FUTURE FORUM 2019 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Welcoming words from Hanaholmen Keynote “We are living in exciting, but also challenging times.” On the 1st of April, ”Lifelong learning is not ”We won’t just need Carl-Henric Svanberg Hanaholmen filled upa luxury, it’s a necessity. lifelong learning, we need with experts, and others There are few jobs for reskilling of the workforce who were thirsty for unskilled or low skilled. throughout their life.” knowledge, to discuss the The spotlight is now Carl-Henric Svanberg started his fourth industrial revolution on the need to upskill”, Steering committee 2019 presentation with these words. (4IR). Hanaholmen CEO Gunvor He pointed out three areas that There is great potential Kronman said Matti Alahuhta we must tackle: climate change, but there are also She pointed out that the Kari Heinistö digitalisation and the geopolitical challenges – how do we World Economic Forum Marcus Johansson changes. Despite the challenges, Ulrika Lilja ensure that everyone can stressed that the reform he has an optimistic vision for Pär Nuder keep up? How can we of the educational system the future. Gunvor Kronman ”When so many pull in the further educate employees is not enough – it requires Håkan Forsgård same direction the result tends and build a system of a completely new way of Erik Lund lifelong learning? thinking. to surprise on the upside. In digitalisation the potential is huge and it will change our societies fundamentally. But we mustn’t be naïve, it will also bring considerable challenges.” Svanberg is a member of the European Round Table of Industrialists (ERT), which brings together the 50 largest companies in Europe. ”We believe that all leaders should come together to create ”Universities will face new a stronger and more prosperous opportunities, the curriculums society for all.” must change, especially in ERT’s priorities include, science, to allow more room for among other things, greater development. More than ever investments in digitalisation and we need an educational system AI, and the creation of conditions that teaches the students to for education of the workforce. work in teams and multicultural Svanberg pointed out that the environments.” EU is, financially, about to be Svanberg calls for more caught between China and the collaboration between universities United States – it’s important to but points out that in the future decide if the EU really wants to a large part of education will be be in the game. organised by companies due to “The EU is still competitive, but the massive offering of online An executive summary from Future Forum 2019 the question is for how long?” education. According to him, we Publisher: HANAHOLMEN the Swedish-Finnish Cultural Centre, Hanasaarenranta Success requires cooperation must, therefore, change our ways 5, 02100 Espoo Editor: Håkan Forsgård / Hanaholmen Editor and layout: Jessica and the ability to think in new in order to reach new results. Santala / Hanaholmen Articles and other text: Michaela von Kügelgen Pictures: ways. ”Change is the thing.” Jakke Nikkarinen TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION Upskilling the workforce – What opportunities does technology bring? Lightning talks Pekka Lundmark, Timo Ahopelto, Anna Nilsson-Ehle, Carl-Henrik Svanberg Anne Brunila ”If you look at the big fundamental change”, we should try new things How is it possible for This causes some world’s most innovative Lundmark said. fast and allow for fast fails, everybody to require new challenges in individuals companies (Facebook, Today many of the while Carl-Henric Svanberg skills, Anne Brunila asked – everybody needs to take Apple), they are very best courses are available pointed out that we also during her lightning talk. more responsibility for their entrepreneurially driven. online. need to take care of those ”We need more flexibility own competences and Even they believe that they ”New technology is who can’t follow up on the than we have today. In the reskilling. can’t develop their skills opening up for training changes. universities, we shouldn’t ”This is also a challenge to without acquiring more on demand, which can be Pekka Lundmark agrees only have degrees, but companies and employers: companies and hiring integrated to workplaces”, that a modern society needs flexible modules to increase how to combine working externally”, Timo Ahopelto Anna Nilsson-Ehle said. to have a safety net. competences and open up life with learning new said. Pekka Lundmark ”But it should not be used universities for adults.” competences?” According to Pekka pointed out that the as an excuse not to create a Instead of lifelong The cost of education Lundmark, the need of world is becoming more flexible labour market. We learning, Brunila wants also needs to be discussed. upscaling is massive; many democratic, since the cost need to change our laws and to talk