Event agenda
Tuesday, 24 June 2025
09:00 - 09:30
Registration and welcome coffee
09:30 - 09:35
09:35 - 09:45
Welcome address by the Executive Vice-President Roxana Mînzatu
09:45 - 10:00
10:00 - 10:15
Video celebrating four years of the Digital Education Action Plan
10:15 - 10:30
Empowering a Digital Union of Skills – European business perspective
Presented by Anna Bajo Sanjuán, Global Head of Social Impact, Santander Universidades
1 speaker
10:30 - 11:30
Panel discussion: The Union of Skills and the Future of Digital Education
Moderated by Sean Klein
4 speakers
11:30 - 11:50
Coffee Break
11:50 - 12:50
Panel discussion: Informing Digital Education for Tomorrow - Lessons from the Field
Moderated by Deputy Director-General of DG EAC, Normunds Popens
6 speakers
12:50 - 13:20
Digital Education Hackathon: Awarding Ceremony of Global Winners
Awards presented by Director General of DG EAC, Pia Ahrenkilde-Hansen
1 speaker
13:20 - 14:20
Lunch Break
14:20 - 15:05
Stream 1: Collaboration for innovation-European EdTech: Time to Grow (Up)?
- Stream 1: Collaboration for innovation
A fireside chat moderated by Georgi Dimitrov - Head of Unit for ‘Digital Education’, Directorate-General for Education, Youth, Sport and Culture, European Commission
3 speakers
Stream 2: Digital skills for all- Discover the Untapped Potential of STEM for All
- Stream 2: Digital skills for all
Moderated by Dr Agueda Gras-Velazquez – Head of the Science Department at the European Schoolnet (Scientix)
5 speakers
Stream 3: Trend or here to stay? Education in a digital world-Taking the Next Step: Guiding AI Implementation
- Stream 3: Trend or here to stay? Education in a digital world
Moderated by Rehana Schwinninger-Ladak, Head of Unit of ‘Interactive Technologies and Digital for Culture and Education’, Directorate-General for Communications Network, Content, and Technology
5 speakers
15:05 - 15:15
Transfer to next session
15:15 - 16:15
Stream 1: Collaboration for innovation-Making AI Literacy a Reality for All: Stakeholder Consultation on Draft AI Literacy Framework
- Stream 1: Collaboration for innovation
Introductory remarks by Georgi Dimitrov - Head of Unit of ‘Digital Education’, Directorate-General for Education, Youth, Sport and Culture, European Commission
3 speakers
Stream 2: Digital skills for all-Digital Skills are Basic Skills: Why We Need to Act Now
- Stream 2: Digital skills for all
Moderated by Monika Kepe-Holmberg, Head of Unit of ‘Schools and Multilingualism’, Directorate-General for Education, Youth, Sport and Culture, European Commission
5 speakers
Stream 3: Trend or here to stay? Education in a digital world-Empowerment Online: Digital Literacy and Digital Wellbeing in the 21st Century
- Stream 3: Trend or here to stay? Education in a digital world
Moderated by Vitor Tomé, Expert for the European Commission and the Council of Europe and a lecturer at the Autonomous University of Lisbon
3 speakers
16:15 - 16:35
Coffee break and return to the plenary
16:35 - 16:55
Key take-aways for the future of European digital education
Moderated by Sean Klein
1 speaker
16:55 - 17:00
Closing remarks
Presented by Georgi Dimitrov – Head of Unit, Digital Education Unit, DG EAC (Education, Youth, Sport, and Culture), European Commission
1 speaker
17:00 - 18:30