As AI, autonomous vehicles, green energy and other hot technologies roll out, Europe will have a problem if it lacks the talent needed to make it all work – people with, not only a STEM education, but also the hands-on experience with team work, creativity, communications, project management and more to turn a nerdy tech into a cool product or service. To get them, we will need new educational programmes to broaden the learning experience – to parachute more students inside organisations working with these technologies. Research infrastructure, working in partnership with established educational institutions, are one such training ground that Europe can use. Small companies and multinationals are another. This workshop will examine Europe’s growing STEM-supply gap, case studies of innovative training models, and suggestions for new kinds of programmes.
