Regional Cluster Event Report: Spain, 4 June 2014 [PDF 687 KB]

'New Curricula for e-Leadership'

4th June 2014 at IE Business School, Madrid, Aula Magna, in Maria de Molina 13

The European Commission Regional Cluster Event will take place on 4^th June 2014 at and hosted by IE Business School in Madrid.

Objectives

For effective e-leadership, the skills required are seen as those which enable people with very strong ICT skills to lead qualified staff from ICT and other disciplines towards identifying and designing business models and exploiting key innovation opportunities. Their success is defined as making best use of developments in ICT and delivering value to their organizations. As initial scope, the initiative has chosen to focus on the leadership needs of medium and large size enterprise at the top levels of decision-making.

The present event at IE Business School in Madrid is one of 10 Regional Cluster Events on ‘New Curricula for e-Leadership – Delivering Skills for an Innovative and Competitive Europe’ organised by the European Commission in cities across the entire European Union. Each event will be hosted by a leading university, business school or other organisation with a strong contribution to e-leadership skills development.

This Regional Cluster Event at IE Business School in Madrid is organised with the key objectives to bring together a wide group of complementary stakeholders and policy makers from different countries, present and discuss results, achievements and conclusions on guidelines for new e-leadership curricula and for participation to universities and business schools from across each cluster region.

Background

Responding to the inadequacies in the skills market flagged by stakeholders across the EU, the European Commission has begun commissioning studies and launching initiatives designed to foster a full range of skills relating to ICT, “e-skills”, in Europe, the most recent focus and initiative is on the skills gap in the ‘e-leadership’ domain.

The initiative and the 2014 demonstration activities are open to education institutions, industry and associations understanding e-leadership skill requirements in the workplace. Notifications of interest to should be addressed to: guide(at)empirica(dot)com

Target groups

Primarily targeted to innovative employers, CIOs and their associations, presentations will also be of great interest to universities and business schools as well as to policy-makers interested in promoting innovation. Attendance is free of charge and by personal invitation.

Organisation

Questions can be addressed to the Event Secretariat responsible for all European Regional Cluster Events on ‘New Curricula for e-Leadership’at: empirica GmbH in Bonn, Germany to Mira Zöller: Mira.Zoeller(at)empirica(dot)com, or Werner B. Korte: Werner.korte(at)empirica(dot)com; Tel.: +49 228 98530-0.

Programme

	Programme

	Chairperson: Silvia Leal, Academic Director, IE Business School, Madrid and CIONET Committee Member
08:45 – 09.30	Registration
09:30 – 10:15	Welcome and introduction Lee Newman, Dean of Innovation and Behavior at IE Business School, Dean of IE’s School of Social & Behavioral Sciences, and a professor of Behavioral Science and Leadership André Richier, European Commission DG ENTR Carmen Plaza, Managing Director, Instituto de la Mujer
10:15 – 10:35	What is e-Leadership about? Why is it important? *Nils Fonstad, Associate Director, INSEAD Faculty & Research*
10:35 –10:55	ICT trends and their implications on skills and e-leadership ICT trends towards 3^rd platform skills and jobs (e.g. Big data, cloud computing, social media technologies, IT security) Implications on skills in general and especially e-leadership skills Gabriella Cattaneo, Associate Vice President, IDC Europe, Milan (Italy)
10:55-11:15	The European e-leadership skills education ecosystem e-leadership skills demand in industry e-leadership skills supply from higher and executive education; gaps and shortages European Commission e-Leadership initiative *Werner B. Korte, Director, empirica GmbH, Bonn (Germany)* Download [PDF]
11:15-11:35	Industry demand for e-leadership skillsand education ecosystem Current demand and supply situation Likely future situation Possible responses *Paul Costelloe, Director of Executive Education for EuroCIO* Download [PDF]
11:35 – 12:20	Coffee break
12:10 – 12:30	Towards European e-Leadership curriculum profiles and quality labels ‘Curriculum Profile’ approach taken by universities and business schools in cooperation with industry Demonstration of curriculum profiles and quality labels as an instrument for adapting and developing e-leadership curricula for higher and executive educational institutions Types of quality labels Quality label principles, criteria, processes and awarding **Birgit Hanny, M.A., M.B.A., Deputy Director, ASIIN e.V., Düsseldorf (Germany)**
12:30 – 12:50	e-Leadership in practice IE Business School and e-Leadership initiatives, best-practices and successful results. *Silvia Leal, Academic Director, IE Business School, Madrid and CIONET Committee Member (Spain)*
12:50 – 13:10	*Plenary discussion*
13:10 – 13:20	e-Leadership – the role and value of certification The role and value of ICT and e-leadership certification to reducing the shortage of e-leaders and for problem solving in general Nick Houlton, Marketing & Operations Director, APMG-International
13:20 – 13:30	ICT and e-leadership – the role of higher education The role and responsibility of Academic Organizations to reduce the shortage of e-leaders and for problem solving in general Eduardo Vendrell, President, Spanish Council of Deans of Informatics Degrees Download [PDF]
13:30 – 14:30	Lunch break
14:30 – 15:45	Panel discussion I: New Curricula for e-leadership skills - Appropriateness and timeliness - Critical success factors - Scalability and sustainability - Potential for roll-out nationally and Europe-wide - Own interest and role *Chairperson: Nils Fonstad, Associate Director, INSEAD Faculty & Research* *Panelists:* *Jose Manuel Inchausti, General Manager of MAPFRE’s Business Support Area* *Javier Torres, Western Europe Applications Business Operations Senior Director, Oracle Spain* *Eduardo Vendrell, President, Spanish Council of Deans of Informatics Degrees* Antonio Saravia, Deputy Director of Digital Economy at Red.es, Ministry of Industry, Energy and Tourism, Spain Download [PDF] *Cristina Alvarez, CIO, Telefonica España*
15:45 – 16:30	Panel discussion II: e-Leadership skills, women to fill the digital gap - Female IT Professionals required for filling the Digital Gap - New professions and female professionals - Examples: newly emerging ICT areas like Big Data, a field for women? *Chairperson: Silvia Leal, Academic Director, IE Business School, Madrid and CIONET Committee Member (Spain)* *Panelists:* *María Gomez de Pozuelo, CEO, Womenalia* *Mercedes Wullich, CEO, Mujeres y Cia* *Jeanne Bracken, General Manager, LID Editorial Spain* *Carlos Flores, CEO, NIIT Technologies* *Dr. Luis Fernandez-Sanz, Vice President, ATI, Spanish IT Professionals Association*
16:30 – 16:45	Conclusions *Alfonso Martínez De Irujo Fitz-James Stuart, Governor of the IE Foundation, President of Executive Education at the IE Business School* *Silvia Leal, Academic Director, IE Business School, Madrid and CIONET Committee Member (Spain)*