“Learning to be”
Building Resilience in the Event Industry Labour Market in Europe
Online event from 10:00 to 16:00 CEST on Thursday, April 29th, 2021
Opening Remarks
Stefanie Steuer – Host (Austria)
A European Perspective
Skills + Competences and the Event Labour Market (ESCO)
Chris van Goethem · STEPP vzw · Erasmus University College Brussels (Belgium)
The State of Play of Microcredentials in the EU
Prof. Mark Brown, Dublin City University – National Institute for Digital Learning
Further Information:
- https://www.dcu.ie/nidl/people/mark-brown
- https://www.dcu.ie/nidl/teaching-online-resource-bank
- https://ec.europa.eu/education/sites/default/files/document-library-docs/towards-european-approach-micro-credentials-analytical-report.pdf
Introduction – European Initiatives to Promote the Event Industry
Randell Greenlee · VPLT (Germany)
Project Presentation: Erasmus+ Project TeBeVAT
Chris van Goethem · STEPP vzw (Belgium)
Project Presentation: Erasmus+ Project ready4future
Tommy Neumann · Neumann+Ritter (Germany)
Roundtables
Roundtable 1
Certification Systems – Needs and Requirements from an Industry Perspective
Roundtable Members:
- Dr. Alicja Gluszek – F.O.H. Foundation – Coordinator of the R+S Rigging Conference in Krakow (Poland)
- Randell Greenlee – VPLT – The German Entertainment Technology Association – Director of Commerce and International Affairs
- Christian Patzer – Head of Personnel at Lleyendecker, a full-service technical service provider for the event industry (Germany)
- Tina Rapp – VALIKOM – German Confederation of Skilled Crafts: VALIKOM enables vocational skills to be identified, documented, assessed and certified. (Germany)
- Willem Westermann – VVEM – Vereniging Van EvenementenMakers – Knowledge Center Events. (The Netherlands)
Roundtable 2
LifeLongLearning and Microcredentials + Mobility in the Event Industry
Roundtable Members:
- Janne Auvinen – Venue design consultant – CEO of Verkatehdas (Finland)
- Jens Bjornavold – Cedefop – European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training – Senior expert, project manager – Changing nature and role of vocational education and training (VET) in Europe – (EU)
- Randell Greenlee – VPLT – The German Entertainment Technology Association – Director of Commerce and International Affairs
- Sacha Ritter – IGVW – Community of Interest for the Event Industry (Germany)
- Dr. Steffi Robak – Institute of Vocational Education and Adult Education at the Leibniz University in Hanover (Germany)
Roundtable 3
From Theory to Practice – Steps towards a European Certification System
Roundtable Members:
- Anita Debaere – Managing Director – PEARLE* – Live Performance Europe (Belgium/EU)
- Bastiaan Schoof – Co-Founder of ETTEC: The European Council for Qualification and Certification of Stage and Event Technicians (The Netherlands)