Talent as Critical Infrastructure — Skills for the Deep Tech Economy (AI • Quantum • FinTech)

Deep technologies — AI, quantum computing and digital finance — are reshaping productivity, security and the foundations of the economy. The real bottleneck is not ambition or investment: it is talent — the skilled workforce and leadership capacity required to translate deep tech into deployable systems, trusted markets and competitive industries. 

This session brings together university leadership, government and industry to build practical pathways: micro-credentials, industry-aligned education, work-integrated learning, research-to-pilot translation and governance for safe adoption. It frames talent as the lever that turns disruption into productivity, jobs and regional advantage