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Day 2: Tuesday, September 9th

Conference Day

08:00                                Registration and coffee

Venue: Væveriet – an old tissue factory in Kolding
Address of the venue: Dalbygade 40D, 6000 Kolding

08:45                                Plenary session

Moderator: Rogier Elshout

Unofficial opening chat

  • With Boudewijn, Inigo, Ragnhild & Henriette

Official opening 

  • Iben Lehmann Rasmussen, Member of City Council and Chairperson of Social Affairs and Employment Committee, Kolding Municipality
  • Interview with Manuela Geleng
  • Key note speech: Building up a local skills eco system through public – private partnership, by Mikael Sorknæs, Chief of Staff for Business, Education and Settlement, Kolding Municipality

Panel discussion 1: Excellence in VET

  • Mads Haugsbøll, Secretary General, Danish VET Student’s Association
    • Setting the scene: If I was a politician responsible for VET, I would do these 10 things to achieve excellence and better European collaboration within VET.
  • Theodor Grassos, Secretary General, EVBB 
  • Adelaide Almeida, Project coordinator AILEEN CoVE project and European Federation for Welding, Joining and Cutting 
  • Pilvi Torsti, Director European Training Foundation
  • Anna Banczyk, Head of Unit, DG EMPL
  • Juergen Siebel, Director CEDEFOP

10:30 - 11:00                  Coffee break and networking

11:00                                 Panel discussion 2: EU Competitiveness and VET

  • Signe Tychsen Philip, Vice Director, Confederation of Danish Industries
  • Setting the scene: Introducing the tripartite system in Denmark for the negotiation and development of VET education, as a strength in supporting competitiveness for Danish enterprises
  • Troels Lund, Chief analytic, Economic Council of the Labour Movement
  • Elise Andsager, Educational advisor, United Federation of Danish Workers
  • Dàire Horgan, Project manager, T-Shore CoVE Project
  • Mette Schack, Mason and opinion leader for gender equality
  • Paolo Nardi, Director, EFVET

12:05                               Concluding interview with Manuela Geleng

12:15                               Short walk from Væveriet to Campus Kolding

12:30                                Lunch and networking (See location on your personal programme)

13:30                                1st Workshop session (See workshop and location on your personal programme)

15:00                                Coffee break and networking

15:30                                2nd Workshop session (See workshop and location on your personal programme)

17:00                                Poster session, a glass of champagne and jazz music

Venue: Kolding Education Center, Ågade 27, 6000 Kolding

18:30                                Walking dinner and events in the educational institutions in Kolding (See location on your personal programme)

Street food designed to reflect the image and approach of the educational institutions. The participants will be guided so that they visit the educational institutions during the evening, which will be organised with presentations of the institutions, events, shows and exhibitions prepared by students from the educational institutions