09:30 – 10:00

Registration of Participants

10:00 – 10:30

CONFERENCE OPENING CEREMONY

Mikheil BATIASHVILI, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport of Georgia

Elizabeth Rood, Chargé d’Affaires, U.S. Embassy in Georgia

Mariam JASHI, Chairwoman of Education, Science and Culture Committee, Parliament of Georgia

Lona Stoll, Deputy Vice President for Sector Operations, Millennium Challenge Corporation, U.S.

Magda MAGRADZE, CEO, Millennium Challenge Account - Georgia (moderator)

10:30 – 11:15

KEYNOTE speech

Investing in Human Capital

Nigel JEREMY, Chief Learning Officer, British Airways, UK

Introduced by Justin McKenzie Smith, HM British Ambassador to Georgia

11:15 – 11:30

coffee break

11:30 – 12:15

KEYNOTE speech

Transformative Global Education Initiatives in the Advent of Industry 4.0

Brian GONZALEZ, General Manager, Global Education Sector Intel Corporation, U.S.

Introduced by Jenner Edelman, Georgia Resident Country Director, Millennium Challenge Corporation, U.S.

12:15 – 13:30

LuncH at Restaurant Sonet (1^st floor)

13:30 – 14:30

Panel Discussion

The Re-working of "Work"

Panel Discussion with members:

Nigel JEREMY, Chief Learning Officer, British Airways, UK

Brian GONZALEZ, General Manager, Global Education Sector Intel Corporation, U.S.

Akaki SAGHIRASHVILI, Deputy Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia

Irina ABULADZE, Deputy Minister of Education, Science, Culture, and Sport of Georgia

Giorgi MIRZIKASHVILI, Founder and Business Development Director of Optio.AI

Bacho MACHARADZE, Vocational Education Student, Occupational Health Safety and Environmental Manager, GIPA

Moderator:  Anthony TYRREL, Workforce Development Consultant with MCC, Australia

14:30 – 14:50

SPOTLIGHT TALK

Love what you do

Nino IOSELIANI, Editor-in-Chief, HELLO Magazine

Nutsa BAIADZE, Chef, Lecturer of Culinary Academy,

Geno OSIKMASHVILI, Journalist of Georgian Public Broadcaster

Moderator: Ketevan NATRIASHVILI, Special Adviser to the Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport in TVET Field

14:50 – 15:00

CONFERENCE CLOSING:

Magda MAGRADZE, CEO, Millennium Challenge Account – Georgia

Anthony TYRREL, Workforce Development Consultant with MCC