STEM EDUCATOR ACADEMY and ECB General Assembly

STEM EDUCATOR ACADEMY
and ECB General Assembly
21-24 September 2014, Warsaw, Poland
Organisers:
The work presented in this document is supported by the European
Union’s Framework Programme for Research and Development
(FP7) – project ECB: European Coordinating Body in Maths, Science
and Technology (Grant agreement Nº 266622). The content of this
document is the sole responsibility of the Consortium Members and
it does not represent the opinion of the European Union and the
European Union is not responsible or liable for any use that might be
made of information contained herein.
Partners:
INDEX
FOREWORD ....................................................................................................................................2
ABOUT THE EVENT .....................................................................................................................3
ORGANISING TEAM .....................................................................................................................7
PARTNERS & ORGANISERS ................................................................................................... 11
AGENDA ........................................................................................................................................ 17
SPEAKERS .................................................................................................................................... 25
USEFUL INFORMATION .......................................................................................................... 43
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Dear STEM Educator Academy participant,
It is our pleasure to welcome you to Warsaw to STEM
Educator Academy – a joint conference of Intel
and European Schoolnet, organised in partnership
with European Union Contest for Young Scientists,
University of Warsaw and the Copernicus Science
Centre.
Michał Dżoga
We are pleased to announce that this year’s conference
is acting as closing event of inGenious - the European
Coordinating Body in Science, Technology, Engineering
and Mathematics (STEM) Education - a joint initiative
launched by European Schoolnet and the European
Roundtable of Industrialists (ERT) aiming to reinforce
young European’s interest in science education and
careers and thus address anticipated future skills gaps
within the European Union. The General Assembly for
ECB members only will be held on Wednesday, 24th of
September, following the STEM Educator Academy.
During this year’s Academy we also have the pleasure
to share with you the results of two major Intel and
European Schoolnet’s joint projects, which we have
been working on over the past year: European Science
Fairs Evaluation Framework and Skills Mismatch in
STEM report.
Marc Durando
Ahead of us we have three days of speeches,
presentations, workshops and knowledge exchange
in the marvelous capital city of Warsaw. As inGenious
also organises its 9th workshop for teachers
simultaneously, we will have ample opportunities to
share experiences with invited teachers and also will
we get the opportunity to meet with excellent students
participating in the 2014 EUCYS contest.
During these Warsaw events our main priority will be to
openly discuss the changing ways of STEM education
in Europe and beyond and elaborate on future calls for
action as identified over the 3 years of the inGenious
project. We are expecting heated discussions and very
much invite you to be a part of it.
Looking forward to welcoming you in Warsaw,
Foreword
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Michał Dżoga
Marc Durando
Corporate Affairs Group,
Central Eastern Europe,
Intel Corporation
Executive Director
EUN Partnership AISBL
About
the event
STEM EDUCATOR ACADEMY and ECB General Assembly
About the event
The Educator Academy concept brings together the most dedicated educators
and government officials from around the world to improve science education and
identify ways to boost students’ interest in STEM careers. Drawing together leading
figures from Teacher Professional Development, STEM policies (Science, Technology,
Engineering and Mathematics) and the Academia the conference is an opportunity to
share best practices and to explore proven, innovative methods of engaging students
in pursuing scientific careers.
2014 STEM Educator Academy
The Academy
(21st-23rd September)
2014 STEM Educator Academy is a joint conference
of Intel and European Schoolnet, organised
in partnership with European Union Contest
for Young Scientists, the University of Warsaw
and Copernicus Science Centre. This year’s
conference will act as closing event of inGenious the European Coordinating Body (ECB) in Science,
Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)
Education - a joint initiative launched by European
Schoolnet and the European Roundtable of
Industrialists (ERT) aiming to reinforce young
European’s interest in science education and careers
and thus addressing anticipated future skills gaps
within the European Union.
9th inGenious workshop for
teachers (21st-23rd September)
25 inGenious teachers will gather in Warsaw
to discuss their input and use of the online
resources and interact with STEM Educator Academy
participants, but also will follow their own Workshop
track. This workshop for teachers, the last out
of 9 workshops, dedicated in the inGenious project
for STEM teachers in Europe, is funded within
the inGenious project, co-funded by the EU.
During the poster/video exhibition on Sunday
evening and Monday at the Copernicus Science
Centre, all conference guests will get the opportunity
to vote for, in their opinion, the most interesting and
challenging video/poster, made by European STEM
classrooms. All presented works have already past
the pre- selection performed during the inGenious
Summer School in Split in August 2014.
ECB General Assembly
(24th September)
The STEM Educator Academy will be followed
by ECB’s General Assembly, which will be held
on Wednesday 24th of September. Please kindly note
that this is a closed meeting for ECB members only.
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European Science Fairs
Evaluation Framework and Skills
Mismatch in STEM report.
During the 2014 Academy we will have the pleasure
to share with you the results of two major joint Intel
and European Schoolnet’s projects, which
we have been working on over the past year:
European Science Fairs Evaluation Framework
and Skills Mismatch in STEM report.
To better understand what drives the youth towards
and off STEM careers, Intel and EUN have designed
and carried out the pilot implementation of the first
European Science Fair Evaluation Framework.
This pioneer project focused on two key target
groups: students and teachers, looking at their
experiences, motivations and future plans regarding
STEM. The 2013 pilot edition was conducted
in 4 countries (Portugal, Netherlands, Hungary
and Czech Republic). Following the successful
pilot we have now launched the 2014 edition
of this project, extending it to 10 European countries
(Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, The Netherlands,
Hungary, Northern Ireland, Norway, Poland, Portugal,
Sweden) with final report to be presented at STEM
Educator Academy 2014.
The Skills Mismatch report is another joint project
of Intel and EUN, prepared in cooperation with Think
Young. The research will look into the gap between
skills acquired by graduates of STEM degrees,
and skills sought after by the industry. The research
paper based on this study will be disseminated
at the conference.
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About the event
Copernicus Science Centre
by Night with EUCYS
After its everyday working hours, the Copernicus
Science Centre welcomes the guests of the European
Union Contest for Young Scientists (EUCYS)
and STEM Educator Academy.
It will be an unforgettable evening full of scientific
experiences and great fun in a casual atmosphere.
We strongly encourage you to experiment
at the interactive galleries of the Centre, which hold
exhibits related to various fields of science. You can
find fascinating devices explaining the laws that
govern the world as well as art exhibits showing
the relationship between science and art. We also
have got two theatres. Especially for the participants
of the EUCYS, the humanoid actors of the Robotic
Theatre will perform “The Secret of an Empty
Drawer”; it is a performance about different
dimensions inspired by “Flatland”, the nineteenthcentury novella by Edwin A. Abbott. At the High
Voltage Theatre, you will be able to see Tesla’s
alternating current transformer, Jacob’s ladder and
plasma balls. You will also have the opportunity
to feel the flow of current on your own skin after
touching a Van de Graaff generator. You will have
your hair stand on end! On the occasion of the visit
of the competition guests, we have also prepared
special attractions at The Heavens of Copernicus
Planetarium. Please feel invited to see the film
“Dream to Fly”, which presents the history of
aviation. It is a very modern production, the Oscarwinner of the planetarium industry, which was
created just by the employees of the Copernicus
Science Centre.
