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will this week host a series of five roundtable meetings with science and technology leaders ahead of the federal government’s jobs summit, in a bid to kickstart what he called “brain regain” - or attracting Australia’s bright minds working overseas to return home, to combat the so-called “brain drain”.
Husic will host meetings on science and commercialisation, digital skills, advanced manufacturing, industrial unions and artificial intelligence this week, with a key focus on the worker shortages those areas are facing. The minister said those roundtables would help inform the Jobs and Skills Summit, to be held in“These discussions will also include ways to increase the representation of women and people of diverse backgrounds in skilled occupations,” Husic said in a release.
“One of my priorities is on ‘brain regain’ – encouraging Australian researchers and innovators to return home. I am interested to hear ideas on how this can be best achieved.flagged potential raises to the skilled migration cap on Sunday. Husic said his priority was on up-skilling the local workforce, but that “managing appropriate skilled migration will also have an important role to play and will be on the agenda.
“I can’t emphasise strongly enough that this is the start of engagement with these industry sectors. After the Jobs and Skills Summit I will continue the work with industry leaders to ensure we apply practical solutions to accelerate Australia’s pathway to high-skilled, high-value economy,” Husic said.
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