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Member States and EU policies need to develop and adapt their programmes and incentives to better anticipate and cope with change and allow individuals and organisations to acquire high-tech skills and provide the economy with a larger talent pool. Education and training systems in Europe need also to react on these new demands and develop appropriate training offers.
The situation at national level and EU level has been analysed as well as the potential synergies between the different instruments with a view to identify successful ones, i.e. best practices. These should be scaled up to become even more successful. They should also serve as a guide for better focusing and improving funding programmes and incentives.
These should be scaled to become even more successful. They should also serve as a guide for better focusing and improving funding programmes and incentives.
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Speaker
Moderator of the day:
Mary Cleary, Deputy CEO, ICS Irish Computer Society & ICS Foundation (Ireland)
08:30-09:30
Registration, Coffee & Tea
09:30-09:45
Industrial policy and the role of skills
Timo Pesonen, European Commission, Director General, DG Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs
09:45-10:15
Re-skilling and up-skilling strategies in Europe
Jan Sturesson, International strategy consultant, speaker & investor, RESTING (Sweden)
10:15-10:45
Existing re-skilling and up-skilling funding programmes
Marte Andresen, Senior Consultant, PwC (Netherlands)
Tobias Hüsing, Senior Research Consultant, empirica GmbH (Germany)
10:45-11:00
COFFEE Break
11:00-12:00
Learning from Best Practices: views of experts
Session moderator:
Mary Cleary, Deputy CEO, ICS & ICS Foundation (Ireland)
12:00-12:30
Expectations for the future and recommendations
Werner B. Korte, Director, empirica GmbH
12:30-13:30
Buffet LUNCH
13:30-14:30
Skills for Industry: Perspectives in the multi-financial framework (2021-2027)
Proposals from the European Commission
14:30-15:00
COFFEE Break
15:00-15:20
The role and contribution of IT industry training
Kevin Kelly, Global Head of AWS Certification and Education Programs (USA)
15:20-16:30
The Way Forward: views of the experts
Session moderator:
Debbie Forster, MBE, CEO, Tech Talent Charter (United Kingdom)
16:30-17:00
Concluding Remarks
Mary Cleary, Moderator, Deputy CEO, ICS & ICS Foundation
16:30-17:30
Networking Cocktail
Werner B. Korte: werner.korte@empirica(dot)com,
Tel.: +49 228 98530-0