DiversIT Charter to launch to tackle the lack of women in tech in Europe
A new charter committed to increasing the number of women in tech roles in Europe will be launched on 26 November by the Council of European Professional Informatics Societies (CEPIS). The DiversIT Charter, which has been developed by CEPIS’ Women in IT group, will be open to organisations from across Europe, including the UK.
CEPIS DiversIT team talks to companies: Gruppo Hera
Continuous improvement and innovation are part of the founding principles of Hera in technological, organizational, management and process applications. This is one of the reasons why Hera is investing heavily to maintain diversity within its technical teams, that are integral part of the company’s core business.
BEBRAS Cyprus Competition for Primary and Secondary School Students
The Cyprus Computer Society and the IT Teacher Association will hold the 1st Pancyprian Informatics Competition BEBRAS for Primary School Students and the 11th Pancyprian Informatics Competition BEBRAS for Gymnasium Students.
McKinsey identifies key tech talent clusters for companies
McKinsey has mapped relevant skills and roles and identified about 4,000 tech skills, separating them into seven key clusters needed in the modern company.
Outcomes of IT Professionalism Online Conference 12 October
On 12 October, the IT Professionalism Online Conference was co-hosted online by ITPE, eSkills Malta Foundation and the Irish Digital Skills and Jobs Coalition. The event focused on how organisations can tackle the challenges related to the growing digital skills gap, while contributing to European industry’s recovery following the COVID19 pandemic.
Why do we need bots? Update on the “ExamAI” project
The latest English-language publication of the experts in the consortium “ExamAI – Feasibility of Testing and Auditing of AI-based Systems” focuses on the conditions that must be met to allow black box analyses of recommendation systems based on an application on Facebook’s News Feed.
GI publishes 12 youth recommendations for a sustainable Internet
In the global policy development project #Youth4DigitalSustainability, the German Informatics Society has brought together 50 young people from 32 countries in order to identify key challenges to make the Internet and digitisation environmentally, socially, and economically sustainable.
BCS Virtual Festival of Digital Skills
The BCS Virtual Festival of Digital Skills is taking place between 30 November and 4 December 2020. The five-day virtual conference will connect influential guest speakers with a diverse audience to collaborate, question and debate the digital skills agenda.
European AI Policy Conference on 1 December moved online
On 1 December, the ‘European AI Policy Conference’ will be hosted online by the Center for Data Innovation. The European AI Policy Conference is a high-level forum to connect stakeholders working to promote AI in Europe. ITPE is a knowledge partner of the event.
Transdisciplinary AI Research Convention to be held April 2021
On 27 April 2021, AI researchers will gather at KI-Camp 2021, the second transdisciplinary AI research convention for young scientists. IT is aimed that young scientists who do not necessarily sit next to each other in the lecture hall, but who have a common research and working area: Artificial Intelligence.
