Microsoft EDU Day 2022 – Augmented
A day dedicated to exploring and discussing the great opportunities and challenges of this time.
The event is in continuity with the path started in 2020 with the first fully digital version of EDU Day, which told the resilience and responsiveness of the ecosystem in response to the pandemic emergency. Continuing on, last year it was the turn of telling hybrid education where digital elements complement physical ones. This year the focus is on Augmented EDU.
Objective of the study, how to exploit technology to:
- enhance learning with new teaching methods
- simplify the acquisition of key skills for tomorrow’s workers
- allow people to experience the beauties of our artistic heritage in an innovative way
- increase the possibilities of research thanks to the potential of the cloud
In other words, understand how to support the enhancement of the world of education, museums and research through technology, opening a table for discussion between institutions and companies to ensure the success of the digitization of our country.
PROGRAM
9:30 a.m.
– Opening of works
Elvira Carzaniga, Director of Education Division,
MicrosoftItalia Alexa Joyce, Digital Transformation & Skills Director, Microsoft EMEA
Plenary session: “Augmented EDU – Enhancing Education and Culture to digitize the country”
Silvia Candiani, General Manager, Microsoft Italy
Roundtable – Mind the competence gap. A bridge between school and the labor market
The role of technology in training the most requested skills in the labor market and how to create an ideal bridge between school and the professional future of our students.
Francesco Cupertino, President of the Polytechnic of Bari and member of the Crui Board for Relations with Industry
Marcello Fiori, Head of the Department of Public Service – Prime Minister’s Office
AntonelloGiannelli, President at ANP – National Association of public executives and high professionals of the school
Stefano Stinchi, Director of Public Administration Microsoft Italia
Roundtable – The education of the future is here. Practical tests of innovation for schools and universities
Enhancing environments for teaching and learning methodologies by putting students at the center.
Gianna Barbieri, Director General, Directorate General for the Structural Funds for Education, School Building and the Digital School
Giovanni Biondi, Scientific Director DidactaPiero Salatino,
Delegate for Guidance and Relations with the School System of the University of Naples Federico II, as well as President of MedITech Competence Center I4.0
Roundtable – Museums beyond the walls. Reimagine the role of museums with digital technology
Increase opportunities for the world of cultural heritage: from conversations with visitors to the dissemination of knowledge, beyond the walls of the building itself.
Simonetta Buttò, Director of the Central Institute for the consolidated catalog of Italian
libraries
Valeria Arrabito, Secretary General of ICOM Italia
Roundtable – Research everywhere. Mission possible with technology
The new frontiers of the world of Research, enhanced and made possible thanks to the support of technologies such as Cloud computing, Machine Learning, Quantum and Augmented Reality.
Marco De Rosa, Head of the IT Infrastructure Service Fondazione Bruno Kessler
12:30 PM Final Greeting
Elvira Carzaniga, Director, Education Division, Microsoft Italia