JA Participates in WEF Jobs Reset Summit

October 20–October 23, 2020

The World Economic Forum (WEF) convenes stakeholders from all over the world to discuss the biggest problems we face. The Jobs Reset Summit, happening now (October 20–23, 2020) is one example. Given JA’s focus on preparing youth for full and productive employment or entrepreneurship, JA is participating in this week’s summit in four ways.

  • Yesterday, Jonas Prising, the CEO of ManpowerGroup and JA Worldwide’s Board Vice-Chair, predicted a two-speeds jobs recovery. Watch it below:

  • This morning, our CEO, Asheesh Advani, penned a thought-leadership article on the WEF blog. Read it here: "3 ways to prepare young people for the post-COVID jobs market."

  • Thursday at 9amET, Asheesh will join the “Transforming Education, Skills and Lifelong Learning” panel. Other panelists include Salil S. Parekh, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, Infosys, India, and International Business Council; Mohammad Ibrahim Shtayyeh, Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority; Alain Dehaze, Chief Executive Officer, Adecco Group, Switzerland; Marieme Eve Jamme, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, iamtheCODE, United Kingdom, and Young Global Leader; Hadi Partovi, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Code.org, USA. Lynda Gratton, Professor of Management Practice, London Business School, United Kingdom, will moderate. The first 30 minutes of this session will be live-streamed to the public. [Update: Video of this panel discussion has been added below!]

  • Thursday at 11amET, Asheesh has been invited to the "Reimagining Schooling" panel to discuss how public and private sectors can collaborate to reset education content, rethink how that content is delivered, and build a more inclusive, job market-aligned education system. Other panelists include Lindiwe Matlali, Chief Executive Officer, Africa Teen Geeks, South Africa; Schwab Foundation Social Innovator; Tariq Al Gurg, Chief Executive Officer, Dubai Cares, United Arab Emirates; Alice Albright, Chief Executive Officer, Global Partnership for Education, USA; Henrietta H. Fore, Executive Director, United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), New York; Anthony Salcito, Vice-President, Worldwide Education, Microsoft Corporation, USA; Grace Suh, Vice-President, Education, IBM, USA. The panel will be moderated by Mina Al-Oraibi, Editor-in-Chief, The National, United Arab Emirates; Young Global Leader. The first 30 minutes of this session will be live-streamed to the public. Join the session early to ensure a spot as places may be limited. [Update: Video of this panel discussion has been added below!]

Also, be sure to read the WEF’s 2020 Future of Jobs report, out now.

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