Schedule

Join us for conversations and workshop sessions addressing the future of work in several key categories:  Digital Twin/Digital Thread in business, industry, and manufacturing, AI Learning, Leadership Emotional Intelligence (EI), Innovation, and Power Skills.

Friday, February 14, 2025
8:00 AM - 8:30 AM Breakfast and Networking
Hot breakfast, coffee, tea, beverages and time to meet new and returning Academy members and business partners.
8:30 AM - 11:45 AM The Digital Twin/Digital Thread of AI Learning
The Digital Foundry New Kensington

* Introduction to digital twin/thread concepts
* Digital Twin/Digital Thread and Digital Codification of Sociotechnical
Network Knowledge
* AI Learning for research/classroom/business adaptation and applied
activity
12:00 PM - 12:15 PM Walk/Transport to Knead Community Cafe
Walk/Transport to the Cafe
12:15 PM - 1:00 PM Working Lunch
Buffet Lunch

* Megan Chasin research/partnership introduction
* Stephanie Tania-Bowles research/grant work/PathQuester introduction
* Workforce Development Partners for research [TBD]
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Why is Emotional Intelligence (EI) Critical for the Future of Work?
* Interpersonal development
* Leadership emotional intelligence
* Develop a Leadership style for working with community; business,
industry, and manufacturing partners; workforce development
organizations; and K-12 for research
2:00 PM - 2:15 PM Walk/Transport to the Corner LaunchBox
Walk/Transport to the LaunchBox
2:15 PM - 4:30 PM The Corner LaunchBox
Entrepreneurship and Innovation for the Future of Work

* Innovation/entrepreneurialism in today's business world
* Power Skills for the future
* Application for research projects
* Design Thinking/Ideation - innovation and creative mindsets for
selecting future of work research projects
* Research questions, ideation, and outcomes