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Digital-LSP Stakeholder and Matchmaking Event
About the event
This event represents a joint initiative of the Digital Large-Scale Partnership (Digital LSP) and its member Skills Alliances – Artificial Intelligence Skills Alliance, Blockchain Skills for Europe Alliance, and Cybersecurity Skills Alliance – and it brings together research and innovation stakeholders to explore collaborative ventures for the development of educational programmes in key digital sectors.
It will focus on the opportunities offered by two open calls for proposals under the Horizon Europe and Digital Europe programmes, namely:
- HORIZON-EIE-2024-CONNECT-02-01: Expanding Academia-Enterprise Collaborations (Deadline: 19 September 2024 17:00 CEST)
- DIGITAL-2024-ADVANCED-DIGITAL-07-KEYCAPACITY: Specialised Education Programmes in Key Capacity Areas (Deadline: 21 November 2024 17:00 CEST)
Participants will have the chance to engage in one-to-one meetings and pitch their project ideas, receive feedback, and explore potential collaborations during an online matchmaking session.
Agenda
15:00 – 15:05 Opening remarks
15:05 – 15:35 Presentation of the two calls for proposals
Natasa Kurucki, Policy Officer – Innovation Policy & Access to Finance, DG Research and Innovation, European Commission
15:35 – 15:40 Break
15:40 – 17:30 Matchmaking session: 1-on-1 meetings
Who should participate?
The event is addressed to higher education institutions, vocational schools and similar organisations, public authorities in the field of education and employment, innovation agencies, research organisations, businesses and other innovation ecosystem actors that have the capacity to contribute to education programmes in the areas of advanced digital skills for developers and users of advanced digital technologies, such as artificial intelligence, data analytics, virtual worlds, photonics, quantum, cloud and edge computing, robotics and automatization, and others.
