Telecentre-Europe Summit Brussels, 27-28 October 2011: Programme

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TELECENTRES: GET TO WORK!

Thursday 27th October

08:00 Conference Registration

09:00–09:15 Welcome by the organizers

  • Gabi Barna, Chair, Telecentre-Europe and Director of EOS Romania
  • Ian Clifford, Deputy Chair, Telecentre-Europe and Head of Business Development at UK online centres
09:15–09:30 Keynote presentation:Telecentres: Get to work!

  • Constantijn Van Oranje-Nassau, Senior Advisor Cabinet Kroes at European Commission
09:30–10:15 Plenary session 1 – eSkills for future jobsAre eSkills the main skills for future jobs? What percentage of “e” do we need to put into our skills to keep ourselves competitive?

Moderator: Ian Clifford

  • John Vassallo, Associate General Counsel and VP for EU Affairs, Microsoft
  • Miguel Raimilla, Executive Director, Telecentre.org Foundation
  • Katarzyna Balucka-Debska, Policy & Project Officer, ICT for Inclusion Unit, DG INFSO, European Commission
10:15-11:00 Get online week
How much can we improve the Digital Agenda scoreboard?
A quick look back at last year and a look forward to 2012.Moderator: Gabi Barna

11:00-12:00 Project marketplace with coffee break:

Session 1: present your project idea and build your consortium!

Projects:

 

 

 

 

12:00-13:00 Plenary session 2 – SMEs online and social entreprises
How can Telecentres become more engaged with SMEs? What are the drivers for engagement, and how do we overcome the barriers?
How do telecentres engage new social enterprise models for sustainable development?Moderator: Peter Palvolgyi, Director, DemNet Hungary

13:00-14:00 Buffet Lunch

14:00–15:00 Parallel session – Joining forces at the European levelDigital skills for young people
How can telecentres become engaged with young people, and the networks that support them?
And how can they help to support young people with employability through social media and new digital skills?

Moderator: Andrea Parola

  • Melissa Pailthorp, Senior Manager for Community Affairs at Microsoft
  • Gérard Valenduc, Director of the Work and Technology Research Centre, Foundation Travail-Université
  • Godelieve Van Den Brande, Principal Administrator at the DG Education and Culture, European Commission

Telecentre content creation
Are telecentres innovative enough to create their own content (produce digital media content, curriculums, guides, researches)?
Should we look more into developing our own content that can transform in revenue source for sustainability?

Moderator: Ivan Stojilovic, Manager, IAN Serbia

15:00-16:00 Project marketplace with coffee break:

Session 2: project dissemination and scalability

 

Projects:

16:00–16:45 Plenary session 3 -Impact assessment: European digital inclusionModerator: Ian Clifford

  • Gabriel Rissola, Senior Scientist, The Institute for Prospective Technological Studies, European Commission
  • Maria Garrido, Researcher, Center of Information and Society – University of Washington
  • Cristobal Cobo, Researcher, Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford in England
16:45-17:30 Telecentre-Europe Awards Ceremony Hosts:

  • Gabi Barna
  • Sylvie Laffarge, Director Community Affairs EMEA at Microsoft
17:30 Wrap-up, conclusions

18:30 Social evening including dinner: see Summit Logistics.

Friday 28th October

09:00–09:30 Launch of the employment toolkit “Key Competences for All“The general context of the project and its alignment with EU key competence framework
09:30–11:00 Plenary sessionWhy a multilanguage online employment toolkit? – Pedro Aguilera Cortez, Project Manager, Fundación Esplai, Spain
Multi-country analysis – Gabriel Rissola and Andrea Diaz, D-O-T, Spain
Pilot testing – Mara Jakobsone, LIKTA, Latvia
Employment toolkit methodology - Elena Lanzoni, Interface3, Belgium

11:00-11:30 Coffee Break

11:30–13:00 Workshop sessionPresentation of project handbook and guidelines for new users. How to exploit and disseminate the employment toolkit,
with detailed methodology, and tips for use.
Mara Jakobsone, Vice-President, Latvian Information and Communications Technology Agency

Demonstration of the handbook – Andra Jakobsone, Project Expert, LIKTA

Valorisation of the toolkit – Gabriela Barna and Alina Zamfir, EOS, Romania

Discussions regarding the localization of the toolkit in other languages, cultural adaptations and process for hosting other language versions on the project website. Funding available for national adaptations of the toolkit -
Pedro Aguilera Cortez, Project Manager, Esplai Foundation and Gabriel Rissola, Dynamic Thinking Organisation, Spain
13:00–13:30 Closing sessionSetting up next steps and actions with the European network of telecentres – Pedro Aguilera Cortez, Project Manager, Esplai Foundation

13:30 Buffet Lunch

Separate Meeting

11.30–13.30 Telecentre-Europe AISBL – 2nd General AssemblyAgenda to be circulated separately to formal members.

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