Contextere A Founding Member of The World Economic Forum SkillsLink Alliance



Bringing Blue Collar AI® to the Reskilling Revolution

OTTAWA, ONTARIO, CANADA – TheNewswire June 11, 2021:

Contextere is pleased to announce it is a founding member of the World Economic Forum’s SkillsLink Alliance, an international partnership between businesses, educators, and governments designed to operationalize the Reskilling Revolution by affecting a shift towards a skills-based labour market.

Contextere’s chief executive officer, Gabe Batstone, began participating Reskilling Revolution initiative in 2020 and became committed to the outcome-driven approach of the team.

"The SkillsLink Alliance aligns with Contextere’s foundational belief that every human is skilled and uncapping that potential is a combination of education, training and technology.” says Gabe Batstone, CEO and co-founder of Contextere. “One of the most powerful aspects of Industry 4.0 is it’s forcing us to rethink and reinvent the 'Future of Work' to a place where skills, diversity and lifelong learning are at the core."

Contextere has committed to adopting a common language for skills, recognizing skills-based credentials, partnering for skills-based learning delivery and championing skills-based workforce strategies. A key element of success will be collaboration with other World Economic Forum champions and connecting with other SkillsLink Alliance members to share best practices to Industry at large,

 

Other founding partners of this initiative are: Amazon Web Services, BMO Financial Group, BigSpring, Boeing, Coursera, EdX, Edraak, Grow with Google, Infosys, Kaplan, LinkedIn Learning, OpenClassrooms, SAP, Tata Steel, Udacity, WorldQuant University and Zurich Insurance Group. 

About Contextere: With offices in Ottawa and New York City, Contextere develops industrial AI software focused on improving human & asset performance. Our mission is to transform the future of work using machine learning to deliver actionable intelligence for the last tactical mile.  Learn more at: www.contextere.com  

 

About The World Economic Forum: The World Economic Forum is the International Organization for Public-Private Cooperation. The Forum engages the foremost political, business, cultural and other leaders of society to shape global, regional and industry agendas.

 

It was established in 1971 as a not-for-profit foundation and is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland. It is independent, impartial, and not tied to any special interests. The Forum strives in all its efforts to demonstrate entrepreneurship in the global public interest while upholding the highest standards of governance. Moral and intellectual integrity is at the heart of everything it does.

 

Our activities are shaped by a unique institutional culture founded on the stakeholder theory, which asserts that an organization is accountable to all parts of society. The institution carefully blends and balances the best of many kinds of organizations, from both the public and private sectors, international organizations, and academic institutions.

 

We believe that progress happens by bringing together people from all walks of life who have the drive and the influence to make positive change.

 

Company or Press Enquiries to:

Jack Garrard, Marketing Manager (jack@contextere.com)

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