On 27 February 2025, UNU will host “AI Skilling for Everyone”, a conversation with Caroline McGrath, Asia Regional Leader for Microsoft Philanthropies' Skills for Social Impact. This event will start at 18:30 in the 1F Annex Space at UNU Headquarters in Tokyo.
AI is quickly becoming a technology that business and governments are investing in to become more efficient and extend beyond current capabilities. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said: “Ultimately, our goal is to democratize AI to enable more people and organizations to benefit from this powerful technology and help create a more equitable and inclusive society.” A key enabler to this vision is skilling so citizens can access and interact with AI, and make decisions about how best to utilise it to benefit their lives.
Ms. Caroline McGrath will join the Director of the UNU Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability (UNU-IAS), Dr. Shinobu Yume Yamaguchi for a discussion on artificial intelligence. How have recent developments in AI impacted the workplace? Is it possible to leverage AI to create a more inclusive society? What is the role of educational institutions and the private sector in developing AI skills for the broader population?
The UNU Conversation Series aims to foster audience participation; you are encouraged to engage with the speakers during the conversation and at the reception that will follow, where all event attendees are invited to enjoy hors d’oeuvres and drinks while exchanging ideas and making new contacts.
Please note that this event will be in English. Advance registration (by 26 February) is required. Please click on the REGISTER button above to access the online registration page. Please be prepared to present identification at check-in.
UNU@50
This event is part of the UNU 50th anniversary celebration. To learn more, visit: https://unu.edu/unuat50
About the Speaker
Caroline McGrath is the Asia Regional Leader for Microsoft Philanthropies' Skills for Social Impact efforts. In this role she is focused on deploying AI skilling programs to citizens via non-profits, educational institutions, government workforce development agencies and commercial associations (like Chambers of Commerce), to help drive access to and more equitable participation in the economic opportunities technology can create.