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HERE'S WHAT HAPPENED AT GSD21.
125 Speakers. 26 Countries. 4 Tracks. 1 Day.
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GENERAL SESSION
8:00am PT / 11:00am ET / 17:00 CET | WELCOME TO GLOBAL SKILLS DAY (Main Room, 15 minutes) - CLICK TO VIEW VIDEO
Welcome
- Gary A. Bolles, Author, “The Next Rules of Work,” and Chair for the Future of Work, Singularity University
Track Chairs
- Lindsey Kneuven, CEO, Pure Impact
- Enrique Rubio, Founder, Hacking HR
- Arnobio Morelix, Chief Data Scientist, INC. Magazine
8:20am PT / 11:20am ET / 17:20 CET | 30-MINUTE BREAKOUT SESSIONS: TRACK OVERVIEWS
FUTURE OF WORK TRACK
FUTURE OF LEARNING TRACK
HACKING HR TRACK
ENTREPRENEURS TRACK
TRACK OVERVIEW: THE FUTURE OF WORK - CLICK TO VIEW VIDEO
- Gary A. Bolles, Author, “The Next Rules of Work”
- Special Guest: Vint Cerf, Google, & Advisory Board Chair, i4j Internet for Jobs
TRACK OVERVIEW: THE FUTURE OF LEARNING - CLICK TO VIEW VIDEO
- Lindsey Kneuven (Track Chair), CEO, Pure Impact
- Mel Ochoa, Landmark Ventures, interviewer
TRACK OVERVIEW: HACKING HR - CLICK TO VIEW VIDEO
- Enrique Rubio (Track Chair), Hacking HR
TRACK OVERVIEW: SKILLS FOR ENTREPRENEURS - CLICK TO VIEW VIDEO
- Arnobio Morelix (Track Chair), Chief Data Scientist, INC Magazine
- Interviewer: Kiki Mwiti, Founder of DYVYYD
10-MINUTE BREAK - 8:50am PT / 11:50am ET / 17:50 CET
9:00am PT / 12:00pm ET / 18:00 CET | 50-MINUTE BREAKOUT SESSIONS
FUTURE OF WORK TRACK
FUTURE OF LEARNING TRACK
HACKING HR TRACK
ENTREPRENEURS TRACK
SKILLS FOR DISTRIBUTED & REMOTE WORK - CLICK TO VIEW VIDEO
- John O'Duinn, author (USA)
- Denise Brouder, SWAY Workplace (USA)
- Jo Palmer, Pointer Remote (Australia)
- Peter du Toit, FutureWork IQ (South Africa)
- Lorraine Charles, Na'amal (UAE)
- Moderator: Hal Josephson, MediaSense (New Zealand)
CATALYZING LEARNING @ SCALE - CLICK TO VIEW VIDEO
- Mona Mourshed, Generation (USA)
- Michael Fung, SkillsFuture Singapore
- Reshni Singh, Department of Trade & Industry (S. Africa)
- Sharmi Surinarain, Harambee Youth Employment Accelerator (Kenya)
- Moderator: Gary A. Bolles, Author, “The Next Rules of Work” (USA)
MAKING SENSE OF THE FUTURE OF HR & SKILLS - CLICK TO VIEW VIDEO
- Caroline Stokes, FORWARD Executive Search (Canada)
- Nigel Miller, Edelman (USA)
- Adam Gibson, Agile Workforce Planning (UK)
- Moderator: Marlies Farrill, Properly (Canada)
EFFECTIVE ENTREPRENEUR-SHIP ECOSYSTEMS - CLICK TO VIEW VIDEO
- Nicola Corzine, Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center (US)
- Vinicius Lages, Sebrae (Brazil)
- Stephan Kuester, Startup Genome (UK)
- Gloria Viscasillas, Echar Pa'lante - Banco Popular (Puerto Rico)
- Moderator: Emily Egan, Lepage Center for Entrepreneurship, Tulane University (US)
10-MINUTE BREAK - 9:50am PT / 12:50pm ET / 18:50 CET
GENERAL SESSION
10:00am PT / 1:00pm ET / 19:00 CET | KEYNOTE INTERVIEW SESSIONS - CLICK TO VIEW VIDEO
Interviewer: Gary A. Bolles, Author, “The Next Rules of Work”
- LISA GEVELBER, CMO Americas, Google / Grow With Google
- BYRON AUGUSTE, CEO & Co-founder, Opportunity@Work
- ARNE DUNCAN, Managing Partner, Emerson Collective, and former US Secretary of Education
- JOHN HAGEL, Founder, Beyond Our Edge LLC
11:10am PT / 2:10pm ET / 20:10 CET | 40-MINUTE MAIN SESSION
THE NEUROSCIENCE OF WORK+LEARNING - CLICK TO VIEW VIDEO
How can new insights into the human mind help to empower everyone to learn new skills?
