ISSIP-NSF Workshop 1: Long-Term Impact of COVID-19 on Work, Learning, and Skills

ISSIP-NSF Workshop Series: An Industry Perspective on STEM Education for the Future, Further Explored

ISSIP-NSF Workshop 1: Long-Term Impact of COVID-19 on Work, Learning, and Skills

Nov 10 2021, 9 am-12 pm, PST/ 12-3 pm, EST (Online)

The pandemic has turbocharged the adoption of what was already on the horizon for the future of work and learning for many organizations;  and a hybrid model of work and learning is here to stay. This has huge impact on future of jobs and skills.

Please join us for this 3-hr workshop as we explore with industry experts and academic change leaders the long-term implications of hybrid work models on innovation, work, learning, skills requirements, and STEM undergraduate education. 

This is a by-invitation-only no-cost event, but seats are limited and registration is required.  REGISTER HERE!

Possible topics to discuss in this workshop:

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• Acceleration of the hybrid workplace and implications on skills demand – what skills are in more/less demand?
• Distributed workforce, best practices in building a virtual culture & implications on skills requirements
• Technology tool kits and skills preparedness.
• Diversity, inclusion, equity in the future of workplace
• Knowledge sharing, knowledge creation to strengthen organizational connectivity
• New standards for the optimized digital workforce and implications to undergraduate STEM education.
• How can undergraduate STEM programs better prepare students for a hybrid workplace which presents a whole set of new challenges/opportunities to diversity, inclusion and belonging?
• And more…
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CO-Chairs and Programming Committee Members:

• Haluk Demirkan, Professor, University of Washington Tacoma, ISSIP BOD Member (Co-PI)
• Lou Freund, Professor Emeritus, San Jose State University, ISSIP Fellow (Co-PI)
• Utpal Mangla, VP & Senior Partner, Global Business Services, IBM; ISSIP Strategy Council Chair
• Yassi Moghaddam, Executive Director, ISSIP (PI);
• Martha Russell, Stanford University
• Jim Spohrer, Co-Founder, Board Member, ISSIP
• Jo Yuen, Program Manager, ISSIP

We would also like to thank our sponsor, the National Science Foundation, for their tremendous support!