Welcome Dinner & Guided tour of the Byzantine Museum
Thursday: 9 October 2008
08:30
Registration
09:00 - 09:30
WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION
Ms Aviana Bulgarelli, Director of Cedefop
Mr Anastassios Manthos, Rector, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Mr Günter Verheugen, Vice-President of the European Commission [video]
09:30 - 11:00
TRENDS AND DEVELOPMENTS Chair: Mr Costas Andropoulos, Head of Unit, Directorate General Enterprise and Industry, European Commission
Mr Bruno Lanvin, Director INSEAD e-Lab
Mr Graham Vickery, Head of Department, OECD
Mr Jacob Kierkegaard, Peterson Institute for International Economics, Washington
Ms Elena Bonfiglioli, Director, Microsoft Europe and e-Skills Industry Leadership Board
11:00 - 11:30
Coffee break
11:30 - 13:00
THE IMPACT OF GLOBAL SOURCING Chair: Mr Angelos Ktenas, Principal Administrator, Directorate General Information Society and Media, European Commission
Ms Hanne Shapiro, Director, Danish Technological Institute
Mr Mark Harris, Director Higher Education & Research, Intel EMEA
Ms Jutta Breyer, Expert Team Leader, CEN/ISSS Workshop on ICT skills
Mr Terry Hook, IT Skills Development Executive, e-Skills UK
Ms Clementina Marinoni, Polytechnic Foundation, University of Milan
Mr Hideki Murayama, IPA, Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
2) The ICT Professional, e-Skills Certification and Training (room Montessori) Chair: Mr John Ketchell, Director, New Opportunities and Pre-Standards, CEN
Mr Peter Weiß, Senior Researcher, University of Karlsruhe
Mr Marco Cobb, Regional Manager, Cisco Networking Academy European Markets
Mr David Gibson, Senior Product Manager, Microsoft Learning
Mr Robert Kramer, Vice President Public Policy, CompTIA
Mr Peter Hagedoorn, Member of the Advisory Board, EuroCIO
Mr Declan Brady, Honorary Treasurer of CEPIS
3) Employability and Digital Literacy (room Rousseau) Chair: Mr Loris Di Pietrantonio, Principal Administrator, DG Information Society and Media, European Commission
Ms Maria del Mar Negreiro, Policy developer, DG Information Society and Media, European Commission
Mr Gabor Vicze, Secretariat European Alliance on Skills for Employability
Mr Peter Davitt, Chief Executive, Fast Track to IT
Mr Damien O’Sullivan, Chief Executive Officer, ECDL Foundation
Ms Orfhlaith Ni Chorcora, Senior Director Marketing, Oracle Education Initiatives
16:00 - 16:30
Coffee break
16:30 - 18:00
NEW ICT CURRICULUM Chair: Mr André Richier, Responsible for the European e-Skills Forum, Directorate General Enterprise and Industry, European Commission
Mr Loukas Zahilas, Project Manager, Cedefop
Mr Markus Lecke, Senior Expert Human Resources Development, Deutsche Telekom
Ms Gerhard Satzger, Service Research Leader, IBM and University of Karlsruhe
Mr Heino Schrader, Director, Global University Alliance Program, SAP
Ms Claude Reynié, French Ministry of Higher Education and Research
20:00 - 23.00
CONFERENCE DINNER Sponsored by the e-Skills Industry Leadership Board
Mr Richard L. Hudson, CEO & Editor, Science Business Publishing Ltd
Friday: 10 October 2008
09:00 - 10:30
LIFELONG ACQUISITION OF SKILLS Chair: Ms Maruja Gutierrez Diaz, Head of Unit, Directorate General Education and Culture, European Commission
Mr Veli-Pekka Niitamo, mWork Research Director, Nokia
Ms Alexa Joyce, Communications and Development Manager, European Schoolnet
Mr Markku Markkula, Director, Lifelong Learning Institute Dipoli, TKK Dipoli, Finland
Mr Fabrizio Cardinali, CEO of Giunti Labs and Chair of eLIG
Mr Addie van Rooij, Vice President of Technology Solutions Group, Human Resources, Hewlett-Packard EMEA
10:30 - 11:00
Coffee Break
11:00 - 11:30
MULTISTAKEHOLDER PARTNERSHIPS Chair: Mr Frank Mather, Policy Developer, DG Information Society and Media, European Commission
Mr Werner Korte, Director, empirica
Mr Johann Steszgal, President PIN-SME
Ms Caroline Jacobsson, Adviser, European Metalworkers’ Federation
Ms Hara Klasina, Manager Digital Economy Policy Group, EICTA
11:30 - 13:00
HIGH LEVEL ROUND TABLE Panel discussion chaired by Mr Jean-Noel Durvy, Director Innovation Policy, DG Enterprise ad Industry European Commission
Mr Jan Muehlfeit, Chairman Microsoft Europe
John Edwards, Director Public Sector, European Markets, Cisco Systems
Mr Carlos Zorrinho, National Coordinator of the Lisbon Strategy and the Technological Plan, Portugal