- Dr. Laura Jana, Penn State University / Jana Ventures
- Chaim Guggenheim, ApplyIt
- Moderator: Nichol Bradford, Transformative Technology Lab
FUTURE OF WORK TRACK
FUTURE OF LEARNING TRACK
HACKING HR TRACK
ENTREPRENEURS TRACK
12:00pm PT / 3:00pm ET / 21:00 CET | 50-MINUTE
BREAKOUT SESSIONS
- Amadou Daffe, Gebeya (Ethiopia)
- Jos Dirkx, Beenova.ai (Netherlands)
- Ulrich Scharf, SkillLab (Netherlands)
- Jan Van der Hoop, Fit First Technologies (Canada)
- Moderator: Leila Toplic, NetHope (Switzerland)
SKILLS FOR YOUNG LEARNERS - CLICK TO VIEW VIDEO
- Markus Hunt, The Logan School for Creative Learning (USA)
- Houbeb Ajmi, Honoris Group (Tunisia)
- Hla Hla Win, 360ed (Myanmar)
- Hinerangi Edwards, AATEA Solutions (New Zealand)
- Moderator: Ann Makosinski, Young Innovator (Canada)
HR: TRAILBLAZING THE PATH TO THE FUTURE - CLICK TO VIEW VIDEO
- Lisa Sterling, EverCommerce (USA)
- Kirstin Furber, Channel4 (UK)
- Anoop Chaudhuri, Ford Motor Company (Australia)
- Aysha Alawadhi, Emirates Islamic Bank (UAE)
- Moderator: Lex Verweij, Capgemini Invent (UK)
SKILLS FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP - CLICK TO VIEW VIDEO
- Bernard Laurendeau, Laurendeau & Associates (Ethiopia)
- Reena Gupta, Mom Relaunch (USA)
- Wendy Mayhew, Business Launch Solutions (USA)
- Yamit Eriksson, Eriksson Growth Management (Israel)
- Diana Kander, CEO, JD Insights (USA)
- Moderator: Shuo Chen, UC Berkeley & IOVC (USA)
10-MINUTE BREAK - 12:50pm PT / 3:50pm ET / 21:50 CET
1:00pm PT / 4:00pm ET / 22:00 CET | 50-MINUTE BREAKOUT SESSIONS
FUTURE OF WORK TRACK
FUTURE OF LEARNING TRACK
HACKING HR TRACK
ENTREPRENEURS TRACK
WORK REIMAGINED: A GRAND CHALLENGE FOR RAPID RESKILLING - CLICK TO VIEW VIDEO
- Moderator: Dr. Angela Jackson, New Profit (USA)
- Evette Ellis, Charger Help Inc. (USA)
- Andy Dwonch, Career Path Services (USA)
- Ram Katamajara, Colaberry
- Jason Jones, The Last Mile
LEARNING @ SCALE #2 - CLICK TO VIEW VIDEO
- Adam Sherman, Edcast
- Gianni Giacomelli, Genpact
- Moderator: Giselle Mota, ADP
HR LEADERS: WHAT SKILLS THEY NEED TO SUCCEED IN TIMES OF DISRUPTION - CLICK TO VIEW VIDEO
- Jeanette Kehoe-Perkinson, Ph.Creative (New Zealand)
- Bernadette Palumbo, Sonepar (USA)
- Emmanuel Michael, Letshego (Nigeria)
- Mary Glowacka, RELX (UK)
- Moderator: Michael Erisman, People Implications (USA)
INCLUSIVE ENTREPRENEURSHIP - CLICK TO VIEW VIDEO
- Yogavelli Nambiar, Allan Gray Orbis Foundation (South Africa)
