Events

7th International Skills Forum: Anticipating and Preparing for Emerging Skills and Jobs

12 December 2017 to 14 December 2017

Mandaluyong

Philippines

How do education and training systems respond to the rapid changes in technology? How will education and training transform to help equip future workers to co-exist with and manage machines in creating new opportunities?

The 7th ADB International Skills Forum: Anticipating and Preparing for Emerging Skills and Jobs took a holistic approach to different types of skills that employers are looking for and how the education and training systems are responding to rapidly changing requirements in light of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. The Forum gathered policymakers, practitioners, and experts to discuss how rapid changes in technology, urbanization, and demographics is impacting skills and jobs.

The forum aimed to:

showcase transformational practices to equip the youth with employable life skills;
invite representatives from government, private sector, and other partners involved in education and training to showcase innovative good practices; and
inspire experts and developing member countries’ counterparts, and promote collaboration with key stakeholders to incorporate new approaches to design and implement innovative projects and programs in education and training.

Program and Learning Materials:

12 Dec 2017
13 Dec 2017
14 Dec 2017

Date	Session / Activity	Presentation Material	Speaker(s)
12 Dec 2017	Opening Remarks		Bambang Susantono
12 Dec 2017	Forum Objectives and Introduction		Brajesh Panth
12 Dec 2017	Keynote Address	The Future of Work: Is This Time Different? What skills are most critical for future jobs in light of the rapid changes in technology and development in automation, artificial intelligence, and ...	Carl Benedikt Frey
12 Dec 2017	Keynote Address	Entrepreneurship in the Education Industry and the Fourth Industrial Revolution The US Department of Labor reveals that 65% of children in elementary school today will have jobs that do not exist yet. Learn how the Fourth Industrial...	Paul Kim
12 Dec 2017	Session 1A - Effective Models of K-12 Schools	Care Foundation: Changing Lives through Education Pakistan has the second largest population of out-of-school children in the world. As a pioneer of public and private school partnerships, CARE Foundation...	Seema Aziz
12 Dec 2017	Session 1A - Effective Models of K-12 Schools	Essentials Over Peripherals: The Central Visayan Institute Foundation Dynamic Learning Program With process-induced learning as its pedagogical approach, the Dynamic Learning Program of the Central Visayan Institute Foundation improves learner disposition...	Christopher Bernido, Maria Victoria Carpio-Bernido
12 Dec 2017	Session 1A - Effective Models of K-12 Schools	Extramarks By tailoring instruction to each student's unique needs, current understanding, and interests while ensuring that all responses subscribe to sound pedagogy...	Karunn Kandoi
12 Dec 2017	Session 1B - Transformational TVET: International Partnership for Quality Assurance	TAFE Queensland International Engagement Models TAFE Queensland actively works in partnerships with international clients, including governments, industries, and institutions from over 30 countries. ...	Janelle Chapman
12 Dec 2017	Session 1B - Transformational TVET: International Partnership for Quality Assurance	Can Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Deliver on its Promise? Assuring Quality in TVET Is technical and vocational education and training (TVET) keeping up with a world in constant motion? Addressing the make-or-break question on how to ...	Oliver Haas
12 Dec 2017	Session 1B - Transformational TVET: International Partnership for Quality Assurance	Technical and Vocational Education and Training Excellence Journey: The Singapore Experience ITE Education Services in Singapore, since 1995, has developed five-yearly strategic roadmaps for organizational transformation. This presentation discusses...	Bruce Poh
12 Dec 2017	Session 1B - Transformational TVET: International Partnership for Quality Assurance	Quality Benchmarking and Accrediting TVET Institutions The status of accreditation of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) in the Asia Pacific region is not standardized and harmonized. In...	Ramhari Laminchane