Organising
team
STEM EDUCATOR ACADEMY and ECB General Assembly
Organising team
EUN
Rinske van den Berg
Project Manager | ECB - inGenious
European Schoolnet
Charmaine Kerr
Project Coordinator | ECB - inGenious
European Schoolnet
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Organising team
INTEL
Iza Pastuszyńska
Intel Corporate Affairs
Central Eastern Europe
INDREAMS
Magdalena Leszczyńska
Aleksandra Szmigiel
Project Manager
Project Manager
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Partners
& organisers
STEM EDUCATOR ACADEMY and ECB General Assembly
Partners & organisers
Organisers
Intel is the world leader in silicon innovation, develops
technologies, products, and initiatives to continually
advance how people live. Intel is the world’s largest
semiconductor chip maker. Company develops
solutions that transform the way people live, work,
communicate, and play. Intel’s legacy of innovation
continues to challenge the status quo and to lead
the world to discover what’s next.
At Intel we believe that success in today’s innovation
economy depends on access to technology and
quality education. Intel and the Intel Foundation
invest approximately $100 million annually in
education programmes around the world—from
technology training for teachers to premier science
fairs for students. Our flagship programs include
Intel International Science and Engineering Fair
(Intel ISEF), a programme of Society for Science and
the Public, the world’s largest pre-college science
competition.
In 2014, for the fourth year in a row, students
participating in EUCYS will get a chance to win a special
prize and participate as contestants in Intel ISEF, held
in Pittsburgh on May 10-15 2015.
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Partners & organisers
European Schoolnet (EUN) is a network of 30 Ministries
of Education in Europe and beyond. EUN was created
15 years ago to bring innovation in teaching and
learning to its key stakeholders: decision-makers,
schools, teachers and education experts.
inGenious, one of the projects coordinated by
EUN is the European Coordinating Body in Science,
Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) education.
It brings teachers and industry partners together
to ensure STEM education is both up-to-date and
relevant to the job skills young people need.
inGenious aims to stimulate pupils’ interest in, and their
understanding of, the wide range of opportunities that
STEM can bring to their lives in the future by improving
the image of science subjects and related career
options.
Since its launch in 2011, over 40 members from
industry, ministries of education and associations have
joined and combined forces with European teachers.
With a budget of € 8 million co-funded by the European
Commission and private stakeholders, inGenious is
the most significant investment to date in STEM
education and careers in Europe.
2014 inGenious impact
• Over 1200 science teachers involved in the pilot
school – industry community online
• 1 platform fostering collaboration and sharing
resources ingenious-science.eu
• Over 24,000 pupils reached (based on at least
1 class/20 pupils per teacher) by the community
• 92% of pilots teachers reported enhanced teaching,
improved ability to advise on STEM careers and wider
use of industry resources
• 83% of pilot teachers reported a positive wider impact
on other teachers and pupils, parents and careers
advisors
• The inGenious Code: ready to use EU toolkit to help
schools and industry work together in a safe, smooth
and secure way
• MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) platform for
teacher professional development focused on STEM
careers activities in class
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Partners & organisers
STEM EDUCATOR ACADEMY and ECB General Assembly
Partners
The European Union Contest for Young Scientists,
an initiative of the European Commission, was set up
in 1989 to promote the ideals of cooperation
and interchange between young scientists.
The Contest is the annual showcase of the best of
European students’ scientific achievements and as such
addresses the Union’s specific challenge of attracting
young boys and girls to pursue careers in science,
technology, engineering and mathematics.
The 26th EU Contest of Young Scientists (EUCYS’14) will
be organised on 19th-24th September 2014,
in Warsaw, Poland. The Host Organiser is the University
of Warsaw in cooperation with the Polish Children’s
Fund (the organiser of the Polish National Contest)
and the Copernicus Science Centre. This has been
already accepted by the Commissioner Máire
Geoghegan-Quinn, following the offer presented by
the Minister of Science and Higher Education of Poland.
Founded in 1816 the University of Warsaw (UW) is
nowadays the largest and according to the various
press ranking lists also the leading higher education
establishment in Poland. The university has a very
big potential in terms of science, research and human
resources. UW offers studies in several dozen of fields
of arts and sciences at 1 and 2 cycle programmes,
as well as at the integrated Master programmes,
post-graduate students and students at 3rd cycle
programme. Total number of students equals about
52 thousand.
UW employs about 3.25 thousand teaching and
research staff being high level experts in many fields.
Currently, the University has 20 faculties encompassing
the natural sciences, social sciences and the humanities
and offers 37 fields of studies. Additionally, there are
30 extra-departmental and inter-faculty centres and
programmes including the Centre of New Technologies,
Centre for Preclinical Research and Technology and
University Technology Transfer Centre.
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Partners & organisers
Copernicus Science Centre conducts modern science
communication through interactive exhibitions, shows
and workshops on scientific themes, debates and
discussions as well as activities from the borderland
of science and art. The mission of the Centre is to
inspire curiosity, assist the independent discovering of
the world, help to learn and inspire social dialogue on
science.
The exhibitions include:
Roots of Civilization. Where Do We Come From? What
Are We? Where Are We Going? Inventions that changed
our world. Pivoting points in human history. Our
goals, ideas, and desires – namely: whatever makes us
humans.
Buzzz! On the blue hill and over the tree-top, among
the clouds and in the underground crannies toddlers
can spoor animal trails and discover the world of nature
with their smell, hearing and sight. (for children up to
the age of 6)
RE: generation. What happens in our heads when
we love, frown or simply take decisions? Discover the
emotions, thoughts and feelings which determine how
we see ourselves and other people.
(for people aged over 14)
Humans and the Environment. This gallery allows the
visitors to examine and observe… themselves and their
surroundings. Find out how our bodies operate and test
it, try it and discover the secret of senses and see how
we influence the environment and how the environment
influences us.
LightZone. Here light and darkness struggle against
each other. In the background narrative plot introduces
detective story of illusions, optics and electromagnetic
radiation.
On the Move. We present the secrets of the universe
and microcosmos which impact our everyday life.
Rights of physics are explained and tips are given of
how to use them. There are also many mysteries which
still have not been solved by scientists.
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Agenda
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Agenda
Please note that the conference will take place in the Copernicus Science Centre on
Sunday and Monday. For Tuesday sessions we will move to the University of Warsaw.
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Please note that some meetings included in this agenda are closed events for either
ECB Members and/or inGenious teachers. These are color-coded green for ECB
partners and purple for inGenious Teachers. All other sessions in the below agenda
are open to all STEM Educator Academy participants.