- Felipe Matos, Sirius Education (Brazil)
- Maria Maso, Business Angel Minority Association (baMa) (USA)
- Nitin Pachisia, Unshackled (USA)
- Wendy Lea, Energize Colorado (USA)
- Moderator: Gary A. Bolles, conference host
10-MINUTE BREAK - 1:50pm PT / 4:50pm ET / 22:50 CET
GENERAL SESSION
2:00pm PT / 5:00pm ET / 23:00 CET KEYNOTE INTERVIEW SESSIONS - CLICK TO VIEW VIDEO
- CHARLENE LI, Author, “The Disruption Mindset” (USA)
- RAVIN JESUTHASAN, Mercer (USA)
- KAILA COLBIN, Boma (New Zealand)
INTERVIEWER: MEL OCHOA, LANDMARK VENTURES
10-MINUTE BREAK - 2:50pm PT / 5:50pm ET / 23:50 CET
3:00pm PT / 6.00pm ET / Midnight CET | 50-MINUTE BREAKOUT SESSIONS
FUTURE OF WORK TRACK
FUTURE OF LEARNING TRACK
HACKING HR TRACK
ENTREPRENEURS TRACK
POLICY FOR THE FUTURE OF WORK - CLICK TO VIEW VIDEO
- Taki Sarantakis, Canada School of Public Service
- Vikrum Aiyer, ACLU (USA)
- Adelino Sousa, Virtual Educa (USA)
- Wingham Rowan, Modern Markets For All (UK)
- Virginia Hamilton, Make Fast Studio (USA)
- Moderator: Diane Francis, Atlantic Council
PLATFORMS FOR LEARNING @ SCALE - CLICK TO VIEW VIDEO
- Esther Wojcicki, Tract.app, and Author, Moonshots In Education (USA)
- Jared Chung, CareerVillage (USA)
- Josh Goldberg, Legends of Learning (USA)
- Devin Young, Classcraft (Canada)
- Moderator: April Rinne, April Worldwide (USA)
ARCHITECTING A CULTURE OF LEARNING, TRANSFORMATION & INNOVATION - CLICK TO VIEW VIDEO
- Guillermo Miranda, Boeing (USA)
- Robyn Arville, CHRO at the Wikimedia Foundation (USA)
- Nina Bressler Murphy, Novartis (Czech Republic)
- Moderator: Kandi Gongora, Goodway Group (USA)
ENTREPRENEURS FOR SKILLS - CLICK TO VIEW VIDEO
- Hamoon Ekhtiari, FutureFit AI (Canada)
- Katie Hall, Claira (USA)
- Ronit Avni, Localized (USA)
- Moderator: Andrea Kates, FutureProofing (USA)
10-MINUTE BREAK - 3:50pm PT / 6:50pm ET / 00:50 CET
FUTURE OF WORK TRACK
FUTURE OF LEARNING TRACK
HACKING HR TRACK
ENTREPRENEURS TRACK
NEW SKILLS TRAINING FOR WORK - CLICK TO VIEW VIDEO
- Sam Glassenberg, Level Ex (USA)
- Sebastian Espinosa, Coding Dojo (Chile)
- Marcello Bonato, Re-coded (Portugal)
- Maira Habimorad, Institute Inteli (Brazil)
- Priszcilla Várnagy, Be-novative (Hungary)
- Moderator: Monique Malcolm-Hay, Future of Work Consultant (UK)
WHERE EDUCATION MEETS THE REAL WORLD - CLICK TO VIEW VIDEO
Igniting passion and jumpstarting students' futures through real-world work in creative organizations.
