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Ready4Future
The Women&Tech Association, whose mission is to enhance female talent in technology, innovation, and scientific research, from November 11th to 15th will participate in Time4child - Feed the Future.
However, our contribution starts from here: the Association tells about the holistic approach and the visionary capacity necessary to train young people for the jobs of the future.
According to the report Skills Outlook 2021 by the OECD, the "education-work-retirement" process is considered more obsolete than ever. The megatrends that characterize the post-pandemic labor market determine the rapid obsolescence of many skills and knowledge, opening up to "new" professional roles, those that will soon be more in demand.
In this scenario marked by profound transformations, starting from the trades means looking at what will be, clearly outlining the occupational needs of the future, and guiding the younger ones towards a full understanding of the professions they could face as adults. A revolutionary reversal of the classic "training -> work" process, following a route that Gianna Martinengo, founder of Women&Tech - Associazione Donne e Tecnologie, identified and outlined twelve years ago: "Young people must be able to face training proposals that look to the future. Directing ourselves towards a training oriented to acquiring key skills for the future means offering all young people the opportunity to access prominent professions, as well as preparing resources capable of driving innovation".
In pursuit of this mission, Gianna Martinengo, within the Association, outlined in 2009 Ready4Future, a social innovation project to guide the new generations towards the professions and trades of the future. An idea that today, in 2021, is more relevant than ever, promoting a holistic vision of the learning processes, in which humanistic knowledge and technical-scientific knowledge integrate and enrich each other. Positioning itself as a tool for career guidance and education, Ready4Future aims to create a web platform available to young people, where they can build relationships and benefit from carefully selected educational proposals by a team of experts: professionals who, starting from their field experience, share the fundamental guidelines to understand the professions of tomorrow.
Furthermore, the project includes many "in-person" events: events based on discussion and dialogue (FutureCamp Day); school/work alternation (OrientaCamp); guided visits to innovative companies or research centers (OpenSees); robotics and coding workshops (TechLab).
As Gianna Martinengo recounts: " With our project, we aim to make known the new opportunities offered by the world of work, to stimulate vocations and interests in young people, to open their eyes to an integrated view of study disciplines. Our Association was the first in Italy to promote the transition from STEM to STEAM: the A stands for the humanities, integrated into the heart of the technical-scientific ones. Not by chance, the sectors that offer the greatest development opportunities are articulated in a multidisciplinary key: digital technologies (such as AI, robotics, video games, virtual reality, augmented reality, 3D, blockchain, machine learning, digital twins, big data analysis, Internet of things, quantum computing), bio technologies (such as bioinformatics, bioelectronics, industrial biotechnologies, health, environmental biotechnologies, neurotechnologies), new materials (such as nanomaterials, e-textiles, smart materials, flexible electronics, photonics), energy and environment (biofuels, hydrogen technologies, bioplastics, smart grids, solar energy)."
Ready4Future is not only aimed at the youngest, but also at all those social and emotional actors who support and advise them: teachers, parents, families in general, and the world of work (companies, public entities, unions, third sector). The ultimate goal is to build a physical and virtual, global and local place where the actors involved in the project can meet, get to know each other, and exchange valuable information. A welcoming and inclusive space to connect and create value, looking to the future with proactivity and awareness.
Within a customized digital platform, there will be rooms and activities tailored for both adults and children. Alongside the virtual event, there will be in-person activities to engage both adults and children. Live events, on-demand content, gamification activities, physical spin-offs. Ministers, institutions, scholars, academics, doctors and experts, entertainment and communication personalities, chefs and food bloggers, stakeholders will participate.
- Auditorium : Heart of the event, because here you can attend all the live sessions with various guests, including the 5 sessions curated by Women&Tech ( download the complete program ).
- Area on demand: Important environment because it will allow users to review live content they were unable to watch.
- Exhibition Area: Environment from which you will be able to access all the participants' stands at T4C, including the Women&Tech virtual stand, and discover the content offered to users (multimedia files, gaming activities, webinars, video clips, image galleries).
