19.9.2016 SAP University Alliance Regional Meeting

19.9.2016 SAP University Alliance Regional Meeting

SAP University Alliance Regional Meeting with Extended Invitation to Grammar School Principals

Monday, September 19, 2016, 9:00 – 13:00
Location: Castle Jable, Grajska cesta 1, 1234 Mengeš, Slovenia
Wedding Hall

Content

R e g i s t r a t i o n
M e e t i n g    O u t l i n e
O b j e c t i v e s
P r o g r a m
P a r t i c i p a n t s
R e f e r e n c e s

Registration

A preconference meeting participant is expected to email confirmation of her/his participation (name & family name, academic title, position, organization, country, email address) to Mr Jaka Črnivec, University Alliances Manager, SAP South East Europe, Jaka.Crnivec@SAP.com . The names of the participants will be published at the meeting’s website.

Meeting Outline

The grammar, undergraduate and graduate students and their instructors are invited to engage in innovative cross-border eSolutions and eServices prototypes development in cooperation with the organizations – prototype recipients in at least two countries. Students’ prototypes are an important proof of concept on how a problem in a cross-border interorganizational system could be solved.

Close cooperation of the schools and businesses with the ICT providers is essential. The experience of the 2015 preconference meeting Regional SAP University Alliance Meeting with Extended Invitation to the Rectors & Deans in the Danube Region was very encouraging.

Objectives

The meeting’s  presenters, panelists and participants will be looking  for the suggested development directions and possible eCollaboration opportunities in achieving the following objectives:

Obtained insight into business processes. Graduates are expected to have a basic understanding of problem solving methodology and team work in a business environment. Many organizations which are already good at managing their internal business processes are now confronted by the challenges of creating the interorganizational processes. They are looking for eBusiness improvement opportunities in the processes with their customers and suppliers.

Improved eCollaboration of schools and businesses. Schools cooperating with the businesses in local environment can create an environment for students’ projects and diploma thesis. A selected problem defined by a manager – problem owner – is a starting point of the prototype development leading to a modest, however realistic business proposal delivered by the student(s) – problem solvers. Particularly small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) may appreciate support provided by the students’ projects.

Hands-on experience with the ICT-based interorganizational systems. Understanding   design and implementation principles of ICT-based processes (eBusiness) is not possible without basic understanding  of a potential power and complexity of the eSolutions and eServices. Learning-by- doing in a real world with a real technology is a very practical approach. It is required  in the environment of the cross-country initiatives and standards in order to implement industry 4.0 concepts in a sustainable way..

Increased employability of the graduates. To the school management, educational ministry and a country as a whole, a growing issue is the (un)employability of the graduates. Based on examples of best practices, the engaging of the students into practical “e” projects is a recommended way to go. For that purpose, numerous tasks have to be accomplished in a coordinated manner by the stakeholders involved. Experimentation in open innovation may be recommended.

Better chances for involvement in joint cross-border projects. Schools being good at ICT usage and open to eCollaboration are looked for by other schools in the neighboring countries. Schools of such capacity can be the coordinators of joint business interest in working together in the neighborhooding based eRegion. Such schools are ready to prepare for the next level of eCollaboration.

Program

8:30 – 9:00 Registration, Refreshment

9:00 – 9:05 Meeting Opening
Jaka Črnivec, University Alliances Manager, SAP South East Europe
Jaka.Crnivec@SAP.com

9:05 – 10:15 Relevance of Universities Involvement in the eRegions Development on the New eSilk & New eAmber Roads
Chair:
Dr. Stanislav Raščan, Ambassador, Head
Department of Strategic Planning and Analysis, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Slovenia & Assistant Professor of International Security Policy, Graduate School of Government and European Studies, Kranj & eRegions Think Tank Chairman
Stanislav.Rascan@gov.si
Panel Members:
Jaka Črnivec, University Alliances Manager, SAP South East Europe
Jaka.Crnivec@SAP.com
Mag. Sergej  Lugović, Senior Lecturer, Social Technologist
Polytechnic Zagreb, Undergraduate Professional Study in Electrical Engineering, Croatia
SLugovic@tvz.hr

