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ducation is core to our economy. But, in order to guide our educational systems and maximizture income, we must understand the misalignment between education and our worforce. !on find out more about this in a worshop conducted by Harry Hwa on "ay # of $HE%&'().

arry will spea about the changing worplace, and the sills that students need to succeed in th

n*ironment. He will share examples of how Artificial +ntelligence is being used today by Googr certain obs, with the implication that students today need to be educated differently for rolehere human ingenuity and creati*ity cannot be mimiced by machines. Harry will spea to thaits that Google loos for when hiring new employees, characteristics that we can do more ain and instill in learners for this new wor of wor.

Harry -wa leads Googles efforts in educationacross Asia Pacific. He wors closely withgo*ernments and education institutions on the useof technology for teaching and learning. Harry belie*es that +/$ and the internet can be amultiplier for capacity building, opening the doors

to educational and economic opportunities for all,and in particular, underser*ed communities. Harryhas extensi*e experience in education technologyand the use of +/$ in schools, ha*ing pre*iouslymanaged the education businesses of both Appleand 0icrosoft in the region. Harry holds aBachelors degree in Economics and a 0asters ofBusiness Administration from 1estern 2ni*ersity,/anada.

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Harry Kwa Head of

 Enterprise EducationGoogle Asia Pacific

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Want to fnd out what are the traits that Google looks or when hiring newemployees?

oin Harry -wa in his worshop at THES2016 to learn about the changing worplace, and thills that students need to succeed in this en*ironment. He will share examples of how Artifici

telligence is being used today by Google for certain obs, with the implication that students todaeed to be educated differently for roles where human ingenuity and creati*ity cannot be mimicey machines. Harry will spea to the traits that Google loos for when hiring new employeeharacteristics that we can do more to train and instill in learners for this new wor of wor in horshop on "ay # of $HE%&'().

Harry -wa leads Googles efforts in educationacross Asia Pacific. He wors closely withgo*ernments and education institutions on the useof technology for teaching and learning. Harry belie*es that +/$ and the internet can be amultiplier for capacity building, opening the doors

to educational and economic opportunities for all,and in particular, underser*ed communities. Harryhas extensi*e experience in education technologyand the use of +/$ in schools, ha*ing pre*iouslymanaged the education businesses of both Appleand 0icrosoft in the region. Harry holds aBachelors degree in Economics and a 0asters ofBusiness Administration from 1estern 2ni*ersity,/anada.