Employees now need to constantly review, adapt and retrain to ensure successful careers. The imperative may become even more apparent as we emerge from the coronavirus lockdown, with some businesses and sectors being fundamentally changed.
This event, hosted jointly by the Foundation for Science and Technology and Resilience First, will explore the concept of ‘skills resilience’ which employees will need in order to adopt over the course of their careers to changing working requirements. What should higher and further education being doing to help students gain ‘skills resilience’ before entering the workforce, and what can businesses and government do to support employees once they are in work?
Chair/Introduction:
Lord Willetts, former Minister of State for Universities and Science, and Chairman of the Foundation for Science and Technology
Speakers:
Ben Fletcher, Executive Director of Policy & Engagement, Make UK
Austen Okonweze, Deputy Director, Engagement & Planning, Industrial Strategy, BEIS
Lizzie Crowley, Senior Policy Adviser for Skills, CIPD
In partnership with:

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Resilience First is pleased to invite its members to an Innovation for Resilience breakfast roundtable discussion on what AI means for resilience practitioners, kindly hosted by Everbridge.
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Leaders’ Forum 2026
Every 1st and 3rd Wednesday of the month, 13:00-13:30, onlineResilience First hosts an online Leader’s Forum, a bi-monthly meeting created for senior leaders from our diverse, cross-sector business membership.
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International Security Expo 2026 | International Security and Resilience Conference
29 and 30 September, Olympia, LondonResilience First is delighted to once again be the official International Security and Resilience Conference Partner of the International Security Expo 2026.
During the conference, Resilience First will be presenting two plenary sessions.