HR&D Working Group

St Andrews (Scotland), 8^thand 9^th July 2008

During the next meeting of the CLEPA Human

Resources and Development Working Group

to be held in Scotland, at the School of

Management, University of St Andrews on 8

& 9 July 2008, CLEPA members will discuss

the European partnership for anticipation

of industrial changes, skills shortages and

innovation.

The workshop: “A sustainable Future for

European Suppliers to the Automobile

Industry- European mobility and transportation

2020” will follow the HR&D WG meeting in

the afternoon of 8 July. Guest of Honours

speakers will be:

• Professor Peter McKiernan;

• Professor Nic Beech;

• Professor Alan McKinlay;

• Mr. Martin Dowling;

To participate, please lodge your interest with

Ms. Amalia Di Stefano, Director European Affairs,

a.distefano@clepa.be, Tel. +32 2 743 91 35

Programme:

Wednesday, November 28^th, 2007

14.00               Arrival to Prague, transfer to the Hotel Imperial organized by TRW

15.00              Get together

15.00-18.00    Meeting  of the Human Resources and Development WG in Prague, hosted by TRW.

                        Provisional Agenda:

• Analysis of the evolution of the European automotive sector (Study)
• Restructuring Forum follow up: skills gap & innovation working groups
• European partnership for anticipation of industrial changes

19.00-22.00     Dinner in Restaurant in Prague /Old Town hosted by TRW                   

Thursday, November 29^th,2007

8.30h              Departure from Hotel by taxi to SKODA AUTO, a.s. Mladá Boleslav

9.15h              Arrival to Mladá Boleslav – cca 40 km from Prague

                       Welcome address by Mr Martin Jahn, Member of the Board, SKODA

9.30-11.30h    Visit of the production lines Skoda-Auto a.s.

12.30-13.15h   Lunch at Skoda Auto Museum

13.15-14.30h   Visit to the Education & Training center, Na Karmeli

                        Presentations by:      Mr Martin Jahn, MoB, HR, Skoda

                                                       Mr Manfred Glahe, VP HR, SKF Automotive

                                                       Q&A session

14.30h             End of visit and departure to the Airport

For more information and to confirm your participation please contact Ms Amalia Di Stefano, CLEPA (phone 0032 2 743 91 35; e-mail: a.distefano(at)clepa.be).