12 Dec 2017	Session 1C - What It Means to Develop a World Class University: Innovative Models	Collaborative Innovation between Shenzhen City Government and Tsinghua University Global megatrends create a continuous need for transition. The increasing complexity this phenomenon brings calls the need for ecosystem orchestration...	Feiyu Kang
12 Dec 2017	Session 1C - What It Means to Develop a World Class University: Innovative Models	Singapore Management University Located at the heart of Singapore’s financial and civic district, Singapore Management University is a pioneer in interactive pedagogy where lessons are...	Annie Koh
12 Dec 2017	Session 1C - What It Means to Develop a World Class University: Innovative Models	Universities for the Digital Age: Example of the State University of New York in Korea Education, as the basic process of the information age, was the key success factor in the digitization of telephone networks and the development of ICT...	James Larson
12 Dec 2017	Session 1C - What It Means to Develop a World Class University: Innovative Models	Hong Kong University of Science and Technology This presentation identifies 15 guidelines for building a new university of science and technology and creating an innovative model of university-industry...	Gerard Postiglione
12 Dec 2017	Session 2 - Panel Discussion: How to Prepare the Workforce in a Rapidly Changing World		Stephen P. Groff, Nader Imani, Annie Koh, Joe Liu, Ambe Tierro
12 Dec 2017	Session 3 - Innovation Marketplace	Funzi: Mobile Learning for Everyone How can mobile services help the workforceremain relevant? How can we make education services be both accessible and fun? Discover Funzi, and how it...	Aape Pohjavirta
12 Dec 2017	Session 3 - Innovation Marketplace	Scaling People, Not Things: Teachers at the Heart of Change To scale in education is to build learning communities where teachers, who are at the heart of change, are both the product and process of scaling an ...	David Hung
12 Dec 2017	Session 3 - Innovation Marketplace	Care Foundation: Changing Lives through Education Pakistan has the second largest population of out-of-school children in the world. As a pioneer of public and private school partnerships, CARE Foundation...	Seema Aziz
12 Dec 2017	Session 3 - Innovation Marketplace	Learning Equality Around 617 million children and youth are not achieving minimum proficiency in reading and mathematics. Meanwhile, less than half of the world has access...	Aron Asor
12 Dec 2017	Session 3 - Innovation Marketplace	Exscitec Exscitec creates and manages events and projects for educators, government, industry, and young people. Check out how Exscitec is relevant in the education...	Alan West
12 Dec 2017	Session 3 - Innovation Marketplace	Edukasyon.ph Edukasyon.ph is a social enterprise in the education technology sector, with a mission of democratizing access to higher education. Find out how this ...	Henry Motte-Muñoz
12 Dec 2017	Session 3 - Innovation Marketplace	ULearning	Karen Pena
12 Dec 2017	Session 3 - Innovation Marketplace	The Asia Foundation The Asia Foundation has transformed thousandsof lives through a broad range of evidence-basedprograms that focus on expanding women’s economic opportunities...	Sofia Shakil
12 Dec 2017	Session 3 - Innovation Marketplace	Building Innovation Skills for the Youth Anshul Sonak shares Intel's initiatives in preparing Asia's youth for the global workforce. This presentation was part of the Transformational EdTech...	Anshul Sonak
12 Dec 2017	Session 3 - Innovation Marketplace	TVEC Sri Lanka	Vajira Perera
12 Dec 2017	Session 3 - Innovation Marketplace	Coursera What does the rise of online courses mean for us? Check out this material presented by Matthew Klein, Coursera's Manager for International Government ...	Matthew Klein
12 Dec 2017	Session 3 - Innovation Marketplace	Technical and Vocational Education and Training Excellence Journey: The Singapore Experience ITE Education Services in Singapore, since 1995, has developed five-yearly strategic roadmaps for organizational transformation. This presentation discusses...	Bruce Poh
12 Dec 2017	Session 3 - Innovation Marketplace	Digibayanihan Discover how Digibayanihan, an innovative digital empowerment movement, is promoting digital literacy of Filipinos.	Mansi Arora
12 Dec 2017	Session 3 - Innovation Marketplace	JobKred Skill-gaps occur in the market when the supply could no longer meet the demand. One of the main reasons behind skills-gaps is the failure of many individuals...	Gary Gan
12 Dec 2017	Session 3 - Innovation Marketplace	Institution of Diploma Engineers Bangladesh	AKMA Hamid
12 Dec 2017	Reflections on the First Day of the Forum		Jost Wagner

