Programme
32nd EfVET ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2023
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Day 01
Wednesday 25/10/2023
- 12:00
Registration*
- 15:30 - 17:00
Preparatory meeting: good practices in greening initiatives from EfVET members and not EfVET members
Chaired by EfVET President the panel discussion will focus on a sharing of management experiences on green initiatives.
ROOM: ARIADNE ROOM
15:15 – 15:45
Coffee break
- 17:15 -18:15
Members’ Forum
EfVET of the future: Co-creating a roadmap
Welcome and information session
An open discussion chaired by Vibeke H Norgaard, Arja Flinkman, Stefano Tirati and James Calleja and Paolo Nardi, Executive Director EfVET.
ROOM: ARIADNE ROOM
17:00 - 18:00
Break
- 19:00 -23:00
Official Opening of the EfVET Conference and Reception followed by dinner.
Speakers: The Greek Authorities and Organisers and EfVET President.
Main Pool (The dinner will take place outdoors)
Day 02
Thursday 26/10/2023
- 09:00 – 09:30
Welcome to Rhodes and Official opening Conference
Panagiotis G. Anastassopoulos, EfVET Treasurer and Greece National Representative
Greek Regional and Greek Government Authorities
Joachim James Calleja, President of EfVET
- 09:30- 10:15
Keynote speaker
Future Skills for Green Transitions
Ioanna Lytrivi, Member of Parliament – State Deputy/PhD in Political
- 10:15– 10:30
Coffee break
- 10:30- 12:00
Future skills for green transitions – an agenda for VET.
Panel discussion chaired by Stefano Tirati, Vice President EfVET.
Georgios Zisimos, ETF Head of Policy Advice & EU Programming Unit
Carlamaria Tiburtini, Senior HRBP Commercial, Programs, Finance, Legal, Compliance & Communication, AvioAero a GE Aviation Business
Kari Puumalainen, Director of Ylä-Savo Municipal Federation of Education and Principal of Ylä-Savo Vocational College
Open discussion
ROOM: IMPERIAL ROOM A and B
- 12:15 – 13:00
Networking corner - informal opportunity for future cooperation
- 13:00 – 14:30
Lunch break
- 14:30 -16:00
Breakout Sessions I
Joachim James Calleja, EfVET President and CEO/Principal, MCAST
Arja Flinkman, EfVET Vice-President and CEO & Chief Principal
Annemaija Summanen, PhD/ Working ability specialist, Jyväskylä University
CEO, AMS Henkilöstöpalvelut Oy
ROOM IMPERIAL A
Workshop 2: Green Skills in Western Balkans
Marina Braletić (Project coordinator and teacher), “Vaso Aligrudić”, Montenegro
Bodil Mygind Madsen (European Senior Manager), SOSU Ostjylland, Denmark
ROOM: ARTEMS
Workshop 3: Let’s make EfVET events more sustainable
Students: Aitor Taberna, Olatz Astigarraga, Guadalupe Soto, Cebanc
Christina Tsagkli, Magdalini Valavani, IEK SVIE Athens & Athanasia Toli, Themistoklis Private School
Nicola Alimenti, Apro Formazione S.c.a r.l.
Timo Pakkanen, SEDU
Tiny Wezenberg, Landstede
ROOM IMPERIAL B
Workshop 4: Sustainable Human Development: “THE KEY IN THE BALANCE FOR A GREEN FUTURE”
Maria Jose BARRIOLA, Director of the Bioscience and Sustainability area. TKNIKA
Enara Iriondo, IKASLAN MOBILITY coordinator
Ainhoa Dominguez, Innovation coordinator. Nazaret school
Eduardo Azola, Director Galdakao ostalaritza school.
Nereba Peña, International coordinator. Nazaret
Amaia Caballero, Researcher in Agri-Food and Health 4.0. TKNIKA
ROOM: ARIADNE
Workshop 5: Internationalising Vocational Excellence – Mapping Knowledge and Expertise for CoVEs
Georgios Zisimos, ETF, Head of Policy Advice & EU Programming Unit
Doriana Monteleone, ETF, Human Capital Development
ROOM: APHRODITE
- 16:00 – 16:15
Coffee break
- 16:15 -17:45
Breakout Sessions II
Workshop 6: Brick stones to build capacity for excellent vocational education and turn green
Tibor Dőri (President), Association for Hungarian Digital Education/Euro-Contact Business School
Anne-Birgitte Nyhus Rohwedder (PhD Assistant Professor), The Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Department of Culture and Learning – Aalborg University, Denmark
ROOM: IMPERIAL ROOM A
Workshop 7: Internationalising Vocational Excellence – Mapping Knowledge and Expertise for CoVEs
Georgios Zisimos, ETF, Head of Policy Advice & EU Programming Unit
Doriana Monteleone, ETF, Human Capital Development
ROOM: APHRODITE
Good practice 8: EMEU4CROSSOVERS
Jeroen Rijks, ROC Horizon College
ROOM: ARIADNE
Good practice 9: EfVET WBL Guideline: Promoting Work-Based Learning in VET
Susana Nogueira, Policy and Project Officer
Wolfgang Stutzmann, Principal, Berufsbildende Schule Wirtschaft I
ROOM: IMPERIAL ROOM B
Good practice 10: How to reduce plastic as well as delight your Employees
CarlaMaria Tiburtini, Senior HRBP Commercial, Programs, Finance, Legal, Compliance & Communication, AvioAero a GE Aviation Business
ROOM: ARTEMS
- 18:30 - 19:30
Reception
Palace of the Grand Master of the Knights of Rhodes
Day 03
Friday 27/10/2023
- 09:00 – 10:30
Each roundtable will discuss different aspects of how VET Colleges, Polytechnics and Universities of Applied Sciences are moving towards green transitions for green economies. Which programmes, events, activities, continuous professional development is taking place to create a green culture. Which challenges must be met and which resources are needed to achieve a new mind-set? Are VET institutions ready to promote a green economy?
Other Roundtable themes related to future skills will also be organised.
ROOM: IMPERIAL ROOM A and B
- 10:30 – 11:00
Coffee break
- 11:00 – 12:30
Marketplace
ROOM: IMPERIAL ROOM A and B
- 11:00 – 12:30
Policy Discussion on the future of VET(Leaders & Managers) ROOM: ARIADNE
- 12:30 – 13:30
Meetings of National EfVET Boards
- 13:30 – 15:00
Lunch break
- 15:00
Announcement of the winners of the VET Learners competition of Greening Tourism Events and Sustainable Development
Organised by the EfVET Tourism Thematic Team, Nicola Alimenti, Tiny Wezenberg and Timo Paakkanen (Coordinators)
- 15:30
Short concluding remarks by EfVET President: the key messages from the Annual Conference 2023
Announcement of the 2024 EfVET Annual Conference venue
ROOM: IMPERIAL ROOM A and B
- 15:45 – 16:00
Coffee break
- 16:00 – 18:00
EfVET General Assembly
Sharing of National EfVET Boards on initiatives and organised events
ROOM: IMPERIAL ROOM A and B
- 19:30
Gala Dinner
6th floor pool (The dinner will take place outdoors)
