{"id":14251,"date":"2026-04-24T10:08:41","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T09:08:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chemicalukexpo.com\/?page_id=14251"},"modified":"2026-04-27T13:39:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T12:39:19","slug":"education-skills-workforce","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.chemicalukexpo.com\/plan-your-visit\/conference-timetable\/education-skills-workforce\/","title":{"rendered":"Education, skills and workforce development"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"14251\" class=\"elementor elementor-14251\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fa4c260 ov e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"fa4c260\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-78e554b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"78e554b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Conference 2026 theme: Education, skills and workforce development\n<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7326291 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7326291\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-04cdaf8 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"04cdaf8\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aa71a3b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"aa71a3b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">People, skills and culture: powering the future of chemicals<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-18aaa8f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"18aaa8f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Focusing on the people powering the sector: from developing the modern chemical engineer to building high\u2011performance safety cultures and alternative career paths.<\/p><p>This track looks at skills, leadership and organisational change needed for a safer, smarter and more resilient workforce.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8dd8ee4 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8dd8ee4\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b0a8828 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b0a8828\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/easyfairsassets.com\/sites\/370\/2026\/04\/70A6221-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-14247\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/easyfairsassets.com\/sites\/370\/2026\/04\/70A6221-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/easyfairsassets.com\/sites\/370\/2026\/04\/70A6221-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/easyfairsassets.com\/sites\/370\/2026\/04\/70A6221-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/easyfairsassets.com\/sites\/370\/2026\/04\/70A6221.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8be0813 e-grid elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8be0813\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9fbfe31 elementor-flip-box--effect-fade elementor-widget elementor-widget-flip-box\" data-id=\"9fbfe31\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"flip-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-flip-box\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-flip-box__layer elementor-flip-box__front\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-flip-box__layer__overlay\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-flip-box__layer__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-wrapper elementor-view-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-flip-box__layer__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAI &amp; 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