Date	Session / Activity	Presentation Material	Speaker(s)
13 Dec 2017	Keynote Address	Entrepreneurship and Leadership Since it was established, Rags2Riches has trained more than 1,000 artisans and partnered with five designers. Learn how this Philippine-based social enterprise...	Reese Fernandez-Ruiz
13 Dec 2017	Session 4A - Promoting Entrepreneurship and Leadership Skills	Promoting Entrepreneurship and Innovation: Contemporary Debate The World Employment Social Outlook 2017 reveals that considerable job contraction happens in non-innovative low-skilled firms, suggesting an adverse ...	Hideki Kagohashi
13 Dec 2017	Session 4A - Promoting Entrepreneurship and Leadership Skills	Shifting Power: Women Entrepreneurs' Leadership Women’s economic participation and leadership could increase Asia Pacific Gross Domestic Product by over $50 billion while also reducing the huge social...	Jane Sloane
13 Dec 2017	Session 4A - Promoting Entrepreneurship and Leadership Skills	Building Entrepreneurship and Technology Leadership Skills What makes a technology start upvery exciting? In this presentation, Thinking Machine’s Stephanie Sy shares an overview of how technology start ups...	Stephanie Sy
13 Dec 2017	Session 4A - Promoting Entrepreneurship and Leadership Skills	Financial Education for SMEs: Case of Japan While there is no specific national strategy for financial education of Small and Medium Enterprises in Japan, financial education is embedded at different...	Peter Morgan
13 Dec 2017	Session 4B - Panel Discussion on Addressing Challenges in Human Resource Development in Developing Countries	Developing Socioemotional Skills for the Philippines' Labor Market	Gabriel Demombynes
13 Dec 2017	Session 4B - Panel Discussion on Addressing Challenges in Human Resource Development in Developing Countries	Jobs and Technology: Implications for Education and Skills Development The development of skills—part of human capital—is an essential driver of economic growth and inclusion. Skills raise the productivity of workers, help...	Rana Hasan
13 Dec 2017	Session 4B - Panel Discussion on Addressing Challenges in Human Resource Development in Developing Countries	Skills and Human Capital for Innovation It is well-established that innovation is the new source of growth. Asia has the potential to cope as it has already spurred demand for biotech, precision...	Shanti Jagannathan
13 Dec 2017	Session 4B - Panel Discussion on Addressing Challenges in Human Resource Development in Developing Countries	Swiss Vocational and Education Training Engagement in Indonesia What can we learn from the vocational and education training (VET) experience of Indonesia? In this presentation, Martin Stottele, Head of Economic Development...	Martin Stottele
13 Dec 2017	Session 5A - Large Scale Reforms in K-12	Implementation of Technology Stream in Schools	Rathnayakage Karunasiri
13 Dec 2017	Session 5A - Large Scale Reforms in K-12	School Sector Development Plan	Deepak Sharma
13 Dec 2017	Session 5A - Large Scale Reforms in K-12	SESIP: The Investment Program	Shipon Kumar Das
13 Dec 2017	Session 5A - Large Scale Reforms in K-12	K-12 Reforms in Southeast Asia Six to ten years of basic education are no longer enough to gain core competencies required in the era of rapid technology transformation. With this, ...	Ayako Inagaki
13 Dec 2017	Session 5B - Transformational TVET: Dual Training	K to 12 PLUS Project Philippines The K to 12 initiative of the Philippine Government aims to implement changes in the education system and curricula in line with its new education reform...	Andreas Dernbach
13 Dec 2017	Session 5B - Transformational TVET: Dual Training	Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry Human Resources Development Foundation, Inc.	Alberto Fenix, Jr.
13 Dec 2017	Session 5B - Transformational TVET: Dual Training	Austrian State Approved Apprentice Training for the Sany- Palfinger Joint Venture This apprentice program assists students from Austria in gaining and improving skills using a dual apprentice system and alternative settings. This presentation...	Doreen Anette Ullrich
