By 2030, the energy sector faces a 10-15 million person workforce shortage compounded by 30-40% retirements. Can autonomous robots fill the gap — or does the future depend on reskilling humans? This panel brings a robotics CEO and an energy economist together to find the winning model.

WHAT THIS PANEL COVERS

• What only humans can do: critical judgment, investment decisions under uncertainty, and contextual understanding that machines cannot replicate
• Robots as force multipliers — ANYbotics' autonomous inspection robots free engineers from repetitive data collection in dangerous environments
• Why "Robot Resources" (RR) will sit alongside HR: companies are using robots at job fairs to attract the next generation of workers
• The education gap: new sustainability curricula are emerging, but training workers to combine solar PV installation with green roofing takes integrated skills
• CO2 taxation vs. subsidies — why taxing emissions creates a level playing field for all technologies while subsidies pick winners

PANELISTS

• Marco Arcelli — CEO, ACWA Power (Moderator)
• Dr. Peter Fankhauser — Co-Founder & CEO, ANYbotics
• Prof. Sylvain Weber — Associate Professor of Economics, HES-SO Geneva

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Tags: energy workforce, talent gap, robotics, autonomous robots, ANYbotics, Industry 5.0, reskilling, upskilling, energy transition workforce, CO2 tax, automation, AI, human-robot collaboration, education, demographic shift, WEF Davos 2026