MEDIA ALERT - NEW INITIATIVE TO BRING MORE AI SKILLS TO 30,000 VET TEACHERS & TRAINERS

Edelman for Microsoft and Future Skills Organisation

WHAT: Microsoft and Future Skills Organisation (a jobs and skills council funded by Dept of Employment) will announce a new initiative to help bring more AI skills to Australia's 30,000 Vocational Education and Training (VET) educators.

The plan already has the support more than a dozen training and industry organisations.

WHO & WHEN: Wednesday, 13 August 2025

8.20am-8.30am doorstop with The Hon. Andrew Giles MP, Federal Minister for Skills & Training
10.30am-11.00am interview opportunities with Patrick Kidd, CEO of Future Skills Organisation and Rachel Bondi, Corporate Vice President SME Microsoft Asia and Independent Director at FSO

WHERE: Hyatt Hotel Canberra, 120 Commonwealth Avenue

Contact details:

Vaib Mehta, Edelman, 0404 034 512 or [email protected]

Paul McKeon, Edelman, 0414 596 266 or [email protected]