Discussion and Book Release ? The Future of Education and Labor Event

The discussion will focus on projected changes of future labor markets, and what this means for the current educational systems. There are studies that almost half of the jobs, currently existing, may perish in the coming decades. So there is need for innovation and creativity for reforms of contemporary and future-oriented education.
Gerald Bast, President of the University of Applied Arts Vienna.
David Campbell, Quality Enhancement Expert and Researcher at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna; Research Fellow (Senior Scientist) at the Institute of Science Communication and Higher Education Research (WIHO), Faculty for Interdisciplinary Studies (iff), Alpen-Adria-University of Klagenfurt; Lecturer and Privat-Dozent for Political Science at the University of Vienna.

Elias Carayannis, Full Professor of Science, Technology, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, as well as co-Founder and co-Director of the Global and Entrepreneurial Finance Research Institute (GEFRI) and Director of Research on Science, Technology, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, European Union Research Center, (EURC) at the School of Business of the George Washington University in Washington, DC.

Michael Stevenson, Senior Adviser, OECD Directorate for Education and Skills (PISA), Paris, France.

Elisabeth Westphal, Policy Advisor for Teaching and Higher Education in Europe, Universities Austria; PhD student at the University of Vienna and INCHER/University of Kassel (topic: The Bologna Reform: Policy Making in Europe and Austria).
Moderation: Monica Titton, sociologist and culture critic, lecturer at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna and at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, free-lance fashion journalist.