ECB AND INGENIOUS ACTIVTIES
Sunday,
September 21st
18.00 – 19.30
Venue: Przy Trakcie Restaurant
Królewska 2
Dinner for the members of European Coordinating Body in Science, Technology, Engineering
and Mathematics (STEM) Education and inGenious teachers.
ECB members only
inGenious Teachers only
STEM EDUCATOR ACADEMY
Sunday,
September 21st
Venue: Copernicus Science Centre
Wybrzeże Kościuszkowskie 20
19.30 -
Registration to the conference
20.00 - 23.00
Copernicus Science Centre by Night with EUCYS
inGenious competition 1&2 (poster and video voting)
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Monday,
September 22nd
Agenda
Venue: Copernicus Science Centre
Wybrzeże Kościuszkowskie 20
8.00 – 9.00
Registration to the conference
9.00 – 9.40
Opening keynotes and welcome from the organisers
- Marc Durando, Executive Director, European Schoolnet, Belgium
- Michał Dżoga, Corporate Affairs Manager, Central Eastern Europe, Intel Corporation, Poland
- Tomasz Klekowski, Director EMEA Business Marketing, Intel, Poland
/Auditorium Room, first floor/
9.40 – 10.00
Opening keynote
- Karen Slavin, Director EUCYS, Research Project Officer, European Commission, Belgium
/Auditorium Room, first floor/
10.00 – 11.10
Opening panel discussion: STEM innovations and future directions, improving the economic
impact on Europe at large
This opening panel discussion aims to present some of the most significant investments in place in the EMEA region to
strengthen STEM education, with the objective to identify lessons to share and replicate their success: what makes them work,
what are the best strategies and what do we know about their impact on the school community.
- Marc Durando, Executive Director, European Schoolnet, Belgium /moderator/
- Yvonne Baker, Chief Executive, Myscience
- Richard Scott, Policy Analyst, Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, (OECD), France
- Karen Slavin, Director EUCYS, Research Project Officer, European Commission, Belgium
- Dr. Marlena Plebańska, Expert, Centre for Education Development, Poland
/Auditorium Room, first floor/
11.10 – 11.50
Coffee break
inGenious competition 1&2 (poster and video voting)
Parallel workshops
11.50 – 12.50
Call for action 1 - Measuring
and widening impact:
evaluation of STEM initiatives
Call for action 2 - Best
executives-teachers
collaborations
The workshop focuses on the set up of
an appropriate evaluation framework to
measuring impact, identify and replicate
what works most, by analysing more
in details two selected cases: science
fairs long term commitment to youth
in science, and the establishment of
national platforms on STEM education.
Collaboration between school and
companies is no longer a taboo but
increasingly common practice: there are
many ways in which this collaborations
can be structured and we will analyse
how industry contribution can help
motivate pupils and inform decisionmakers on skills needs and requirements
for the jobs of the future
- Dr. Agueda Gras, Science Programme
Manager, European Schoolnet,
Belgium /moderator/
- Sharon Snyder, Manager of International
Fairs and Volunteer Reicruitment, Society
for Science & the Public, USA
- Sebastiaan Smit, Project Manager,
Platform Beta Techniek, The Netherlands
/Red workshop room, first floor/
- Rinske van den Berg, ECB Project
Manager, European Schoolnet, Belgium
/moderator/
- André van Aperen, Coordinator Jet-Net
& Education, Shell Nederland B.V.,
The Netherlands
- Elaine Manton, STEM Coordinator,
Loreto Grammar School, United Kingdom
- Timo Sorsa, Head of Student Innovation
Lab, Nokia Corporation, Finland
- Pablo Gonzales, Project Manager,
Fundación Telefónica, Spain
/Yellow workshop room,
first floor/
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Agenda
12.50 – 14.00
Lunch break
inGenious competition 1&2 (poster and video voting)
Parallel workshops
14.00 – 15.00
Call for action 4 - The missing
Call for action 3 - Teacher
training: upgrading STEM skills T in STEM
Teachers’ Continuous Professional
Development is at the heart of
innovation in education. This panel will
analyse programmes and opportunities
currently available in EMEA countries to
encourage teachers skills development,
support and reward the pioneering
efforts of teachers who are re-shaping
education practices on the ground.
- Marc Durando, Executive Director,
European Schoolnet, Belgium
/moderator/
- Dagmara Lipińska, Project Manager,
Copernicus Science Centre, Poland
- Dr. Łukasz Badowski, Project
Coordinator, Copernicus Science
Centre, Poland
- Dr. Reinhold Hawle, Head of Department
IT/3, Federal Ministry of Education and
Women’s Affairs, Austria
- Tobias Eriksson, Director of Education
& Competence Supply, Teknikföretagen,
Sweden
- Signe Ambre, InGenious Project
Manager, Information Technology
Foundation for Education, Estonia
inGenious Teachers’ workshop:
From day 1 to today
- the process of getting into an
EU project on school - industry
collaboration
IT skills are increasingly key across
sectors as digital infrastructures are the
backbone of modern societies: how
education is keeping pace with need for
inGenious Teachers only
e-skilled youth? This workshop will focus
on best approaches to introducing coding
What were the difficulties? How were
and computational thinking at school
they overcome? During these workshop
teachers will share their experiences from
- Bert D’Hooghe, Policy Adviser,
European Round Table of Industrialists the 1st day they heard about inGenious
until they were really involved.
(ERT), Belgium /moderator/
- Włodzimierz Marciński, Digital
- Dr. Agueda Gras, Science Programme
Champion, Ministry of Administration
Manager, European Schoolnet - EUN
and Digitization, Poland
partnership, Belgium
- Arjen Schat, Director of Education/
Jet-Net, Philips, The Netherlands
/Violet workshop room, first floor/
- Beata Szoboszlai, General Manager
Association of Hungarian Women in
Science, Hungary
/Yellow workshop room, first floor/
/Red workshop room, first floor/
15.00 – 17.00
(optional)
Visit to EUCYS Contest Zone
STEM Educator Academy guests are welcome to visit student booths at the European Union Contest for Young Scientists
anytime between 15.00 and 17.00. Please look out for STEM Educator Academy welcome desk near the entrance.
Venue: the University of Warsaw Library, ul. Dobra 56/66, Krakowskie Przedmieście 26/28
16.00 – 18.00
(optional)
EUCYS Open lecture of prof. Robert Huber – 1988 Noble Prize Laureate in Chemistry
STEM Educator Academy guests are welcome attend the lecture by prof. Robert Huber – 1988 Noble Prize Laureate in Chemistry
Venue: Auditorium Maximum of the University of Warsaw, Krakowskie Przedmieście 26/28
18.30 – 19.30
Warsaw sightseeing
Meeting point: Lobby of the Sofitel Victoria Hotel, Królewska 11
19.30 – 21.30
Dinner at Banja Luka Restaurant
Venue: Banja Luka Restaurant, Szkolna 2/4
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Tuesday,
September 23rd
Agenda
Venue: the University of Warsaw
- Institute of Applied Linguistics
Dobra 55
Parallel workshops
9.00 - 9.45
Call for action 5 - Industry
role models - programmes and
strategies on jobs
Call for action 6 - STEM
Policies and programmes
across EU
Role models are extremely powerful in
connecting school experience with real
world application of STEM knowledge.
