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Speaker
09:30-10:30
Registration, Coffee & Tea
10:30-10:45
Welcome address
Hanka Boldemann, J.P. Morgan
Fiona Aldridge, Learning & Work Institute (UK)
10:45-11:15
The diversITy project and its results in Europe
Daniel Schmidtmann, Research Consultant,
Werner B. Korte, Director, empirica GmbH
11:15-12:30
Session 1: Outreach and employability
The session will focus on strategies how best to reach those at risk of social inclusion in highest need for employable skills, how to best enable these groups to training or jobs, relevant success factors including the importance and value of certification and quality labelling for (later) labour market integration and the stakeholders and policy environment needed to build a diverse tech workforce.
Discussion topics:
Session facilitator and moderator:
Christiane Schubert, Region Head, JOBLINGE (Germany)
12:30-13:30
LUNCH
13:30-14:30
Session 2: Pathways and connectivity to traditional education and training system
The session will focus on a discussion of the most promising pathways to ICT skills training and jobs, their links to and integration into traditional education and training systems and the role of vendor-based training programmes.
Discussion topics:
Session facilitator and moderator:
Aoife Sheehy, Tech Research and Development Officer, FIT
14:30-15:00
COFFEE Break
15:00-16:15
Session 3: Stakeholder engagement, scalability and sustainability
The session will focus on the need for a stronger engagement of specific stakeholders, policy actors and the special role of national industry, employers and different types of associations and best ways to scale.
Discussion topics:
Session facilitator and moderator:
16:15-16:30
Concluding remarks:
Towards a European agenda and roadmap for inclusive ICT training and a diverse tech workforce
Fiona Aldridge, Learning & Work Institute (UK) (Moderator)
The following inclusive ICT training programmes have already confirmed to share their experiences:
Daniel Schmidtmann: daniel.schmidtmann@empirica(dot)com,
Werner B. Korte: werner.korte@empirica(dot)com,
Tel.: +49 228 98530-0