{"id":1593,"date":"2025-10-05T14:29:29","date_gmt":"2025-10-05T20:29:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.metrocon.org\/2025\/?page_id=1593"},"modified":"2025-11-19T19:31:18","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T01:31:18","slug":"upskilling-in-the-ai-economy-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.metrocon.org\/2025\/upskilling-in-the-ai-economy-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Upskilling in the AI Economy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Time:<\/strong> 1:35 PM &#8211; 2:25PM<br><strong>Location:<\/strong> Room 2<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Speaker:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Jennifer Fong<br>IEEE<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Abstract:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>When it comes to jobs, AI is changing everything. From the way you apply, to the skills you can demonstrate, understanding how AI can impact your day to day work, and help you find opportunities to upskill and reskill, can make a real difference in finding and building a career you love. In this session, Jennifer Fong, Director of Continuing Education at IEEE, will share tips, strategies, and resources for using AI effectively for professional development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Speaker Bio:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Jennifer Fong is the Director of Continuing Education Products and Business Development at IEEE. In her role, she brings relevant continuing education experiences to technical professionals across the globe, helping them upskill and reskill in ways that are impactful and effective. A former classroom teacher and instructional designer, Jennifer is passionate about lifelong learning, and works with her team to create opportunities for everyone who wants to start and grow in a technical career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Materials:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/www.metrocon.org\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/11\/11-25-Upskilling-in-the-AI-Economy_Fong.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of 11-25 Upskilling in the AI Economy_Fong.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-e8f57895-6ea2-4bcd-bd92-7f6023a33094\" href=\"https:\/\/www.metrocon.org\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/11\/11-25-Upskilling-in-the-AI-Economy_Fong.pdf\">11-25 Upskilling in the AI Economy_Fong<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.metrocon.org\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/11\/11-25-Upskilling-in-the-AI-Economy_Fong.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-e8f57895-6ea2-4bcd-bd92-7f6023a33094\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Time: 1:35 PM &#8211; 2:25PMLocation: Room 2 Speaker: Jennifer FongIEEE Abstract: When it comes to jobs, AI is changing everything. From the way you apply, to the skills you can demonstrate, understanding how AI can impact your day to day work, and help you find opportunities to upskill and reskill, can make a real difference [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1593","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metrocon.org\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1593","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metrocon.org\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metrocon.org\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metrocon.org\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metrocon.org\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1593"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.metrocon.org\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1593\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1826,"href":"https:\/\/www.metrocon.org\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1593\/revisions\/1826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metrocon.org\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}