This workshop will present role models
programme effectively integrated in
education and discuss common benefits
and challenges.
Purpose of the workshop is to analyse
emerging trends in policy measures and
programmes to shape the future of STEM
education in EMEA countries: we will
focus on key topics, skills, main channels
used, and on role of and contributions
from private stakeholders. The objective
will be to identify best practices and
- Rinske van den Berg, ECB Project
recommendations for national and
Manager, European Schoolnet, Belgium European level decision-makers.
/moderator/
- Liesbeth Reynders, Project Manager,
- Maria Karamitrou, Project Officer,
CSR Europe, Belgium
European Commission, Belgium
- Dr. Simon Olling Rebsdorf, Project
/moderator/
Manager, House of Natural Sciences,
- Janusz Krupa, Head of the Department
Denmark
Textbooks and New Technologies
- Michał Dżoga, Corporate Affairs
in Education, Ministry of National
Manager Central Eastern Europe, Intel, Education, Poland
Poland
- Prof. Jan Madey, Professor of Computer
Science, Rector’s Deputy for Multimedia
/Auditorium Room, first floor/
Education at the University of Warsaw,
Poland
- Mikkel Bohm, Director, Danish Science
Factory, Denmark
- Dr. Fernando Franco, High Technician,
Direção-Geral da Educação – ERTE,
Portugal
inGenious Teachers’ workshop:
Ethics and school-industry
collaboration
inGenious Teachers only
During this workshop Annick will provide
an introduction in the evolution and
production of the inGenious Code.
Furthermore she will ask the inGenious
Teachers to discuss and provide
feedback on the use and importance of
the Code of Conduct in the regional of
national setting. The aim of the session
is to improve the inGenious Code and
also share feedback among European
teachers . Feedback will be integrated in
reporting documents to the ECB partners
and the EC.
- Annick Van de Velde, Project Coordinator
ECB, European Schoolnet, Belgium
/Violet workshop room, first floor/
/Red workshop room, first floor/
Parallel workshops
10.00 – 10.40
Science Music Show by
the Copernicus Science Centre
Media workshop: re-branding
STEM
What is music for a physicist, and what
for an artist? The aim of the Show is
to direct viewer’s attention to diversity
included in music – we’ll talk about it
from the artistic and cultural as well
as physical and acoustic point of view.
Together with the audience, we’ll try to
find the components that are needed to
create music.
Very often pupils indicate media as
primary source of inspiration and powerful
factor on shaping their aspirations and
conceptions about their future jobs. How
media contribute helping young people
make informed choices and be openminded about STEM?
- Radosław Miernik, Copernicus Science
Centre, Poland
/Auditorium Room, first floor/
inGenious Teachers only
The project encouraged teachers to work
with industry and shared good initiatives
created from industry. What other effects
did it have that went beyond?
- Alessandro Niccolò Tirapani, Senior
- Dr. Agueda Gras, Science Programme
Ressearcher, Think Young, Belgium
Manager, European Schoolnet, Belgium
/moderator/
/Violet workshop room, first floor/
- Dr. Simon Olling Rebsdorf, Project
Manager, House of Natural Sciences
- Katherine Mathieson, Director
of Programmes, British Science
Association
- Valentina Garoia, Communications
and Press Officer, European Schoolnet,
Belgium
/Red workshop room, first floor/
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inGenious Teachers’ workshop:
Lessons learned and impact of
the project on STEM teachers
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Agenda
10.40 - 11.00
Coffee break
11.00 – 11.20
Wrap up session - Calls for Action 1-6
- Marc Durando, Executive Director, European Schoolnet, Belgium
- Michał Dżoga, Corporate Affairs Manager, Central Eastern Europe, Intel, Poland
/Auditorium Room, first floor/
11.20 – 11.50
Spark of Creativity
- Tobias Degsell, Nobel Museum Curator, Sweden
/Auditorium Room, first floor/
11.50 – 12.10
inGenious awards ceremony
- Marc Durando, Executive Director, European Schoolnet, Belgium
- Michał Dżoga, Corporate Affairs Manager, Central Eastern Europe, Intel, Poland
/Auditorium Room, first floor/
STEM Educator Academy ends
13.00 – 15.30
(optional)
EUCYS Awards Ceremony
All STEM Educator Academy Guests who will be staying in Warsaw after the conference are welcome to attend EUCYS Awards
Ceremony.
Venue: Auditorium Maximum of the University of Warsaw, Krakowskie Przedmieście 26/28
ECB AND INGENIOUS ACTIVITIES
Tuesday,
September 23rd
12:30-14:00
ECB agenda – ECB members only
Lunch
Venue: Rewers Restaurant, Dobra 56/66
ECB members only
14.00-17.00
inGenious Teachers only
Networking activities and 1:1 sessions with EUN financial project administration.
ECB members only
18.00 – 19.00
Warsaw walking tour
Meeting point: Lobby of the Sofitel Victoria Hotel, Królewska 11
ECB members only
19.00 – 19.30
Opening Speech of the inGenious SHELL Competition 3 by Ewald Breunesse – SHELL Manager
Energy Transitions
Venue: Senator Restaurant, Szeroki Dunaj 1/3
ECB members only
19.30 – 21.30
Formal General Assembly dinner
Venue: Senator Restaurant, Szeroki Dunaj 1/3
ECB members only
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Wednesday,
September 24th
9.00-9.05
Agenda
ECB General Assembly – ECB members only
Venue: the University of Warsaw
- Institute of Applied Linguistics
Dobra 55
Welcome by Marc Durando
ECB members only
9.05 – 9.45
ECB administrative and financial closure formalities (for Consortium partners only)
- Annick van de Velde, Project Coordinator at European Schoolnet, Belgium
- Rinske van den Berg, ECB Project Manager, European Schoolnet ,Belgium
ECB members only
9.45 – 10.00
Final remarks integration with new EU programmes
- Maria Karamitrou, Project Officer, European Commission, Belgium
ECB members only
10.00 – 11.00
inGenious outputs on research, pilot testing and internal and external evaluation (incl. Q&A)
- Prof. Derek Bell, Director, Campanula Consulting, United Kingdom
ECB members only
11.00 – 11.30
Coffee break
11.30 – 12.30
inGenious sustainability strategy and action plan - closing session (incl. Q&A)
- Marc Durando, Executive Director, European Schoolnet, Belgium
- Dr. Jan Eric Sundgren, Senior Adviser to the CEO, Volvo Group, Sweden
ECB members only
12.30 – 13.30
Lunch
ECB General Assembly ends
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Signe Ambre
InGenious Project Manager, Information Technology Foundation for Education, Estonia
Signe Ambre has working experience on the different
levels of Education for more than 20 years - she has
worked in Estonian Management Institute and in
the Executive Training Centre of Estonian Business
School as a Head of Development and Marketing.
