Join us on 15 October 2019 for the European conference SKILLS FOR SMES to discuss with recognised experts how to tackle SME skills development in Big Data, Internet of Things and Cybersecurity. The conference will bring together over 200 experts from industry, trade unions, education and training organizations, governments and SMEs associations from across Europe.

Small and medium sized companies (SMEs) are the backbone of the European economy. However, as new technologies emerge, they need skills to adapt their workforce and exploit new ;How to prepare for a cyberattack? How to analyse big data sets to enhance services and deliver better products? These are questions that SMEs need to answer in today’s market environment.

Therefore, the European Commission and EASME launched this important initiative to analyse and support SME skills development in Big Data, Internet of Things and Cybersecurity. Capgemini Invent, the European DIGITAL SME Alliance and Technopolis are proud to present the vision, roadmap and toolbox which have been developed by expert stakeholders from across Europe.

The event will focus on major themes addressing the importance of skills development and upskilling of SMEs to support their digital transformation. Among the topics to be discussed are the need to make SMEs more cyber resilient and hurdles in skills uptake. Speakers will provide best practices on how to successfully engage SMEs in upskilling and how to ensure more and better education and training offers tailored to SMEs. Recognised experts in this field will debate what is needed to increase the level of Big Data, IoT and Cybersecurity skills and capacity in SMEs in the coming years.

If you want to share your views on this important topic, please participate in our survey and be heard!

Among the speakers are listed:

• Slawomir Tokarski, Director Innovation and Advanced Manufacturing, DG GROW, European Commission
• Sanna-Mari Jäntti, Director Strategic Projects, City of Helsinki
• Petra Püchner, European Commissioner of Baden-Württemberg and head of the Steinbeis Europe Center
• Bo Sejer Frandsen, CEO it-forum, Vice-President of European DIGITAL SME Alliance

Contributing organisations represent international associations, innovative regions and cities, education and industry leaders.