Ten thousand young men and women, aged 16-24, are involved in Project Meet No Neet. Technological, social and entrepreneurial training that will allow them to more easily access the working world and acquire competences useful for living and working in the 21st century. The initiative is designed to fight the NEET (Not engaged in Education, Employment or Training) phenomenon that in Italy represents 24% of youth aged 15-29.
Today, Carlo Purassanta, CEO Microsoft Italy welcomed hundreds of students to the "Discovering Talents Fair" to meet enterprises and present their entrepreneurial ideas developed during the last edition of Project Meet No Neet.
PROGRAMME
DISCOVERING TALENTS FAIR
5 February 2015 – 10:30 am
Microsoft - Peschiera Borromeo (MI)
10:30 am - OPENING: FROM YOUTHSPARK TO MEET NO NEET
• Paola Andreozzi, Manager, CSR Microsoft Italy
• Mirta Michilli, Director General, Fondazione Mondo Digitale
• Roberta Cocco, National Plan Director, Microsoft Western Europe
• Graziella Bossi, Professor, Liceo C. Cavalleri, Parabiago
10:45 am – COMPETENCES FOR LIFE AND WORK IN THE 21ST CENTURY
• Alfonso Molina, Professor of Technology Strategy, University of Edinburgh and Scientific Director, Fondazione Mondo Digitale
11:05 – PITCHES BY WINNING PROJECTS
Moderator: Mirta Michilli, Director General, Fondazione Mondo Digitale
• “The Voice of the Park” – IIS via Silvestri 301 - Rome
• “Milva” – IPSIA Pacinotti - Pontedera (PI)
• “Smart Class” – IIS Marconi di Catania
• “Talents App” – LSS Marconi - Pesaro
• “Helpedgal” – ISIS Fermi-Mattei - Isernia
11:30 am - VIDEO DISCOVERING TALENTS FAIR
11:35 am – LISTENING TO ENTERPRISES
Moderator: Paola Andreozzi, Manager, CSR Microsoft Italy
• Manuela Lavezzari, Marketing Manager, Asus
• Valerio Di Bussolo, Corporate PR Manager, IKEA Italia Retail Srl
• Gemma Fiorentino, Marketing & Communication Lead, Avanade Italy
• Davide Minelli, Social Director, Techno impresa sociale Srl
• Alessandro De Grandi, CEO & Development Executive, Garoo
• Sara Cassina, PR Executive, Garoo
12:45 am - CONCLUSIONS
• Carlo Purassanta, CEO Microsoft Italy
1:00 pm – GUIDED VISIT TO THE @Microsoft Innovation Campus
1:30 pm - NETWORKING LUNCH
