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 to assess their own competencies. In this presentation, Gray Gan of JobKred explains how technology can help address this problem.

Anshul Sonak shares Intel's initiatives in preparing Asia's youth for the global workforce. Check out how Intel's innovations in the education sector have been bringing positive change in different countries.

Exscitec creates and manages events and projects for educators, government, industry, and young people. Check out how Exscitec is relevant in the education sector given the rapid changes it faces today.

Around 617 million children and youth are not achieving minimum proficiency in reading and mathematics. Meanwhile, less than half of the world has access to the internet. Discover how Learning Equality is responding to these challenges by providing local, offline access to Khan Academy content to 4,500,000 learners in more than 194 countries and territories.

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 Revolution affects the education sector, and consequently the labor force.

Women’s economic participation and leadership could increase Asia Pacific Gross Domestic Product by over $50 billion while also reducing the huge social costs caused by women’s economic marginalization.

The Asia Foundation’s Jane Sloane explains further in this presentation.

What makes a technology start up very exciting?

In this presentation, Thinking Machine’s Stephanie Sy shares an overview of how technology start ups work and gives an overview on what can be expected from the Philippine start up ecosystem.

The World Employment Social Outlook 2017 reveals that considerable job contraction happens in non-innovative low-skilled firms, suggesting an adverse impact on low-skilled workers. This means workers need to be more innovative to remain relevant in the labor force. Learn why entrepreneurship is considered an innovation that workers might want to consider.

How can mobile services help the workforce remain relevant? How can we make education services be both accessible and fun?

Discover Funzi, and how it is revolutionizing learning by delivering mobile-first designed content for those who want to acquire new skills to improve their lives. This Finland-based mobile service provider increases awareness on entrepreneurship and offers it as a viable career option for its learners.

The status of accreditation of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) in the Asia Pacific region is not standardized and harmonized. In some countries in the region, the situation has resulted in issues related to the quality of workforce.

This is the main problem that the Asia Pacific Accreditation and Certificate Commission (APACC) wants to solve. Learn how APACC helps raise the standards of TVET in the region.