- Steve Isaacs, Education Program Manager, Epic Games (USA)
- Anthony Ramirez-Garcia, X in a Box (USA)
- Dennis Henderson, Manchester Youth Development Center (USA)
- Moderator: Elyse Klaidman, Co-founder, X In a Box (USA)
HOW TO RESKILL & UPSKILL THE WORKFORCE - FAST - CLICK TO VIEW VIDEO
- Salema Rice, Geometric Results (USA)
- Otti Vogt, ING (former) (Netherlands)
- Carolina Astaiza, Grupo SanchoBBDO (Colombia)
- Chris Mayer, West Point (USA)
- Moderator: Karen Weeks, OrderGroove (USA)
HOW COMMUNITIES BUILD ENTREPRENEURS - CLICK TO VIEW VIDEO
- Rocio Fonseca, CORFO (Chile)
- Brian Requarth, Latitud (USA)
- Phi Van Nguyen, Vietnam Angel Network
- Nick Smoot, Innovation Collective (USA)
- Moderator: Bernita Bradley, The Village / Engaged Detroit
GENERAL SESSION
5:00pm PT / 8:00pm ET / 2:00 CET | CLOSING KEYNOTE SESSION - CLICK TO VIEW VIDEO
Interviewer: Gary A. Bolles, Author, “The Next Rules of Work”
- CARMEN TWILLIE AMBAR, President, Oberlin College
- KARL MEHTA, CEO, Edcast
- JAMIE MERISOTIS, CEO, Lumina Foundation
6:00pm PT / 9:00pm ET / 3:00 CET | EVENT CONCLUDES
BONUS SESSIONS - PRE- AND POST-CONFERENCE
Track Chairs & Producers
GARY A. BOLLES
Author, The Next Rules of Work
Chair for the Future of Work, Singularity University
Track Chair: Future of Work
ENRIQUE RUBIO
Founder, Hacking HR
Track Chair: Hacking HR
LINDSEY KNEUVEN
CEO
Pure Impact
Track Chair: Future of Learning
ARNOBIO MORELIX
Chief Data Scientist
Inc. Magazine
Track Chair: Entrepreneurship & Entrepreneurs
Our World-Class Speakers
ARNE DUNCAN
Managing Partner
Emerson Collective
Former U.S. Secretary of Education
LISA GEVELBER
CMO Americas
Grow With Google
RAVIN JESUTHASAN
Global Leader for Transformation Services
Mercer
Author, Reinventing Jobs & Lead the Work
JOHN HAGEL III
Founder, Beyond Our Edge, LLC
Author, The Journey Beyond Fear
DENISSE GOLDFARB
CPO Chile
Walmart
JOHN FALLON
Former CEO
Pearson
CARMEN TWILLIE AMBAR
President
Oberlin College
KAILA COLBIN
Co-founder
Boma LLC
ADILSON BORGES
Chief Learning Officer
Carrefours
KARL MEHTA
CEO
Edcast
CHARLENE LI
Founder & Senior Fellow
Altimeter, a Prophet Company
MEL OCHOA
COO
Landmark Ventures
TAKI SARANTAKIS
President
Canada School of Public Service
DR. LAURA JANA, MD
Jana Ventures &
Penn State University
Creator of Qi Skills
BYRON AUGUSTE
CEO & Co-founder
Opportunity@Work
KELLEY STEVEN-WAIS
Founder & CEO
Hitch Works Inc.
ANN MAKOSINSKI
Inventor, Writer, Speaker
Makotronics Enterprises Inc.
LEILA TOPLIC
Head of Emerging Technologies Initiative
NetHope
Switzerland
BERNARD LAUREN- DEAU
Managing Partner
Laurendeau & Associates
Ethiopia
HLA HLA WIN
CEO & Co-founder
360ed
Myanmar
VIKRUM AIYER
Associate Director
ACLU
ELYSE KLAIDMAN
CEO & Co-founder
X in a Box (formerly of Pixar)
KAREN WEEKS
SVP People, Ordergroove
Founder & Principal Coach, KDW Coaching
MICHAEL FUNG
Deputy Chief Executive
SkillsFuture Singapore
JEANETTE KEHOE-PERKINSON
Chief People Officer
Ph.Creative
KIRSTIN FURBER
People Director
Channel 4
ANOOP CHAUDHURI
VP Human Resources
Ford Australia & New Zealand
Ford Motor Co.
