Skills (R)Evolution 2025
European skills strategy, regional good practices and practical collaboration from the heart of the Moravian-Silesian Region.
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From European strategy to hands-on regional examples.
The Ostrava edition combined high-level discussion on the future of the European automotive-mobility skills agenda with practical examples from industry, education, regional initiatives and European projects.
The programme connected the Union of Skills and Pact for Skills context with TRIREME results, Moravian-Silesian good practices, green transition initiatives, digitalisation and collaboration across the ecosystem.
Agenda
Optional meet & greet · Monday 7 April 2025
18:00–23:00 CEST
Dinner and networking
Conference day · Tuesday 8 April 2025
09:00–23:30 CEST
Registration
Welcome
- Igor Ivan, Vice-Rector for Strategy and Cooperation, VSB-TUO
- Eduard Muricky, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Industry and Trade, Czech Republic
Shaping the European Skills Agenda: Automotive-Mobility Ecosystem
- Felix Rohn, DG EMPL, European Commission – Union of Skills and Pact for Skills
- Jakub Stolfa, President, Automotive Skills Alliance – strategic direction of the sector skills agenda
Coffee break
Status quo and future perspectives of the Automotive-Mobility Skills Agenda in the EU
- Aurora Rossi, IndustriAll Europe
- Joao Costa, ATEC
- Anna Spechtenhauser, Stuttgart Region Economic Development Corporation
- Petr Michnik, Hyundai
- Jochem de Boer, ADECCO
Lunch and group photo
Advancing transformation through TRIREME
- Sectoral Skills Intelligence Results – Elisa Pagliaroli, SPIN360
- European approach to Training and Education Development & Recognition – Elena Cantiani, ADECCO Group
Hands on the Moravia-Silesia – good practice examples
- TRAUTOM – Competencies for the 21st Century: Martin Navratil, MSPAKT & Libor Dobes, AUTOKLASTR
- Moravia-Silesia Technological Academy (M-TA): Milan Zdvyhal and Tomas Olbert
- Showcase of EDU Boxes integration with EV car
Coffee break
Driving Green Innovation, Digitalisation and Collaboration
- Czech E-mobility Platform – Lukas Folbrecht
- GREEN – European VET Network – Simona Jursova, VSB-TUO
- FLAMENCO and ASA Innovation WG – Didier Stevens; Richard Messnarz, Damjan Ekert and Laura Aschbacher
- ASA Battery WG – Josef Tichanek, OLIFE
Closure
Transfer to the Lower Vitkovice area
Networking, social activity and dinner
VSB – Technical University of Ostrava
Ostrava, Czechia
Evening programme
The social programme moved to the globally unique Lower Vitkovice industrial area for networking, a site visit, dinner and music.
TRIREME, FLAMENCO and GREEN synergies
The conference was organised in the framework of the TRIREME Erasmus+ Blueprint project and highlighted ongoing work on skills intelligence, training development, competence recognition and regional rollout.
The 2025 edition also benefited from synergies with the FLAMENCO project and the European Greener VET Network (GREEN), extending the focus on collaboration, skills development and sustainability under the Pact for Skills.