Small Is Beautiful: SMEs as Drivers of Innovation and Employment

Sean Carr, Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer, Global Innovation Exchange (GIX), University of Washington, USA. Erika Kraemer Mbula, Professor of Economics, University of Johannesburg, South Africa. Jean Daniel LaRock, President and Chief Executive Officer, Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE), USA

Hao Qian, European Bureau Chief, Sina Finance, Geneva, Sina.com, United Kingdom

Wednesday 3 May 2023

12.30 - 13.00

Stakeholder Dialogue

World Economic Forum Headquarters, Production Studio

Copyright: World Economic Forum/Jean-Luc Auboeuf

The Growth Summit: Jobs and Opportunity for All 2023 in Geneva, Switzerland

Growth Hotspots: Harnessing the Generative AI Revolution. Nicole Sahin, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, G-P, USA. Mihir Shukla, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Automation Anywhere, USA

Zain Asher, Anchor, CNN, USA

Wednesday 3 May 2023

09.00 - 09.45

Stakeholder Dialogue

World Economic Forum Headquarters, Eiger

Copyright: World Economic Forum/Jean-Luc Auboeuf

The Growth Summit: Jobs and Opportunity for All 2023 in Geneva, Switzerland

Growth Hotspots: Harnessing the Generative AI Revolution. Nicole Sahin, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, G-P, USA. Mihir Shukla, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Automation Anywhere, USA

Zain Asher, Anchor, CNN, USA

Wednesday 3 May 2023

09.00 - 09.45

Stakeholder Dialogue

World Economic Forum Headquarters, Eiger

Copyright: World Economic Forum/Jean-Luc Auboeuf

The Growth Summit: Jobs and Opportunity for All 2023 in Geneva, Switzerland

Reskilling Revolution: Enabling A Business Imperative , Ahmad Belhoul, Minister of Education of the United Arab Emirates, Shravan Goli, Chief Operating Officer, Coursera, USA, Tan Kok Yam, Chief Executive Officer, SkillsFuture Singapore, Singapore, Melonie Parker, Chief Diversity Officer, Google, USA

Madeleine von Holzen, Editor-in-Chief, Temps, Switzerland

Tuesday 2 May 2023

16.00 - 16.45

Stakeholder Dialogue

World Economic Forum Headquarters, Eiger

Copyright: World Economic Forum/Pascal Bitz

The Growth Summit: Jobs and Opportunity for All 2023 in Geneva, Switzerland

Breakfast

World Economic Forum Headquarters, World Cafe Lounge

Tuesday 2 May 2023

08.00 - 09.00

Copyright: World Economic Forum/Pascal Bitz

The Growth Summit: Jobs and Opportunity for All 2023 in Geneva, Switzerland

Ms Manuela Tomei (left), Director, Conditions of Work and Equality Department - ILO Geneva (Switzerland), speaks at the EPIC - Equal Pay International Coalition - Regional Launch Dinner with Ms Anna-Karin Jatfors, UN Women’s Asia Pacific Deputy Regional Director, Ms Yumiko Murakami, Head of the OECD Tokyo Centre (Japan), and Mr Graeme Buckley, Director, ILO DWT for East and South-East Asia and the Pacific, during the Regional Conference on Women and the Future of Work in Asia and the Pacific at the Amari Watergate Hotel in Bangkok, Thailand, on February 1, 2018. © ILO

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution‐NonCommercial‐NoDerivs 3.0

IGO License. To view a copy of this license, visit creativecommons.org/licenses/by‐nc‐

nd/3.0/igo/deed.en_US

DLDwomen (Digital-Life-Design) Conference is taking place for 5th time in Munich, from 21 to 22 July 2014 by Hubert Burda Media. ©DLD Media GmbH

DLDwomen (Digital-Life-Design) Conference is taking place for 5th time in Munich, from 21 to 22 July 2014 by Hubert Burda Media. ©DLD Media GmbH

DLDwomen (Digital-Life-Design) Conference is taking place for 5th time in Munich, from 21 to 22 July 2014 by Hubert Burda Media. ©DLD Media GmbH

Mr Edward Gisa and Ms Florence Willie at the Regional Conference on Women and the Future of Work in Asia and the Pacific at the Amari Watergate Hotel in Bangkok, Thailand, on January 31, 2018. © ILO

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution‐NonCommercial‐NoDerivs 3.0

IGO License. To view a copy of this license, visit creativecommons.org/licenses/by‐nc‐

nd/3.0/igo/deed.en_US

Reskilling Revolution: Enabling A Business Imperative . Ahmad Belhoul, Minister of Education of the United Arab Emirates

