Session 5: Manpower and Education Strategies for Crisis Recovery and Nation-Building
The fact is realized that COVID has necessitated many industries to rely less on people and more on technologies such as digitalization, online-based, Artificial Intelligence, automation, and robotics. Business and government leaders have been challenged to both respond to the crisis and rethink their workforce strategies. The pandemic has created an imperative and opportunities for organizations to reengage with the workforce and reinvent the way a country should manage manpower. Challenges also remain within current education systems in terms of how to best manage our current manpower and nurture future generations. This session should address the following questions:
- What decisions should be made in terms of manpower strategies to strengthen organizations and the country for recovery?
- What would be the most suitable human development policies to nurture future generations and prepare a country for recovery?
How to balance tensions between preparing the workforce for business recovery and preventative caution of the next pandemic?
Moderator: Varin Sachdev, Media Partner for Diplomatic Council, News Anchor on TNN & FM 101
Speakers:
1. H.E. Suchart Chomklin,
24th Minister of Labour of Thailand (representative: Suthi Sukosol, Permanent Secretary of Ministry of Labour)
2. Nicole Scoble-Williams,
APAC Future of Work Leader, Deloitte Consulting, Japan (Australia)
3. Bettina Schaller,
President, World Employment Confederation, Switzerland
4. Prof. Dr. Suchatchavee Suwansawas,
President of King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, Thailand