“Future Skills for Europe’s Aerospace and Defence Industry”
Day 1 - Thursday
21.10.2021
8.30 – Registration and Welcome coffee
9.00 – Welcome by the university authorities - Rzeszów University of Technology
9.30 – EU policy on skills in aerospace and defence industry, Elektra Tsigaridas, European Commission
10.00 – Challenges for aerospace and defense industries in the post-Covid era, Marek Darecki, Aviation Valley Association
10.30 – Technical and soft skills in aerospace and defence industry, including new skills driven by emerging technologies, Renata Markowska, Marcin Pietrzak, MTU Aero Engines Polska
11.00 Coffee break
11.30 – ASSETS+ Alliance for Strategic Skills addressing Emerging Technologies in Defence, Gualtiero Fantoni,
Filippo Chiarello, University of Pisa
11.50 – ASSETS+ The European Defence Challenge, Mateo Burgos-Garcia, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid
12.00 – Walking tour in Rzeszów University of Technology Laboratories – skills-building venues for the defence industry
13.15 – Networking Lunch
14.15 – 15.30
SESSION 1: Challenges for skills providers
Panel discussion
moderated by Andrzej Majka
Eric Grivel, IMS lab, Bordeaux INP - University of Bordeaux
Susana Nogueira, European Welding Federation
Lucyna Pasternak, WSK "PZL-Świdnik S.A." - Leonardo Helicopters
Wojciech Depczyński, Kielce University of Technology
Geert De Cubber, Royal Military Academy of Belgium
15.30 – 16.30 Opportunities for cooperation at European level: short presentations followed by a networking session (looking for partners in EU projects)
18.30 – Dinner
Day 2 - Friday
22.10.2021
8.30 – Welcome coffee
9.00 – Programme Erasmus+ and its offer for enhancing students and staff competencies and for teaching innovations, National Agency for the Erasmus+and ESC programmes
9.30 – Programs supporting trainings and skills improvement
9.45 - 11.00
SESSION 2: Technical Skills development and improvement
Panel discussion
Mateusz Roszkiewicz, PGZ - Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa S.A. (a capital group of Polish defence industry)
Peter Nielsen, Aalborg University
Przemysław Kupidura, Military University of Technology, Warsaw
Sophie Pawletko, Benoit Consolini, Aerocampus Aquitaine
Jan Sawicki, Safran Transmission Systems Poland
11.00 – Coffee break
11.30 - 12.45
SESSION 3: Soft and digital skills required by aerospace and defence industry
Panel discussion
moderated by Dorota Stadnicka
Mirosław Basiak, Aero Gearbox International Poland
Mirosław Surowaniec, Huta Stalowa Wola
Polskie Zakłady Lotnicze Sp. z o.o.
Jose Maria de Fuentes, Charles III University of Madrid
Jacek Czarnigowski, Lublin University of Technology
12.45 – Sky 4.0: Soft Skills 4.0 for the new challenges in European Aerospace Industry, Andrzej Rybka, The Aviation Valley Association
12.55 – Wrap up
13.00 – Networking Lunch and b2b meeting
14.30 – Industrial Visit (The number of places is limited, the order of applications decides)