Shravan Goli, Chief Operating Officer, Coursera, USA. Tan Kok Yam, Chief Executive Officer, SkillsFuture Singapore, Singapore. Melonie Parker, Chief Diversity Officer, Google, USA. Madeleine von Holzen, Editor-in-Chief, Temps, Switzerland

Tuesday 2 May 2023

16.00 - 16.45

Stakeholder Dialogue

World Economic Forum Headquarters, Eiger

Copyright: World Economic Forum/Jean-Luc Auboeuf

The Growth Summit: Jobs and Opportunity for All 2023 in Geneva, Switzerland

DLDwomen (Digital-Life-Design) Conference is taking place for 5th time in Munich, from 21 to 22 July 2014 by Hubert Burda Media. ©DLD Media GmbH

DLDwomen (Digital-Life-Design) Conference is taking place for 5th time in Munich, from 21 to 22 July 2014 by Hubert Burda Media. ©DLD Media GmbH

DLDwomen (Digital-Life-Design) Conference is taking place for 5th time in Munich, from 21 to 22 July 2014 by Hubert Burda Media. © DLD Media Gmbh

21 May 2019: Future of Work: Urban Transformation

Social programmes at work for better jobs

- Annemarie Muntz (World Employment Confederation)

- Sonja van Lieshout (Randstad)

OECD- Headquarters, Paris

Photo: OECD/ Stéphane Kyndt

DLDwomen (Digital-Life-Design) Conference is taking place for 5th time in Munich, from 21 to 22 July 2014 by Hubert Burda Media. ©DLD Media GmbH

Impressions from The Growth Summit: Jobs and Opportunity for All 2023 in Geneva, Switzerland, 3 May 2023. Tent. Copyright: World Economic Forum/Pascal Bitz

Small Is Beautiful: SMEs as Drivers of Innovation and Employment

Sean Carr, Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer, Global Innovation Exchange (GIX), University of Washington, USA. Erika Kraemer Mbula, Professor of Economics, University of Johannesburg, South Africa. Jean Daniel LaRock, President and Chief Executive Officer, Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE), USA

Hao Qian, European Bureau Chief, Sina Finance, Geneva, Sina.com, United Kingdom

Wednesday 3 May 2023

12.30 - 13.00

Stakeholder Dialogue

World Economic Forum Headquarters, Production Studio

Copyright: World Economic Forum/Jean-Luc Auboeuf

The Growth Summit: Jobs and Opportunity for All 2023 in Geneva, Switzerland

Small Is Beautiful: SMEs as Drivers of Innovation and Employment

Sean Carr, Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer, Global Innovation Exchange (GIX), University of Washington, USA. Erika Kraemer Mbula, Professor of Economics, University of Johannesburg, South Africa. Jean Daniel LaRock, President and Chief Executive Officer, Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE), USA

Hao Qian, European Bureau Chief, Sina Finance, Geneva, Sina.com, United Kingdom

Wednesday 3 May 2023

12.30 - 13.00

Stakeholder Dialogue

World Economic Forum Headquarters, Production Studio

Copyright: World Economic Forum/Jean-Luc Auboeuf

The Growth Summit: Jobs and Opportunity for All 2023 in Geneva, Switzerland

Impressions from The Growth Summit: Jobs and Opportunity for All 2023 in Geneva, Switzerland, 3 May 2023. Tent. Copyright: World Economic Forum/Jean-Luc Auboeuf

Growth Hotspots: Harnessing the Generative AI Revolution. Nicole Sahin, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, G-P, USA. Mihir Shukla, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Automation Anywhere, USA

Zain Asher, Anchor, CNN, USA

Wednesday 3 May 2023

09.00 - 09.45

Stakeholder Dialogue

World Economic Forum Headquarters, Eiger

Copyright: World Economic Forum/Jean-Luc Auboeuf

The Growth Summit: Jobs and Opportunity for All 2023 in Geneva, Switzerland

What Next for Inequality? Zubaida Bai, President and Chief Executive Officer, Grameen Foundation, USA. Ricardo Hausmann, Founder and Director, Growth Lab, Harvard University, USA. Younes Sekkouri, Minister of Economic Inclusion, Small Business, Employment and Skills of Morocco. Owen Tudor, Deputy General Secretary, International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), Belgium

Zain Asher, Anchor, CNN, USA

Wednesday 3 May 2023

11.30 - 12.15

Plenary

World Economic Forum Headquarters, Eiger

Copyright: World Economic Forum/Jean-Luc Auboeuf

The Growth Summit: Jobs and Opportunity for All 2023 in Geneva, Switzerland

Growth Hotspots: Harnessing the Generative AI Revolution. Nicole Sahin, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, G-P, USA. Mihir Shukla, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Automation Anywhere, USA

