Agenda 

DAY 1 - 09 June 2022 (The first day will not be streamed online)

TimeTitle/Description
10:00Arrival ÖBB Night train - delegation arrival to Vienna
Check-in at Star Inn Hotel | Gerhard-Bronner-Straße 5, 1100 Vienna, Austria
12:00Welcome Lunch | ÖBB headquarters, Alfred-Adler-Straße 107 – 1100 Vienna, Austria
13:00Bus to site visit
14:00 - 17:00
Site visit ÖBB Training Centre 
ÖBB-Lehrwerkstätte) Hebbelplatz 7 1100 Vienna, Austria
18:30 - 21:30Evening Dinner reception | K47. Wien, Franz-Josefs-Kai 47, 1010 Vienna, Austria


DAY 2 - 10 June 2022

08:30
Registration, coffee and networking at the hotel 
Novotel Wien Hauptbahnhof | Canettistraße 6, 1100 Wien, Austria
09:00 - 09:15 
Introduction and Welcome
  • Master of ceremony - Ana Carrero, Deputy Head of Unit, Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion (DG EMPL) 
  • Nicolas Schmit, European Commissioner for Jobs and Social Rights (video)  
  • Silvia Angelo, Member of the Board of Management, ÖBB-Infrastruktur AG 
09:15 - 09:45 
Setting the scene
Facilitator: Ana Carrero, DG EMPL, master of ceremony 
  • Manuela Geleng, Director, Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion (DG EMPL)
  • Kristian Schmidt, Director, Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport (DG MOVE)
  • Sarah Bittner-Krautsack, Interim Head of Mobility and Transport Technologies department, Austrian Ministry for Climate Action (BMK)
09:45 - 10:00        
EAfA New Members Ceremony
Hosted by Kjerstin Torpmann-Hagen, Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion (DG EMPL) 
10:00 - 10:45    
Session 1: Just Transitions: digital and green
Facilitator: Jörg Markowitsch, Senior Partner, 3s Research & Consulting 
  • Dr. Bojan Jovanovski, Senior Lecturer, Institute of International Management at FH JOANNEUM – GreenoVET-Project (CoVE)
  • Meryem Belhaj-Clot, Deputy HR Director, International union of railways (UIC)
  • Carole Coune, Secretary General of the Association of European Rail Rolling Stock lessors  (AERRL)
Q&A Session
10:45 - 11:15  
Coffee break and networking 
11:15 - 12:00
Session 2: Gender equality in apprenticeships in the rail sector
Facilitator: Vicki Donlevy, Technical Director, Ecorys
  • Jedde Hollewijn, Policy Officer for Railways, European Transport Workers’ Federation Representative (ETF)
  • Heather Waugh, Train Driver, Women in Rail
  • Katrien Joye, Internship Coordinator, SNCB  
  • Ursula Bazant, Head Of Department For Education & Training, ÖBB 
Q&A Session
12:00 - 12:45
Session 3: Mobility and transnational cooperation
Facilitator: Leonardo Dongiovanni, DG MOVE 
  • Eckhard Voss, Senior Advisor and Management Partner, wmp consul, Hamburg, STAFFER
  • Ignacio Ferrer, XABEC Vocational Training Centre
  • Olivia Janisch, Member of the Works Council and the Supervisory Board of the ÖBB-Holding AG, Vice-Chair of Austrian Transport Workers Union
Q&A Session
12:45 - 14:15
Lunch
14:15 - 15:30
Parallel in-depth round table discussions (this session will not be streamed online)

A.     Just transitions: digital and green facilitated by Jörg Markowitsch

B.     Gender equality in apprenticeships in the rail sector facilitated by Vicki Donlevy

C.     Mobility and transnational cooperation facilitated by Leonardo Dongiovanni

15:30 - 15:45Coffee break
15:45 - 16:15
The perspective of the apprentice
Facilitator: Ben Kinross, Coordinator, European Apprentices Network (EAN)  
16:15 - 16:30
Closing remarks and end of the event 
Ana Carrero, Deputy Head of Unit, DG EMPL