Regional Cluster Event Report: Bulgaria, 20 May 2014 [PDF 733 KB]

'New Curricula for e-Leadership'

20^th May 2014

at New Bulgarian University, res. quarter Ovcha Kupel, 21 Montevideo Street, Sofia

Press articles about the event

http://computerworld.bg/46056_ot_balgariya_zapochna_kampaniyata_za_digitalni_profesii_na_ek&ref=also

http://news.idg.bg/news/75213_esi_center_osnoven_evropejski_centar_v_oblastta_na_inovaciite

http://computerworld.bg/46050_esi_center_osnoven_evropejski_centar_v_oblastta_na_inovaciite

http://news.idg.bg/news/75213_esi_center_osnoven_evropejski_centar_v_oblastta_na_inovaciite

Programm

Download Programme [PDF]

	Programme

	Chairperson: Dr. George Sharkov, Director, European Software Institute CEE
8:45 – 9:30	Registration
09:30 – 10:30	Key-note speeches Welcome: Prof. Antony Slavinsky, Chair of the BoT, New Bulgarian University Greeting on behalf of Rosen Plevneliev, President of the Republic of Bulgaria Welcome: Gergana Passy, Digital Championof Bulgaria André Richier, European Commission DG Enterprise and Industry Dr. Paul Nielsen, CEO, Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University
10:30 – 11:10	What is e-Leadership about? Why is it important? Nils Fonstad, INSEAD (France) ICT trends and their implications for e-leadership skills Gabriella Cattaneo, Associate Vice President, IDC Europe, Milan (Italy)
11:10 – 11:40	Coffee break
11:40 – 12:30	The European e-leadership education ecosystem Werner B. Korte, Director, empirica GmbH, Bonn (Germany) Download [1,02 MB] Demand for e-leadership and learning outcomes Paul Costelloe, Director Executive Education, EuroCIO Download [1,06 MB] Plenary discussion
12:30 – 13:30	Lunch break
13:30 – 14:15	Towards a European e-leadership curriculum profile and quality labels Lex Hendriks, Business Knowledge Consultant, EXIN, Utrecht (The Netherlands) Dr. Valentina Ivanova, New Bulgarian University Download [1,1 MB] Dr. George Sharkov, ESI CEE
14:15 – 15:00	Industry demand for e-leadership skills in industry Dr. Richard Soley, Chairman and CEO, Object Management Group (OMG) Neli Yolovska, CIO Magazine Hristo Hristov, CEO, Netinfо StartItSmart Preaccelerator pitches: Playmore Medprofile Dextrophobia Rooms Videonauts Qart Code
15:00 – 15:50	Panel discussion: New Curricula for e-leadership skills Panelists: ICT and SME associations, policy makers, and education representatives George Brashnarov, Chairman - Bulgarian Association of Software Companies Orlin Kuzov, Ministry of Education and Science Peter Ivanov, Chairman - Bulgarian Association of Information Technologies Peter Statev, Chairman Bulgarian ICT Cluster
15:50 – 16:00	Conclusions
19:00	10 year ESI CEE anniversary reception hosted by ESI CEE

Further information

Local organiser and secretariat:

European Software Institute – Center Eastern Europe
Business Park Sofia, bldg. 11B, floor 1
Sofia, Bulgaria
Tel. +359 2 489 97 40
Email: via(at)esicenter(dot)bg

Event Secretariat

for all European Regional Cluster Events on ‘New Curricula for e-Leadership’:

Empirica GmbH

Oxfordstr. 2, 53111 Bonn, Germany

Inna Bludova: Inna.bludova(at)empirica(dot)com
Werner B. Korte: Werner.korte(at)empirica(dot)com

Tel.: +49 228 98530-0

www.eskills-guide.eu

Contractor

This initiative was launched by the European Commission DG Enterprise and Industry in January 2013