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Future of Expertise Jun. 29th
ISSIP Discovery Summit – Future of Expertise 1
Watch the event recording and read the event whitepaper. Register here for “Future of Expertise 2” event on September 28th, 2022.
Event Coordinator/Contact: Jim Spohrer (LI)
Agenda
Welcome from Executive Director: Michele Carroll (ISSIP) (slides)
Welcome from ISSIP President, Terri Griffith (Simon Frasier)
Panel 1: Future of Expertise – Introduction: Moderator: Jim Spohrer (ISSIP) – 8:10-9:20am Pacific Time (USA)
Utpal Mangla (IBM) “An Industry Perspective”
Heather Yurko (Mastercard) “Emergent Expertise: Finding and Creating Knowledge for the Future”
Cindy Huber (APQC) “Knowledge Mgmt , AI and an APQC Perspective” (slides)
Alexandra Medina-Borja (NSF) “An NSF/Government Perspective” (slides)
Panel 2: Future of Expertise – Additional Themes: Moderator: Jim Spohrer (ISSIP) – 9:30-10:40am Pacific Time (USA)
Haluk Demikran (Amazon) “Analytic Thinking and Adaptive Innovators” (slides)
Yassi Moghaddam (UCSC) “Industry Future Skills Needs – A Research Perspective” (slides)
Terri Griffith (Simon Fraser) “Systems Savvy – Thinking in 5T™” (slides)
Rodrigo Ribeiro (UFMG, Brazil) “Tacit Knowledge Management” (slides)
When: Wed. June 29, 2021, 8-11am US Pacific Time (11am-1pm ET USA; 5pm-8pm CET) Where: Virtual Event – Online Meeting.
Future of Expertise: 10 predictions distilled from 112 position statements are in the event whitepaper. All are invited to take the 5 minute survey and agree/disagree with the predictions, as well as add a short position statement of your own.
The future of expertise encapsulates a wide range of topics.
Industry struggles to hire the adaptive talent needed to keep up with accelerating demand for offerings and to digitally transform operations and ecosystems. Universities struggle to successfully graduate diverse individuals with needed skills, experience, and mindsets to hit-the-ground-running and succeed, even as some question the need for a university education. Governments realize that the sustainable wealth of nations depends on high-skill, high-pay, highly-engaged workers within their borders. Simultaneously, individuals are faced with a dizzying array of “opportunities” to upskill for more pay, but often are unable to decide which path might have the best return-on-investment for their careers and quality-of-life.
New technologies and a host of disruptive existing and impending world events, only add to the complexity of this important topic – the future of expertise.
More than a single skillset (stock of deep knowledge), lifelong learning (knowledge flows) and integration are key to the future of expertise.
Themes include but are not limited to:
- Stakeholder perspectives on the importance of understanding the future of expertise
- The practical challenges of hiring, on-boarding, engaging, and retaining top talent
- AI/Digital Twins and the future of technology-enhanced expertise
- Social networks, platforms, and future of influencer expertise
- Democratizing the process of upskilling and gaining expertise
- Risks and dangers, and how to responsibly build both better upskilling theory and practice
Speakers include:
Utpal Mangla (LI) (B)
IBM, General Manager, Industry EDGE Cloud; IBM Cloud Platform
Heather Yurko (LI) (B)
Mastercard, VP, Digital Talent + Operations @Mastercard; T-shaped leader driving global outcomes via technology, data + culturally aligned strategies.
Cindy Hubert (LI) (B)
APQC, Executive Director, American Productivity and Quality Center
Alexandra Medina-Borja (LI) (B)
NSF, Program Director, Engineering Cluster, Division of Undergraduate Education, National Science Foundation
Haluk Demirkan (LI) (B)
Amazon, Head of Science for Demand Forecasting, Data Analytics & Machine Learning
Yassi Moghaddam (LI) (B)
UC Santa Cruz – Silicon Valley, Executive Director & Lecturer, UC Santa Cruz – Silicon Valley, HCI Master Programs
Terri Griffith (LI) (B)
Simon Frasier University, Keith Beedie Chair in Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Professor, Author
Rodrigo Ribeiro (LI) (B)
Professor of Industrial Engineering at the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG)
Michele Carroll (LI) (B)
ISSIP Executive Director
Jim Spohrer (LI) (B)
Retired Industry Executive, and ISSIP event organizer
Additional perspectives are drawn from subject-matter-experts as well as ISSIP collaborators.