GENOA (ITALPRESS) – Major global changes in the labor market related to artificial intelligence, blue and space economy, life science, and the skills needed to deal with them, in addition to technical ones, such as soft skills, creativity, adaptability and the ability to change mindsets quickly are among the topics discussed by Intesa Sanpaolo at the University of Genoa in a day dedicated to inspiring university and high school students to help them build their future in a more informed way.Speeches included that of Jan Pachner, Secretary General One Ocean Foundation, and Caterina Cobino, Head of Partnerships and Special Projects, Fincantieri Innovation Directorate, who addressed the challenges and opportunities related to a sector as relevant to our country as the Blue economy and the importance of a sustainable approach by all production activities that have an impact on the health of the sea.The day, organized with the University of Genoa, is part of the “Look4ward – Build Your Future” initiative, Intesa Sanpaolo’s program of meetings to engage more than 10,000 students from all over Italy on the transformative processes of the economy and society and the skills for the jobs of the future. The aim is to deepen the knowledge of some key skills for educational and personal growth, including soft skills, and to promote in the younger generations a greater awareness of the rapidly changing context. Recently “Look4ward – Build Your Future” was honored in Washington D.C. (USA) as “Champions in Education” by the Italian Design Week platform.In front of more than 700 university and secondary school students were experts, professionals, university professors, entrepreneurs and startups with whom the role of new technologies and the importance in their experience of soft skills to successfully cope with the ongoing changes were also explored. During the meeting, students were continuously involved through interactive moments on the impact that transformational trends will have on society. “Intesa Sanpaolo is meeting with many students all over the country to help them understand the major transformations taking place in the economy and society,” said Elisa Zambito Marsala, Head of Education Ecosystem and Global Value Programs Intesa Sanpaolo. “Today together with the University of Genoa and One Ocean Foundation we are talking especially about the blue economy, one of the sectors with the greatest opportunities for growth in our country. A greater awareness of the skills needed to cope with change helps to become more ‘resilient’ with respect to an evolving market of professions. This initiative is part of Intesa Sanpaolo’s broader commitment, which has always had a strong focus on training young people, developing soft skills, supporting research and the internationalization of schools and universities.””Intesa Sanpaolo’s initiative is perfectly in line with our University’s commitment of the past few years in the field of both incoming and outgoing orientation,” stressed Federico Delfino, Rector of the University of Genoa. “We believe, in fact, that identifying from the outset the university path suited to one’s needs is as fundamental for future generations as understanding the dynamics of work when one is on the eve of graduation. The rapid evolutions of society and the economy with the pervasiveness of technology impose a change of pace in the approach to even the most traditional subjects by both students and faculty. Soft skills and trans-disciplinarity are skills that are now necessary to be competitive and competent, and therefore attractive, for the job market where, alongside the usual professions, new figures are emerging that as universities we are obliged to know and make known also through meetings such as today’s, which give the opportunity for an enriching confrontation between school, academia and the financial world.”For years, Intesa Sanpaolo has been collaborating at various levels with universities and schools at different levels, proposing initiatives for internationalization, integration with the industrial fabric, educational inclusion and support of talent and merit through projects for the prevention of hardships in the younger generations and the development of transversal skills.The project is part of Intesa Sanpaolo’s broader commitment, which has always had a strong focus on training young people, developing transversal skills, and supporting the internationalization of schools, all tools to enable young people to adapt to a changing work landscape. By 2023, through Education initiatives, the Group led by CEO Carlo Messina has involved more than 2,000 schools and universities, 4,000 are planned in the Business Plan horizon.To understand and anticipate the changes, through the Education Ecosystem and Global Value Programs structure led by Elisa Zambito Marsala, Intesa Sanpaolo has promoted a permanent Observatory, Look4ward, which aims to identify the needs for new skills and from which it emerges that the professions of the future will be increasingly characterized by the fusion of vertical technical knowledge, transversal skills and relational skills.
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