Zain Asher, Anchor, CNN, USA

Wednesday 3 May 2023

09.00 - 09.45

Stakeholder Dialogue

World Economic Forum Headquarters, Eiger

Copyright: World Economic Forum/Jean-Luc Auboeuf

The Growth Summit: Jobs and Opportunity for All 2023 in Geneva, Switzerland

DLDwomen (Digital-Life-Design) Conference is taking place for 5th time in Munich, from 21 to 22 July 2014 by Hubert Burda Media. ©DLD Media GmbH

21 May 2019: Future of Work: Urban Transformation

Social programmes at work for better jobs

- Annemarie Muntz (World Employment Confederation)

- Sonja van Lieshout (Randstad)

OECD- Headquarters, Paris

Photo: OECD/ Stéphane Kyndt

Small Is Beautiful: SMEs as Drivers of Innovation and Employment

Sean Carr, Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer, Global Innovation Exchange (GIX), University of Washington, USA. Erika Kraemer Mbula, Professor of Economics, University of Johannesburg, South Africa. Jean Daniel LaRock, President and Chief Executive Officer, Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE), USA

Hao Qian, European Bureau Chief, Sina Finance, Geneva, Sina.com, United Kingdom

Wednesday 3 May 2023

12.30 - 13.00

Stakeholder Dialogue

World Economic Forum Headquarters, Production Studio

Copyright: World Economic Forum/Jean-Luc Auboeuf

The Growth Summit: Jobs and Opportunity for All 2023 in Geneva, Switzerland

What Next for Inequality? Zubaida Bai, President and Chief Executive Officer, Grameen Foundation, USA. Ricardo Hausmann, Founder and Director, Growth Lab, Harvard University, USA. Younes Sekkouri, Minister of Economic Inclusion, Small Business, Employment and Skills of Morocco. Owen Tudor, Deputy General Secretary, International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), Belgium

Zain Asher, Anchor, CNN, USA

Wednesday 3 May 2023

11.30 - 12.15

Plenary

World Economic Forum Headquarters, Eiger

Copyright: World Economic Forum/Jean-Luc Auboeuf

The Growth Summit: Jobs and Opportunity for All 2023 in Geneva, Switzerland

What Next for Inequality? Zubaida Bai, President and Chief Executive Officer, Grameen Foundation, USA. Ricardo Hausmann, Founder and Director, Growth Lab, Harvard University, USA. Younes Sekkouri, Minister of Economic Inclusion, Small Business, Employment and Skills of Morocco. Owen Tudor, Deputy General Secretary, International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), Belgium

Zain Asher, Anchor, CNN, USA

Wednesday 3 May 2023

11.30 - 12.15

Plenary

World Economic Forum Headquarters, Eiger

Copyright: World Economic Forum/Jean-Luc Auboeuf

The Growth Summit: Jobs and Opportunity for All 2023 in Geneva, Switzerland

Growth Hotspots: Harnessing the Generative AI Revolution. Nicole Sahin, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, G-P, USA. Mihir Shukla, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Automation Anywhere, USA

Zain Asher, Anchor, CNN, USA

Wednesday 3 May 2023

09.00 - 09.45

Stakeholder Dialogue

World Economic Forum Headquarters, Eiger

Copyright: World Economic Forum/Jean-Luc Auboeuf

The Growth Summit: Jobs and Opportunity for All 2023 in Geneva, Switzerland

Impressions from The Growth Summit: Jobs and Opportunity for All 2023 in Geneva, Switzerland, 3 May 2023. Mont Blanc D. Copyright: World Economic Forum/Pascal Bitz

Growth Hotspots: Harnessing the Generative AI Revolution. Nicole Sahin, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, G-P, USA. Mihir Shukla, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Automation Anywhere, USA

Zain Asher, Anchor, CNN, USA

Wednesday 3 May 2023

09.00 - 09.45

Stakeholder Dialogue

World Economic Forum Headquarters, Eiger

Copyright: World Economic Forum/Jean-Luc Auboeuf

The Growth Summit: Jobs and Opportunity for All 2023 in Geneva, Switzerland

Networking Breakfast

Wednesday 3 May 2023

08.00 - 09.00. Breakfast

World Economic Forum Headquarters, World Cafe Lounge

Copyright: World Economic Forum/Jean-Luc Auboeuf

The Growth Summit: Jobs and Opportunity for All 2023 in Geneva, Switzerland

Ms Elizabeth Tang, General Secretary, International Domestic Workers’ Federation (IDWF, Hong Kong), speaks at the Regional Conference on Women and the Future of Work in Asia and the Pacific at the Amari Watergate Hotel in Bangkok, Thailand, on February 1, 2018. © ILO

