Time

Agenda

8:45

Registration and coffee

9:30

Plenary opening

·         Welcome address by Michel Van der Bel, Corporate Vice President, EMEA, Microsoft

·         Introduction video to STEM Alliance - inGenious Education & industry

·         Welcome address by the Pact co-chairs: Marianne Thyssen, European Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs, Skills and Mobility and Etienne Davignon, Minister of State and President of CSR Europe

·         Welcome address by Tibor Navracsics, European Commissioner for Youth, Education, Sports and Culture

9:55

Teacher Award Ceremony Teaser

STEM Alliance

Business-education collaboration in action

Pact4Youth Leaders’ meeting

Closed Meeting

10:00

Introduction by Marc Durando, Executive Director, European Schoolnet and Beatriz Alonso, Services Team Manager, CSR Europe

10:10

Panel Discussion 1: Industry contributions to new ways of teaching STEM

Moderated by -                Yves Beernaerts, Senior Consultant, Educonsult

Panellists:

·         Caroline Ciuciu, Deputy Executive Officer, European Petrochemical Association

·         Stephan Griebel, Director for Business Development and Alliances Europe, Texas Instruments

·         Regina Murray, Senior Director Education Sector, EMEA, Microsoft Corporation

·         Dr Robert Schwamborn, Project Coordinator, Amgen Biotech Experience, Systems Biology Ireland, University College Dublin

10:50

Panel Discussion 2: Innovation and inspiration for STEM

Moderated by Olivier Remels, Administrateur Délégué, Fondation pour l’Enseignement

Panellists:

·         Elaine Manton, Teacher & STEM Coordinator, Loreto Grammar School

·         Dominic Nolan, Senior Programme Manager, Corporate Citizenship & Corporate Affairs, IBM UK

·         Karsten Simons, Regional Manager Corporate Affairs Europe, CIS, Russia and Israel at Cisco Systems

11:35

Closing from Marc Durando, European Schoolnet

11:45

Plenary closing remarks

·         Marianne Thyssen, European Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs, Skills and Mobility and Etienne Davignon, Minister of State and President of CSR Europe

·     Regina Murray, Senior Director Education Sector, EMEA, Microsoft Corporation

12:00

STEM Alliance Teacher Award Ceremony

Presented by Maïté Debry, STEM Alliance Project Manager, European Schoolnet and Yvette Sweringa, STEM Alliance Project Manager, CSR Europe

12:30

Lunch and exhibition

Exhibition for participants to learn more about what companies, teachers, schools and students are doing around science, technology, engineering, math, entrepreneurship and arts education.

14:00

End of event