Driving AI Adoption through the Pact for Skills and Beyond: From Local Action to European Impact
About the event
As part of the AI Innovation Month, the European DIGITAL SME Alliance, co-coordinator of the Digital Large-Scale Partnership under the Pact for Skills and partner in the Erasmus+ project GenAISA, is jointly organising the webinar session Driving AI Adoption through the Pact for Skills and Beyond: From Local Action to European Impact with the North Holland Regional Skills Partnership. The event will showcase best practices and tool that can support AI adoption by industry and strengthen Europe’s technological sovereignty.
Taking participants on a journey from regional initiatives to European action, the session will highlight successful approaches to AI upskilling and reskilling at different levels. The North Holland Regional Skills Partnership will present regional best practices in AI skills development, followed by the Erasmus+ project GenAISA, which will showcase innovative Generative AI training initiatives implemented across several EU countries. Finally, the European AI Skills Academy, funded under the Digital Europe Programme, will demonstrate how these experiences can be scaled across Europe to close AI skills gaps, strengthen the AI talent pipeline, and enhance Europe’s competitiveness.
More information about how to register will be available soon.
Agenda
11:00 – 11:10
Welcome and introductory remarks: Introduction to the session and presentation of the Digital Large-Scale Partnership under the Pact for Skills, setting the scene for AI upskilling and reskilling in Europe.
- Caterina Bortolaso, Senior Project Manager (European DIGITAL SME Alliance) and Moderator (Digital Large-Scale Partnership)
11:10 – 11:25
Regional Perspective: North Holland Regional Skills Partnership: Showcasing Regional best practices supporting AI skills development and AI adoption by industry.
- North Holland Regional Skills Partnership
11:25 – 11:55
GenAISA toolkit – Tools and Strategies for Trainers: Presentation of the Erasmus+ GenAISA online learning platform to explore practical strategies for integrating Generative AI into teaching and training practice
- Loredana Bucseneanu, Project Manager (European DIGITAL SME Alliance) and GenAISA representative (GenAISA)
11:55 – 12:15
European AI Skills Academy: Presentation of the AI Skills Academy under the Digital Europe Programme and its role in scaling AI skills development across Europe, addressing skills gaps, and strengthening Europe’s competitiveness and technological sovereignty.
- Gianluca Misuraca, Coordinator, European AI Skills Academy
12:15 – 12:30
Q&A and concluding remarks
