AI skills as a competitive advantage for Europe

Cedefop’s ‘AI skills as competitive advantage for Europe’ conference brings together influential researchers, high-level EU and national policymakers, representatives of European social partners and other key stakeholders to discuss effective ways to overcome the AI ‘productivity paradox’ – the lack of tangible benefits from AI at firm and economic level, related to AI skill gaps constraining the EU’s transition to a competitive AI economy. 

At the event, participants will be exposed to the latest research focussing on AI and its impact on jobs and skills, whilst high-level policy and stakeholder discussions will aim to bridge findings with policy design and practice. The programme will feature keynote speeches by researchers from the European Investment Bank and leading EU universities, while there will be a fireside chat with Professor Laura Nurski, Acerta Chair of AI at Work at KU Leuven University and Head of the Future of Work programme at CEPS. Dedicated knowledge exchange sessions will discuss challenges of AI adoption due to AI skill gaps in specific sectors of competitive importance for the EU, drawing on sectoral representatives’ experience.

The discussions aim to provide useful insights into how can the EU and national AI and skills agendas be better aligned. They will inform Cedefop’s AI futures of work research programme, which analyses how fast advances in AI and related digital technologies are affecting skill demands and fostering skill mismatches in EU labour markets. At the event, evidence from Cedefop’s 2024 AI skills survey and its recently completed AI sectoral skill foresights will be shared with participants.

Register now below to engage in shaping the EU’s AI future of work.