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Tuesday, September 30th

	Dorint Hotel Mannheim
08.00 – 09.00	Registration
	Welcome Address
09.00 – 09.15	Welcome Address
	InvSymp I	InvSymp II	ThemPS I
09.15 – 10.45	A Closer Look at the PIAAC 2023 Skills Chair: A. Zabal	Exploring Adult Competencies in a Digital World: Insights from PIAAC Chair: R. Hämäläinen	Work, Learning, and Literacy: How Skill Use Shapes Adult Competencies Across Contexts Chair: N. Massing
10.45 – 11.15	Coffee break
	InvSymp III	ThemPS II	ThemPS III
11.15 – 12.45	Cognitive Skills & Economic Outcomes Chair: S. Wiederhold	Literacy at the Margins: Risk Factors, Everyday Practices, and the Digital Divide Chair: A. Grotlüschen	Who Learns, Who Doesn’t? Exploring Adult Learning Participation Across Contexts Chair: J. Gorges
12.45 – 14.00	Lunch
	InvSymp IV	ThemPS IV	ThemPS V
14.00 – 15.30	Cognitive Skills & Personality Chair: B. Rammstedt	From Classroom to Career: Measuring and Addressing Educational Expansion, Skill Development, and Inequality Chair: S. Schneider	Skills, Employment, and Inequality: Cross-Country Perspectives on Labour Market Attachment and Institutional Drivers Chair: S. Wiederhold
15.30 – 16.00	Coffee break
	Plenary Discussion
16.00 – 17.00	“Quo Vadis PIAAC: What Skills Should the Next Cycle of PIAAC Assess?” (moderated by Katharina Hartinger) Panellists: Claudia Tamassia (OECD; PIAAC Expert, Introduction) Jean-François Rouet (University of Poitiers; Literacy Expert) Dave Tout (Australian Council for Educational Research; Numeracy Expert) Samuel Greiff (Technical University of Munich, Probem Solving Expert) Beatrice Rammstedt (GESIS; Non-Cognitive Skills Expert) Jonas Bertling (ETS; PIAAC Skills Assessment Expert)
19.00	Conference Dinner

Wednesday, October 1st

	Dorint Hotel Mannheim
08.30 – 09.00	Registration
	InvSymp V	ThemPS VI	ThemPS VII
09.00 – 10.30	Adults with Low Literacy and Numeracy Skills? A 21st Century Approach Chair: A. Grotlüschen	Beyond Answers: Process Data, Generative AI, and the Changing Landscape of Adult Skills Chair: A. Zabal	Mapping Cognitive and Socio-Emotional Skills Across Occupations and Countries Chair: S. Wiederhold
10.30 – 11.00	Coffee break
	InvSymp VI	InvSymp VII	ThemPS VIII
11.00 – 12.30	From PISA to PIAAC - Understanding Skill Development from Adolescence to Adulthood Chair: A. Meierkord	Basic Skills for Life: Exploring Literacy, Digital Proficiency, and Well-being Chair: T. Yamashita	Work in Transition: Automation, Generative Job Design, and Skill Trajectories Across Countries Chair: R. Hämäläinen
12.30 – 13.30	Lunch
	Special Address by Andreas Schleicher
13.30 – 14.30	Skills vs. Qualifications - Insights from the Survey of Adult Skills (Discussion with audience moderated by Katharina Hartinger)
	InvSymp VIII	ThemPS IX	ThemPS X
14.30 – 16.00	From a Bird's Eye View: PIAAC-Based Research Reviews Chair: J. Gorges	Skills, Origins, and Opportunity: What PIAAC Reveals about Adult Learning and Mobility Chair: S. Schneider	Balancing Learning, Work, and Life: Insights into Adult Skills, Literacy Practices, and Well-Being Chair: T. Yamashita
16.00	Conference Wrap-Up & Farewell by Coffee and Tee

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PIAAC 2025

Conference contact

piaac2025[at]gesis•org