Horizon Industries Forum: Green-Industry Jobs in 2016
Description
What will our economy look like in ten years, and how can we prepare our workforce for the jobs of the future? The economy is already transforming to meet the challenges of environmental conservation with a new wave of "green" industries that overlaps dozens of fields. The boundless variety of jobs in these industries—green manufacturing, energy, architecture, recycling, engineering, landscape design, and many more—will be a major growth sector; but we don't yet know the skills and attributes that will be most desired to fill them.
This forum brought together senior executives of green companies and other visionaries to evaluate this cutting-edge field and extrapolate how the green industries and their workforce needs will evolve over the next decade. It is also an opportunity to build the partnerships between the academic and business communities that facilitate successful recruitment.
Horizon Industries Forum: Green-Industry Jobs in 2016
University Hall 1000
What will our economy look like in ten years, and how can we prepare our workforce for the jobs of the future? The economy is already transforming to meet the challenges of environmental conservation with a new wave of "green" industries that overlaps dozens of fields. The boundless variety of jobs in these industries—green manufacturing, energy, architecture, recycling, engineering, landscape design, and many more—will be a major growth sector; but we don't yet know the skills and attributes that will be most desired to fill them.
This forum brought together senior executives of green companies and other visionaries to evaluate this cutting-edge field and extrapolate how the green industries and their workforce needs will evolve over the next decade. It is also an opportunity to build the partnerships between the academic and business communities that facilitate successful recruitment.
