Special meeting on the identification and assessment of skills

​You are invited to a special meeting of experts in the field of skills that will be hosted by the George Washington University Institute of Public Policy (GWIPP) on the eve of the 2025 NCRN annual conference later this month. This special session, "Enduring skills, a discussion on the nature of skills in an AI world", will be held at Duques Hall at George Washington University from 3:00 to 5:00pm EDT on May 27th. A web broadcast option will be available for those unable to attend in person, however please note that we may not have sufficient staffing to facilitate interactive participation in the discussion for those who log in remotely. 

​This moderated discussion is intended to bring together leaders in the areas of education, workforce, EdTech, assessment, and AI to discuss the nature of skills described in the data being used in AI. With the recent focus on skills based hiring and microcredentials in the workforce and education spaces, AI has increasingly been used to identify and evaluate skills. However, the quality of the data on skills remains poor and we as a society have struggled to identify skills in individuals. To help overcome this issue, we have invited a variety of stakeholders to begin the discussion around the data required to identify and evaluate skills. Our ultimate goal is to build a standard to describe skills which can be applied across industries to ensure both quality and interoperability.

​Our loose agenda for this meeting is as follows:

​1) Introduction

​2) What is a skill?

​3) What data describes skills?

​4) How can we assess skills using data?

​5) Are skills durable over time and can we adjust if they are not?

​6) Who should be certifying skills?

​7) Summary and Conclusion

​Thank you all in advance for joining this discussion. With your help, we hope to move the conversation about skills from "it would be nice if" to "we can" far more quickly than if we continue to develop these ideas on our own.