Held different posts on Marketing in Tiger Leap
Foundation and in Information Technology Foundation
for Education (HITSA). Since 2012 she has been
coordinating the Estonian activities at InGenious/ECB
project. Starting September 2014 she works
for Estonian Research Centre.
Dr. Łukasz Badowski
Project Coordinator, Copernicus Science Centre, Poland
Jack of many traits... Started as a theoretical physicist
but soon turned out to be an educator teaching STEM
in schools and communicating science everywhere else.
Has fun with humanities as well.
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Yvonne Baker
Chief Executive, Myscience co Ltd, United Kingdom
Yvonne Baker is Chief Executive of Myscience,
an organisation wholly dedicated to supporting
Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
(STEM) education from early years through to post-16.
As part of this role, she is Director of the UK National
Science Learning Centre (NSLC) and responsible for
the wider Science Learning Network including fifty
school-led Science Learning Partnerships across
England; together, these work with thousands of
teachers and school technicians each year, providing
access to high impact, subject-specific professional
development in STEM. In addition, Myscience manages
the UK National STEM Centre, ensuring teachers and
others supporting STEM can access quality assured,
curriculum linked resources, either through a physical
resource library in York or via a free of charge eLibrary
(www.nationalstemcentre.org.uk/elibrary ).
Mikkel Bohm
Director, Danish Science Factory, Denmark
Born 1965
Position: Director, Danish Science Factory since 2001
Education: MA in Communication and Geography
Member of the InGenious Steering Committee and
Chairman of the InGenious National Platforms Task
Force. Recipient of the H.C.Ørsted Prize for exceptional
science communication 2013. President, of EUSEA
(European Science Events Association) 2004-06
Danish Science Factory is an innovative non-profit
project NGO organisation. We run annual events as
well as long-term development projects. Our aim is
to motivate young people to explore, understand and
change the world with science. We work in synergy with
leading Danish and international partners. Our work is
80% privately funded and 20% funded by the Danish
government and the European Commission.
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Tobias Desgell
Curator, Nobel Museum, Sweden
In 2010 Tobias Degsell, a curator at the Nobel Museum,
started to develop a concept named the Spark
of Creativity for business professionals. Since then
he has been travelling the world preaching
the power and magnitude of creativity. So far
companies, organizations and universities from
Stockholm to Beijing, New Delhi to Silicon Valley
has been inspired by the Nobel spark
Marc Durando
Executive Director, European Schoolnet - EUN partnership, Belgium
Marc Durando has over 30 years’ experience
in the field of education and training, both
at European and national level. Since 1983 he worked
in the education and training area, where after 5 years
of activities in the field of continuing education for
enterprises he developed specific expertise in the area
of European cooperation in the field of education
and training. He occupied successively the post of
Director of the COMETT Technical Assistance Office
and the SOCRATES&YOUTH Technical Assistance
Office. At the end of 1998 he joined the Pôle
Universitaire Européen de Lorraine where he developed
European projects in the field of education and training
and provided consultancy services in the area
of European cooperation in education and training.
Since September 2006, Marc Durando joined
the European Schoolnet network as Executive
Director of EUN (www.europeanschoolnet.org).
As a network of 30 MoE, European Schoolnet
provides its member Ministries with in-depth analysis
of the state of play of ICT in education across
Europe. It also facilitates peer learning activities
between Ministries of Education in key areas such
as development of digital learning resources,
standardisation, impact of ICT in schools, use
and impact of interactive whiteboards and 21st
Century digital skills for teachers and pupils.
EUN thus provides a platform where all Ministries
can define together the agenda for the future
development of ICT in education and exchange
policy and practice. In addition, European Schoolnet
provides a unique space for collaborative teaching
and learning for any teacher or school in Europe
under the umbrella of the Future Classroom Lab
(http://fcl.eun.org/).
Marc Durando is responsible for the overall strategy,
operation and development of all activities of the EUN
Office. Originally trained as an engineer, he has been
consistently leading and involved in education and
training activities at regional, national and European
level. He has developed skills and competences
in the field of European cooperation in education
and training covering higher education, secondary
education as well as vocational training.
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Bert D’Hooghe
Policy Adviser, European Round Table of Industrialists (ERT), Belgium
Bert D’Hooghe joined the European Round Table of
Industrialists (ERT) in 2014 as policy adviser, focussing
on issues related to “Societal Changes”, which includes
STEM skills and education.
Michał Dżoga
Corporate Affairs Manager, Central Eastern Europe, Intel, Poland
Economist, graduate of International Affairs at the Warsaw
School of Economics. Since 1999 he worked in the Team
of Advisors to the President of the Republic of Poland
leading educational community projects in the field of new
technologies. In 2004-2007, as advisor to the CEO of Polish
Telecom Michael was responsible for corporate affairs and
he has created and led the biggest corporate foundation in
Poland - TP Group Foundation (known today as the Orange
Foundation.) He then worked as a manager in the Risk
Management Department of Deloitte, where he created
an CSR advisory team, and together with Polish Employers’
Organization Lewiatan developed won an EU grant
for the project to promote corporate responsibility in Polish
companies. Since then Michael is a head of CSR Experts
in Lewiatan.
Tobias Eriksson
Director of Education & Competence Supply, Teknikföretagen, Sweden
Director of Competence supply & Education
at Teknikföretagen (The Association of Swedish
engineering industries). Teknikföretagen is a Swedish
employers’ organization representing 3800 engineering
companies. One of the main objectives is to make sure
the Swedish industry’s competence requirements
are met.
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Dr. Fernando Franco
High Technician, DGE – ERTE, Portugal
Fernando Manuel Franco is a member of the ERTE Team.
He is has a degree on Geography. He has been
a teacher for 32 years at elementary and secondary
levels. Some of the most relevant positions in school were
HeadMaster of the School during 8 years, President of
the Pedagogical Commission, President of General Council
of the School, Responsible of the ICT infra-structures of
the School, Member Representative of the Schools in
Municipal Educational Council, Member of the Pedagogical
Commission, member of the Resources Centre team,
European projects coordinator. At the ERTE team
he is involved in the inGenious project, he is the National
Coordinator of Creative Classroom Lab Project, he is
involved in the eTwinning project, member of the team
who is responsible for the production of DGE Webinars
and responsible of the internet access of the schools.
Valentina Garoia
Communications and Press Officer, European Schoolnet, Belgium
production of multimedia and printed materials
targeting a wide range of educational stakeholders.
She has developed extensive experience in a variety
of online communications tools including content
management systems, newsletter tools and social
media management platforms.
Valentina is also in charge of press relations and
contributes to the drafting of communications plans
and guidelines for several European Schoolnet’s
projects.
Valentina Garoia is communications and press
officer at European Schoolnet (http://www.eun.org),
Brussels. She coordinates the corporate editorial
planning of European Schoolnet’s website, social
media channels and newsletters and manages the
Her previous work experiences include collaborations
within the communication department of the Italian
Permanent Representation in Strasbourg and the
COST Office in Brussels. Valentina holds a Master
Degree in International Relations from the University
of Bologna and studied European Integration in
Institut d’Etudes Politiques - Rennes (France) and
Global Politics in York University – Toronto (Canada).
