Wen Wei Po reported on the HKUST-hosted Jobs and Development Conference 2026. The conference brought together more than 100 leading economists, policymakers and industry experts from around the world. HKUST President Prof. Nancy IP said AI is fundamentally reshaping how value is created and how skills are defined, and that learning how to keep learning is now the most essential skill. The two-day event was organized by the HKUST Institute for Emerging Market Studies (IEMS) with the World Bank, UNU-WIDER, the ILO and other international partners. It covered AI, skills and lifelong learning, and demographic change. It also included a keynote by Prof. Justin Yifu LIN and a policy forum on AI adoption in the Asia-Pacific.
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