24 JUN 2024
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Learning for an AI workplace? First insights from Cedefop’s AI skills survey

16th Cedefop Brussels Seminar organised in cooperation with the Belgian Presidency of the Council of the EU

Cedefop, together with the Belgian Presidency of the Council of the EU, is organising the 16th Cedefop Brussels Seminar as a physical event.

These seminars, organised in cooperation with the rotating EU Presidencies, build on the research carried out by Cedefop and address issues relevant to European debates on education, training and employment.

The June 2024 seminar will address the main skill challenges associated with the transition towards human-centric EU workplaces as opposed to one governed mainly by artificial intelligence (AI) technologies.

 

The Brussels seminar aims at addressing the following key questions:

  • To what extent are European workers developing and using AI technologies as part of their work?
  • In which sectors and occupations are European workers more likely to experience changing skill needs due to the adoption of AI technologies at work?
  •  Are European workers adequately prepared for the AI revolution or are AI skill gaps prevalent? Are these being met by effective upskilling or reskilling investments?
  • What role for social dialogue in facilitating human- as opposed to AI-centric workplaces?

To give evidence-based answers to such questions, Cedefop carried out its first AI skills survey in spring 2024. Collecting information from random samples of adult workers in European workplaces, the survey - a follow-up to Cedefop’s second European skills and jobs survey (ESJS2), provides first robust insights into AI skill demands in European labour markets, the extent to which European companies adopt labour-friendly management practices and how AI-ready the skills of European workers are.   

The event will be held in English.

Participation is by invitation only.

Programme

Monday 24 June 2024
10.00-10.10

Welcome and scene setting

  • (tbc), Belgium Presidency of the Council of the European Union
  • Jürgen Siebel, Executive Director, Cedefop

Moderator: Antonio Ranieri
10.10-11.00

AI in European workplaces

  • AI and the EU skilling challenge: first insights from Cedefop’s AI skills survey, Konstantinos Pouliakas, Cedefop and Nicolas Becuwe, Verian
  • AI and skills in the workplace: why is ‘machine learning’ a misnomer?  Anoush Margaryan, Copenhagen Business School
  • Q&A

Moderator: Giulia Santangelo
11.00-12.00

Learning for AI                                                      

  • Investing in the skills of an AI-ready workforce, Giulia Santangelo, Cedefop
  • Automation and upskilling of European workers, Seamus McGuinness, ESRI and Trinity College Dublin
  • How prepared are EU VET systems for AI?, (tbc)
  • Q&A

Moderator: Konstantinos Pouliakas
12.00-12.15 Break
12.15-13.00

Panel discussion: AI-ready VET systems?

A panel discussion followed by Q&A and discussion involving the audience

  • (tbc), European Commission (DG EMPL)
  • Agnes Roman (tbc), European Trade Union Congress (ETUC)
  • Robert Plummer (tbc), Business Europe
  • Carl Lamote, Flanders Department of Education and Training
  • Yves Magnan, Le Forem, Wallonia Public Employment Service

Moderator: Mara Brugia
13.00 End of the event

 

Contacts

Who is who
Konstantinos Pouliakas
Expert in skills and workplaces
Send a message to Konstantinos Pouliakas
Who is who
Ekaterina Tzolas
Assistant - stakeholder relations and events
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