This session is divided into 2 parts:

You are welcome to attend:

- only the keynote

- stay further on and enjoy 1 of 2 parallel breakout sessions

- join only for parallel sessions starting at 10.30

Part 1 ( 10.00-10.30 CET) Keynote

It will present the Knowledge Community and Medici Catalogue & Maps as a ‘knowledge ecosystem’ that builds an evolving evidence base on digital inclusion practices and interventions addressed to socially vulnerable groups. The KC is presented as the foundation for exchange of good practices and mapping the digital inclusion landscape in Europe and the UK.

Further, it will present the key findings and lessons learned while building MEDICI Knowledge Community aiming to address good practices for the digital inclusion of socially vulnerable groups. We will further present the tools for running Knowledge Community. We will look at the important questions and answers related to Knowledge Community context and the mapping of good practices for socially vulnerable groups:

• Understand the context of Digital Inclusion of socially vulnerable groups
• Identify barriers, existing gaps and opportunities​
• Lessons learnt in engaging the community members: is it possible to create an online ‘holding environment’ , that can nurture and encouraged new ideas?
• Is it possible to use MEDICI KC as a ‘Learning Organisation’, enabling collaborative learning and co-production of new thinking?

Speakers:

Dr Anna Tsiboukli, head of Education Department, KETHEA , Greece

Dr Remos Armaos , head of Professional Education,KETHEA ,Greece

Stefania Aceto, Project Manager and Senior Researcher at UNIR Universidad Internacional de la Rioja

Part 2 ( 10.30-11.30 CET) Parallel Session/ Breakouts

Please choose 1 session to attend in the registration form.

What really matters? Practitioners' perspective.

Session 1 ( Breakout 1)

This session will focus on challenges and why the engagement of the digital community is crucial. Through presenting 3 cases focused on migrants , marginalised young people, unemployed and minorities groups, we will look at the common challenges and barriers to digital inclusion for those particular groups.

Speakers:

Bartosz Kosiński, Project Team Supervisor MERITUM Association for Non - Formal Education, Poland. (Case: GO-PRO)

Raúl Pérez González, Department Technician, Fundación Segretariado Gitano, Spain (Case: #Empleando Digital)

Anna Schippa: Co-founder Forma.azione, Italy

( Case: #Gemma)

Moderator: Marta Bruschi, Community & Network Engagement- Senior Expert, Diesis Network, Belgium

Session 2 ( Breakout 2)

This session will focus on how technology can help people with disabilities and older people to gain or regain social life, relations, and active participation in society.Three representatives from three successful practices from the MEDICI catalogue will exchange their views on this topic.

Speakers:

Henrique Gil , Senior Teacher Age Comm –Polytechnic Institute of Castelo Branco, Portugal ( Practice: Peak & Neuronation)

Gosia Kwiatkowska, Senior LecturerCo-Director RIX Research & Media, University of East London (Practice: RIX Wiki)

Ineke Schuurman, Researcher Center for Computational Linguistics, KU Leuven, Belgium (Practice: Able to Include)

Pedro Beitia, Ede Foundation coordinator , EDE Foundation, Bilbao, Spain

Moderator : Francesca Di Concetto, Managing Partner, Smart Bananas s.c.r.l.