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# 🤹The Future of Skills is Now -Are You Ready? Join us for Global Skills Week.
- URL: https://newsletters.qs.com/the-future-of-skills-is-now-are-you-ready-join-us-for-global-skills-week-2/
- Published: 2025-02-11T19:28:29.000Z
- Updated: 2025-02-20T20:26:51.000Z
- Description: Join the Future of Skills & Work Forum in Washington, D.C., on 25-26 March. Meet key decision-makers driving education, workforce, and economic mobility. Expect strategic discussions, hands-on workshops, and insights from leaders making real change.
- Author: QS
- Tags: Higher Ed

**Hello** 👋  
  
The skills economy is shifting fast. By 2030, 40% of today’s skills will be obsolete as AI, green jobs, and advanced manufacturing reshape work. Universities, workforce leaders, and industry must move beyond incremental change. Bold strategies are needed now.

At [**Global Skills Week**](https://www.holoniq.com/global-skills-week/agenda-global-skills-week?ref=newsletters.qs.com)(March 24-28, Washington, D.C.), the [**Future of Skills & Work Forum**](https://www.holoniq.com/global-skills-week/agenda-global-skills-week?ref=newsletters.qs.com) unites key decision-makers driving education, workforce, and economic mobility. Expect strategic discussions, hands-on workshops, and insights from leaders making real change.

[![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f1/d4/f1d411df-6f49-4c75-a302-f8c9e9f59495/content/images/2025/02/Generic-2.png)](https://www.holoniq.com/global-skills-week/agenda-global-skills-week?ref=newsletters.qs.com)

**University leaders, non-profit leaders, policymakers, technology companies, economic development agencies and industry executives will tackle key topics:**

🧭 **Career Navigation**. Explore strategies for mapping career pathways, aligning skills with emerging opportunities, and equipping learners and workers to thrive in a rapidly evolving job market.

📊 **AI & Digital skills.** Explore how to define and build effective AI skill pathways, develop AI strategies for higher education, and move beyond the hype to deliver tangible impact for learners and workers.

⚡ **Reskilling at scale.** From talent marketplaces to stackable credentials, learn what’s working, what’s scaling, and how to drive career transitions.

🏭 **Building an Advanced Manufacturing Workforce.** Talent shortages are critical. Dive into education case studies, apprenticeship models, and digital training to build skills for tomorrow’s workforce.

🌱 **The Green Economy’s Talent Demand.** Clean energy, climate resilience, and sustainable infrastructure demand urgent workforce solutions. See how policymakers, educators, and businesses are collaborating.

🔗 **Join Leaders Shaping The Future of Skills & Work**  
American Student Assistance | AWS | OpenAI | BCG | Blackstone Charitable Foundation | 1Mentor | ETS | IFC World Bank | Jobs for the Future | Shorelight | QS | Siemens | University of Virginia | Western Governors University and more...

Global Skills Week is where education, industry, and policy converge. **Space is limited—secure your spot today** and connect with top leaders driving the skills economy forward.

📅 **March 25-26 | Washington, D.C.**  
🔗 [**Read the agenda & Register Now**](https://www.holoniq.com/global-skills-week/2025-global-skills-week?ref=newsletters.qs.com)  
🎟 **Use code GSWVIP for a 25% discount**

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## 💪 Power Moves this Week  

**💡 Microsoft has** [**introduced**](https://campustechnology.com/Articles/2025/02/03/Microsoft-Introduces-Copilot-Chat-Agents-for-Education.aspx?ref=newsletters.qs.com) **Copilot Chat Agents for education,** designed to assist students and educators with personalized learning, administrative tasks, and curriculum planning.

**🤝 OpenAI is** [**partnering**](https://fortune.com/education/articles/chatgpt-access-for-california-state-university-system/?ref=newsletters.qs.com) **with the California State University system** to provide ChatGPT access toapproximately 500K students and faculty across 23 campuses.

**⚙️ Japan’s education ministry will establish** [**seven**](https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=20250207095207906&ref=newsletters.qs.com#:~:text=The%20education%20ministry%20will%20begin,specialists%2C%20reports%20The%20Yomiuri%20Shimbun.) **education centers in 2025** to train semiconductor specialists through university-led networks and technical colleges.

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