Event- Skills Debate coming up

Want to get your voice heard about future skills and job creation? The views of businesses and organisations in the Digital Media sector are sought. Digital Birmingham have asked us to circulate the invitation below:
The focus of the event is on digital skills and enterprise, which will look at how we grow and develop the skills and talent for a digital economy as well as the pathways for growth, which will include looking at apprenticeships around the digital media sector and transferable digital / IT skills cross-sector.

Invitation to Debate - Next Generation Skills: Birmingham Re-Worked

When: Monday 22 April 2013 (9.30 – 17.00)

Where: The Event Suite - Millennium Point, Birmingham

On behalf of the Birmingham Commission on Youth Unemployment and Birmingham Smart City Commission, in partnership with Microsoft and supported by Millennium Point, we would like your involvement to debate the Next Generation Skills: Birmingham Re-Worked on Monday 22 April 2013 at Millennium Point, Birmingham.

This event will bring together key voices (employers, strategic leaders, education providers, agencies, government, third sector and local authority) to provide debate and action around the growing skills gap and future skills needed for job creation that will support and prepare young people from education to employment, as well as develop businesses as part of a digital economy.

As a result of the revolution in digital technology, the nature of business and the workplace is changing. While this creates new opportunities, it also requires the skills base to be significantly reshaped.

This debate will respond to the challenges and opportunities for young people presented by a rapidly changing technology landscape and globalisation and look at how we can work together to address skills retention and improvement as a route to innovation, global competitiveness and sustainable economic growth. Morning keynote and expert panel debates will be complemented by ‘unconference’ sessions centred on the themes of education, skills and inspiration, designed to define tangible outcomes.

This is an invitation only event and if you are unable to attend, we would be grateful if you could nominate a representative who would be able to attend on your behalf.

To register for the event please visit: http://nextgenerationskillsbirmingham.eventbrite.com


More information about the unconference activities and programme for the event will follow shortly