Yasminka Nemet
Microsoft AU & NZ
| Yasminka Nemet serves as Future Skills Lead at Microsoft Australia and New Zealand, where she leads strategic partnerships between government, industry, and education to ensure equitable access to digital skills. With over 25 years of experience in the K–12 and post-secondary sectors across Australia and the United States, she brings deep expertise in designing scalable, inclusive partnerships and programs that address the evolving workforce demands of the digital economy. Yasminka has played a key role in shaping the Institute of Applied Technology – Digital (a national Centre of Excellence), the NSW & Victorian Digital Skills Compacts, as well as spearheading numerous initiatives that fuse industry and education to prepare the workforce of tomorrow. Experience & perspective on AI In my work, I strive to bring light to the need for cross-sector collaboration to ensure AI creates opportunity for all not just a few. This means thinking through implications for education and employability together, and acting with intention to deliver evidence-based interventions that put human interests first. |