The digital technology changes call for workforce development strategies, re-alignment, and upskilling backed by robust digital infrastructure development. In both developing and developed economies around the globe, digital workforce development for a new economy should be a high priority and consider this as an opportunity to revisit their current strategies and assess the gap. The new advances in digital technologies require different skill sets. This track invites governments’ efforts and practical and theoretical studies to build their human resources assets for the future-ready digital society and their support requirements for digital infrastructure. These may range from educational and training models, or work environment transformation, including culture changes, agile and adaptable skills building, and overcoming challenging issues, such as illegal workforce uses, unfair employment conditions, diverse workforce landscape with the gig economy, workplace harassment and safety for the future-ready workforce enhancements. Regional differences in requirements and efforts to develop the new economy workforce can be compared and discussed in the track. This track also invites papers that discuss the technical enablers of digital governance, such as digital public infrastructure, connectivity, digital ID, cloud, and other components to unlock the transformative potential of digital technologies for sustainable development.
#1 - Deploying scalable Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) in Nigeria: An Institutional Theory Perspective | Mohammed Agbali (University of Salford), Abubakar A. Dahiru, Amina Sambo, Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, Muhammad Aminu Lawal (National Information Technology Development Agency, Nigeria),
#2 - Digital Transformation and Innovation in Governance: Exploring the Role of Academia - The Kerala Story | Umasankar R, Pradeep Kumar K (Digital University Kerala, India)[withdrawn on 12 September 2024]#3 - Post-CoVID-19 Tele-work Practices in German and Austrian Public Sector Organizations: A cross-case analysis | Noella Edelmann (University for Continuing Education Krems, Austria), Nadine Baumann (Hochschule Rheinmain Academy, Germany)
#4 - Leveraging Recommender Systems to Enhance Student-Industry Alignment in Industrial Placements | Daniel Ndolo, John Kandiri (Machakos University & Kenyatta University, Kenya)
