COMPUTERWOCHE organizes conference on learning trends

What do companies need to do, what should employees be able to do – and which modern learning technologies will enable both sides to successfully make the leap into the digital age? The COMPUTERWOCHE conference “Learning in the 21st Century” on November 27 at Munich Airport Business Park (MABP) aims to answer these questions.

At least this realization has slowly become established: without special efforts in terms of training and further education, employers are likely to find it difficult to take their workforce with them into the new digital world. And of course there are now many positive examples of how this can be achieved, what is happening in companies and which tools and technologies are being used. And that is exactly what this first COMPUTERWOCHE learning congress will be about – a mixture of presentations with scientists, HR experts and IT managers, as well as practical demonstrations.

Klaus Kreulich, Vice President of Munich University of Applied Sciences, will kick things off with an overview of which digital skills are required and in which fields and how specialists and managers can gain further qualifications. Philipp Ramin from the Innovation Center for Industry 4.0 and start-up founder and education expert Jonathan Sierck will use their projects to report on which technologies and learning concepts are most likely to be used today and which trends are emerging. The morning will be rounded off by Inga Dransfeld-Haase, the new President of the German Association of Personnel Managers (BPM), who will explain why digital learning will be a driving force for HR 4.0, both from her perspective as head of the association and as HR manager at Nordzucker.

The afternoon will be shaped by three practitioners, Daniel Vonier from SAP, Hubert Hoffmann from MSC Germany and entrepreneur Volker Maiborn. Vonier is responsible for global learning activities at his employer and will explain which learning opportunities, approaches and methods are used in an agile organization. Hoffmann, CIO and CDO, is also responsible for digital training and development at his employer and pursues the approach that the young people with the skills currently in demand should take the old people with them and that an intensive exchange of ideas must take place from which both sides benefit. And Volker Maiborn explains how chatbots at his company help his employees to learn.

Lunchtime and the late afternoon are reserved for practical presentations and demonstrations. Young companies such as Learning Lab, Masterplan.com, Von Morgen Learning and experts from the Regensburg Innovation Center will show how videos, so-called learning nuggets and virtual reality glasses can be used in in-company training and how new know-how can be imparted in a playful way.

The event is primarily aimed at HR and training experts, but also at specialists and managers from specialist departments who want/need to find out how they can make their employees fit for the digital age. Around 200 participants are expected to attend.

Registration under: https://lernen21.computerwoche.de
Date: Wednesday, November 27, 2019
Location: Airport Business Center in the Munich Airport Business Park
Ticket price: 199 Euro (+VAT)

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