SAM GLASSEN-BERG
Founder & CEO
Level Ex
SALEMA RICE
Chief Data Officer
GRI - Geometric Results, Inc.
JOHN O'DUINN
Senior Strategist & Author
CivicActions
JO PALMER
Founder & Managing Director
Pointer Remote
HAL JOSEPHSON
Founder
MediaSense
New Zealand
KAIS MABROUK
Director General Adjoint
Bouebdeli Education Group
HOUBEB AJMI
Regional CEO
Honoris Group
Tunisia
JAN VAN DER HOOP
President
Fit First Technologies Inc.
SHARMI SURIANA-RAIN
Chief Impact Officer
Harambee Youth Employment Accelerator
OTTI VOGT
(Former COO & Chief Transforma-tion Officer, ING)
Independent
LISA STERLING
Chief Administra-tive & HR Officer
EverCommerce
NICOLA CORZINE
Executive Director
Nasdaq Entrepreneur-ial Center
CHRIS MAYER
Associate Dean for Strategy & Initiatives
U.S. Military Academy
AYSHA ALAWADHI
VP Head of People Strategy, Diversity & Analytics
Emirates Islamic Bank
MARKUS HUNT
Head of School
The Logan School for Creative Learning
DENISE BROUDER
CEO & Founder
SWAY Workplace
PETER DU TOIT
Founder
FutureWork IQ
ADAM GIBSON
Workforce Planning Consultant
Agile Workforce Planning
MARY GLOWACKA
Global Learning Lead/Head of Learning
Relx
KANDI GONGORA
VP, People & Organization-al Excellence
Goodway Group
MAIRA HABIMORAD
CEO
Inteli
FELIPE MATOS
CEO
Sirius Education
EMMANUEL MICHAEL
Country Head of Human Capital
Letshego
Nigeria
NIGEL MILLER
Senior Advisor, People & Culture
Edelman
PHI VAN NGUYEN
Chairwoman
Vietnam Angel Network
BERNADETTE PALUMBO
SVP HR NA
Sonepar
ANTHONY RAMIREZ- GARCIA
Student Advisor & Intern
X in a Box
BRIAN REQUARTH
Co-founder
Latitud
CAROLINA ASTAIZA
CHRO
GrupoSanchoBBDO
MARIA MASO
Business Angel Minority Association
EMILY EGAN
Director of Strategic Initiatives
Lepage Center for Entrepreneur-ship & Innovation
Tulane University
AMADOU DAFFE
CEO & Co-founder
Gebeya Inc.
GIANNI GIACOMELLI
Chief Innovation Officer
Genpact
GISELLE MOTA
Principal, Future of Work
ADP
WENDY MAYHEW
President
Business Launch Solutions
STEVEN ISAACS
Education Program Manager
Epic Games
CHAIM GUGGEN- HEIM
CEO
ApplyIt.ai
BERNITA BRADLEY
Founder
The Village / Engaged Detroit
PRISZCILLA VARNAGY
CEO
Be-novative
ADELINO SOUSA
Executive Director
Virtual Educa
WENDY LEA
CEO
Energize Colorado
DENNIS HENDERSON
Executive Director
Manchester Youth Development Center
APRIL RINNE
Chief Change Navigator
April Worldwide
KATIE HALL
Founder & CEO
Claira
LEX VERWEIJ
Director
Capgemini
MARCELLO BONATO
Co-founder & CEO
Re:Coded
HAMOON EKHTIARI
Founder & CEO
FutureFit AI
VIRGINIA HAMILTON
Innovation Catalyst
Make Fast Studio
RONIT AVNI
CEO
Localized
YAMIT ERIKSSON
Eriksson Growth Management
NICHOLAS CHABRAN-ACEVEDO SMOOT
CEO
Innovation Collective
JARED CHUNG
Executive Director
CareerVillage.org
ANDREA KATES
Managing Director
SUMA Ventures, Inc.
