Raghwa Gopal is a serial entrepreneur, academic, and software engineer by profession. Drawing from extensive business experience, Raghwa joined MSM from British Columbia’s Innovate BC, serving as president and CEO and helping companies start and scale to fuel technology development, commercialization, and adoption. As Accelerate Okanagan’s (AO) former CEO, he was a driving force in the development of the tech sector with a CA$1.6-billion economic contribution.
Raghwa studied at New Zealand’s Central Institute of Technology, Australia’s Collier MacMillan School, and the University of the South Pacific. He has strong ties to higher education as a former lecturer of business at UBC Okanagan, computer science at the School of Arts and Sciences, and entrepreneur-in-residence at Okanagan College School of Business.
His board memberships span across multiple organizations, such as the University of British Columbia, India Canada Innovation Council, Women’s Enterprise Centre, and the Province of B.C.’s Emerging Economy Task Force.
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According to the World Economic Forum (WEF), automation and AI could eliminate 83 million jobs and lead to a net decrease of 14 million jobs by 2027. In an era defined by AI's rapid integration into industries, the importance of continuous upskilling and reskilling cannot be overstated. However, who are responsible? In this session, we'll explore the roles of government, employers, educational institutions and online platforms in making upskilling more accessible.
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