The National Skills Council just signed an agreement that will bring one of the world's most influential gatherings on the future of work to our shores. On 16-17 September 2026, Malta will co-host the Future Talent Forum in partnership with the Future Talent Council and we're integrating it with SkillScape for what promises to be our most ambitious event yet.
Our Collaboration Partners
For this event, we are proud to be collaborating with a trio of distinguished Maltese institutions whose expertise and dedication are instrumental to the success of this initiative; the Institute for Education (IfE), MCAST, the University of Malta’s Faculty of Education.
Together, these partners will help shape an event that’s not just about talking, but about action ensuring the forum’s outcomes will directly benefit learners, educators, and employers across Malta and beyond.
Why does this matters?
For three years, SkillScape has been our space to explore what skills mean for Malta's future. We've had honest conversations about gaps in our education system, celebrated local innovation, and built connections between educators, employers, and policymakers right here at home.
Now we're taking the next step.
The Future Talent Forum will bring international expertise to Malta while showcasing what we've built to a global audience. Think of it as SkillScape meeting the world and the world meeting SkillScape.
What is the Future Talent Council?
The Future Talent Council is where the people who actually make decisions about education and workforce policy come to figure things out together. We're talking about education ministers who set national strategies, chief learning officers from companies employing hundreds of thousands of people, and university leaders who are rethinking what degrees should look like.
What makes them different? They're not interested in talking shops. Their forums lead to actual outcomes: policy changes, funding commitments, cross-border partnerships that move the needle on how people learn and work.
They work across borders because skills challenges don't respect them. A manufacturer in Malta faces similar talent shortages as one in Portugal or Morocco. An academic and VET institution in Malta wrestles with the same questions about AI-ready graduates as one in Amsterdam or Dubai.
The Council creates the rare space where these people can learn from each other's experiments, avoid each other's mistakes, and build solutions together.
What does this mean for Malta?
Hosting this forum puts us at the table with countries and organisations shaping the global skills agenda. It's a vote of confidence in what we've been building and an opportunity to influence conversations that matter.
It also means September 2026 will see global leaders in education, business, and government walking through our venues, experiencing our island, and leaving with a new appreciation for Malta as a serious player in skills innovation.
The forum will explore the questions keeping everyone up at night: How do we educate for jobs that don't exist yet? What does lifelong learning actually mean in practice? How do we make sure technology enhances rather than replaces human potential?
From local to global, still us
SkillScape isn't disappearing into some generic international conference. The forum will be woven into our existing event, keeping everything that's made SkillScape special while adding global perspectives and connections.
We'll share more details
about programming, speakers, and how you can be part of this as we get closer
to the date.
Mark
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