10:15 – 10:30 Break

10:30 -12:00 Co-innovation between SAP, Academia and Companies
Chair:
Jaka Črnivec, University Alliances Manager, SAP South East Europe
Presenters:
Next-Generation Consulting by SAP
Jaka Črnivec, SAP University Alliances SEE
How to Drive Efficient Open Innovation – on-line presentation
Thilo Richter, Research Associate
Karlsruher Institut for Technology – KIT, Germany
Thilo.Richter@KIT.edu
Solving real customer challenge – from problem to conceptual design in 8 hours
Dr. Simona Sternad Zabukovšek, Assistant Professor of eBusiness
University of Maribor, Faculty of Business and Economics, Slovenia
Simona.Sternad@UM.si
Uroš Zabukovšek, Software Development Team Lead
Cimos d.d., Slovenia
Uros.Zabukovsek@Cimos.eu
Matej Štumberger, Student
Postgraduate Master Program eBusiness and Information Management, University of Maribor, Faculty of Business and Economics, Slovenia
Matej.Stumberger@student.UM.si
Betka Vodišek, Student
Undergraduate Program eBusiness, University of Maribor, Faculty of Business and Economics, Slovenia
Betka.Vodisek@student.UM.si
Solving real customer challenge – from problem to solution/application
Mag. Sergej  Lugović, Senior Lecturer, Social Technologist
Polytechnic Zagreb, Undergraduate Professional Study in Electrical Engineering, Croatia
SLugovic@tvz.hr

Presentations

12:15 – 12:15 Break

12:15 – 13:00 Grammar Schools eCollaboration in the eRegion & Prototypes Development
Chair:
Vida Vidmar, Assistant Principal
The Upper-Secondary School of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Technical Gymnasium Ljubljana, Slovenia
Vida.Vidmar.Pesek@gmail.com
SAP Young Thinkers program
Jaka Črnivec, SAP University Alliances SEE
Implementation of SAP Offerings in High School Curriculum
Peter Krebelj, Teacher
Peter.Krebelj@SSTS.si
Secondary School of Technical Professions Ljubljana Šiška, Slovenia
Martin Gvardjančič, CEO
Institute for Enriched Foreign Language Teaching¸ Polhov Gradec, Slovenia
Martin.Gvardjancic@zavod-OUTJ.org

13:00 – 13:45 Lunch

Meeting Participants

Mirjam Bizjak, Principal
Grammar School France Prešeren Kranj, Slovenia
Mirjam.Bizjak@gfp.si

Roman Činč, Principal
Murska Sobota High School, Slovenia
Roman.Cinc@gmail.com

Miha Fabjan, CEO
SmartNinja d.o.o. Novo mesto, Slovenia
Miha@SmartNinja.org

Dr. Jože Gričar, Professor Emeritus, University of Maribor
Program Coordinator, Inter-Municipality Initiative: Cross-border eCollaboration in the eRegions
Gricar@FOV.Uni-Mb.si

Alojzij Kokalj, Head
Škofja Loka School Centre, Slovenia
Alojzij.Kokalj@SCSL.si

Romana Vogrinčič, Computer Science Teacher
Murska Sobota High School, Slovenia & President, Computer Science Teachers Section, Association for Computer Machinery – ACM Slovenia
Romana.Vogrincic@guest.arnes.si

References

M e e t i n g s   &   C o n f e r e n c e s

Grammar eSchools Panels. 6th eRegions Conference 2016: Cross-border eSolutions & eServices Prototypes Development. Monday-Tuesday, September 19-20, 2016:
Creative, Entrepreneur and Innovative Students in the Grammar Schools Proposing eSolutions
eTechnologies Supporting Creativity, Entrepreneurship and Innovation in the Grammar Schools in the eRegions
Vocational Education and Training in the eRegions
Creating Environment for Entrepreneur and Innovative Grammar Schools Students in the eRegion

