Velocity Network Foundation® is hosting its 2023 General Assembly this June in New York City.

More exciting news for the Velocity community as we welcome another new member, AACRAO!

AACRAO is a nonprofit, voluntary, professional association of more than 11,000 higher education professionals in admissions and enrollment management who represent approximately 2,600 institutions in more than 40 countries.

If you’re interested in finding out more and empowering individuals, businesses, and educational institutions then please get in touch with Naomi Szekeres and join the movement.

In today’s episode, you can hear the panel discussion from our recent India IT Services Ecosystem launch event.

Moderated by Velocity Network Foundation’s Head of Marketing, Ollie Henderson, the panel features: James Hunsrao (Cisive), Meeta Karant (foundit), Marcel Solomon (HireRight), Praveen Rao (SAP)

This week, we launched our new Education Cluster, which was the perfect opportunity to welcome Velocity Network Foundation’s newest member – Education Design Lab!

Education Design Lab is a non-profit that designs, tests, and implements unique higher education models that address the rapidly changing economy and emerging technology opportunities.

Praveen Rao is Vice President of Marketing at SAP. In this conversation with Ollie Henderson, Praveen discusses how verifiable credentials and the Velocity Network are reducing inefficiencies and costs in the hiring and onboarding process.

As today’s Velocity podcast guest Gaurav Gupta of The EkStep Foundation explains, the greatest unlock from using verifiable credentials comes from the trust it brings to education, skills and hiring.

Join India’s leading IT services providers for an exclusive event featuring expert speakers from Aon, Azilen Technologies, Cisive, EkStep Foundation, foundit HireRight, Neeyamo, Talview and more.

We’re delighted that EkStep Foundation’s Chief Growth Officer, Gaurav Gupta, will speak at our 8th February event focused on the India IT Services industry.

Founded by Nandan Nilekani, Rohini Nilekani and Shankar Maruwada, EkStep is a not-for-profit effort to create a learner centric, technology-based platform to improve applied literacy and numeracy for millions of children in India.

On the 8th February, Tarandeep Singh, CEO of Assessment Solutions at Aon will join other expert speakers to discuss how to make better informed decisions about your workforce.

An experienced HR leader, Jouko is passionate about connecting people, data and tech to create actionable insights for individuals and organizations, making him the perfect person to explain how verifiable credentials unlock new possibilities for people to prove their skills now and in the future.

“We’re excited to join Velocity and to be at the forefront of this technology and look forward to seeing its impact on the HR industry,” said Guillermo Corea, Managing Director of SHRMLabs.

As Andrew Cunsolo explains in the new Velocity podcast, verifiable credentials issued via the Velocity Network save businesses and individuals valuable time AND money.

In the first of our ‘Frequently Asked Questions’ specials, Velocity’s CEO Dror Gurevich, explains how Velocity complements and enhances credentialing platforms, while unlocking new possibilities for issuers, organizations and individuals receiving digitally verified credentials.

Last week, Velocity CEO Dror Gurevich spoke with Forbes to explain why changes to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) are just the latest sign that businesses need to rethink their approach to data protection.

“We are working to build the Internet of Careers® along with dozens of the world’s largest global vendors of workforce tech and solutions.”

On the 25th October 2022, we hosted a seminar focused on how the banking industry in Germany, Austria and Switzerland can power up its workforce using digital career credentials.