Programme

THE DEMAND FOR DEVELOPING SKILLS: STRIKING THE RIGHT BALANCE BETWEEN THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTORS

Human Capital and Talent Development
Panel Session
Pavilion 5, Conference Hall 5.1

In an era when rapid changes in technology can dramatically impact the fortunes of a business, managers are increasingly concerned about attracting and nurturing highly skilled, adaptable talent. However, prospective employees often lack the required education and skills, and the time and resources spent on retraining staff can too often benefit competitors. How can more effective collaboration between public sector educators and business lead to an improvement in the skill base of employees? What approaches can assure that the ‘personnel demands’ of the future are correctly assessed, and education investments are made to best meet the needs of an economy, especially in the fast-moving hi-tech industries?

Moderator:
Dmitry Peskov , Director, Young Professionals Department, Agency for Strategic Initiatives to Promote New Projects (Agency for Strategic Initiatives)

Panellists
Simon Bartley , President, WorldSkills International
Olivier Brechard , Co-founder, Institute of Action Research for Education
Olga Golodets , Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation
Shiv Vikram Khemka , Vice Chairman, SUN Group
Gleb Nikitin , First Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation
Alexei Rakhmanov , President, United Shipbuilding Corporation
Robert Swaak , Vice-Chairman, Clients & Markets, PwC International

Front row participants
Vladislav Boutenko , Senior Partner, Managing Director, The Boston Consulting Group
Sergey Vorobiev , President, Co-Founder, Ward Howell
Alexandr Klimov , Deputy Minister of Education and Science of the Russian Federation
Pavel Luksha , Professor of Practice, Skolkovo Moscow School of Management; Member of Expert Council, Agency for Strategic Initiatives to Promote New Projects (Agency for Strategic Initiatives)
Alexander Oganov , Founder, Chief Executive Officer, Uniweb.ru
Dmitry Repin , Chief Executive Officer, New Professions Lab

Broadcast

Key moments

You need to have business, you need to have public institutions coming together in an articulative policy that both will have to trust in.
Robert Swaak
A tsunami is coming and this is a tsunami of educational technology. When we look back ten or fifteen years from now, we’ll see a different planet.
Shiv Vikram Khemka