Planning your Day at DigiFest: The Employability Edit
What might your day at DigiFest look like… if you’re interested in skills, employability, or career growth?
We’ve put together a list of suggestions to help you out. More details on the sessions and speakers can be found here.
8.45 - 9.15 - Registration and breakfast patisseries
9.15 - 9.30 - Choose between:
Welcome
Student welcome and skills session (Dan Wallman - Technative Digital, and the Skills East Sussex team)
9.30 - 10.00 - Choose between:
How to Defeat Your Nemesis with AI (Tom Fielder - Switchplane)
Student welcome and skills session (Dan Wallman - Technative Digital, and the Skills East Sussex team) - continuation
10.10 - 10.40 - Choose between:
What young people bring to the modern workforce (James Byford and Tyler Mortimer-Wise - Adventures and Wisdom Institute)
Navigating the Start-Up Journey (Panel with Greg Mccallum, Fiona Anderson, Samantha Harland, Ben Dawson, Mary Kemp)
10.40 - 11.10 - Break and explore exhibition
11.10 - 11.40 - You, but better! Addressing the digital skills gap (Brian Drinkwater - Kyle Partnership)
11.50 - 12.20 - Tech Talent Champions: Employer Leadership of Skills in East Sussex (Dan Wallman, Technative Digital)
12.20 - 13.00 - The Power Of Inclusion: Why you need to work on this and practical strategies for progressing on the journey of inclusion in digital and tech (Fireside chat with Mo Kanjilal - Watch this Sp_ce and Ellie Hale - Reflect Digital)
13.00 - 13.20 - Lunch
13.20 - 13.50 - Lunchtime fringe session - Create Your Own Impactful Content: Video Workshop (Chloe Jenden - Future Youth Media)
14.00 - 14.30 - Fireside Chat: Rowena Bird, Lush Co-Founder & Product Inventor, speaks with Podpreneur Alex Chisnall
14.30 - 15.00 - From Bath Bombs to the Metaverse (Adam Goswell - Lush)
15.00 - 15.20 - Break
15.20 - 16.30 - Explore exhibition and speak to standholders about your future career
16.40 - 17.10 - (A)I'm not scared: How AI could take your job (and what you can do about it) (John Haynes)
17.10 - 17.15 - Close
