Outline Agenda

From 10:30 Registration of participants

11:30 - 12:30 Business networking pre-event, Employability and future skills: the role of SMEs and corporations in UNIVERSEH

12:00-14:00 Buffet lunch

14:00 Opening of the conference by Philippe Raimbault, President of Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées

14:15-14:45 Presentation of UNIVERSEH and Beyond UNIVERSEH by Emmanuel Zenou, Project Coordinator

14:45-15:30 Keynote addresses

Guest speakers to be announced soon

Europe’s role in New Space

The development of an entrepreneurial space encompasses a globally emerging private spaceflight industry. In this “New Space” business arena, comprehensive higher education is critically needed to realise new value propositions for innovation, intellectual property, and consequently global business opportunities.

New skills for the future of space

Following the recommendations of the New skills agenda for Europe, promoting workbased learning to match the current and future needs of the labour market is a priority for higher education institutions. Digital competences and skills are key elements to articulate and retrieve information, digital data and content.

The European Space policy

EU space activities provide incentives for technologies and for global business opportunities. The new EU space programme deepens investments in satellite navigation, Earth observation, space situational awareness and secure communications with the establishment of the EU Agency for the Space Programme.

European Space Agency: Vision of the Future

After the Financial Framework Partnership Agreement signed by ESA and the EU, the new EU Space Programme reinforces the highly successful flagship programmes and will support new initiatives, notably in the field of secure connectivity, research and development and space commercialisation.

15:30-16:30 Session 1 “The universities of the future and their ecosystem”

The UNIVERSEH Alliance builds innovative employment-oriented curricula. Speakers will discuss the importance of the link between universities and society. They will focus on how to train highly-skilled students to match the current and future needs of the market but also to contribute to the regional development and EU leadership in the space sector.

16:30-17:00 Coffee Break

17:00-18:00 Session 2 “Ensuring equal access of all students to a high quality education”

The UNIVERSEH Alliance is committed to making higher education widely accessible, more inclusive, with a specific focus on learners’ mobility. Speakers will discuss measures to support all learners according to their particular needs, and the importance of student involvement in the transformation of higher education.

18:00-20:00 Visit of the Cité de l’Espace

20:00 Cocktail and Dinner

Space and the universitites of the future in Europe