Workshop "Future skills for the semiconductor industry: designing the skills profile of tomorrow's graduates"

Begin 26. November 2024 - 12:00 Uhr
End 26. November 2024 - 16:30 Uhr

The Vice-Rector for Education and International Affairs at Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences, Professor Sophia Keil, is inviting companies from the semiconductor industry to the Zittau campus on Tuesday, 26.11.2024, in order to jointly identify the specific requirements and needs of the industry with regard to the skills profiles of tomorrow's graduates in a workshop.

The workshop will focus on practice-oriented discussions and exchanges between university representatives and industry experts. Through keynote speeches and interactive sessions, the expectations and needs of companies with regard to the necessary specialist, interdisciplinary and practical skills of future graduates will be identified. These results will play a key role in the new courses currently being developed at the university in order to ensure a practical and future-oriented education.

With the participation of experienced speakers from science and industry, the workshop offers a valuable platform for the transfer of knowledge and the strengthening of cooperation between university and industry.

We cordially invite all interested companies in the semiconductor industry to take part in this important discussion and contribute their expertise. Together we will shape the future of education for the semiconductor industry!

When: November 26, 2024 - 12:00 pm to 4:30 pm

Where: Celsiuz - Co-Creation Lab, Mandau-Höfe, 2nd floor, Äußere Oybiner Str. 16, 02763 Zittau

Program

PART I - IMPULSE PHASE

12:00 - 13:00 | Get together (arriving and getting to know each other)

13:00 - 13:15 | Welcome and opening
- Speakers: Prof. Dr.-Ing: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Alexander Katzsch (Rector of Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences), Prof.in Dr.in Sophia Keil (Vice-Rector for Education and International Affairs, Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences),

13:15 - 13:45 | Keynote speech: Status quo and future of the semiconductor industry and its requirements for the competence profiles of graduates
- Speaker: Dr. Germar Schneider (Infineon Technologies Dresden GmbH)
- Content: Overview of current developments and challenges in the semiconductor industry in Saxony and Europe. Requirements for university graduates in the semiconductor industry today and in the future.

13:45 - 14:00 | Questions, exchange and discussion on the keynote speech

PART II - WORKSHOP PHASE (group work at three themed tables)

Topic table 1
Future Skills - What skills will tomorrow's graduates need?

Thematic table 2
Discussion of a skills profile using the example of a Bachelor's degree program in Semiconductor Processes and Materials Chemistry (AT)

Topic table 3
Exchange on the skills profile of a Digital Transformation Manager (AT)

14:00 - 14:05 | Introduction to group work at the topic tables
- Speaker: Prof. Dr. Sophia Keil (Vice Rector for Education and International Affairs, HSZG),

14:05 - 14:35 | Introduction to the workshop work by the topic mentors

14:35 - 15:30 | Group work at the topic tables on the needs of the industry and the resulting competence requirements

15:30 - 16:00 | Presentation of the results of the topic tables

16:00 - 16:30 | Final discussion, summary and outlook

Julia Rülicke
Ihre Ansprechpartnerin
Dipl.-Kulturwiss.
Julia Rülicke
Julia.Ruelicke(at)hszg.de
Center for Knowledge Transfer and Education
02763 Zittau
Th.-Körner-Allee 16
Building Z I, Room 1.52
1st floor
+49 3583 612-4770
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