Addressing skills gaps and labour shortages through inter-generational collaboration and AI adoption

October 31, 2025

Over 400 HR professionals gathered in Dublin on October 22nd last for the 25th annual Ibec HR Leadership Summit. Entitled ‘GenWise: Fusing Skills, AI & Generations’, the event brought together some of the world’s leading exports on artificial intelligence (AI) and workforce development. The conference explored how the advent of the multi-generational workforce combined with rapid advances in artificial intelligence (AI) is creating a unique moment of opportunity for HR professionals to help organisations meet both current and future workforce and skills challenges.