9:00-9:30

Welcome Addresses

• Hon. Dr. Byron Camilleri - Minister of Education and Sport
• Daniel Kjellsson - Director-General, Future Talent Council
• Dr Jeffrey Pullicino Orlando - Executive Chairman, National Skills Council Malta

9:30-10:00

Global Outlook:  National AI Strategies & Mapping the "Human Stack"

Mark Patterson

• Executive Director, Magnet at Toronto Metropolitan University
• Co-Chair, Future Talent Council Centre for AI Futures

10:00-10:30

Global Outlook: Building 21st Centuries Skills for Future-Ready Workforce Systems

El Iza Mohamedou - Head of the OECD Centre for Skills, OECD

10:30-11:00

Networking Coffee Break

11:00-11:30

Global Outlook: The Generation the Strategy is Built For

+ Speakers to be announced soon

11:30-12:15

Global Outlook: Beyond Units of Productivity: Human Flourishing, AI and the Future Company

• Luke McKeever - CEO, Thomas International
• Adrian Furnham - Professor, BI Norwegian Business School

12:15-12:45

Global Outlook: Who Gets to Design the Future? Reclaiming citizen agency in deciding what progress looks like – and who it serves

Monika Bielskyte

• Founder, Protopia Futures;
• Former First Futurist-in-Residence 2025-2026, NIKE

12:45-13:00

From Insight to Action

Daniel Kjellsson - Director-General, Future Talent Council

13:00-14:00

Networking Lunch

14:00-15:00

Breakout 1 - The New Employer–Employee Contract

Bringing employers and next-generation talent together to redefine careers, opportunity, and the future of work

Danielle Solar - Executive Director, Future Talent Council

Tim Ackerman - Managing Partner, WP Management Solutions AG

Noel Debono 

• President, Malta Foundation for Human Resources Development (FHRD)
• Head of Talent and Organisational Development, Chetcuti Cauchi Advocates

Joanne Grima - CEO, The Institute for Education (IFE)

Ediana Guillaumier - Senior Manager, People Consulting & Learning, EY

Breakout 2 - Building 21st Centuries Skills for Future-Ready Workforce Systems

Tania Lennon - Executive Director, Strategic Talent Lab, IMD

Mark Patterson - Executive Director, Magnet at Toronto Metropolitan University

El Iza Mohamedou - Head of the OECD Centre for Skills, OECD

Ryan Mark Camilleri - CEO, ECI | European College of Innovation

Breakout 3 - Who Gets to Design the Future? Reclaiming citizen agency in deciding what progress looks like – and who it serves 

Monika Bielskyte - Founder of Protopia Futures

Julian Philips - AI philosopher, author, and member of the Future Talent Council’s Impact Advisory Cabinet

Clayton Micallef Grimaud - Senior Director, National Skills Council

15:15-16:15

Breakout 1 - AI Capability Frameworks

Increasing AI capability should not be viewed only through the lens of what machines can now do. It should also force a clearer definition of what humans contribute

John Fischetti

• Chair, Future Talent Council Centre for Education Transformation
• Emeritus Professor, University of Newcastle, Australia

Elena Magrini - Head of Global Research, Lightcast

+ More speakers to be announced soon

 Breakout 2 - Beyond Units of Productivity: Human Flourishing, AI and the Future Company

Luke McKeever - CEO, Thomas

Adrian Furnham - Professor, BI Norwegian Business School

Matthew Costa - CEO, NDSF - Malta's Sovereign Wealth Fund

Christina Lewis - Chief People Officer, C40 Cities

Breakout 3 - Different Journeys, Shared Belongings

Taking stock of the forces shaping opportunity, participation, and prosperity around the world

Prof. Carmen Sammut - Pro-Rector for Student & Staff Affairs and Outreach, University of Malta

Nadia Abdilla - Equity Coordinator, Equity Office, University of Malta

16:30-17:00

Closing Keynote - Avoiding the Transformation Trap

Measuring what we value rather than valuing what we measure John Fischetti

• Chair, Future Talent Council Centre for Education Transformation
• Emeritus Professor, University of Newcastle, Australia
• Co-author, The Future of Schooling in a GenAI World (Emerald Publishing)

17:00             

Closing Remarks
Daniel Kjellsson - Director-General, Future Talent Council

Clayton Micallef Grimaud - Senior Director, National Skills Council

8:00-9:00

Registration & Coffee

9:00-9:15

Welcome Back

Daniel Kjellsson - Director-General, Future Talent Council

Clayton Micallef Grimaud - Senior Director, National Skills Council

Ruth DeBrincat - Senior Director Policy and Employment Relations, National Skills Council

9:15-9:45

Leading in an Age of Pivotal Moments - When the Future Refuses to Follow the Plan. The law of compounding consequence in an age of pivotal moments, and ever-changing circumstances 

 
Julian Phillips

• Author, AI Philosopher & AI-Human Evangelist
• SVP Global Business Development & Managing Director, XTG (at AVI-SPL)

9:45-10:30

Leading in an Age of Pivotal Moments - CHRO Voices: The New Rules of Talent Leadership

Facilitator: Emir Cetinel - Senior Director, Future Talent Council
Christina Lewis - Chief People Officer, C40 Cities

+ More speakers to be announced soon

10:30-11:15

Leading in an Age of Pivotal Moments - From Policy to Practice: Achieving Impact at Scale

Facilitator: John Fischetti

• Chair, Future Talent Council Centre for Education Transformation
• Emeritus Professor, University of Newcastle, Australia
• Co-author, The Future of Schooling in a GenAI World (Emerald Publishing)

Matthew Costa - CEO, NDSF - Malta's Sovereign Wealth Fund

El Iza Mohamedou - Head of the OECD Centre for Skills, OECD

Bernard Montebello - Head of the European Digital Innovation Hub, Malta Digital Innovation Authority

Gretchen Neisler - Vice Provost for Global Affairs and Director of the Division of Global Engagement at University of Tennessee, Knoxville

11:15-11:45

Networking Coffee Break

11:45-12:45

Breakout 1 - Where Partnership Becomes Progress

Building stronger connections across sectors to expand opportunity, strengthen communities, and create shared progress

+ Speakers to be announced soon

Breakout 2 - The Best-Case Scenario
Participants become co-authors of Ideas for a Best-Case Scenario – a collective "vision paper" shaped, edited and designed in real time during the session

Facilitator: John Fischetti

• Chair, Future Talent Council Centre for Education Transformation
• Emeritus Professor, University of Newcastle, Australia
• Co-author, The Future of Schooling in a GenAI World (Emerald Publishing)

12:45-13:45

Networking Lunch

14:00-14:30

Closing Keynote - Stop Predicting the Future. Start Preparing for It

Elena Magrini - Head of Global Research, Lightcast

14:30-15:00

Closing Remarks & Thank You

Daniel Kjellsson - Director-General, Future Talent Council

Clayton Micallef Grimaud - Senior Director, National Skills Council