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The Teens and Technology Roundtable 2002 November 7-8, 2002, Marbach Castle, Lake Constance

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August 01, 2003: Report published
Preparing Disadvantaged Youth for the Workforce of Tomorrow

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The Teens & Technology Roundtable embraces diverse stakeholders united in the desire to see information and communications technology harnessed to improve the lives of underserved youth particularly in workforce development. Our working assumption is that the public sector must work closely with business, private charities, the research community and nonprofit organizations to sustain fragile programs as well as to assess their social and economic impact.

Forty high-level representatives from the European Union, member country parliaments, business, cutting-edge research, the foundation community and nongovernmental organizations are invited to build a common transatlantic framework for collaborative work. The purpose of the convening is to share experiences and work toward collective action in improving the life chances of underserved youth with the effective use of digital technologies.

Expected Outcomes

Thursday, November 7
1:30	Registration
2:00	Welcome Address	Theo Brenner Jacobs Foundation
	Keynote	Robert Strauss, European Commission	Social Inclusion and the Knowledge Society (17 KB) TTR Presentation (233 KB)
	Keynote	Baroness Andrews, House of Lords, UK
	Keynote	Gabriele Siegenthaler, Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, CH	Factsheet: GKP Youth Strategy (19 KB) YCDO Overview (116 KB) TTR Presentation (84 KB)
	Employability and Workforce Skills - What's needed	Nicola Soehlke, AOL Germany	Employability and Workforce Skills - What's needed (dt) (8 KB) Employability and Workforce Skills - What's needed (en) (8 KB)
3:00	Goals and "Housekeeping"	Prof. Dr. Herbert Kubicek
3:00	Goals and "Housekeeping"	Dr. Tony Wilhelm
3:15	VOICES FROM THE FIELD PANEL Sustainable Program and One Best Practice Project	Moderator: Dr. Holly Carter, Community Technology Development, Inc.
	YouthLearn Initiative at Education Development Center, Inc., US	Tony Streit	Overview of US Related Activities (33 KB)
	Notschool.net, UK	Jean Johnson	Notschool.net (7 KB)
	German Labour Administration: Internetcafés for Young People	Dr. Ulrike Behrens
		Tobias Lange
4:30	Coffeebreak
4:45	Comments from Eastern Europe	Prof. Andrei Podolskij	Comments from Eastern Europe: T&T Perspectives in Russia (9 KB)
5:00	Discussion	Moderation: Prof. Dr. Herbert Kubicek
5:30	Digital Partnership - Partnership Approaches to Affordable Access to Technology for Learning and Development	Robert Davies, The Prince of Wales International Business Leaders Forum	TTR Presentation (1,1 MB)
6:00	Informal Exchange / Poster Session
6:30	Reception
7:30	Dinner

Friday, November 8
9:00	Reflections on the First Day	Tony Wilhelm, Benton Foundation
9:10	LESSONS LEARNED: THE RESEARCH COMMUNITY PANEL
	Teens and Technology Inventory	Dr. Kay Livingston	Disadvantaged Teenagers and Technology (5 KB) TTR Presentation (116 KB)
	Teens and Technology Consortium (short Overview)	Prof. Dr. Norbert Seel	The Teens & Technology Consortium (9 KB)
		Prof. Dr. Alexander Grob, University of Bern	Improving Learning and Professional Perspectives of Socially Disadvantaged Adolescents by Peer Tutoring (7 KB) TTR Presentation (267 KB)
		Margaret Honey, Center for Children and Technology	Center for Children and Technology at Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC) (6 KB)
10:15	Coffeebreak
10:30	Private Entrepreneurship and Corporate social Responsibility in the Global ICT Marketplace - Challenges and Chances	Peter H. Hellmonds, Siemens, DOT Force	TTR Presentation (140 KB)
11:00	WORKSHOPS	Introduction: Dr. Holly Carter
	3 Break-out Sessions focusing on Undertaking Future Project-Based, Collaborative Work that is Transatlantic; Strong Research and Assessment Component; Strong Connenction with Policy; and Good Outreach and Communications Plan	Blue Group	Presentation (40 KB)
		Red Group	Presentation
		Yellow Group	Presentation
12:30	Lunch
1:30	Presentation of Workshop Summaries
2:30	Discussion: Next steps/Commitments
3:30	Social Inclusion in the 6th Framework Program	Frithjof A. Maennel, EU-Commission	TTR Presentation (275 KB)
3:50	Summary and Closure	Herbert Kubicek, Tony Wilhelm
4:00	Coffee / Get Together
4:30	End of Program
6:30	Reception
7:30	Dinner

Speakers and Participants

Report Teens and Technology Roundtable 2001 (engl.)

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