EIT @ Bulgarian Presidency conference "Educate to Create: From Digital Consumers to Digital Creators"
EITBulgarian Presidency conference: "Educate to Create: From Digital Consumers to Digital Creators"
Martin Kern, Interim Director of the EIT, will be part of the panel discussion on "The EU and digital creativity in education: current priorities, programmes and future perspectives speak at the EU Industry Day 2018 session" (19 April, 15:30-16:45).
Description of the session: With the 11 initiatives of the Digital Education Action Plan, the Commission supports Member States and educational organisations to harness the potential of technology in education and to support digital competence development. The Commission also encourages exchange and discussions on digital education policy with Member States and partner countries. Initiatives such as EU Codeweek and the Digital Skills and Jobs Coalition aim to raise awareness and mobilise stakeholders to take action on improving digital skills. A wide range of projects on digital education are funded as part of the Erasmus+ and Horizon 2020 programmes. The Commission has also published a series of frameworks on the digital capacity of citizens, educators and organisations and supports Member States with research and data collection.
Speakers:
Keynote: Ms Najat Vallaud-Belkacem, Advisor at the European Commission on Digital Education, Former Minister of Education, Higher Education, and Research, France
Panel discussion:
- Ms Neli Koleva, Director for Public Partnerships, Teach for Bulgaria
- Ms Begoña Arano, Head of Unit, DG Education, Culture, Youth and Sports, European Commission
- Mr Enrico Nordelli, President, Informatics Europe
- Mr Alexander Riedl, Deputy Head of Unit, DG Connect, European Commission
- Mr Martin Kern, Interim Director, the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT)
Mr Laurent Roux, Impact Officer at the EIT will be part of the "Gender equality in digital studies and careers workshop" (20 April, 11:10-12:10).
Description of the session: A recent study about Women in the Digital Age highlights the problem of fewer female students interested in participating in the digital sector, be it higher education, jobs or entrepreneurship. Only 24 out of every 1000 females graduate in an ICT related subject – of which a meagre 6 go on to work in the digital sector. The Digital Education Action Plan, launched by the European Commission earlier this year also highlights the problem of fewer female students pursing studies in ICT, science, technology, engineering, mathematics studies and careers. Although the digital sector is rapidly growing, creating hundreds of thousands of new jobs every year, the share of women in the sector is decreasing. If more women were to enter the digital jobs market it could improve equality and competitiveness and create an annual 16 billion euros GDP boost for the European economy. The underlining questions remains: what could be done to increase the participation of women in the digital sector?
We will look at whether girls and young women approach digital creativity in a different way to male students and how we can ensure that women have an equal share in creating and shaping the digital world. We will also look at the experience of initiatives dedicated to girls and women, such as coding clubs.
Panel:
- Ms Bianka Siwinska, Executive director of Educational Foundation Perspektywy Poland
- Mr Laurent Roux, European Institute of Innovation and Technology
- Ms Carlota Tarin, Consultancy Area Manager, ICLaves
- Ms Sasha Bezuhanova, Founder of MOVE.BG and EDIT network
The EIT will have a booth at the conference so come and visit us!
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