current systems fit for purpose when skills become outdated faster than degree programs can adapt? How does AI change what needs to be taught and how? What role do traditional institutions play when alternative learning pathways multiply? How do you design education for children and ongoing education for adults who'll retrain multiple times?
Work is shifting just as dramatically. Tools are changing how work gets done. Workforce needs are evolving. Demographics are creating talent shortages in some areas and surpluses in others. Technology is automating some roles while creating new ones.
These two domains are connected. What education produces should align with what work needs. Often, it doesn't. This session examines what's changing, what should change, and where the opportunities are for investors, educators, employers, and policymakers.
Future of Education
Learning Models, AI, and Institutional Change
Are current education systems fit for purpose? Traditional models were designed for different economic and technological realities. Skills now become outdated faster than degree programs can adapt.
How does AI change education—what gets taught, how it's delivered, and what skills matter? Is the focus on knowledge retention obsolete when information is instantly available? What shifts to critical thinking, creativity, and adaptability?
What's the role of traditional institutions—universities, schools, certification bodies—when alternative learning pathways are multiplying? How do you design education for children while also serving adults who'll retrain multiple times?
Educators, edtech companies, traditional institutions, employers evaluating skills, investors, and policymakers discuss what's working, what's broken, and what education needs to become.
Host / Speakers
Frederic Werner — Chief, Strategic Engagement ITU
Alexander Zheltov — Founder & CEO Flylane
Cecile Maye — Managing Director Swiss Aware
Justin Spelhaug — President, Microsoft Elevate Microsoft
Dr Mandeep Rai — Broadcast Journalist BBC
Future of Work: Tools, Talent, and the Changing Workplace
How work gets done is changing. AI and automation are handling routine tasks. Collaboration tools are reshaping where and how people work. Demographics are creating talent shortages in some sectors while displacing workers in others.
What workforce needs are emerging? Which skills are becoming critical, and which are becoming obsolete? How do organizations retrain existing workers versus hiring for new capabilities? What's the role of remote and hybrid work models—temporary adjustment or permanent shift?
How does technology change management, collaboration, and productivity? Where does automation create value versus where does it eliminate jobs without creating new ones?
Employers, HR leaders, workplace technology companies, workforce development organizations, economists, and policymakers discuss what's deployable now, what's coming, and how to prepare.
Host / Speakers
Cyrill Schuler — CEO Switzerland, Monaco & Gibraltar International Workplace Group plc
Chris Daden — Chief Technology Officer CRITERIA
Sead Ahmetovic — CEO WeAreDevelopers
Dr Mandeep Rai — Broadcast Journalist BBC
Future of X
Industries in Transition
Industries are changing faster than incumbents can adapt. This program examines four sectors in transition—education and work, media and news, boards and leadership, entertainment and gaming—looking one year out and three years out.
The audience is deliberately mixed: investors looking for opportunities, startups building new models, scaleups proving what works, service providers enabling change, think tanks researching what comes next, and policymakers trying to keep pace.
The goal isn't just understanding what's changing. It's finding solutions that fit, identifying investable opportunities, and connecting people who can actually move things forward. Each session covers what's deployable now, what's emerging, and where the gaps are between what exists and what's needed.
Come to learn. Come to explore. Come to connect with people building what's next.