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DIGITAL TALENT
EU DAYS

15-16 Oct

09:30-17:30

Trinity Business School,
Dublin, Ireland

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·DIGITAL
·SKILLS
·ADVANCED
·WOMEN
·TALENT
·ECOSYSTEM
·INDUSTRY
·INCLUSION
·INNOVATION
·DIVERSITY
·TECH
·ICT

What to expect

Who should attend

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Employers, HR & talent leaders

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Associations, clusters & innovation ecosystems

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Member State representatives

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Industry bodies & individual corporates

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Associations focusing on digital, inclusion & diversity

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agenda

Digital talent, and the access to it, is the key to realising the ambitions for a competitive and resilient industry and society. In its third iteration, the summit will act on core themes;

TALENT
DEVELOPMENT

TALENT
ATTRACTION

TALENT
RETENTION

CROSS-CUTTING

  • 09:30 - 10:00
  • Main stage

Opening adress

  • 10:00 - 10:30
  • Main stage

State of Digital Talent EU 2026

  • 10:30 - 11:00
  • Main stage

Keynote

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Claire Hickie

Workday

  • 11:00 - 11:30
  • Main stage

Coffee break

  • 11:30 - 12:30
  • TBC

Is everything AI these days?

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Women In Digital evidence for member state policies

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The evolving face of cyber roles

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  • 12:30 - 13:00
  • TBC

The SME superpower | Turbocharging your career

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Squeezing the wins | Closing the STEM / digital gap (TWG5)

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Building sectoral specialisms

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  • 13:00-14:00
  • TBC

Lunch

  • 14:00 - 14:30
  • TBC

GENAI | Death of coding or rebirth of the profession?

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EU talent pool | Bridging Europe's digital skills gap

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Format

Description

  • 14:30 - 15:30
  • TBC

Foresights and data

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Framework for intersectional approaches to talent (TWG4)

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ADS sub-clusters

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  • 15:30 - 16:00
  • TBC

Coffee break

  • 16:00 - 17:00
  • TBC

Coalition | Access to the workforce in the realm of ai

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AI for all and by all? (TWG6)

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Competence frameworks - bin or keep?

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  • 17:00 - 17:30
  • TBC

Keynote | Talent under the presidency

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Henna Virkkunen

EVP Tech Sovereignty, Security and Democracy

  • 17:30
  • TBC

Networking reception

  • 11:30 - 12:00
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Digital Skills EU Days - Opening Address

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Henna Virkkunen

EVP Tech Sovereignty, Security and Democracy

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Roxana Mînzatu

EVP Social Rights and Skills, Quality Jobs and Preparedness

  • 15:40 - 16:10
  • Halle Vitrée (Main stage)

Announcement of the European Digital Skills Awards 2025 Winners

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Henna Virkkunen

EVP Tech Sovereignty, Security and Democracy

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Roxana Mînzatu

EVP Social Rights and Skills, Quality Jobs and Preparedness

  • 09:30 - 10:00
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Organisational Change | The missing link in the world of talent, tech and transformation

  • 10:00 - 11:00
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So you want to scale up... Talent and Deep tech investment

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New models for industry talent development

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Critical threats - talent on the front line

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  • 11:00 - 11:30
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Coffee break

  • 11:30 - 12:30
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Can the great reskill provide the window to close gaps in ICT?

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Vet pathways for diversifying the it specialist

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Policy workshop

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  • 12:30 - 13:30
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Lunch

  • 13:30 - 14:00
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Advanced digital skills | Sub-cluster

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Technically speaking | Retention of Women In Digital roles as the way forward

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GENAI for educators

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  • 14:00 - 14:30
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WiD Forum

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  • 14:30 - 15:00
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Best practice

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WiD FORUM

Call to action

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  • 15:00 - 15:30
  • TBC

Keynote

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Alessandra Sala

Women in AI | Shutterstock

  • 12:00 - 13:00

Delivering on the demand for digital talent

Parallel sessions for best practices and position papers from the Advanced Digital Skills Sub-Clusters

  • Halle Vitrée (Main stage)

Data-driven talent pipelines in industry

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Anu Passi-Rauste

Headai

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Conal Markey

Workday

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Ana M. Moreno

Universidad Politécnica de Madrid

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Harri Ketamo

Headai

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Isabela Paredes Cisneros

EMBL

  • Gamay

Accreditation & the missing piece for skills recognition

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Maria do Carmo Gomes

ISCTE Lisboa

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Maria Chiara Demartini

University of Pavia

  • Syrah

Achieving scale & sustainability in advanced programmes

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Professor Minna Isomursu

University of Oulu

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Martin Hayes

University of Limerick

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Gianluca Misuraca

AI4Gov-X

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IS EVERYTHING AI THESE DAYS?