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Pablo Gonzalo
Project Manager, Fundación Telefónica, Spain
Economist and Master in Cultural Management.
Project Manager in the Education área in Telefonica
Foundation, Spain. Manager of “Education Challenge”
project.
Dr. Agueda Gras
Science Programme Manager, European Schoolnet, Belgium
Dr. Agueda Gras-Velazquez is the Science Programme
Manager of European Schoolnet (EUN) and is in
charge of overseeing and coordinating all the Maths
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and Science projects run by EUN. Additionally, she is
in charge of the day to day management of Scientix
(the community for science education in Europe,
http://scientix.eu) and the school piloting of
the inGenious project, a strategic partnership
between major industries and Ministries of Education
(http://ingenious-science.eu/). In her 6 years at EUN,
Agueda has been involved in over 20 Commission
funded projects and ten private funded ones and
also sits in the advisory board of a number of FP7
projects. Prior to joining EUN in May 2008, she
worked as an independent eLearning Professional, as
Tutor, Content designer, IT manager, Administrator,
Project Manager and Consultant for international
projects. She has co-authored several papers in the
area of Science Education Research and has a PhD
in Astrophysics from Trinity College Dublin, which
she carried out at the Dublin Institute for Advanced
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Dr. Reinhold Hawle
Head of Department IT/3, Federal Ministry of Education and Women’s Affairs
Dr. Reinhold Hawle, , Head of Department IT/3 - Dr. Hawle
is graduate of the Teacher Training College Linz (Upper
Austria), of the University of Vienna (A.M.R) where he has
received the degree of the Mag. Rer. Nat. (MSc.), and of the
Technical University of Vienna where he has received the
degree of the Dr. techn. (PhD). He has been a member of the
scientific staff of the Technical University of Vienna, and a
lecturer at the Technical University of Vienna (1974-1978).
Since 1978 he is a member of the BM:UKK, sector New
Technologies in Education, and since 1985 he serves as the
responsible for the sector ICT-Development and Evaluation.
Responsible for introduction of new technologies in
education, and creation of national and European
educational servers and networks. Dr. Hawle is a member of
the Steering Committee of the European Schoolnet (EUN).
Prof. Robert Huber
1988 Noble Prize Laureate in Chemistry
(Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Germany,
director emeritus), the winner of a Nobel Prize in
Chemistry in 1988, jointly with Johann Deisenhofer
and Hartmut Michel. The trio won the prize for their
contribution in determining membrane bound protein
structure which is required for photosynthesis. They
used X-ray crystallography to determine protein
structure in purple bacteria.
This year, during the EUCYS 2014 in Warsaw the
guest of honour will be Professor Robert Huber
Professor Huber had been Scientific Member of the
Max Planck Society and Director at the Max Planck
Institute of Biochemistry in 1972–2005. Since 2005
he has been doing research at the Center for Medical
Biotechnology of the University of Duisburg-Essen. In
2007 he jointed the School of Bioscience, the Cardiff
University, where he is involved in developing an
inter-school initiative in structural biology.
Maria Karamitrou
Project Officer, DG Research & Innovation, European Commission, Belgium
Maria Karamitrou is EC Project Officer dealing with FP7
and H2020 science education-related matters, in the
Science with and for Society Unit of Directorate-General
for Research and Innovation.
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Tomasz Klekowski
Director Business Go-To-Market EMEA, Intel, Poland
Tomasz is The Chairman of Digital Technology
Employers Association, Member of The Board Lewiatan
Confederation and a member of Advisory Board of
Warsaw School of Computer Science. He supports IDC
CIO Summits as Steering Committee Member.
Tomasz began his career at Intel in January 1998 as an
enterprise consultant and later held several positions in
sales and marketing organization. In 2004 he took over
responsibility for distribution and reseller channels in the
CEE region. From 2007 until end of 2013 he managed
all Intel sales and marketing operations in CEE region, as
a Territory Manager. Prior to joining Intel, Tomasz held
various roles in management at JTT Computers.
Tomasz is a member of Intel EMEA Marketing
Management Team and Director of the Business
Go-To-Market organization in the EMEA region. He
is successfully helping Intel to integrate sales and
marketing processes and be perceived as a market and
ICT industry leader in EMEA region. He believes in the
strategy focused on value creation, business and process
innovation and maintaining the thought leadership
position. Helping his team members to grow Tomasz
leverages his 15 years managerial experience and vast
sales & marketing and business acumen.
As a recognized expert in area of emerging flexible work
models he published articles in HBR, IDG, as well as HR
and business media. He was invited as an expert speaker
for numerous conferences.
Tomasz graduated from INSEAD International Executive
Programme, and Technical University of Wroclaw,
where he received his master degree in Information
Technologies & Management. In his diverse hobbies,
dominated by sporting activities such as trekking
expeditions, scuba diving and running.
Janusz Krupa
Head of the Department Textbooks and New Technologies in Education,
Ministry of National Education, Poland
A graduate of Warsaw University of Technology (1981),
teacher of physics and English in primary school
(1983-1995), deputy mayor of Otwock district for
Education (2000-2003). Janusz Krupa joined
the Ministry of Education in 2006, where he first
held the position of Director of the Department for
Computerization of Educational Processes (20062007). Currently Head of the Department Textbooks
and New Technologies in Education, co-author of
the governmental “Digital school” programme, Vice
President of European Schoolnet and a representative
of the Ministry of Education in the European
Commission’s working group on transversal skills.
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Dagmara Lipińska
Project Manager, Copernicus Science Centre, Poland
She graduated from environmental sciences.
She implemented CSR projects for Gdansk R&D Park.
While working in Copernicus Science Centre, she is
involved in projects targeted for teachers.
Prof. Jan Madey
M.Sc., Ph.D., D.Sc. Professor of Computer Science, Rector’s Deputy
for Multimedia Education at the University of Warsaw, Poland
Jan Madey, M.Sc., Ph.D., D.Sc. Professor of Computer
Science, Rector’s Deputy for Multimedia Education
at the University of Warsaw, the Chairman
of the Council for Informatization of Education
at the Ministry of National Education, a member
of the Computer Science Committee at the Polish
Academy of Sciences and of many other bodies. Since
2009 the President of EUNIS (European University
Information Systems Organization).
For over 30 years he has been involved with the Polish
Children’s Fund, being at present the head of the
Board. Member of the General Council of the National
Olympiad in Informatics. Since 1994 he has been
coaching student teams advancing to the Finals
of the ACM International Collegiate Programming
Contest. He is also the Polish National Organiser
of the European Union Contest for Young Scientists
and the EUCYS 2014 Organizing Committee Chairman.
