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)