about continuous “Now we have free will lack the competences of education has gone make them more flexible. learning. ”We learn all the education, but in the future needed. down. We also need to combine time: from each other, if more people are required ”But many will hopefully ”Companies should take working and studying, now from the internet, from to up their skills, we need be able to unlearn the old advantage of this”, he said. there is a strict line between formal education. The to decide which education “I do see the advantage and learn the new. It’s a Nilsson-Ehle said that work and studies.” competences are changing is free and which has fees? with the already rapidly.” And who pays the fees?” existing collaboration “But many will hopefully be able to unlearn the old and learn the new.” between Sweden and Pekka Lundmark Finland.” Kerstin Jacobsson Kerstin Jacobsson The Nordic countries are currently an encoder a leading research region, shortage, all focus cannot but we need even more lie on training encoders in collaboration, Kerstin a six month period of time Jacobsson pointed out. while forgetting everything ”I do see the advantage else – we must also always with the already existing look to the future. collaboration between The key to successful Sweden and Finland.” solutions for education Jacobsson talked about involves a broad both the long- and short- collaboration. term perspective when ”We are living in a more making decisions regarding complex world. All the education. surrounding actors cannot ”If we only focus on the act by themselves. We short term, we will lose need strong collaboration some benefits on the long between industry, business, term.” public society and Although there is universities.” “Today we need 101 days of training only to keep up with what is going on.” Pär Lager During his speech, Pär Lager talked about how we can move from lifelong learning to more specific terms such as reskilling, upskilling and continuous learning. According to him, we must become more focused to keep up with the development right now. ”Today we need 101 days of training only to keep up with what is going on”, Lager said. The new jobs are more complex than the jobs we had yesterday. Lager quoted Spotify where the motto is ”learning faster than the world is changing”. Lager gave examples of several successful projects or ideas. EDUCATION For example, all residents of Singapore have access to a life- Development of the education system long learning portal on the web. Petri Haltia, Kerstin Jacobsson, Ilkka Niemelä, Anne Brunila, Göran Sandberg He also mentions companies like Microsoft and IKEA, who employ people with the titles Learning The second panel of the prepared for the future happens after a degree is Scientist and Learning Planner. day discussed the biggest already offering flexible more interesting. ”And Boeing crowdsourced changes and challenges studies, but Göran ”We need more 40 000 ideas from their workers. that will affect education. Sandberg disagreed and cooperation between With that they brought all the Anne Brunila pointed said that universities need universities and working life. employees on board and asked out that people with the pressure from funds to We already have personal what they need”, Lager said. lowest level of skills don’t actually start changing trainers for sports, but According to him we must know how to improve, and developing. maybe we need personal also look at education in a new while those who already ”Universities are a place competence trainers”, Haltia way. There is still a need for have high skills naturally for new knowledge and said. five-year study programmes at seek new training. change, but they don’t universities, but shorter training ”Changes are coming at want to change anything.” courses can also be arranged a greater pace. We should The panel agreed “Universities are a place with more focus. teach kids how to learn, that everyone should for new knowledge ”Is it a natural law that we go to that’s a big future skill”, be guaranteed a good and change, but they university many years? We should Ilkka Niemelä said. basic education, which don’t want to change have 12-week programmes and According to Kerstin already is a strength in the anything.” 5-year programmes. We need to Jacobsson, the universities Nordics, but Petri Haltia Göran Sandberg be innovative with the formats of in Sweden are well pointed out that what education”, Lager said. BUSINESS How do companies tackle the upskilling challenges? Susanne Ackum, Melker Jernberg, Karoli Hendriks, Malin Bendz, Risto Siilasmaa, Pär Lager All companies have to face forgotten the pleasure of them come in, we cannot upskilling but, according learning. leave this to politics. It to Malin Bendz, we first ”Especially we leaders used to be about land, need to change our think we are so busy that then machines, now it’s mindset. we don’t have time to about data.