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EUROPEAN STEEL COMPANIES–UNIVERSITIES JOINT CONFERENCE

EUROPEAN STEEL COMPANIES–UNIVERSITIES JOINT CONFERENCE. Warsaw 26-27 April 2007. Highly qualified people: a strategic resource to move into the future Marco D’Ettorre. STEEL: AN “EVERGREEN” AND GROWING SECTOR. 000/Tons. Over 2,350,000 employees involved in the steel sector. STEEL:

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EUROPEAN STEEL COMPANIES–UNIVERSITIES JOINT CONFERENCE

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  1. EUROPEAN STEEL COMPANIES–UNIVERSITIESJOINT CONFERENCE Warsaw 26-27 April 2007 Highly qualified people: a strategic resource to move into the future Marco D’Ettorre

  2. STEEL: AN “EVERGREEN” AND GROWING SECTOR 000/Tons

  3. Over 2,350,000 employees involved in the steel sector STEEL: AN IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTION TO OUR SOCIETY in Italy Approximately 100,000 people employed in steel sector (production and first transformation) Over 350,000 employees in the steel users’ sector Approximately 1,900,000 workers in the construction sector

  4. STEEL: THE MAIN CHALLENGES Improvement of production processes New products to remain competitive to satisfy customers’ new requirements to face and to reduce the environmental problem

  5. STEEL AND YOUNG PEOPLE: A NEED TO REPLACE AN APPARENT “POOR IMAGE” • Thesteel sector is complex and technologically demanding: • To communicate the entire range of possibilities technology can offer • To encourage young people to embark on a rewarding career in the steel industry

  6. STEEL: THE NEED FOR HIGHLY QUALIFIED PEOPLE To innovate current practices through the best available technologies To deal with different and complex technologies Engineers’ core competencies: To develop research projects To be part of a multinational network

  7. STEEL AND UNIVERSITY: A RELATIONSHIP TO BE STRENGTHENED More academic courses related to the steel sector with a higher level of specialization A high level of specialized experts among young graduates

  8. STEEL AND UNIVERSITY: A NEW AND STRONG ROLE FOR THE STEEL INDUSTRY The new way is a common participation to: • research projects • development of doctoral thesis related to steel sector • establishing a common ground for post-graduate education

  9. ILVA TARANTO PLANT TRENDS Workforce Turnover Steel Production (values in million tons)

  10. RIVA GROUP “STEEL SCHOOL” The school mission is to develop: Technical Seminars and Tutorials Courses on well defined specific subjects Post graduate courses The school started to operate in November 2006 launching the first post-graduate Master Course in steel making

  11. RIVA GROUP “STEEL SCHOOL” - THE FIRST MASTER COURSE - Organizers:Riva Group together with Italian academic institutions Participants: Post-graduate young engineers and chemists Teachers / lecturers:University professors,Riva Group technicians, external consultants and Institutions Objective: to create the strategic human resource to move into the future

  12. RIVA GROUP “STEEL SCHOOL” - THE FIRST MASTER COURSE - THE COURSE IS BEING ATTENDED BY 22 GRADUATED STUDENTS: • 8 RIVA Group’s employees • 13 newly recruited with special post-graduate educational-work contracts • 1 from an Engineering Company

  13. RIVA GROUP “STEEL SCHOOL” - THE FIRST MASTER COURSE - Basic courses Specific courses Intership/work Stage experience Research project following months to complete finally first six months

  14. RIVA GROUP “STEEL SCHOOL” WHAT WILL BE THE FUTURE? • NET-WORKING: is this the “magic word” ? • Why not thinking of coordinating these efforts at European level ?

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