2023 |
HRDWG-EDNET Project
2023 APEC TVET Workshop on Inclusive Digital Talent Development
and Technology (AI)-enabled Sustainability:
Policies and Exemplars of Industry-Academia Partnership
Background
As digitalization has become integrated into all facets of people’s lives and continues to stretch into uncharted waters, new demands and challenges are driving all APEC economies to incorporate new models of technology (AI)-enabled and talent-driven competition. Our 2023 Workshop is geared to address such issues by first looking into the digital talent demand in APEC economies and beyond, and continue with the transformational technology in inclusive talent development. Our primary goal is to develop a market-responsive program that enables education institutions and industries to engage with the modern digitalized world. The Workshop will also accentuate government-industry-academia collaboration to harness the power of digital technology to further expand to the evolving AI-embedded talent training to entrench the APEC economies in shared and inclusive prosperity. The proposed project aligns with APEC 2022 Thailand theme “Open. Connect. Balance” and “APEC Internet and Digital Economy Roadmap.”
Objectives
The workshop aims to bring together policy makers responsible for educational spheres and industry-academia collaboration experts from all APEC member economies. It is a platform for interactive exchange of experiences and expertise, fostering meaningful discussions and promoting effective strategies for inclusive digital talent development and sustainable technology adoption. The Workshop will be first a full-day forum with in-person speakers/participants attending in Chinese Taipei, showcasing best practices for the industry-academia cooperative model that expands the scope of inclusive and innovative talent training, and then a field trip for on-site industry/school visits will be arranged on the next day. Visits to selected industry-academic collaboration sites in schools or industrial locations will be arranged to demonstrate best practice and successful operative models in order to make sure of the exchange of experiences and also allows in-person discussion on a practical level for all participants. The Workshop will be open to participants from all APEC economies, target participants of this Workshop will be policy makers responsible for educational spheres and industry-academia