ET Future of Jobs 2022: Key speakers and themes - what to expect

We are living in a technology driven world where cars drive themselves and chat bots reply to customer queries. These constant technological disruptions are not only leading to the emergence of new jobs but also new skills that will dominate the market in future.

At the ET Future of Jobs Summit 2022, co-presented by ThinkExam, we will engage in insightful conversations with industry leaders, experts, policymakers, and innovators to uncover the skills and the jobs of the future and provide insights on how to navigate the frenetic pace of tech-led disruptions across industries.

Along with the launch of the Future of Jobs Report, the event will feature panel discussions, keynote speeches, and fireside chats with business leaders from various industries such as auto and mobility sector, Web3, crypto, and financial markets, among others. They will speak on a range of topics from emerging educational reforms, changing organizational structures, developing new training modules for preparing future-ready business leaders, and the need for upskilling our workforce to match the fast-paced evolution of technological advancements and consequent impact on job roles.

ET Future of Jobs 2022 summit will be hosted live on May 20, from 3pm onwards for a global audience of over 2000+ attendees, in association with Co-presenting partner ThinkExam, and with NIIT Ltd as the Skilling Partner for the event, CoinDCX as the Talent Partner, and ICFAI Business School as the B-School Partner.

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ET Future of Jobs 2022 Event: What to expect?

• Class of 2030 with T. V. Mohandas Pai, Chairman, Manipal Global Education
  

The event will commence with an opening Keynote by T. V. Mohandas Pai, Chairman, Manipal Global Education. His speech will touch upon the careers from the future and jobs that will see rapid growth and demand by the year 2030. He will also deep-dive into how technology, specifically software, is still the deciding factor for the rapidly emerging new career opportunities of the next decade, along with the reforms needed to help students build the required skill sets for these jobs of the future.

• Under the hood: The car, the machine, the EV

Mahesh Babu, CEO, India & COO, Switch Mobility; Punit K Goyal, Co-founder, BluSmart Electric Mobility, and Sameer Jindal, EV Head & Director Engineering, MG Motor India will be engaging in a panel discussion on EV innovation, the increasing focus on sustainability, and the rapidly evolving concepts of what is an automobile, while exploring the key areas and factors responsible in building the future of mobility.

• Skilling for tomorrow's jobs - building a path to prosperity
  

India is projected to create 3.2 million jobs by 2030 and boost its GDP by $570 billion by investing in skilling its people. But to make these projections a reality, the skilling programs of today should be designed to match the job requirements of the future. In this discussion with Abhishek Arora, EVP & Business Head, Skills and Careers Business, NIIT Limited we will explore the way forward for developing and updating skilling programs to ensure learners and professionals are well-positioned to seize the job opportunities of the future.

• Humans of digital in Web3 and Metaverse
  

Varun Sachdev, APAC Recruitment Lead, NLB Services; Pranav Sharma, Founding Partner, Woodstock Fund, and Pareen Lathia, Co-Founder, BuidlersTribe will engage in a panel discussion to decode the interconnected skills required for the jobs of tomorrow in a community driven Web3-world where the metaverse becomes mainstream. They will also deep-dive into what’s needed to seize the new opportunities that will crop up in the universe of Web3 and Metaverse, as the internet gets ready for the next stage.

• Reimagining business education for the jobs of the future

The last few decades have seen a major evolution in the business education scenario in India. However, the recent wave of tech-led disruptions and the uncertainties caused by the pandemic and geopolitical conditions have highlighted the need for a new generation of business leaders who are equipped with the skills to build resilient businesses in the rapidly transforming business environment. R Prasad, Director, Academic Wing, ICFAI Group will deep dive into how B-schools should evolve to adequately prepare the business leaders of tomorrow and address the demands required for the jobs of the future. He will also touch upon the job skills and the industries that will witness the highest demands, and how business education needs to be reimagined to match the changing jobs landscape.

• The expanding talent market for Web3 & what Web3 means for he future of jobs

As organisations evaluate their future, many are exploring machine learning, artificial intelligence, and blockchain technology to drive growth. Mudita Chauhan, Head of Human Resources, CoinDCX will share insights on the surging demand for Web3 talent, not just developers, but also lawyers, designers, and marketing executives, among others. Given the lack of good quality formal training programs to develop Web3 talent and the decentralised nature of the work of distributed ledger technology, Chauhan will share strategies that Web3 companies like CoinDCX are employing to hire the right talent.

• Is the old engineering curriculum out of syllabus for lifelong learning?

In a panel discussion with Dr Santanu Paul, Managing Director, Talentsprint; Prof Rudra Pratap, Founding Vice-Chancellor, Plaksha University, and Aayur Kaul, India Market Head, Skillshare, will talk about the need for rebooting the traditional engineering curriculum to meet the requirements of the tech jobs of the future. We will also look at how some new-age universities and continued learning edtech startups are already contributing to this. Panellists will also discuss how this change can be implemented to drive impact at scale to prepare for tech jobs of the future and what the new curriculum should be like?

• Skilling for the bold new digital and gig economy

There is an increasing demand for computational, AI, automation, and digital skills, catalysed by Covid-19. The industry feedback has shown that the talent that is emerging needs skilling and re-skilling to match pace with the rapidly changing digital environment. In this fireside chat with Ved Mani Tiwari, Chief Operating Officer (Officiating CEO), National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC), we will answer some pertinent questions on skilling for the bold new digital and gig economy. Are we skilling talent the right way? What are the emerging models of education and new curriculum that we must adopt? How will leadership and organisational structures have to evolve in the coming years? As automation and tech integrate, how prepared are we?

To watch the ET Future of Jobs Summit on Friday, May 20, 2022, from 3 PM onwards, register for the session here. For more on the ET Jobs of Future 2022 event, visit the www.etfoj.com.