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Mar 02

Organizer: e-Skills Week


e-Skills Week Conference
CeBIT Conference Centre 2 March 2010
14.00 to 18.00

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

A European Commissioner and Senior European Public Officials will open the discussions. The first panel will address current the lack of e-Skills in Europe and its impact on Europe competitiveness. A second panel will tackle what industry and public bodies can do to bridge the gap.

To view the live stream of the opening event, use this link:
http://stream4.messe.de/dmag/popup/cebit2010/digitaleurope/index.html

 

Click here to download the full programme.

Programme

 

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 andExpert 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-Systems Deutsche Telekom AG
·       Stefano Venturi, Vice President, Public Sector Europe, Cisco
·       Michael Ehrke, Director of Education & Training strategy, IG Metall
 
This event will be moderated by Mark Spelman, Managing Director, Strategy, Accenture
 
This agenda may be subject to change.

 


Registration

Registration is not mandatory but registered participants will have priority entry to the event.

There is no fee to attend the e-Skills Week Opening Conference, but you will need to have an entry to the fairground at CeBIT to gain access to the e-Skills Week Opening Conference.

If you do not already have an entry pass, please make sure you request one in your registration form.

Delegates are expected to meet their own travel and accommodation costs. 

Venue

CeBIT Convention Center 

Contact Details

Magali Merindol – Communications Officer - DIGITALEUROPE
E. magali.merindol@digitaleurope.org
T. +32 4 77 22 99 39 

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