Addressing the digital skills gap in European regions and cities on AI and big data, now for real

In the context of the European Week of Regions and Cities (#EURegionsWeek), the Computer Vision Center (CVC), the Emilia-Romagna Region, the European Commission - DG CNECT, the European Network of Living Labs (ENoLL), and the Forum Virium Helsinki, are organising a workshop "Addressing the digital skills gap in European regions and cities on AI and big data, now for real" on October 12, from 9:30 PM to 11:00 AM.

This workshop will focus on how digital skills programmes at regional and municipal levels reinforce each other and work together to strengthen regional and city ecosystems.

The workshop aims to demonstrate the added value of the DT4REGIONS and Living-in.EU initiatives to scale up and effectively improve the digital transformation skills of European regions and cities.

Speakers

• Nóirín NÍ EarcÁin, Policy Officer, European Commission - DG CONNECT UNIT C3 Technologies for Smart Communities
• Francesca Spagnoli, Head of Projects & Capacity Building, European Network of Living Labs
• Stefania Sparco, DT4REGIONS Project Coordinator, Emilia-Romagna Region
• Timo Ruohomäki, Program Director, IoT and Data & Project Manager, mySMARTLife Forum Virium Helsinki

Moderator

• Fernando Vilariño Freire, Leader of the Action Oriented Task Force on Social Impact of AI and Associate Director at Computer Vision Centre, European Network of Living Labs and Computer Vision Centre

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