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Elaine Manton
STEM Co-ordinator, Loreto Grammar School, United Kingdom
Elaine Manton is Stem Co-ordinator at Loreto Grammar
School in the UK. I am interested in promoting STEM
careers and new technology in the classroom. I am a UK
pilot teacher for inGenious Science, the UK Ambassador
for Scientix_eu and a pilot teacher for Go-lab. Over
the last two years I have entered students in a UK
competition called ‘Teen Tech awards’ and am very
proud that in 2013 my students won in 3 categories,
International Collaboration, Healthcare, and Overall
Winners and in 2014 won in 5 categories, including
Teacher of the Year. We enjoyed a visit to Buckingham
Palace to collect our prize from HRH The Duke of York
in June 2013 and look forward to a return visit in
October 2014.
Włodzimierz Marciński
Digital Champion, Ministry of Administration and Digitization, Poland
Włodzimierz Marciński is the Digital Champion
in Poland. For many years he has been active in matters
related to ICT and development of information society.
Currently he is the Plenipotentary of the Minister
for development of digital competences in
administration. He is also a member of the Committee
of Experts on Information Technology in the Council
of Europe and a member of the Committee
on Computer Science. Together with other Digital
Champions from all EU member states, he advises
Neelie Kroes, the EU Commissioner for Digital Agenda.
He also chairs the Broad Agreement
for the Development of Digital Skills in Poland.
Katherine Mathieson
Director of Programmes, British Science Association, United Kingdom
Katherine Mathieson is the Director of Programmes
for the British Science Association, which includes
oversight of the annual British Science Festival, National
Science & Engineering Week, the Science in Society
programme for researchers, our UK-wide network
of local branches and the CREST Awards programme
and National Science + Engineering Competition for
school students. Katherine has previously held roles at
a range of science-based organisations, including Nesta,
the Forensic Science Service, Science Line and Merck.
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Radosław Miernik
Copernicus Science Centre, Poland
Radosław has got master’s degree in biotechnology.
He has been working in Copernicus Science Centre for
over two years. He is passionate about sciense shows
because it brings art and science togehter.
Dr. Marlena Plebańska
Expert, Centre for Education development, Poland
Dr. Simon Olling Rebsdorf
Project Manager, House of Natural Sciences, Denmark
Simon Olling Renstorf works at the House of Natural
Sciences, increasing the interest and motivation for
science and technology among children and youngsters
in Denmark. It’s important and meaningful to me. Since
2000, I’ve worked professionally within STEM and its
communication, education, innovation, history and
philosophy, as it’s highly needed in society - and since
science and tech simply appeals to me.
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Liesbeth Reynders
Project Manager, CSR Europe, Belgium
Liesbeth Reynders is working as Project Manager
for CSR Europe and holds a Masters in General
Management from the Vlerick Business School.
In 2011 she worked for a provincial theatre house
in South Africa, where she identified social business
development opportunities. Within CSR Europe, she has
taken a strong role in the development of the European
Business Campaign on Skills for Jobs and organised
workshops and stakeholder dialogues. She is currently
responsible for the Deploy your Talents (STEM) project,
aiming to strengthen the impact of company’s STEM
programmes and tackle gender stereotypes related
across Europe, and a project on Quality Internships
& Apprenticeships.
Arjen Schat
Director of Education / Jet-Net, Philips, The Netherlands
Graduated in 1971 in Electronic Engineering, Arjen
started as development engineer in Communication
Systems at Philips. After a period of 30 years in several
functions, ranging from software architect to project
manager in large telecommunication projects,
he became head of the recruitment operation
for Philips Medical System. Since 2008 he is
responsible for the CRS activities around education,
bringing context related state-of-the –art lessons and
organising activities in the secondary school level.
The aim: to inform and encourage young people
into a career in STEM: Science Technology Engineering
and Maths. He is on behalf of Philips partner in the EU
ECB – inGenious project.
Annick van de Velde
Project Coordinator at European Schoolnet, Belgium
Annick Van de Velde is the project coordinator
for inGenious at the Project Support Team (PST)
responsible for the financial & contractual management
of EU funded projects at European Schoolnet. She is
the administrator of the Ethical Team within European
Schoolnet overseeing the ethical issues to be properly
addressed in funded projects.
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Richard Scott
Policy Analyst, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), France
Richard Scott currently works within the Centre
for Educational Research and Innovation (CERI),
where his work examines the skills required
for innovative economies and how these skills can be
fostered by the education and training system. Before
joining CERI, he was a member of the OECD Young
Professionals Programme, within the Directorate
for Science, Technology and Industry. There, his work
predominantly related to science and innovation
policy, with particular focus on the economic
impacts of public investment in R&D. Prior to joining
the OECD, he was a government economist
at the Department for Business, Innovation and
Skills in the United Kingdom, where he contributed
to a range of official reports, analysis and policy
formulation on labour markets, skills and industrial
policy. He holds a BA in Economics from Durham
University in the United Kingdom, and an MSc
in Economics from the University of Nottingham.
Karen Slavin
Project Officer, European Commission, Belgium
Karen Slavin works for the European Commission and
one of her responsibilities is managing the European
Union Contest for Young Scientists (EUCYS).
She is a Computer Scientist and worked in energy
research for 15 years before moving to the Directorate
General for Research and Innovation in Brussels. She
gained an interest in science competitions as a child
growing up in Dublin where a visit to the Irish contest
was an annual event. She has been responsible for
EUCYS for the EC for the past 5 or 6 years. She works
closely with the annual host organisers. Last year she
worked with the organisers from the Czech Republic to
celebrate 25 years of EUCYS.
She is looking forward to this year’s contest in Warsaw
in September. She encourages her daughter to take an
interest in science!
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Sebastiaan Smit
Project Manager, Platform Beta Techniek, The Netherlands
Sebastiaan Smit is project manager at the National
STEM Platform in the Netherlands. The National
STEM Platform has been commissioned by the Dutch
government, the education and the business sectors
to ensure sufficient availability of people who have a
background in scientific or technical education. The
aims: (1) to achieve a structural increase of pupils and
students in STEM education, and (2) to use existing
talent more effectively in businesses and research
institutes. The goal is not only making careers
in science more appealing, but also to introduce
educational innovations that will inspire and challenge
young people. The National STEM Platform is known
for its ‘chain approach’. This approach includes
programmes carried out by the National STEM
Platform that focus on primary to higher education.
The Platform works in close collaboration with JetNet, Youth and Technology Network Netherlands.
Jet-Net is a joint initiative of leading Dutch technology
companies and secondary schools. Together they
provide students with experiences that show that
technology is challenging, meaningful and socially
relevant.
It has been 11 years since Jet-Net was launched.
Currently 84 companies and 169 schools participate in
Jet-Net.
Sharon Snyder
Manager of International Fairs and Volunteer Reicruitment, Society for Science
& the Public, USA
Sharon is a long-time employee of the Society for
Science & the Public (SSP) based in Washington,
DC. SSP has owned and implemented ISEF since its
inception in 1950. Sharon works to help educators and
schools launch Intel ISEF-affiliated science fairs and
ensures students’ work is both compliant and safe.
