European e-Skills Week highlight the growing demand for skilled ICT users and professionals to drive a competitive and innovative Europe. This exciting campaign seeks to inform students, young professionals and SMEs about the vast range of opportunities that ICT-related jobs present.

The e-Skills Week opening conference will gather leading figures from European Institutions, governments, business and scientific community to discuss on the importance of e-Skills for the future.

PROGRAMME

This event will be moderated by Mark Spelman, Managing Director, Strategy, Accenture

14.00 Introduction

• Bridget Cosgrave, Director General DIGITALEUROPE

14.05 Key Note Speeches

• Ernst Raue, CEO, Deutsche Messe
• Françoise Le Bail, Deputy Director General, DG Enterprise and Industry, European Commission
• Erkki Ormala, President of the Executive Board of DIGITALEUROPE

14.35 Panel One: e-Skills for the future competiveness of Europe

• Edit Herczog, MEP,Governor of the European Internet Foundation, e-Skills Week Ambassador
• Jan Muehlfeit, Co-chair of the European e-Skills Association (EeSA), Chairman Europe Microsoft Corporation
• Lizanne Scott, Regional Director for Western Europe and Global Government Affairs, Motorola
• Claus-Peter Unterberger, Senior Vice President, Marketing EMEA, Oracle
• Gabi Zedlmayer, Vice President, Office of Global Social Innovation, Hewlett-Packard Company

16.00 Coffee Break

16.30 Panel Two: Addressing the gap of e-Skills in Europe today....for tomorrow's growth

• Douglas Brown, Vice Chair of European Schoolnet and Expert Consultant at the British Educational Communications and Technology Agency (BECTA)
• Herbert Heitmann, Chief Communications Officer, SAP
• Bruno Lanvin, Executive Director, eLab, INSEAD
• Matthias Schuster, Member of the Board, T-SystemsDeutsche Telekom AG
• Stefano Venturi, Vice President, Public Sector Europe, Cisco
• Michael Ehrke, Director of Education & Training strategy, IG Metall

This agenda may be subject to change.

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