From Uncertainty to Opportunity: Unlocking Workforce Potential from Gen Alpha to Gen Z

Time: 12:30 pm- 2:00 pm
Date: Tuesday, September 23, 2025
Location: New York City

The rise of AI, economic policy shifts, trade wars, and a burgeoning youth population have created a new global employment landscape. While some consider these developments a crisis, they also present an opportunity to redefine corporate leadership in education, skills, and the workforce.

While Gen-Z represents nearly a third of the global population, a vast majority of employers report difficulty finding skilled talent – more than 75% in most countries. All the while, youth face an unemployment rate four times higher than the average worker.

The shortage of job-ready talent threatens productivity, limits innovation, and inhibits long-term growth. These trends pose greater challenges for Generation Alpha who will be looking for employment in the coming years.

Community-based, place-driven solutions, many of which incorporate AI literacy and digital training, offer a powerful opportunity to strengthen the workforce and support youth with skills needed for the AI-driven economy. Businesses offering place-based leadership can play a critical role by investing resources, technical expertise into proven solutions, enhancing workforce preparedness and youth skills—while also strengthening talent pipelines, fostering innovation and ensuring long-term business success.

Join the Global Business Coalition for Education for a timely conversation on education and skills partnerships between business, government, and community-based organizations. The conversation will focus on actions that can be taken to prepare youth for the future of work.

Participants will hear from business leaders championing youth development and fostering business success through innovative approaches to social impact and the workforce.

The event will explore:

• The evolving role of business in supporting local workforce solutions and scalable impact.
• How communities and entrepreneurs drive local innovation with global economic mobility.
• The future of work, including learning hubs, AI, and digital tools for scalable workforce development.
• Skills, credentials, and certification to expand youth opportunity.
• Employment without borders in a rapidly changing world.

Together, we can bridge the skills gap, unlock opportunity, and build a resilient, future-ready workforce.

Interested in partnering with GBC-Education for this event? Please contact [email protected] to learn more about sponsorship opportunities which may be available to your organization.