CAROLINE STOKES
CEO
FORWARD Executive Search
DEVIN YOUNG
Co-founder & President
Classcraft
REENA GUPTA
Founder & CEO
Mom Relaunch & Career Interrupted
SEBASTIAN ESPINOSA
Managing Director, International Operations
Coding Dojo
WINGHAM ROWAN
Founder & CEO
Modern Markets for All non-profit
YOGAVELLI NAMBIAR
Chief Executive Officer
Allan Gray Orbis Foundation
RESHNI SINGH
Director, Global Business Services
South Africa Department of Trade & Industry
SHUO CHEN
General Partner, IOVC
Faculty, UC Berkeley
MONIQUE MALCOLM-HAY
Global Program Manager
pwc
MARLIES FARRILL
Talent Lead
Properly
ROCIO FONSECA
CEO InnovaChle
CORFO
VINICIUS LAGES
Chief Operating Officer
Sebrae
NINA BRESSLER MURPHY
Global Head of Enterprise Capability
Novartis Learning Institute
ULRICH SCHARF
Managing Director & Founder
SkillLab
DIANE FRANCIS
Substack Newsletter on America: money, power, tech, corruption
Atlantic Council
STEPHAN KUESTER
Partner
Startup Genome LLC
ROBYN ARVILLE
Chief Talent & Culture Officer
Wikimedia Foundation
EVETTE ELLIS
Co-founder & Chief Workforce Officer
Charger Help Inc.
LORRAINE CHARLES
Executive Director & Co-Founder Na'amal
FELIPE MATOS
CEO
Sirius
ADAM SHERMAN
VP Growth
EdCast
DIANA KANDER
CEO
JD Insights
JOSHUA GOLDBERG
Co-founder
Legends of Learning
SALLY MUDIAMU
Director, International Partnerships & Initiatives
Office of Global Engagement & Innovation
Portland State University
GAYATHRI BUTLER
Director, Advocates Programmes
Malala Fund
HINERANGI EDWARDS
Director
AATEA Solutions
JASON JONES
Senior Manager of Partnerships
The Last Mile
NICHOL BRADFORD
Executive Director & Co-founder
The Transformative Technology Lab
CEO & Founder
The Willow Group
NITIN PACHISIA
Founding Partner
Unshackled Ventures
KIKI MWITI
Founder & CEO
DYVVYD
ANDY DWONCH
COO
Career Path Services
NESTOR MARQUEZ
Professor
Tecnologico de Monterrey
Our World-Class Partners.
About Us.
Global Skills Day is chaired by Gary A. Bolles, author of The Next Rules of Work (Kogan Page, August 2021). Bolles is a frequent lecturer, writer and consultant on the future of work, learning, and the organization. He serves as the Chair for the Future of Work for Singularity University.
Global Skills Day is produced by Heidi C. Kleinmaus, a former entertainment and international marketing executive, and frequent conference producer and speaker manager.
Together they are Charrette LLC, a San Francisco-based consultancy that has served as:
- Co-founders of SoCap, SocialCapitalMarkets.net, launched in 2008 to bring together entrepreneurs, investors, and other influencers to collaborate on developing businesses with a purpose.
- Producers of Fulcrum: Strategies for an inclusive future of work, a 2019 conference in Detroit, Michigan, with sponsors such as Ford Foundation and Google.org.
- Producers of Closing The Gap: Strategies for an Inclusive Economy, a 2015 conference in Palm Beach, Florida, on the growing gap between haves and have-nots in the U.S., with speakers like Tony Blair, Tom Friedman, Robert Reich, and Xavier de Sousa Briggs.
- Co-producers of DGREE: The Future of Higher Education,, a 2010 conference that highlighted many of the systemic issues that are “unbundling” higher education.
- Co-founders of the U.S. Broadband Coalition, an initiative that culminated in 2009 with 137 organizations collaborating to draft a national broadband strategy, to the benefit of municipal initiatives across the country.
They are also co-founders of eParachute.com, providing career-change strategies for a range of populations, from the work of What Color Is Your Parachute?, the world’s enduring career manual.
