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18th Annual EFVET Conference - Bilbao 2009 PDF Print E-mail
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Day 1: Wednesday 23rd October
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  Miren Bastida, Julene Laza & Itziar Bilbao

15:30- 18:30

Registration at Hotel Ercilla, Ercilla 37-39, 48011 Bilbao.

18:30- 19:15 

Welcome and information session for new members and first time participants: -  “Introduction to EfVET and the conference”. Peter Hodgson, President of EfVET, and the Steering Committee  members.

19:15-20:00 

Reception for all delegates and partners: Hotel Ercilla.

20:00

Dinner/cultural evening:  Hotel Ercilla.

 

Day 2: Thursday 22nd October

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  Jose Luis, David Urzainqui & Peter Hodgson

09:15- 09:25

Welcome to BILBAO: day chair , Ikaslan

09:25– 09:45

Opening of Conference – Snr.David Urzainqui, Viceminister of Vocational Education and Lifelong Learning – Basque Government   

09:45- 10:10

Welcome to the conference, setting the theme:
Pete Hodgson, President of EfVET
Download the presentation file of EfVET Annual Conference 2009

10:10- 10:45

Keynote Speaker: Vocational Education in the Basque Country – Sra. Isabel Celaá, Minister of Education, Basque Government  

10:45- 11:15

Refreshment break

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11:15- 12:00

Keynote Speaker - The European Year of Creativity and Innovation Maruja Gutierrez-Diaz, Head of Unit Lifelong Learning – Innovation and Creativity – European Commission
Download the presentation file of the European Year of Creativity and Innovation

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12:00- 12:45

A practical approach to Creativity and Innovation – The  CREANOVA project Kitte Marttinen, Haaga-Helia, Finland and Professor Jesus Ibanez, University of the Basque Country
Download the presentation file of the Creanova Project

12:45- 14:00

Lunch

 

14:00- 15:00

Workshops

 

1. How can innovation and creativity enhance teaching and learning methods? (Teachers and Managers)

 

2. In what ways innovation and creativity can be implemented in VET programs? (Managers)

 

3. How to move a college to become innovative in teaching and management? (Managers)

 

4. Creativity in the pedagogical approach-examples of best practice at European VET colleges. (Teachers)

 

5. What do you think about indicators and benchmarkers in education in general and more specifically on innovation and creativity? (Teachers and Managers)

15:00- 15:30 

Refreshment break

15:30- 16:30

Workshops (repeated)

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17:00 

Reception at the Provincial Government (Diputación de Bizkaia). Evening free to explore Bilbao.

 

Day 3:     Friday 23rd October

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Raimo Sivonen - Treasurer of EFVET

08:45- 10:00

Annual General Meeting 

10:00- 10:45

Keynote Speaker: Snr. Samuel Triguero, Manager of the area Innovation in Management - TKNIKA, the Institute for Innovation in VET, Bilbao: Building a model for the management of innovation.
Download the presentation file of the TknikaINNOVA Model

10:45– 11:15

Refreshment break

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11:15- 12:30

Roundtables

12:30- 14:00

Lunch

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  Amaia Guijarro, Miren Bastida, Iñaki Konde & Stefano Tirati

14:00– 16:30

Europemobility Market.  Following the successful introduction of the marketplace at last years conference it is intended to continue this to stimulate and bring potential partners together to plan and develop new mobility links – either through Leonardo mobility or Erasmus programmes.
This year it is envisaged that ‘mobility groups’ will be formed along occupational / skill sector lines (eg:  those delegates interested in mobility links in the field of Engineering/automotive; those in the field of Health and Social Care; Business Administration and Informatics).
Refreshment break incorporated into Marketplace session as and when required by participants. Click on the links below to download:

Stefano Tirati - Mobility Market 2009
Stefano Tirati - Green Paper 2009
Faten Urso - Europemobility
Green Paper on Mobility

19:00

Leave for: Gala Dinner and dance  Restaurant Mendigoikoa (Where you can hear the silence)

 

Day 4:     Saturday 24th October

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Stelios Mavromoustakos - Vice President of EFVET

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 9:30 - 10:30

Keynote speaker: Ruediger Kaufmann – Professor, University of Nicosia, Cyprus - Innovation Management of European SMEs
Download the presentation file of the Mint Project

10:30- 11:00   

Refreshment break

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11:00- 11:45

Conference conclusions and discussion. Hans F. van Aalst,  Former President of EFVET
Download the presentation file of the Conclusions

11:45- 12:00  

Announcement of 19th EfVET Annual International Conference in 2010.
Download the presentation file of the Lisbon 2010

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12:00

Closing of the conference – Peter Hodgson, President of EFVET

13:00

Cultural excursion/visit (finish at 20:00)

 
Conference Pictures PDF Print E-mail

 

 
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You can click on the links below to download the pictures of every day, in zip format.

Download Wednesday's Pictures

Download Thursday's Pictures

Download Friday's Pictures

Download Saturday's Pictures

Download additional Thursday's pictures - added on 15/12/09

Download pictures of Bilbao - added on 15/12/09

Special thanks for the pictures to Miren Bastida and the people of Ikaslan, Kirsi Kirjakainen, Hugo Snabilie, Torben Lindy Christensen, Angelos Mavromoustakos, Jakub Klimasz, Margherita Mattiussi,  Dovilė Kavaliauskaitė and Hans F. van Aalst.
 
 
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