Creating new jobs in ICT Anne-Marie Elias

Collaborative Alchemist | Change Strategist | International Speaker & Facilitator

ACS, April 2017

ICT as an enabler

“ICTs are influencing employment both as an industry that creates

jobs and as a tool that empowers workers to access new forms of

work, in new and more flexible ways.”

Chris Vein, World Bank’s chief innovation officer for global ICT

development, 2013

ICT Industry

•2015: ACS & Deloitte Access Economics, report, Australia’s Digital

Pulse, digital technologies is one of the fastest growing parts of

Australia’s economy,

• economic contribution grew in the past three years to a 5.1% share of

our GDP – from $50 billion in 2011 to $79 billion in 2013-14.

•5% growth in the number of ICT professionals, with an increase to

600,000 ICT workers in 2014, and demand for a further 100,000 workers

over the next six years.

Are we ready?

1

Workforce capability building

2

ICT Graduates – retention

New opportunities – The Last Mile

3

Growth in coding & computational thinking

4

Unearthing talent –refugees and migrants

ICT Skills of the future

Cross discipline STEAM

01Problem solving

02Collaborative Alchemy

03

Vibewire – skills of the future

ICT Innovation

ICT Innovation

Our people -Service users,

customers and staff

Design

Data

Digital

EcosystemUniversity,

TAFE, RTO

•Education & Skills

Startup/ Tech •Disruption

Data, Design, Digital, Social

•Cross discipline

Its up to you

Takeaways

Disrupt or be disrupted Disrupt

Connect with the ecosystemConnect

Collaborate across sectors and expand your orbitCollaborate

Anne-Marie Elias

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