Keynote Speakers

Terrence Hogarth, University of Warwick, U.K.

Academic Researcher/Professor

Terence Hogarth has 40 years of experience of carrying out research on vocational education and training in the UK and the EU. He is responsible for the Net Costs and Benefits of Training to Employers series of studies which has been carried out periodically since the mid 1990s. In addition he has carried out a large number of research projects on apprenticeships, labour and skill shortages.

Kathleen deLaski, Education Design Lab (Founder), Senior Advisor, Harvard Project on the Workforce, USA, Adjunct Professor, George Mason University

Senior Advisor, Social Enterprise Founder, Adjunct Professor

Kathleen deLaski is an education and workforce designer, as well as a futurist. She founded the Education Design Lab in 2013 to help colleges begin the journey to reimagine higher education toward the future of work. Her non-profit has helped 1200 colleges, orgs and economic regions design shorter, more affordable pathways for learners to achieve their economic goals.

Konstantinos Pouliakas, CEDEFOP

Senior Expert in Skills and Labour Markets, CEDEFOP

An Expert on Skills and Labour Markets at the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (CEDEFOP) and Honorary Senior Lecturer at the University of Aberdeen Business School. He is the lead expert of Cedefop's skill mismatch and future of work projects and team leader of its Skills and Work team. He has designed and steered the data collection of the 2 waves of the European skills and jobs survey.