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution‐NonCommercial‐NoDerivs 3.0

IGO License. To view a copy of this license, visit creativecommons.org/licenses/by‐nc‐

nd/3.0/igo/deed.en_US

DLDwomen (Digital-Life-Design) Conference is taking place for 5th time in Munich, from 21 to 22 July 2014 by Hubert Burda Media. © DLD Media Gmbh

DLDwomen (Digital-Life-Design) Conference is taking place for 5th time in Munich, from 21 to 22 July 2014 by Hubert Burda Media. ©DLD Media GmbH

Generation AI

David Edwards, General Secretary, Education International, Belgium

Kim Majerus, Vice-President, Global Education, U.S. State and Local Government, Amazon Web Services, USA

Hadi Partovi, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Code.org, USA. Njideka U. Harry, Founder and Member of the Executive Board, Youth for Technology Foundation (YTF), USA

Jennifer Schenker, Founder and Editor-in-Chief, The Innovator, France

Wednesday 3 May 2023

13.30 - 14.15

Stakeholder Dialogue

World Economic Forum Headquarters, Eiger

Copyright: World Economic Forum/Jean-Luc Auboeuf

The Growth Summit: Jobs and Opportunity for All 2023 in Geneva, Switzerland

Small Is Beautiful: SMEs as Drivers of Innovation and Employment

Sean Carr, Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer, Global Innovation Exchange (GIX), University of Washington, USA. Erika Kraemer Mbula, Professor of Economics, University of Johannesburg, South Africa. Jean Daniel LaRock, President and Chief Executive Officer, Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE), USA

Hao Qian, European Bureau Chief, Sina Finance, Geneva, Sina.com, United Kingdom

Wednesday 3 May 2023

12.30 - 13.00

Stakeholder Dialogue

World Economic Forum Headquarters, Production Studio

Copyright: World Economic Forum/Jean-Luc Auboeuf

The Growth Summit: Jobs and Opportunity for All 2023 in Geneva, Switzerland

What Next for Inequality? Zubaida Bai, President and Chief Executive Officer, Grameen Foundation, USA. Ricardo Hausmann, Founder and Director, Growth Lab, Harvard University, USA. Younes Sekkouri, Minister of Economic Inclusion, Small Business, Employment and Skills of Morocco. Owen Tudor, Deputy General Secretary, International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), Belgium

Zain Asher, Anchor, CNN, USA

Wednesday 3 May 2023

11.30 - 12.15

Plenary

World Economic Forum Headquarters, Eiger

Copyright: World Economic Forum/Jean-Luc Auboeuf

The Growth Summit: Jobs and Opportunity for All 2023 in Geneva, Switzerland

What Next for Inequality? Zubaida Bai, President and Chief Executive Officer, Grameen Foundation, USA. Ricardo Hausmann, Founder and Director, Growth Lab, Harvard University, USA. Younes Sekkouri, Minister of Economic Inclusion, Small Business, Employment and Skills of Morocco. Owen Tudor, Deputy General Secretary, International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), Belgium

Zain Asher, Anchor, CNN, USA

Wednesday 3 May 2023

11.30 - 12.15

Plenary

World Economic Forum Headquarters, Eiger

Copyright: World Economic Forum/Jean-Luc Auboeuf

The Growth Summit: Jobs and Opportunity for All 2023 in Geneva, Switzerland

Impressions from The Growth Summit: Jobs and Opportunity for All 2023 in Geneva, Switzerland, 3 May 2023. Tent. Copyright: World Economic Forum/Jean-Luc Auboeuf

Guests were greeted at a branded counter and checked in via The Receptionist for iPad, a virtual receptionist solution developed via the Konica Minolta Business Innovation Center in Silicon Valley. Learn more: kmbs.konicaminolta.us/kmbs/technology/workplace-of-the-fu....