  • 1 hour

Debate

Moderated debate on the scale of influence AI is having on the digital sector, industrial transformation and talent demands. One team defending, one team opposing.

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NAME AND SURNAME 

ORGANISATION

WOMEN IN DIGITAL EVIDENCE FOR MEMBER STATE POLICIES

  • 1 hour

Panel

Invited policy makers from across the EU discuss the latest from the Women in Digital Index 2026 and specific practices that are informing new policies and their capacity to drive change.

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NAME AND SURNAME 

ORGANISATION

THE EVOLVING FACE OF CYBER ROLES

  • 1 hour

Workshop

This workshop examines how cyber skills and roles are diversifying, diffusing beyond traditional security functions and what this means for talent development and the design of education and training pathways.

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NAME AND SURNAME 

ORGANISATION

THE SME SUPERPOWER | TURBOCHARGING YOUR CAREER

  • 30 minutes

Competition

Comparison of the pros and cons for both types of orgs to attract and retain top talent.

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NAME AND SURNAME 

ORGANISATION

SQUEEZING THE WINS | CLOSING THE STEM/DIGITAL GAP (TWG5)

  • 30 minutes

Outcome

This session will present the outcomes and recommendations of TWG5 on maximising the conversion of STEM students into digital roles. Discussions may focus on transition pathways, industry engagement and initiatives that help more graduates move successfully from STEM education into digital careers.

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NAME AND SURNAME 

ORGANISATION

BUILDING SECTORAL SPECIALISMS

  • 30 minutes

Case study

This case-based approach examines the EU Skills Academies as instruments of targeted workforce development in Advanced Digital Skills, exploring how they function as sector-specific talent pipelines.

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NAME AND SURNAME 

ORGANISATION

GENAI - DEATH OF CODING OR REBIRTH OF THE PROFESSION?

  • 30 minutes

Debate

This debate confronts a provocative topic in advanced digital skills, does GenAI fundamentally displace the need for human coding expertise, or elevate the profession to shaping the logic that AI executes.

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NAME AND SURNAME 

ORGANISATION

EU TALENT POOL: BRIDGING EUROPE'S DIGITAL SKILLS GAP

  • 30 minutes

Workshop

This workshop will explore how Member States address digital and AI skills shortages through international talent attraction and mobility. Discussions may focus on inclusive talent pipelines, diversity and strategies to strengthen Europe’s digital workforce capacity.

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Andrea Biancini

28digital

FORESIGHTS AND DATA

  • 1 hour

Practice sharing

This practice sharing session brings together those working on advanced digital skills intelligence and foresight to exchange approaches, compare methodologies, and learn from emerging practice.

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NAME AND SURNAME 

ORGANISATION

FRAMEWORK FOR INTERSECTIONAL APPROACHES TO TALENT (TWG4)

  • 1 hour

Outcome

Discover how intersectionality is shaping the future of digital talent! In this interactive session, we will share key insights and recommendations from TWG4, exploring how gender, socio-economic background, disability, geography, and other factors influence access to digital opportunities. Uncover practical strategies for building more inclusive talent pathways, fostering diverse digital ecosystems, and ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to develop and thrive in the digital economy.

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Rasa Urbanavičiūtė

VILNIUS TECH university

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Gražina Droessiger

VILNIUS TECH university

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Mariachiara Tirinzoni

WIDCON TWG4

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Celine-Marie Roming

WIDCON TWG4

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Sanchari De

WIDCON TWG4

COALITION - ACCESS TO THE WORKFORCE IN THE REALM OF AI

  • 1 hour

Workshop

This workshop will examine how AI is reshaping workforce access, employability and skills needs across sectors. Participants can exchange good practices on reskilling, inclusion and collaboration between industry, policymakers and training providers to support access to AI-related jobs.

