The main aim of the conference is two-fold:

• to present the results of the project and how they can be exploited by relevant stakeholders, i.e. higher education institutes, VET providers, enterprises and professionals that are involved in Data Science and IoT projects and
• to bring together the main stakeholders in order to present initiatives in the domain of education and training on Data Science and IoT and discuss the current and foreseen challenges and how they can be addressed.

We thus welcome the participation of educational institutions, VET providers, policy makers, enterprises and professionals (either individuals or associations) that are interested for the project results or have relevant experience or interesting information to share on the topic of the significant gap identified in the Data Science and IoT related skills and the market's high demand for such skills.

Below you can find the preliminary agenda of the conference.

09.00 - 09.15 “Welcome by the SEnDIng consortium” Assistant Prof. Rigou Maria, University of Patras,

09.15 - 09.45 Keynote speeches

09.45 - 10.15 "CEPIS and the IT Professionalism on Data Science and IoT", Dr. Luis Fernández-Sanz, CEPIS Board member

The SEnDIng project

10.15 - 10.45  "Upskilling professionals at Data Science and Internet of Things: The SEnDIng project and its results”, Assistant Prof. Rigou Maria, University of Patras

10.45 - 11.15 "Design of Internet of Things and Data Science learning outcome-based curricula - SEnDIng’s approach", Pavel Varbanov and Ivaylo Gueorguiev, European Software Institute – Center Eastern Europe

11.15 - 11.30 Coffee Break

Eramsus+ projects for skills development at Data Science and Internet of Things

11.30 - 12.00 "Bridging education and business needs – the Da.Re. project experience", Riccardo Paci, Loccioni

12.00 - 12.30 “EO4GEO- Towards an innovative strategy for skills development and capacity building in the space geo-information sector supporting Copernicus User Uptake” Giorgio Saio, Geographical Information Systems International Group

12.30 - 13.00 "Internet of Things for Human and Industry Application: ALIOT Project and R&D Issues", Prof. Vyacheslav (Slava) Kharchenko, Head of Computer Systems, Networks and Cybersecurity Department, National Aerospace University KhAI

13.00 - 14.00Lunch Break

Special Session at 24th Pan-Hellenic Conference on Informatics24th Pan-Hellenic Conference on Informatics (PCI2020)

Education and training on Data Science and IoT

14.00 - 16.00 Round table and project closure

16.00 - 16.45 SEnDIng round table – discussion and main conclusions

16.45 - 17.00 Conference closure

During the second part of the event the special session “Education and training on Data Science and IoT” will be held, as part of the 24th Pan-Hellenic Conference on Informatics (PCI 2020). 

To participate in the SEnDIng Final Conference, please express your interest at this link till 15 November 2020.

The conference will be held in English.

Virtual room for attendance: https://zoom.us/j/93863831334

For more information about the SEnDIng project please visit the website http://sending-project.eu/