International conference A new European perspective: The importance of e-skills for inclusion and employment

Organizers: Ypsilon Institute, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana, European Commission

Under the honorary patronage of Mrs. Neelie Kroes, Vice-President of the European Commission responsible for the Digital Agenda for Europe

15th October 2012 at 11AM at the Faculty of Social Science, University of Ljubljana

09:00     Launch of Simbioz@ project (invitation only)

11:00     Opening remarks, welcome speeches

-        prof. Bojko Bučar, PhD., Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences of University of
         Ljubljana 

-        Dejan Turk, Chairman of the Management Board of Si.mobil and Chairman of the

          Manager Association

-         Jan Muehlfeit, Chairman Europe Microsoft Corporation

-        Zoran Stančič, PhD., Deputy Director-General of the Directorate-General of the
         European Commission for Communications Networks, Content and Technology

-        prof. Žiga Turk, PhD., Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport

11:20     Round table discussion: Slovenian perspective on the digital agenda for inclusion and
              employment   

-        Marjan Turk, Director General of the Information Society Directorate

-        Lučka Žižek, director of Employment Service of Slovenia

-        Vesna Dolničar, PhD., Assistant Professor, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of
          Ljubljana

-        Samo Hribar Milič, Msc., president of The Chamber of Commerce and Industry of 
         Slovenia

         Moderator: Aleš Špetič, Digital Champion at the Government of Republic of Slovenia

13:00     PRESS RELEASE 

13:00     BREAK

13.30     European and global potential of the project Simbioz@ for intergenerational  
              cooperation in digital agenda

-        Simbioz@ in an International Perspective, Tadej Rupel, Msc., Director - General for

          European Policies
         

-        Why I nominated the project Simbioz@ for the European Parliament Award, Tanja

           Fajon, MEP, European Parliament 

13:45    

-        Simbioz@ connected Slovenia, Žiga Vavpotič, the initiator of the project and Program

          Direction of the Ypsilon Institute: 
       

-        Presentation of this year's research of project Simbioz@, Robert Kaše, Faculty of

          Economics

-        Why is Simbioz@ important for Slovenia?, Marko Papič, MSc., LTFE, Faculty of

          electrical engineering  
          

14:20     Examples of best practices at home and abroad   

-        Municipalities in the spirit of intergenerational cooperation in digital agenda, Vojko

          Grunfeld, MOL

-        Students as teachers - students of 8th and 9th classes run workshops e - literacy of

          elder, Branka Vodopivec, Primary School Predoslje

-        Best practices abroad

          Phenomenon of TEDx and ideas worth spreading, Matej Golob, TEDx Ljubljana

          Internet für Alle, Petra Gallaun, Telekom Austria

14:50     Looking ahead: What's next?

-        Simbioz@ 2012 is connecting again, Tanja Mozetič, Head of Project Simbioz@ 2012,

          the Ypsilon Institute 

-        Comments from the audience

-        Transfer of best practices in the European Union, Zoran Stančič, PhD., Deputy

          Director-General of the Directorate-General of the European Commission for

          Communications Networks, Content and Technology

15:20     Intergenerational dialogue

-        Acknowledgements and an invitation to visit the workshops

15:30     Departure for the Simbioz@ workshops visitations

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For more information: conference@simbioza.eu, +386 51 600 340