Past conference · 2022

Skills in Continuous Transition?

Bringing together the human approach and technological changes in the automotive ecosystem.

29–30 September 2022Stuttgart Region, GermanyFirst ASA conference

This conference has concluded. The programme below is preserved as part of the Skills (R)Evolution archive; registration and time-sensitive travel information have been removed.

The first edition

A face-to-face European meeting on upskilling and reskilling.

The first conference organised by the Automotive Skills Alliance brought stakeholders together in Stuttgart to discuss workforce transformation, skills needs and cooperation across the automotive-mobility ecosystem.

The two-day event combined strategic panels with practical workshops on regional implementation, stakeholder cooperation, skills intelligence and lifelong learning, while creating space for industry, academia, education providers and regions to exchange experience.

Programme archive

Agenda

Day 1 · 29 September 2022

The Way Through the Transition · 12:00–22:00 CET · Moderator: Anna Spechtenhauser, Stuttgart Region

12:00–13:00

Registration and light lunch

13:00–14:00

Welcome and conference kick-off

  • Sabine Stutzle-Leinmuller, Stuttgart Region Economic Development Corporation
  • Jakub Stolfa, Automotive Skills Alliance
  • Alison Crabb, DG EMPL, European Commission
  • Keynote: Manfred Schuckert, Daimler Trucks
14:00–15:00

Panel 1: Automotive-mobility ecosystem challenges

Challenges of the ongoing transition, their impact on skills needs and approaches to the skills agenda.

  • Andreas List, BOSCH
  • Ulrich Schiefer, AtTrack GmbH
  • Murielle Antille, LHH
  • Nora Lammel, IG Metall Stuttgart
15:00–15:20

Coffee break and networking

15:20–16:30

Panel 2: How to support and address the industrial transition

Initiatives, approaches and challenges for the education and training ecosystem.

  • Kristina Edstrom, Uppsala University
  • Jonas Christensen, UCRS
  • Beate Raczeck, The AKKAdemy
  • Ulrich Giese, German Institute for Rubber Technology
  • Anna Cato Moe, Gothenburg Technical College
16:30–16:45

Coffee break and networking

16:45–17:45

Panel 3: Examples of good practices and support

  • Felix Rohn, DG EMPL, European Commission
  • Jakub Stolfa, ASA President & DRIVES Coordinator
  • Sabine Stutzle-Leinmuller and Christoph Gelzer, WRS
  • Zdenek Karasek, Moravian-Silesian Region
17:45–18:00

Closing remarks

  • Sabine Stutzle, WRS
  • Petr Dolejsi, ASA Vice-President
18:00–22:00

Social event

Guided tour of MOTORWORLD Region Stuttgart and conference reception.

Day 2 · 30 September 2022

ASA Vehicle of Change – Collaborating on Solutions · 09:00–14:30 CET

09:00–09:20

Opening session

Recap of Day 1 and welcome by Anders Norberg, ASA Vice-President.

09:20–10:40

Workshop 1: Regional aspects and cooperation

How to build awareness of reskilling needs, acquire stakeholder cooperation and support workforce transition pathways between sectors.

Keynote: Claudia Suppan, CoRAI. Facilitator: Marta Conti, ETRMA / ASA WG4.

10:40–11:10

Coffee break and networking

11:10–12:30

Workshop 2: Approach to skills intelligence

Common skills and job-role taxonomies, continuous skills intelligence updates, quality assurance, recognition and micro-credentials.

Keynote: Tobias Pieper, Employment Service Stuttgart. Facilitator: ASA WG3 Skills Intelligence Leaders.

12:30–13:15

Light lunch

13:15–13:30

ASA Partnership activities update

Jakub Stolfa, Petr Dolejsi and Anders Norberg.

13:30–14:00

ASA WG3 Skills Intelligence update

Marek Spanyik, WG3 Skills Intelligence Leader.

14:00–14:30

Close-up and evaluation

Conference closure and presentation of the Stuttgart Declaration.

  • Peter Hofelich, Stuttgart Region Economic Development Corporation
  • Sabine Stutzle-Leinmuller, WRS
  • Jakub Stolfa, Automotive Skills Alliance
Venue

MOTORWORLD Region Stuttgart

Conference location

Graf-Zeppelin-Platz 1
71034 Boblingen, Germany

The first edition was promoted by Stuttgart Region together with its Economic Development Corporation (WRS GmbH).

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