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• Session 1 video recording
• Session 2 video recording
• Closing session video recording

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Morning session

08:30

Registration and welcome coffee

10:00 - 11:00

Opening speech

• European Commission Vice-President Margaritis Schinas
• European Commissioner Mariya Gabriel

High-level panel

• Mariya Gabriel, European Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth
• Vladimír Balaš, Minister of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic
• Sabine Verheyen, Member of the European Parliament
• Tatjana Brabauskiene, European Economic and Social Committee member
• Tanya Hristova, Chair of SEDEC Commission of the European Committee of Regions

Moderator: Themis Christophidou, Director-General DG Education and Culture, European Commission

11:00 - 11:30

Coffee break

11:30 - 12:30

Panel discussion

• Alan Smith, Programme Founder & first Director of the Erasmus Bureau
• Antonija Gladovic, Director of the National Agency for Mobility and EU Programmes, Croatia
• Nahia Martin, Erasmus+ School pupil, IES Botikazar Bilbao
• Romain Fermon, International School Sport Federation, Director of Marketing and Communications

Moderator: Anna Gumbau

12:30 - 14:00

Standing lunch

Afternoon session

14:00 - 15:15

Eight parallel sessions

• Origins of Erasmus+
• A life journey with Erasmus+ : from nursery to maturity
• #BeActive: what’s new in the field of sport?
• How to communicate your Erasmus+ project: tell you story, make an impact!
• Can we make learning mobility a reality for everyone?
• Erasmus+ and the European Year of Youth 2022
• Erasmus+ Goes Global
• Promoting participation in Erasmus+ higher education mobility for everyone

15:15 - 15:45

Coffee break

15:45 - 17:00

Four parallel discussions

• How to Design Participatory Projects?
• Making Erasmus+ more inclusive and diverse
• Digital transformation through Erasmus+: behind the scene
• Erasmus+ and the green transition

Closing of the conference part

17:00 - 18:00

Closing panel discussion

• Ute Haller-Block, Head of Unit Erasmus+ Coordination Unit at DG Education and Culture, European Commission
• Koen Lambert, Director of JINT National Agency for the Erasmus+ Youth for the Flemish Community in Belgium
• Sophie Beernaerts, Head of Department Erasmus+ at the EACEA Executive Agency
• Juan Rayón González, President of the Erasmus Student Network
• Markus Kraushofer, Head Teacher at the Bernoulli Gymnasium, Austria

Moderator: Anna Gumbau

Closing remarks

Themis Christophidou, Director-General DG Education and Culture, European Commission

Evening

18:00 - 20:00

• Cocktail and dinner
• Opening of the photography exhibition “DiscoverEU”: Themis Christophidou, Director-General DG Education and Culture, European Commission

20:00 - 21:15

Theater play “The Desire of Youth” by Escena Erasmus