{"id":479,"date":"2025-03-19T11:49:04","date_gmt":"2025-03-19T11:49:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eunis.org\/eunis2025\/?post_type=mec-events&#038;p=479"},"modified":"2025-06-04T10:43:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T09:43:10","slug":"keynote-166","status":"publish","type":"mec-events","link":"https:\/\/eunis.org\/eunis2025\/events\/keynote-166\/","title":{"rendered":"Morning Keynotes | Izabela Grabowska &amp; Claudia Feiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Izabela Grabowska<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Her keynote highlights why teaching at European Universities without research is incomplete in the AI era, drawing from her leadership experience in both EUonAIR and Link4Skills. She presents a compelling vision of universities as immersive, AI-driven ecosystems, where learning, innovation, and civic impact converge to prepare learners not just to adapt\u2014but to lead\u2014in a rapidly transforming world.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Educating for a Future We Can\u2019t Predict What the Workforce of Tomorrow Needs And What Universities Can Seed<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h5><strong>Speaker: Claudia Feiner<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">What if our universities were more than places of learning?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">What if they became launchpads\u2014for shaping the future we all want to live in?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We are in an age of turbulence. The pace is fast. The rules shift. Technology evolves faster than culture can catch up. In this space of uncertainty, one truth becomes clear: the future cannot be predicted\u2014but it can be shaped.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Employers across sectors are increasingly looking for people who can operate in ambiguity, connect across disciplines, and navigate ethical grey zones with confidence. The professionals of the future won\u2019t be measured by what they know, but by how they think, relate, and respond when the rules change. They\u2019ll need tech fluency and systems thinking\u2014but also curiosity, courage, and moral imagination.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Universities are uniquely placed to plant what matters most: the roots of ethical judgment, the spark of creativity, the courage to care. They can shape environments where people don\u2019t just learn\u2014but grow into who they need to become.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This keynote challenges higher education to shift from being a conveyor belt of answers to becoming active seedbeds for a future-ready workforce and a more resilient society. Rooted in emerging practices from AI literacy, global workforce transformations, and inclusive design thinking, it redefines what it means to prepare students\u2014not for the jobs of today, but for the challenges of tomorrow.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It invites institutions to shift from being knowledge providers to future-makers: planting the mindsets, environments, and human capacities that will allow the next generation to thrive in and shape a world we cannot yet predict.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><strong>Moderator : Isabel Gallin\u00a0<\/strong><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Izabela Grabowska Her keynote highlights why teaching at European Universities without research is incomplete in the AI era, drawing from her leadership experience in both EUonAIR and Link4Skills. 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