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NAME AND SURNAME 

ORGANISATION

AI FOR ALL AND BY ALL? (TWG6)

  • 1 hour

Outcome

This session will present the outcomes and recommendations of TWG6 on how AI can act as an enabler for increasing diversity in digital roles. Discussions may explore how AI tools, policies and practices can help reduce barriers, widen participation and support more inclusive digital workplaces and talent pipelines.

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NAME AND SURNAME 

ORGANISATION

COMPETENCE FRAMEWORKS - BIN OR KEEP?

  • 1 hour

Debate

With rapidly evolving technology are competence frameworks still a valuable organising tool, or have they become a constraint, anchoring institutions and learners to definitions of expertise that are already out of date?

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NAME AND SURNAME 

ORGANISATION

SO YOU WANT TO SCALE UP... TALENT AND DEEPTECH INVESTMENT

  • 1 hour

Case study

This session will explore how access to highly skilled talent drives DeepTech growth and innovation. Through practical examples and investment perspectives, participants can discuss how talent strategies influence scale-up success, competitiveness and regional innovation ecosystems.

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NAME AND SURNAME 

ORGANISATION

NEW MODELS FOR INDUSTRY TALENT DEVELOPMENT

  • 1 hour

Workshop

This workshop explores emerging models of advanced digital skills development that challenge conventional approaches to industry talent pipelines.

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NAME AND SURNAME 

ORGANISATION

CRITICAL THREATS - TALENT ON THE FRONT LINE

  • 1 hour

Workshop

Need to adapt new talent to a challenging context for energy and other critical defences – the shifting role of digital and cyber skills

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NAME AND SURNAME 

ORGANISATION

CAN THE GREAT RESKILL PROVIDE THE WINDOW TO CLOSE GAPS IN ICT?

  • 1 hour

Organised debate

This organised debate asks whether the great reskill can become a practical window to close Europe’s ICT skills gaps. Drawing on perspectives from employers, educators, policymakers and civil society, the session will discuss what works in reskilling, who is currently being left behind and how Europe can build more inclusive digital talent pipelines that connect women and under-represented groups to real employment opportunities.

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Joyce O’Connor

Block W

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Marian Corcoran

Hewlett Packard International Bank DAC

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Paul Healy

Futurus | Skillnet Ireland

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Linda Doyle

Trinity College Dublin

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Hannah OMahony

MD Accenture

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Rachael Ingle

AON Ireland

VET PATHWAYS FOR DIVERSIFYING THE IT SPECIALIST

  • 1 hour

Outcome

This session will present the outcomes of Working Group 3 of the Women in Digital initiative, focusing on how VET pathways can be redesigned and reimagined to diversify the IT specialist workforce.

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NAME AND SURNAME 

ORGANISATION

POLICY WORKSHOP

  • 1 hour

Workshop

Led by the EU Presidency hosts, this policy workshop will be open to all attending policy makers to coordinate their actions and foster stronger collaborations in addressing key identified challenges throughout the two days.

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NAME AND SURNAME 

ORGANISATION

ADVANCED DIGITAL SKILLS - SUB-CLUSTER

  • 1 hour

Practice

Reserved session for presentation of outcomes from the ADS Sub-clusters

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NAME AND SURNAME 

ORGANISATION

TECHNICALLY SPEAKING - RETENTION OF WOMEN IN DIGITAL ROLES AS THE WAY FORWARD

  • 30 minutes

Case study

This case study session will explore practical approaches to improving the retention of women in digital careers. Speakers may share experiences, challenges and successful initiatives that support inclusive workplace cultures, career progression and long-term participation in the tech sector. Inlcudes the  Balance for Better Business – Improving gender balance in senior leadership in Ireland initiative.

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NAME AND SURNAME 

ORGANISATION

GENAI FOR EDUCATORS

  • 1 hour

Panel

This panel considers how we build GenAI competence among the educators central to digital transformation.

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NAME AND SURNAME 

ORGANISATION

WID FORUM

  • 1 hour

Forum

Reserved session for the WiD Forum members

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NAME AND SURNAME 

ORGANISATION

BEST PRACTICE

  • 30 minutes

Pitches

Reserved session for presentation of practices from the ADS cluster programmes

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NAME AND SURNAME 

ORGANISATION

CALL TO ACTION

  • 30 minutes

Pitches

Reserved session for coordinated actions

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NAME AND SURNAME 

ORGANISATION