Skills are the New Currency, but Who's Keeping the Ledger?
Wednesday, August 20th, 2025 | 5:30pm - 8:00pm
IAC Building; 555 W 18th St. New York, NY, 10011
Presented by ATDNYC in collaboration with Workera
About The Event
Join us for an interactive workshop where we’ll dig into what makes skills truly credible, visible, and trackable in today’s evolving talent landscape. Through engaging group activities and real-time collaboration, this session will surface practical insights into how organizations can build smarter upskilling strategies and make sense of the signals (and noise) in the skill development space.
Whether you're a talent leader, L&D practitioner, or people manager, you’ll leave with new frameworks, shared language, and fresh ideas for how to assess, grow, and validate skills at scale.
This is not a sit-and-listen kind of session. Come ready to think, learn, and explore together. Food will be provided!
You’ll Walk Away With:
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A hands-on understanding of credible skill signals
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Strategies for evaluating and validating skills at scale
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Exposure to real-time skill assessment tools and how to interpret them
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Ideas for incorporating skill diagnostics into your talent strategy
Agenda
5:30pm - Doors open
6:00pm - Case Study and Presentation
7:00pm - Bio Break and Conversation
7:15pm - Final Activity and Networking
About our Speaker: Marian Pitel-Wali | Assessment Scientist, Workera
With a PhD in Industrial-Organizational Psychology and a decade of experience across startups and scaleups, I design adaptive and innovative talent systems that transform complex data into meaningful, actionable insights. From co-founding nugget.ai (acquired) to leading research and product innovation at System-3, I’ve built scalable assessment technologies and people analytics platforms that support hiring, leadership development, upskilling, internal mobility, and strategic workforce planning.
As an Assessment Scientist in the AI Product Science function at Workera, I guide the development of psychometrically sound, AI-native assessments—ensuring our measurement systems are valid, fair, and scientifically defensible from the ground up. Our technology enables Fortune 500 companies to identify and close skill gaps, align teams with business priorities, and unlock workforce potential with precision and speed.
Sponsored by Workera
Workera’s Sage is the first AI Agent purpose-built to produce deeply-contextual skill assessments and personalized learning plans—built to meet strategic objectives for both the organization and the individual.
Venue Information
Expedia Offices - IAC Building
555 W 18th St.
New York, NY 10011
Please bring Photo ID for checking-in with security.
Investment
- Members: Free
- Non-Members: $45
Contacts
Questions can be directed to our program contacts:
- Emily Burnett | AVP of Programs | emily.burnett@atdnyc.org
- Jaq Poussot | AVP of Programs | jaq.poussot@atdnyc.org
- DJ Husted | VP of Programs | dj.husted@atdnyc.org
- Elran Tsabag | President | elran.tsabag@atdnyc.org
