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Degrees vs. Data: Why Education Systems Can’t Keep Up with AI

The global workforce is being transformed by two conflicting forces: States’ desire to take back control, and the borderless diffusion of technology. As demographic changes tighten labour markets and innovation accelerates, the mismatch between the skills that are available and those that are needed has emerged as a major constraint on productivity and competitiveness. The contradiction is stark: Even as states compete and securitise supply chains, innovation is increasingly geography-agnostic. Capital, code, and ideas move fast; people and skills do not. This session examines how immigration systems, credentialing regimes, and workforce policies can deal with a world where talent is a critical input and where AI is reshaping job roles faster than education systems can adapt. It examines how countries, firms, and institutions can move from incremental reskilling to systemic workforce transformation; what smarter mobility pathways, mutual recognition frameworks, and public-private talent compacts could look like; and how to build trust-based systems that balance openness with resilience. Getting our labour policies wrong means missed waves of technological adoption, slower growth, and declining national technological power. Are immigration systems still fit-for-purpose in an era where skills shortages are the binding constraint on growth? What kinds of partnerships between governments, industry, and education providers are capable of delivering skilling at speed and scale in an AI-driven labour market? If skills can now be deployed digitally across borders, will physical mobility still be relevant in determining who accesses opportunity? How are remote work, distributed teams, and cross-bordercontracting reshaping the meaning of “mobility” itself? Scene Setter: Matias Marttinen, Minister of Employment, Finland Speakers: Alexander Schallenberg, Former Federal Chancellor, Austria František Ruzicka, Deputy Secretary-General, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Sanjeev Krishan, Chairperson, PwC, India Radhicka Kapoor, Senior Employment Specialist, International Labour Organisation Zubin Karkaria, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, VFS Global (Virtual Participation) Moderator: Carolin Albrecht, Managing Director, Berlin Global Dialogue, Germany #india #labour #mobility #raisina2026