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The Alliance for Skills and Knowledge to Widen Food Sector-related Open Innovation, Optimization and Development (ASKFOOD, www.askfood.eu), aims at setting, designing and developing tools and training actions and to leverage and boost innovation by strengthening the collaboration and cooperation among all the actors and stakeholders of the food related sectors In this workshop, experts from academia and organizations will present new trends and scenarios in the food-related sectors highlighting the future skills and competences to match the future job and market and business request. Innovative training and educational methods to promote the development of entrepreneurial and professional skills will be presented. Participants will have the opportunity to discuss future scenarios, innovative cooperation and networking activities that can be developed to promote the academia-business interaction towards the innovation of the food sector.

EVENT PROGRAMME

13:30: Opening of the Virtual Room

13:45: THE ASKFOOD PROJECT: AIMS AND PERSPECTIVES

Paola Pittia, University of Teramo (IT), ASKFOOD project coordinator

14:00-15:0: PART I: NEW SCENARIOS

Food: Mobilizing Resources for the Future We Want

Marc Dreyer, FUTOPEDIA Consulting (CH)

Trends in food production - R&D for and with the industry

Henry Jaeger, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU) (AT)

Implementing bioeconomy at regional level through education: case studies and future actions

Matteo Sabini, APRE (IT), BIOVOICES project

Bioeconomy Education: Challenges, EC funded projectsoutcomes, gaps still to be bridged and recommendations

Susanna Albertini, FVA (IT), LIFT project, European Bioeconomy Network

15:00-15:30: Q&A TIME AND DISCUSSION

15:30-15:45 BREAK

15:45-16:45: PART II: NEW APPROACHES AND TOOLS

Exploring the potential of MOOCs as facilitators of virtual mobility and multi-stakeholder engagement: the case of “Sustainable Food Systems: a Mediterranean Perspective”

Alessio Cavicchi, University of Macerata (IT)

Learning by Imagination - A Multimediabased, digital Knowledge Managemen, Learning and Assessment Approach

Rainer Svacinka, SUMO TECHNOLOGIES (AT)

How to Integrate Sustainable Entrepreneurship Education into my Teaching in Life Sciences – The INTRINSIC Approach

Andreas Zitek, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU) (AT)

16:45-17:15: Q&A time and DISCUSSION

CLOSING REMARKS AND END OF EVENT

Location: 
Virtual
Date: 
Wednesday, April 22, 2020