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DESCRIPTION:<a href="https://www.lymec.eu/event/conference-on-the-future-of
 -skills-and-jobs-176/register">Conference on the Future of Skills and Jobs
 </a>\nOverview Reserve a spot A side event to the ELF General Assembly and
  LYMEC Congress\, in collaboration with NEOS Lab. Venue: Novum\, Wiedner H
 auptstraße 146-148\, 1040 Vienna Europe is entering a decisive decade. Te
 chnological acceleration\, demographic change\, geopolitical tensions and 
 fiscal constraints are reshaping our economies at unprecedented speed. In 
 this context\, the question of skills is no longer a sectoral issue\, it i
 s central to Europe’s economic strength\, social stability and political
  self-confidence. Artificial intelligence\, automation and the green trans
 ition are transforming labour markets across all Member States. Entire pro
 fessions are evolving\, new ones are emerging and others are disappearing.
  At the same time\, many regions face labour shortages\, ageing population
 s and growing mismatches between educational outcomes and labour market ne
 eds. Europe brings considerable strengths to this transformation: strong e
 ducation systems\, respected vocational training models\, leading research
  institutions and a regulatory environment that seeks to balance innovatio
 n with social fairness. In several Member States\, investment in research 
 and development remains high\, and Europe continues to play a leading role
  in digital governance and sustainable technologies. Yet structural weakne
 sses persist: Access to quality education and lifelong learning opportunit
 ies remains uneven. Participation in adult training varies widely across c
 ountries and socio-economic groups. Small and medium-sized enterprises oft
 en struggle to invest sufficiently in upskilling. And despite high levels 
 of formal education\, skill shortages persist in key sectors\, from digita
 l technologies to engineering and care services. At the same time\, a more
  fundamental question arises: Are our institutions designed for stable car
 eers of the past or for continuous transitions in the future? Various [...
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LOCATION:TBC - Vienna\, Austria
SUMMARY:Conference on the Future of Skills and Jobs
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<a href="https://www.lymec.eu/event/conference
 -on-the-future-of-skills-and-jobs-176/register">Conference on the Future o
 f Skills and Jobs</a>\nOverview Reserve a spot A side event to the ELF Gen
 eral Assembly and LYMEC Congress\, in collaboration with NEOS Lab. Venue: 
 Novum\, Wiedner Hauptstraße 146-148\, 1040 Vienna Europe is entering a de
 cisive decade. Technological acceleration\, demographic change\, geopoliti
 cal tensions and fiscal constraints are reshaping our economies at unprece
 dented speed. In this context\, the question of skills is no longer a sect
 oral issue\, it is central to Europe’s economic strength\, social stabil
 ity and political self-confidence. Artificial intelligence\, automation an
 d the green transition are transforming labour markets across all Member S
 tates. Entire professions are evolving\, new ones are emerging and others 
 are disappearing. At the same time\, many regions face labour shortages\, 
 ageing populations and growing mismatches between educational outcomes and
  labour market needs. Europe brings considerable strengths to this transfo
 rmation: strong education systems\, respected vocational training models\,
  leading research institutions and a regulatory environment that seeks to 
 balance innovation with social fairness. In several Member States\, invest
 ment in research and development remains high\, and Europe continues to pl
 ay a leading role in digital governance and sustainable technologies. Yet 
 structural weaknesses persist: Access to quality education and lifelong le
 arning opportunities remains uneven. Participation in adult training varie
 s widely across countries and socio-economic groups. Small and medium-size
 d enterprises often struggle to invest sufficiently in upskilling. And des
 pite high levels of formal education\, skill shortages persist in key sect
 ors\, from digital technologies to engineering and care services. At the s
 ame time\, a more fundamental question arises: Are our institutions design
 ed for stable careers of the past or for continuous transitions in the fut
 ure? Various [...]
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