She currently manages international participation in
Intel ISEF assisting fair directors from more than
70 countries as they bring students to Intel ISEF.
She works with local host cities to secure volunteers
and interpreters for each Intel ISEF. Sharon also is
the National Organizer for the US for the European
Union Contest for Young Scientists. She is a return
presenter to the Intel ISEF Educator Academy, a past
judge at “Sci-preneurship” contest in Brussels, a speaker
at the Educator Academy in Seoul, South Korea for
Educators in Asia and, most-recently, was co-presenter
at a 3-day Shoptalk in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
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Timo Sorsa
Head of Student Innovation Lab, Nokia Corporation, Finland
Timo’s experience is a blend of STEM and business.
His educational background is on the other side in
technology (MSc. in Electrical Engineering) and on the
other side in business (MSc. in Economics and Business
Administration). Since the late nineties Timo has been
working in high tech industry in technology research,
operations management, technology management, and
business development. Currently he is deeply involved
in school industry collaboration and promotion of
STEM as part of his role as a Head of Nokia’s Student
Innovation Lab.
Beata Szoboszlai
General Manager, Association of Hungarian Women in Science, Hungary
Beata Szoboszlai is presently the CEO of the Association
of Hungarian Women in Science. She made her master
degree in communication and sociology at Budapest
Corvinus Universtity, and defended her thesis on
„Feminism and Gender-studies in the press-work”
in 2011. She is overviewing and directing the
association’s everyday activities, manages membership
issues, participates in fundraising and proposal writing
to reach the goals of the Association. She is the main
coordinator of the country-wide Girls Day and Girls
in ICT Day programmes. Beata was involved in EU FP6
and FP7 projects related to gender and science issues.
Being EU Project manager at the Hungarian Science
and Technology Foundation, she coordinated
the GENDERA (www.gendera.eu) project and was
leading one of the work packages in the SHEMERA
(www.shemera.eu) project. Beata actively participates in
international networks: she is Executive Board member
of the European Center for Women and Technology and
member of the Industrial Task Force of the gender STE
COST Action.
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Alessandro Niccolò Tirapani
Senior Ressearcher, Think Young, Belgium
Born and raised in Bologna, Italy, Alessandro earned
an MSc in international management at HEC Lausanne
and a MA in International Relations at the University
of Bologna. In 2012 he started as a policy researcher
at ThinkYoung, a Brussels-based think tank focusing
on young people, where he currently holds the
position of senior researcher. During the last year he
has led a campaign on the ‘Stigma of failure among
entrepreneurs’ and for two years he has been in
charge of various studies such as ‘Skills mismatch
among young Europeans’. His research interests
cover the politics of European Union and studies on
sovereignty.
André van Aperen
Coordinator Jet-Net & Education, Shell Nederland B.V., The Netherlands
André van Aperen studied Analytical Chemistry,
Environmental Technology and Industrial Hygiene.
He has been working for Shell since 1974. Worked
in R&D Exploration and Production (production
technology and petro physics), became later on
environmental and industrial hygiene advisor.
His current function is Coordinator Jet-Net & Education
for Shell in the Netherlands, he is heading a team
of 9 coordinators from the several company locations.
He is responsible for the structured collaboration
with the 30 Shell Jet-Net schools and the continuation
of the Jet-Net at school programme at the schools.
He is member of the Jet-Net core team of the Dutch
Jet-Net organization.
Rinske van den Berg
ECB Project Manager, European Schoolnet, Belgium
Rinske van den Berg is the Project Manager
of inGenious project at European Schoolnet
(http://ingenious-science.eu). She is a Brussels based
higher & executive education consultant, promoting
STEM and entrepreneurial education and careers. Rinske
occupied successful positions at the European Centre
for Executive Development in Fontainebleau CEDEP, and
was the Director MScBA programmes at RSM Rotterdam
School of Management. Working closely together with
industry, the Community of European Management
Schools and various international educational networks,
she acts as an expert with the EAC Executive Agency,
EPOS and NUFFIC for Erasmus+ and as external
evaluator of education projects.
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Useful
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Useful information
Venues:
STEM educator Academy (Sunday and Monday)
Copernicus Science Centre
Wybrzeże Kościuszkowskie 20
00-390 Warsaw
STEM Educator Academy (Tuesday) & ECB General
Assembly (Wednesday)
The University of Warsaw
- The Faculty of Modern Languages
Dobra 55,
00-312 Warsaw
Open lecture of prof. Robert Huber (Monday) and
EUCYS awards ceremony (Tuesday)
Auditorium Maximum of the University of Warsaw
Krakowskie Przedmieście 26/28
00-325 Warsaw
Walking tour meeting point (Monday- STEM educator
Academy, Tuesday-ECB)
Hotel Sofitel Victoria
Królewska 11,
00-065 Warsaw
EUCYS Contest zone (Monday afternoon)
the University of Warsaw Library
Dobra 56/66,
00-312 Warsaw
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Restaurants:
ECB Participants dinner (Sunday)
Przy Trakcie
Królewska 2
00-065 Warszawa
ECB lunch (Tuesday)
Rewers Restaurant
Dobra 56/66
00-001 Warszawa
STEM Educator Academy dinner (Monday)
Banja Luka
Szkolna 2/4
00-006 Warszawa
ECB dinner (Tuesday)
Senator Restaurant
Szeroki Dunaj 1/3
00-256 Warszawa
Hotels:
Contact information
STEM Educator Academy Conference will take place at
the Copernicus Science Centre and at the University of
Warsaw – both in the Powisle and near the Old Town
areas of the city. There are many hotels located within
a walking distance from the venues and we would
encourage you to look there, however City Centre
(Srodmiescie) will have a good public transportation to
the venues as well. If you decide to pick a hotel located
out of town, you can look up the public transportation
options at jakdojade.pl .
InDreams
Aleksandra Szmigiel
Project Manager
e-mail: [email protected]
Cell: +48 519 150493
Dress code:
business casual
Transportation from the airport:
Please kindly note that guests arrange their
transportation from the airport. Please use only official
taxis (taxi rank is just outside the arrivals hall).
Mosts taxis will accept credit cards but please check
with the driver if they will accept this form of payment.
Poland & Warsaw – basic facts
• Capital City of Poland: Warsaw
• For more information please visit the official website
of the city of Warsaw or of the Republic of Poland.
http://www.warsawtour.pl/
• Local currency – Polish Zloty (PLN)
• Local Time - Timezone - CET (Central European Time)
- GMT +1 hour, summer time from March till October
• Languages - official language is Polish although
English and German are the most often used foreign
languages.
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Magdalena Leszczyńska
Project Manager
e-mail: [email protected]
Cell: +48 731 488 800
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Charmaine Kerr
Project Coordinator | ECB-inGenious
e-mail: [email protected]
Cell: +32 472 07 71 56
Intel
Iza Pastuszyńska
Intel Corporate Affairs
Central Eastern Europe
e-mail: [email protected]
Cell: +48 698 728 123
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