30.09.2022"Stepping up" - Review of the event with honorary doctor Prof. Eric P. Bettinger

Prof. Dr. h.c. Eric P. Bettinger, PhD, Professor at Stanford University (USA) was awarded an honorary doctorate of the University of Zurich on Dies Academicus 2022. To celebrate the honorary doctorate, the Faculty of Business, Economics and Informatics hosted an event with a panel on Thursday, 22 September 2022 in the auditorium of the University of Zurich. 

The laudation for Prof. Dr. h.c. Eric P. Bettinger was held by Prof. Uschi Backes-Gellner. 

In his keynote speech, Prof. Bettinger addressed the questions on what the prerequisites are to successfully enter the job market and on how we can tackle the global need for skilled labor. 

In the following panel discussion, Prof. Bettinger was joined by Bettina Hirsig (Co-Founder and Lead of Powercoders), Nicola Forster (President of the Swiss Society for the Common Good and member of the Swiss Commission for the UNESCO), and Dr. Johannes Mure (Head of Strategy and Planning Division, State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation) to discuss the Swiss and the global need for skilled labor and what it takes to support young students in their educational paths. The group shared insightful aspects from their respective fields and projects pointing out programs, policies, and outreach efforts towards potential that may otherwise get lost.

For more details, please see the review of the event

In case you missed the event, you can watch the video recording