13 Dec 2017	Session 5B - Transformational TVET: Dual Training	Transformational TVET: Dual Training	Luz Victoria Amponin
13 Dec 2017	Session 5C - Models of Partnership in Higher Education	The Swiss Model of Partnership in Higher Education Switzerland runs bilateral programs for international collaboration inhigher education. Selected Swiss universities implementand manage these programs...	Barbara Becker
13 Dec 2017	Session 5C - Models of Partnership in Higher Education	The University of the South Pacific: 21st Century Partnerships for Skills The University of the South Pacific (USP) is a unique model for multinational partnership on higher education. USP is owned by 12 Pacific Island countries...	Rajesh Chandra
13 Dec 2017	Session 5C - Models of Partnership in Higher Education	University Strategic Partnerships : ITB Experience The Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB) is one of the leading universities in Indonesia. It has partnered with over 40 countries and 350 foreign universities...	Bambang Riyanto Trilaksono
13 Dec 2017	Session 5C - Models of Partnership in Higher Education	Forming Surprising Alliances Through Partnerships in Higher Education	Lucas Walsh
13 Dec 2017	Session 6A - ICT Enabled Teaching and Learning in K-12	Shifting Teacher’s ‘Indigenous’ Beliefs Scaling is often defined as multiplying a product or innovation. This prevalent view is inherited from traditional manufacturing industry models and engineering...	David Hung
13 Dec 2017	Session 6A - ICT Enabled Teaching and Learning in K-12	Learning Equality: Bringing the Online Learning Revolution Offline Digital online educational resources are widely available to those who have reliable access to the internet. There are 4.3 billion people who lack consistent...	Elizabeth Vu
13 Dec 2017	Session 6A - ICT Enabled Teaching and Learning in K-12	Project EEO BULT: Enhancing Education Based on ICT Learn about Project Equal Educational Opportunity by U-Learning Technology (EEO BULT), which aims to enhance education at all levels based on ICT. U Learning...	Cavin Shin
13 Dec 2017	Session 6B - Transformational TVET: Promoting Good Jobs	Empowerment through the Center of Technology : Increasing Student Competitiveness Strengthening the facility and capacity development program in vocational education may help improve student competitiveness. The gap between education...	Zainal Arief
13 Dec 2017	Session 6B - Transformational TVET: Promoting Good Jobs	Tech Mahindra Foundation A skills training program in India is known for its industry-specific curriculum that uses no visual aids, rolls out comprehensive on-the-job training...	Loveelen Kacker
13 Dec 2017	Session 6B - Transformational TVET: Promoting Good Jobs	JobStart Philippines: Facilitating Youth School to Work Transition	Ruth Rodriguez
13 Dec 2017	Session 6B - Transformational TVET: Promoting Good Jobs	University-Industry Linkage in Hunan Province Effective and successful skills programs can bridge the gap between demand and supply of skills by forging partnerships with employers. Learn how university...	Ha Wei
13 Dec 2017	Session 6C - Transformations of Digital Learning	Chatbots for Learning Kinetic Coach By automating psychomotor training and facilitated learning, there is potential to relook how young people in Asia can quickly improve skills by replicating...	Michael Choy
13 Dec 2017	Session 6C - Transformations of Digital Learning	Digital Learning 2.0: Mobile, Participatory Micro-Learning	So-Young Kang
13 Dec 2017	Session 6C - Transformations of Digital Learning	Coursera What does the rise of online courses mean for us? Check out this material presented by Matthew Klein, Coursera's Manager for International Government ...	Matthew Klein
13 Dec 2017	Session 6C - Transformations of Digital Learning	AWS Educate With the increasing demand for cloud employees,AWS Educateprovides an academic gateway for the next generation of IT and cloud professionals.AWS Educateis...	Vincent Quah
13 Dec 2017	Regional Group Meetings: Emerging Priorities, Good Practices, and Partnerships

