Conference Schedule

Oct. 26           Oct. 27           Oct. 28

  Monday, 26 October 2020

Leaders Workshop

Session 1. Informatics Education [Video Recording] 

Session Chairs: Enrico Nardelli, University of Rome "Tor Vergata" and Michael Caspersen, It-vest – networking universities

• 10:00 – 10:05 Welcome - Enrico Nardelli, Informatics Europe President

• 10:05 – 10:15 Opening Speech - Mariya Gabriel's Cabinet (Isidro Laso Ballesteros), European Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth

• 10:15 – 10:35 "Informatics Education in School as the Cornerstone of Digital Society" (Presentation of Informatics for All Coalition) - Wendy Hall, University of Southampton, Chair of the Informatics for All Committee 

[Slides] 

• 10:35 – 11:15 "The Renewed Digital Education Action Plan" - Georgi Dimitrov, European Commission, Directorate General for Education and Culture

[Slides] 

• 11:15 – 11:40 "Informatics Education Research: A First Class Citizen in Informatics Departments" - Martin Zachariasen, Rector of the IT University of Copenhagen

[Slides]

• 11:40 – 12:00 Questions & Answers

Session 2. Post-Corona Teaching: How to succeed with virtual learning? [Video Recording]

[Poll Results]

Session Chair: Mehdi Jazayeri, Università della Svizzera italiana

• 14:00 - 14:40 Plenum
  • Introduction by Mehdi Jazayeri, Università della Svizzera italiana

• • Keynote "On the Disappearing Boundary Between Digital and Physical Spaces in Academia" - Arosha K. Bandara, The Open University and Bashar Nuseibeh, The Open University and Lero, University of Limerick 

[Slides]

• • Address by Discussant - Elisabetta Di Nitto, Politecnico di Milano
  • Questions & Answers

• 14:40 - 15:00 Parallel breakout sessions
  • Breakout 1: led by Arosha K. Bandara, The Open University
  • Breakout 2: led by Bashar Nuseibeh, The Open University and Lero, University of Limerick
  • Breakout 3: led by Elisabetta Di Nitto, Politecnico di Milano

• 15:00 - 15:30 Return to Plenum

• 15:30 - 16:00 Coffee/Tea Break

Session 3. Post-Corona Research: Globalization of research and virtual environments? [Video Recording] 

Session Chair: Harald Gall, University of Zurich

• 16:00 - 16:40 Plenum
  
  • Introduction by Harald Gall, University of Zurich

• • Keynote on "Building a Resilient Academic Environment" - Paola Inverardi, University of L’Aquila

[Slides]

• • Questions & Answers
  • Address by Discussant - Patricia Lago, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
  • Address by Discussant - Ivica Crnkovic, Chalmers University of Technology

• 16:40 - 17:00 Parallel breakout sessions
  • Breakout 1: led by Paola Inverardi, University of L’Aquila
  • Breakout 2: led by Patricia Lago, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
  • Breakout 3: led by Ivica Crnkovic, Chalmers University of Technology

• 17:00 - 17:30 Return to Plenum

   Tuesday, 27 October 2020

Keynotes on Diversity in Informatics Research and Education  [Video Recording] 

Session Chairs: Letizia Jaccheri, Norwegian University of Science and Technology and Jaak Vilo, University of Tartu

• 10:00 – 10:50  "Computational Biology in Europe - The EMBL Perspective" - Ewan Birney, European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) - European Bioinformatics Institute

[Slides]

• 10:50 – 11:10 Coffee/Tea Break

• 11:10 – 12:00 "How to Design for Gender Diversity?" - Vivian Anette Lagesen, Norwegian University of Science and Technology

[Slides]

Informatics Europe Awards Ceremony  [Video Recording]

Session Chair: Enrico Nardelli, Informatics Europe

Best Practices in Education Award (sponsored by Microsoft)

• 14:00 – 14:20 Winners Announcement by Elisabetta Di Nitto, Politecnico di Milano (Award Panel Chair) and Short talk by Winner. 

[Slides]

Minerva Informatics Equality Award (sponsored by Google)

• 14:20 – 14:40 Winner Announcement by Gordana Dodig-Crnkovic, Chalmers University of Technology and Mälardalen University (Award Panel Chair) and short talk by Winner.

[Slides]

• 14:40 – 15:00 Coffee/Tea Break

Informatics Europe Special Session

Session Chairs: Cristina Pereira and Enrico Nardelli, Informatics Europe

• 15:00 – 15:45 Dialogue with Members - Informatics Europe Activities and Outcomes [Video Recording]
  

[Slides]

• • Higher Education Data Portal: New Data - Svetlana Tikhonenko, Informatics Europe
  • Academic Leadership Offers - Gregor Engels, Informatics Europe
  • Statements and Feedbacks in 2020 - Enrico Nardelli, Informatics Europe
  • Digital Humanism - DIGHUM - Seminar Series - Enrico Nardelli, Informatics Europe
  • Report on ECSS 2019 Creative Coffee Break - Gregor Engels, Informatics Europe
  • Announcement ECSS 2021

• 15:45 –16:30 Informatics Europe Annual General Assembly

   Wednesday, 28 October 2020

National Associations Workshop

Workshop Chairs: Pekka Orponen, Aalto University and Kim Mens, Université catholique de Louvain

[Video Recording - Part 1] 

• 09:00 – 09:10 Welcome and Introduction
• 09:10 – 09:50 Session 1 - Research (Chair: Gerald Steinhardt)
• 09:50 – 10:30 Session 2 - Education (Chair: Bart Demoen)
• 10:30 – 10:40 Coffee/Tea break

[Video Recording - Part 2]

• 10:40 – 11:20 Session 3 - Large-scale Trends (Chair: Paolo Atzeni)
• 11:20 – 12:00 Session 4 - Societal Aspects (Chair: Martin Glinz)
• 12:00 – 12:30 Conclusions and the Way Ahead

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WIRE Workshop

Workshop Chairs: Erika Ábrahám, RWTH Aachen University and Letizia Jaccheri, Norwegian University of Science and Technology

[Video Recording - Part 1]