Automotive Skills Alliance, the Pact for Skills large-scale partnership for the automotive-mobility ecosystem.
Past conference · 2025
Skills (R)Evolution 2025
European skills strategy, regional good practices and practical collaboration from the heart of the Moravian-Silesian Region.
7–8 April 2025Ostrava, CzechiaAutomotive-mobility skills agenda
Conference focus
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.
Programme archive
Agenda
Optional meet & greet · Monday 7 April 2025
18:00–23:00 CEST
18:00–23:00
Dinner and networking
Conference day · Tuesday 8 April 2025
09:00–23:30 CEST
09:00–09:30
Registration
09:30–09:50
Welcome
- Igor Ivan, Vice-Rector for Strategy and Cooperation, VSB-TUO
- Eduard Muricky, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Industry and Trade, Czech Republic
09:50–10:30
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
10:30–10:45
Coffee break
10:45–12:15
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
12:15–13:30
Lunch and group photo
13:30–14:30
Advancing transformation through TRIREME
- Sectoral Skills Intelligence Results – Elisa Pagliaroli, SPIN360
- European approach to Training and Education Development & Recognition – Elena Cantiani, ADECCO Group
14:30–15:15
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
15:15–15:45
Coffee break
15:45–16:55
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
16:55–17:00
Closure
17:30–18:15
Transfer to the Lower Vitkovice area
18:30–23:30
Networking, social activity and dinner
Conference structure
Organiser, project framework and local host
The Ostrava edition combined the ASA conference series with TRIREME implementation and regional university support.
The Erasmus+ Blueprint project connected skills intelligence, training, recognition and regional roll-out.
VSB – Technical University of Ostrava
The university hosted the conference and connected it with practical good practices from the Moravian-Silesian Region.
Project context
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.
Coverage & insights
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Read about the 2025 edition
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Automotive Skills Alliance · Conference highlights
Highlights from the ASA Conference in Ostrava
The official recap brings together the main messages from 21 speakers and more than 90 participants on competitiveness, transition and practical regional action.
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TRIREME · Project news
TRIREME at the forefront of the Skills (R)Evolution
The project report follows the Ostrava panels, skills-intelligence results, training and recognition work, regional good practices and green-innovation showcases.
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VSB-TUO · University event archive
The host university’s conference record
VSB-TUO’s archive documents the conference-day structure, regional contributions, practical showcases and the evening programme in Lower Vitkovice.
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TRIREME · Conference preview
Shaping the future of automotive-mobility skills
The advance article explains how the edition connected Europe’s skills agenda with TRIREME results, regional practice, green innovation and digitalisation.
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