Date	Session / Activity	Presentation Material	Speaker(s)
14 Dec 2017	Keynote Address	Technology and eLearning What are the necessary skills to remain relevant in the society of the future? Aape Pohjavirta, founder of award-winning mobile service Funzi, shares ...	Aape Pohjavirta
14 Dec 2017	Session 7A - Transformational EdTech	Transformational EdTech	Meriem Kellou
14 Dec 2017	Session 7A - Transformational EdTech	Switch Maven's Coding Boot Camps and Blockchain Technology Applications in Education Switch Maven's coding boot camps and blockchain technology are boosting the education sector. Raman Nambiar ofSwitch Mavenexplains the use of blockchain...	Raman Nambiar
14 Dec 2017	Session 7A - Transformational EdTech	Funzi: Mobile Learning for Everyone How can mobile services help the workforceremain relevant? How can we make education services be both accessible and fun? Discover Funzi, and how it...	Aape Pohjavirta
14 Dec 2017	Session 7A - Transformational EdTech	Building Innovation Skills for the Youth Anshul Sonak shares Intel's initiatives in preparing Asia's youth for the global workforce. This presentation was part of the Transformational EdTech...	Anshul Sonak
14 Dec 2017	Session 7B - Technology Platform for Bridging Skills-Gaps	Future of e-Learning in a VUCA World Learning technology has been evolving at rapid speed in keeping up with increasing learner and organizational demands. LinkedIn Learning's Ricardo ...	Ricardo Duran
14 Dec 2017	Session 7B - Technology Platform for Bridging Skills-Gaps	JobKred's Technology Platform for Bridging Skills Gaps Singapore-based start-up JobKred is making effective use of ICTs to bridge the skills gap in the workforce. JobKredis using big data and algorithmsto...	Gary Gan
14 Dec 2017	Session 7B - Technology Platform for Bridging Skills-Gaps	PinoyTravel's Technology Platforms for Bridging Skills Gap	Au Soriano
14 Dec 2017	Session 7B - Technology Platform for Bridging Skills-Gaps	Plan International's Technology Platform for Bridging Skills Gaps Plan Internationalis focusing on the economic empowerment of young people using digital technologies. John Trew sharesPlan International's technology...	John Trew
14 Dec 2017	Session 7C - Cross Sectoral Collaboration for Skills Development	An Indonesia Solution to Skills Training for the Renewable Energy Sector Indonesia’s energy sources are growing to meet the demand, but still not enough to provide universal access. The country has set ambitious renewable energy...	Nathan Hart, Mae Chu Chang
14 Dec 2017	Session 7C - Cross Sectoral Collaboration for Skills Development	European Training Foundation The European Training Foundation shares trends in cross-sectoral cooperation in skills development, along with examples and lessons. Cesare Orestini...	Cesare Onestini
14 Dec 2017	Session 7C - Cross Sectoral Collaboration for Skills Development	Lessons Learned from the Canadian Experience to Support Asia's Development Growth path for Asian countries requires moving from a low-technology and skills model to a higher technology skills model. This presentation shares some...	Alain Roy
14 Dec 2017	Session 7C - Cross Sectoral Collaboration for Skills Development	Cross Sectoral Collaboration for Skills Development: A Case Study From Thailand	Siriphan Sasat
14 Dec 2017	Reflections and Way Forward		Brajesh Panth and Jost Wagner
14 Dec 2017	Closing Remarks		Amy Leung