As economies compete to attract investment, expand critical industries, and strengthen their global competitiveness, access to skilled talent is becoming as important as capital and infrastructure. Yet employers across sectors face persistent workforce shortages, while traditional education and training systems struggle to keep pace with evolving industry needs. This conversation will examine how businesses, educators, governments, and communities can build stronger talent pipelines through apprenticeships, skills-based training, technical education, and lifelong learning – and what it will take to ensure the workforce is prepared for the industries and opportunities driving the next generation of economic growth.
Energy, Environment, & Transition
Studio Stage: A Pro-Market Path to Decarbonization
Efforts to decarbonize the global economy have increasingly run into political and practical challenges, with top-down approaches often proving fragmented, slow, or contested. In this Studio Stage talk, Professor Karthik Ramanna explores a pro-market approach to decarbonization, highlighting how rigorous…