10.6.2016 Grammar eSchools Prototypes Meeting, Grammar School Vič Ljubljana

20.5.2016 Visiting Dunaújváros, Hungary

19.5.2016 Cross-border eCollaboration Meeting Slovenia Embassy Budapest

4.5.2016 Grammar eSchool Prototypes Meeting in Ljubljana

2nd Szentgotthárd / Monošter Seminar on Cooperation. Szentgotthárd, Hungary, 11th and 12th April 2016

3.2.2016 Grammar eSchools Meeting in Ljubljana

Regional SAP University Alliance Meeting with Extended Invitation to the Rectors & Deans in the Danube Region, preconference meeting , September 21, 2015

Szentgotthárd-Monošter Initiative – Hungarian-Slovene cooperation. Szentgotthárd-Monošter, Hungary, 21-22 April 2015

P u b l i c a t i o n s

Food for Prototyping. Design at Business event 2016 in Eindhoven. By Susanne Paulus. SAP User Experience Community, May 19, 2016

Industry 4.0 Blossoms at 2016 Hannover Fair. By Bill Lydon, Editor, Automation.com, May 9, 2016

Unlocking the Potential of e-Skills in Europe. Accelerating Europe’s Competitiveness and Inclusive Growth. Symposium. Public Policy Exchange, 19th April 2016

Industry 4.0: Building the digital enterprise.  2000+ respondents in 26 countries. 2016 Global Industry 4.0 Survey. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, 2016, pp 35

Industry 4.0 after the initial hype. Where manufacturers are finding value and how they can best capture it. Editors: Dominik Wee, Principal, Munich; Matthias Breunig, Associate Principal, Hamburg; Valerie von der Tann, Senior Associate, Berlin. McKinsey Digital , January 2016, pp 32

Reinventing the Company in the Digital Age. OpenMind, BBVA, 2015, pp 468

Universities Promoting Regional Innovation Across Europe. Workshop on “Universities Promoting Regional Innovation Across Europe”. By Rita Morais, Peter Haring Bolívar, Ray O’neill and Lidia Borrell-Damián. Organised by Crue/Cpu/Eua, Hosted by The Autonomous University of Madrid, 24 November 2015, pp 29

Digital Skills for the Future. Friends of Europe, 17 November 2015, pp 6

Coding classes trending across EU schools. Special Report. EU Code Week. EurActiv.com, October 12-16, 2015

Computing our future. Computer programming and coding. Priorities, school curricula and initiatives across Europe. European Schoolnet (EUN Partnership AIBSL), Brussels, October 2015, pp 87

Future Classroom LabFuture Classroom AmbassadorsEuropean Schoolnet Brussels

e-Leadership Skills for Small and Medium Sized Enterprises. Final Report. Prepared for the European Commission, Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs, Directorate Innovation and Advanced Manufacturing, October 2015, pp 224

Identification of Labour Market Needs for Vocational Education and Training (VET) in the Slovak Republic. Slovak-German Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SNOPK). Ministry of Education, science, research and sport of the Slovak Republic, Bratislava, 2015, pp 26

Regional SAP University Alliance Meeting with Extended Invitation to the Rectors & Deans in the Danube Region, preconference meeting , September 21, 2015

The School IT Administrator. Analysing the profile, role and training needs of network administrators in Europe’s schools. Authors Roger Blamire and Jean-Noel Colin, European SchoolNet Brussels, July 2015, pp 85

eSkills – Coding the Future. The challenge of meeting future e-skill demands in the Nordic-Baltic ICT hub. Top of Digital Europe, Baltic Development Forum, April 17, 2015, pp 12

The i4.0 Portal. The open platform of German innovation centre for industry 4.0.  Technology startup in the fields of business administration, IT, and logistics. Regensburg, Germany, January 2015

19 Key Essays on How the Internet Is Changing Our Lives. OpenMind, BBVA, 2014, pp 470

Prototypes

The prototypes developed and presented within the initiative are published at the eRegion portal as the components of the annual Danube eRegion Conference – DeRC: Cross-border eSolutions & eServices Prototypes Development DeRC2012DeRC2013,  DeRC2014, as well as of the Italy-Slovenia Workshop 2013 .