Eurofund conference
We are very happy to announce that the Eurofund conference, held at Tknika between the 28 and the 29 of November, turned out to be a big success.
The theme of the conference was how a smart specialisation strategy can eolve by utilising eixsting skills and how these skills can be developed by mobilising a broad range of regional actors and companies.
The conference featured the following presentations and was highly oriented towards discussion:
- Donald Storrie, Eurofund
- Cristina Murillo, Business Director GAIA
- Eskarne Arregi-Pabollet, Scientific Project Officer, JRC-Growth and Innovation
- Irene Mandi, Eurofund
- Jorge Arevalo, Deputy Minister for Technical and Professional Education of the Basque Government
- Christian Mayer, Project Manager Labour Market, Business Upper Austria
- Ray Bowe, Project Manager at IDA Ireland
- Christopher Schwand, Study Programme Director BA-Export Oriented Management, University of Applied Sciences Krems
- José Luis Fernández Maure, Director of the International Department, TKnika
- Francisco Álvarez Herrera, Director, Corporate vocational training and development, Gestamp
- Giovanni Crisonà, Legal Representative, Centro Studi Cultura Sviluppo Associazione
- Manuela Marinescu, Chief Business Development Officer, Computerland Group
All the participants were very inspired by TKnika and its labour in bringing innovation into VET and SMEs.