Generation AI

David Edwards, General Secretary, Education International, Belgium

Kim Majerus, Vice-President, Global Education, U.S. State and Local Government, Amazon Web Services, USA

Hadi Partovi, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Code.org, USA. Njideka U. Harry, Founder and Member of the Executive Board, Youth for Technology Foundation (YTF), USA

Jennifer Schenker, Founder and Editor-in-Chief, The Innovator, France

Wednesday 3 May 2023

13.30 - 14.15

Stakeholder Dialogue

World Economic Forum Headquarters, Eiger

Copyright: World Economic Forum/Jean-Luc Auboeuf

The Growth Summit: Jobs and Opportunity for All 2023 in Geneva, Switzerland

Impressions from The Growth Summit: Jobs and Opportunity for All 2023 in Geneva, Switzerland, 3 May 2023. Tent. Copyright: World Economic Forum/Pascal Bitz

What Next for Inequality? Zubaida Bai, President and Chief Executive Officer, Grameen Foundation, USA. Ricardo Hausmann, Founder and Director, Growth Lab, Harvard University, USA. Younes Sekkouri, Minister of Economic Inclusion, Small Business, Employment and Skills of Morocco. Owen Tudor, Deputy General Secretary, International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), Belgium

Zain Asher, Anchor, CNN, USA

Wednesday 3 May 2023

11.30 - 12.15

Plenary

World Economic Forum Headquarters, Eiger

Copyright: World Economic Forum/Jean-Luc Auboeuf

The Growth Summit: Jobs and Opportunity for All 2023 in Geneva, Switzerland

What Next for Inequality? Zubaida Bai, President and Chief Executive Officer, Grameen Foundation, USA. Ricardo Hausmann, Founder and Director, Growth Lab, Harvard University, USA. Younes Sekkouri, Minister of Economic Inclusion, Small Business, Employment and Skills of Morocco. Owen Tudor, Deputy General Secretary, International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), Belgium

Zain Asher, Anchor, CNN, USA

Wednesday 3 May 2023

11.30 - 12.15

Plenary

World Economic Forum Headquarters, Eiger

Copyright: World Economic Forum/Jean-Luc Auboeuf

The Growth Summit: Jobs and Opportunity for All 2023 in Geneva, Switzerland

Growth Hotspots: Harnessing the Generative AI Revolution. Nicole Sahin, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, G-P, USA. Mihir Shukla, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Automation Anywhere, USA

Zain Asher, Anchor, CNN, USA

Wednesday 3 May 2023

09.00 - 09.45

Stakeholder Dialogue

World Economic Forum Headquarters, Eiger

Copyright: World Economic Forum/Jean-Luc Auboeuf

The Growth Summit: Jobs and Opportunity for All 2023 in Geneva, Switzerland

Reskilling Revolution: Enabling A Business Imperative , Ahmad Belhoul, Minister of Education of the United Arab Emirates, Shravan Goli, Chief Operating Officer, Coursera, USA, Tan Kok Yam, Chief Executive Officer, SkillsFuture Singapore, Singapore, Melonie Parker, Chief Diversity Officer, Google, USA

Madeleine von Holzen, Editor-in-Chief, Temps, Switzerland

Tuesday 2 May 2023

16.00 - 16.45

Stakeholder Dialogue

World Economic Forum Headquarters, Eiger

Copyright: World Economic Forum/Pascal Bitz

The Growth Summit: Jobs and Opportunity for All 2023 in Geneva, Switzerland

What Next for Inequality? Zubaida Bai, President and Chief Executive Officer, Grameen Foundation, USA. Ricardo Hausmann, Founder and Director, Growth Lab, Harvard University, USA. Younes Sekkouri, Minister of Economic Inclusion, Small Business, Employment and Skills of Morocco. Owen Tudor, Deputy General Secretary, International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), Belgium

Zain Asher, Anchor, CNN, USA

Wednesday 3 May 2023

11.30 - 12.15

Plenary

World Economic Forum Headquarters, Eiger

Copyright: World Economic Forum/Jean-Luc Auboeuf

The Growth Summit: Jobs and Opportunity for All 2023 in Geneva, Switzerland

Reskilling Revolution: Enabling A Business Imperative . Ahmad Belhoul, Minister of Education of the United Arab Emirates

Shravan Goli, Chief Operating Officer, Coursera, USA. Tan Kok Yam, Chief Executive Officer, SkillsFuture Singapore, Singapore. Melonie Parker, Chief Diversity Officer, Google, USA. Madeleine von Holzen, Editor-in-Chief, Temps, Switzerland

Tuesday 2 May 2023

16.00 - 16.45

Stakeholder Dialogue

World Economic Forum Headquarters, Eiger

Copyright: World Economic Forum/Jean-Luc Auboeuf

The Growth Summit: Jobs and Opportunity for All 2023 in Geneva, Switzerland

Networking Breakfast

Wednesday 3 May 2023

08.00 - 09.00. Breakfast

World Economic Forum Headquarters, World Cafe Lounge

Copyright: World Economic Forum/Jean-Luc Auboeuf

The Growth Summit: Jobs and Opportunity for All 2023 in Geneva, Switzerland