From Quantum to Biotech: Public-Private Partnerships for the New American Frontier

The U.S. is making historic investments in emerging tech industries—quantum computing, biotech, semiconductors, clean energy, advanced manufacturing, and data infrastructure—fields vital for national security and global competitiveness. Yet the talent pipelines for these sectors lag far behind demand. Many of these jobs don’t require a four-year degree, but they do require specialized training, new credential pathways, and faster routes from classroom to career. This session explores how state governments, employers, and education innovators are building next-generation public–private partnerships to develop credentialed pathways into these fields—leveraging community colleges, apprenticeships, and short-term programs to grow America’s emerging-tech workforce sustainably and at scale.