It is no longer a question of
whether
our present work structures will be confronted with radical transformation processes, we need to discuss
how this
transformation is taking place, and which consequences it will bring. Undisputedly, developments in the fields of automation,
digitalization, artificial intelligence or further globalization will have a significant impact on labour: Human workers will
particularly be needed for tasks that (at least for now) cannot be carried out automatically – requiring competencies like
creativity, unorthodox thinking, innovative networking between different fields and disciplines, etc.
The panel will
focus on the challenges higher education is faced with, and discuss what can be done to best prepare future students to become
competent members of our changing society, and how universities therefore will need to transform themselves.
Contributors:
- Gerald Bast
President of the University of Applied Arts Vienna - Eve Lewis
Director of SPARQS –
Student Partnerships in Quality Scotland - Hans Pechar
Department of Science Communication and Higher Education
Research, University of Klagenfurt - Bill Price
Speaker of the Council for a Progressive Economy - Ingeborg
Reichle
Head of the Department of Cross-Disciplinary Strategies, University of Applied Arts Vienna
The panel
will be chaired by Oliver Vettori.
(Dean for Accreditation and Quality Management, Vienna University of Economics and
Business)