The 3rd International Workshop on Skills and Competencies of the XXI century Workforce

7-8 November 2022 at LUT University Lappeenranta campus and on-line The Workshop is part of MEITIM – Master in Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Technology Integration in Mining project, supported by EIT Raw Materials Academy. The event is FREE of charge, the registration is obligatory to get access to the campus and connect on-line. Day 1 Design Thinking Training is free of charge for Workshop participants, participation fee is 100 Euros for others. Day 2 keynote talks and success stories are broadcasted from the main stage at LUT University, Lappeenranta, Finland. ABOUT THE WORKSHOP The minerals industry is facing a changing talent landscape, with digitization necessitating new skillsets. Defining which skills and professional capacities are needed by students that will constitute the Engineering workforce in a few years’ time is vital in order to benefit from technology advances and to contribute to the development of business in new competitive environments. The “Skills and competencies of the XXI century workforce” International Workshop explores different opinions and trends existing in the business sector. Students, leading companies, research centers, and stakeholders will meet together with selected speakers and renowned figures in industry to analyze and discuss the professional needs of the future. Please register for the Workshop by November, 4 using this link Monday, 7 Nov 2021, Time CET Design Thinking Training (official certificate issued) at LUT Univeristy, Lappeenranta campus 8.00 – 9.00 Design Thinking Theory, facilitator Agata Juzyk – Business Consulting, room 1314 9.00 – 9.30 Coffee, Galleria hall 9.30 – 15.30 Design Thinking Sprint, facilitator Agata Juzyk – Business Consulting 11.30 – 12.00 Lunch Break, Galleria hall 16.00 – 17.30 – “How could your presentation be more effective?”, Karri Lehtonen, Illustrator at Tussitaikurit Oy, TEK Lounge 18.00 – Workshop Dinner, Nautilus, Ainonkatu 35 Tuesday, 8 Nov 2022, Time CET When Technology meets the Entrepreneurship at LUT Univeristy, Lappeenranta campus (room 1316) and on-line 9.00 – 9.30 Pitch your skills competition for students, Galleria hall 9.30 – 10.00 Coffee, Galleria hall 10.00 – 10.05 Welcome words by Johanna Vayrynen – Director, stakeholder relations at City of Lappeenranta 10.05 – 10.15 Opening of the event by Juan Herrera Herbert – MEITIM Project Coordinator, Professor at UPM 10.15 – 10.55 Key notes 10.15 – 10.35 Maria Jose Jurardo Rodriguez – Scientist at Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) 10.35 – 10.55 Ferdinand Bulmer – Higher Education Manager at EIT RawMaterials 10.55 – 11.15 Roshan Kadanthode – Vice President, Metso:Outotec Training Academy 11.15 – 11.20 Summary of talks – Ana Gogolewska – As. Professor at WUST 11.20 – 12.00 Success stories 11.20 – 11.35 Colaborador by Paloma Muñoz Baena 11.35 – 11.50 Terranigma solutions GmbH by COO Fabian Stamm 11.50 – 12.05 SpinDrive by CEO Janne Heikkinen 12.05 – 12.10 Summary of talks – Ana Gogolewska – As. Professor at WUST 12.10 – 12.40 Panel Discussion, Facilitator: Ivan Korolev – Research Scientist at GTK Izabela Kowalewska – Student at WUST, EIT RM project BrineRIS Ekaterina Laakso – Associate Professor at LUT, EIT RM project ELMO-LION Roshan Kadanthode – Vice president at Metso:Outotec Training Academy 12.40 – 13.25 Entrepreneurship and Innovation support for MEITIM 12.40 – 12.55 LAB and LUT, BusinessMill by Expert Kaisa Vainikka 12.55 – 13.10 WUST, Academic Enterprise Incubator by Expert Tomasz Wiśniewski 13.10 – 13.25 UPM, CAIT by Expert Elena Berga 13.25 – 13.40 Summary of the Workshop – Dr. Maria Mamelkina at LUT University 13.40 – 14.30 Lunch, LUT buffet 18:00 – MEITIM Project Dinner, Wolkoff, Kauppakatu 26 Please note that changes might occur and we’ll regularly add new and updated information. For questions you can contact our Project Coordinator at LUT maria.mamelkina@lut.fi at any time! Best regards, Workshop Organizing Committee



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