Lifelong Development Day
09/09/2022
Lifelong Development Day
The ‘Lifelong Development Day’ organised by Maastricht University is for everyone who realises that acquiring new knowledge and skills is essential to create meaningful impact. With inspiring panel discussions and interactive break-out sessions, we offer you an entertaining and informal afternoon where you will learn more about what the university has to offer for professionals.
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Lifelong Development Day
The ‘Lifelong Development Day’ organised by Maastricht University is for everyone who realises that acquiring new knowledge and skills is essential to create meaningful impact. With inspiring panel discussions and interactive break-out sessions, we offer you an entertaining and informal afternoon where you will learn more about what the university has to offer for professionals.
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Riding the Waves
We are going through turbulent times. From the war in Ukraine to the ongoing coronapandemic, from shortages on the labour market to rising energy prices, from (too) ambitious climate goals to a far-reaching digital transformation with corresponding concerns about data privacy and cyber security…
It is a small selection from a complex landscape in which you, as a professional, are expected to be flexible, decisive and proactive. How can you keep an overview and make the best choices for yourself and your organisation? How can you move from ‘dealing with threats’ to ‘seizing opportunities’? Or in other words: how do you optimally ride the waves of change around you?
This Lifelong Development day is for everyone who realises that acquiring new knowledge and skills is essential to create meaningful impact. With inspiring panel discussions and interactive break-out sessions, we offer you an entertaining and informal afternoon where you will learn more about what Maastricht University has to offer for professionals.
Programme
We start the afternoon with a panel discussion on the question:
“What does it take to ride the waves?”.
Prof. Dr. Rianne Letschert (UM President) and Prof. Dr. Mariëlle Heijltjes (Dean School of Business and Economics) together with some seasoned professionals will answer this question from their own expertise and experiences.
After the plenary part, you can participate in three interactive break-out sessions with a choice of themes and speakers from various UM faculties and centres. Afterwards we will all come together for drinks, there will be room for networking and you can find out more about what Maastricht University has to offer for professionals and organisations.
This Lifelong Development Day is combined with the UM Alumni Day: same day, same place! This means alumni from Maastricht University can opt to extend their programme to include both afternoon and evening activities when visiting the Tapijn campus in Maastricht.
Break-out sessions
As a participant, you can attend up to three break-out sessions. Below you will find an overview of the sessions we will organise. Please note: this overview is not complete yet and will be updated in the coming days and weeks.
1. The Changing Role of a Leader
We have defined a role for the way in which we think we should behave within an organisation. This isn’t always a very human approach. We look at things too instrumentally and often judge too quickly. It is important to make people aware of this dynamic. How do we talk to each other and what is the impact of what we say? It’s those basic, interpersonal processes that are at the core.
During this interactive session, Mariëlle Heijltjes will share her view on leadership behaviour in organisations and what is needed to properly address the changing role of leaders. Representatives from Stichting Kindante will participate and highlight some of the changes they have made in their organisation to address their leadership challenges head on.
This session is hosted by UMIO and will be facilitated by Mariëlle Heijltjes in collaboration with Stichting Kindante.
2. From Data Management to Responsible Use of Personal Data
Some Social, Legal and Ethical Reflections
In today’s digital data-driven world, big data, technological developments in the area of machine learning, and artificial intelligence have changed the way we live. Technology nowadays is facilitating people’s everyday life, but it also leads to large amounts of personal data being collected and processed in a small amount of time. Decisions and processes concerning people’s lives are increasingly being automated, based on data. This affects fundamental rights in various ways. How to find an appropriate balance between what is technically possible, what is legally permissible, and what is societally acceptable?
This session is hosted by Law.Next and the Maastricht European Centre on Privacy and Cybersecurity (ECPC), and will be facilitated by Cosimo Monda.
– THIS SESSION IS OFFERED IN ENGLISH REGARDLESS OF THE PARTICIPANT PROFILE –
3. Intercultural Communication in the Workplace
“Why didn’t someone prepare me for this?”
Don’t let this be the question you find yourself or anyone in your organisation asking when working cross-culturally or cross-generationally. An interactive, discussion-based workshop to encourage reflection on the challenges and opportunities of intercultural communication in the workplace.
This session aims to:
- explore our own culture (national, regional and personal) and its influence on the way we communicate;
- raise awareness of how communications can be affected by culture, especially with regard to concepts such as communication styles, politeness and giving feedback;
- identify strategies for improving intercultural communication in the workplace.
This session is hosted by Maastricht University’s Language Centre and will be facilitated by Katie Lindley and Claire Noonan.
– THIS SESSION IS OFFERED IN ENGLISH REGARDLESS OF THE PARTICIPANT PROFILE –
4. Digitally Enhanced Learning Experiences
New digital technologies such as Augmented Reality (AR), Virtual Reality (VR) and Robotics are increasingly employed across diverse business contexts to facilitate training, improve hybrid working environments, and offer richer and more immersive experiences overall. Beyond these benefits to businesses, these technologies are uniquely suited for enhancing business education and training various professional skills. During this session, you will gain hands-on experience with the ways in which we employ these technologies within our classrooms at Maastricht University School of Business and Economics. Specifically, you will get the chance to experience how service robots facilitate hybrid working, practice your public speaking and presentation skills in VR, and engage in remote teamwork in AR.
This session is hosted by DEXlab and will be facilitated by Dominik Mahr, Tim Hilken, and Roberta di Palma.
5. Co-creating for the Future of Work
AI and automation will have an important impact on work and the workplace. As a result, society will need to grapple with significant workforce transitions and dislocation. At Maastricht University, we combine expertise from business, policy and academia to help society face both the opportunities as well as the challenges that come with technological change. This session provides insights in the most recent workplace trends and highlight directions to overcome current and future labour market shortages by using digital tools and techniques.
This session is hosted by the Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market (ROA) and will be facilitated by Mark Levels.
6. How Innovative Are You?
Your personal power to innovate is an important capacity to develop in today’s business. In this short interactive session, we will start growing your personal innovation capacity by introducing you to ‘Design Thinking’ as a proven successful methodology to innovate. We will challenge you to reflect on your own innovation capacity and determine where you can still build your capacity further.
This session is hosted by UMIO and will be facilitated by Damien Nunes.
7. The History and Future of Tapijn
With ‘learning’ as the connecting theme, Maastricht University, the Municipality of Maastricht and the Province of Limburg have worked together to breathe new life into the former Tapijn Barracks in Maastricht. The area has now been transformed into a place where students, businesses and residents meet. The renovated three characteristic pavilion buildings that have been in use by the university for the past two years are located around the former marshalling area and are connected by a new plinth.
The Tapijnkazerne has now been registered for the WELL Building Standard. This contributes to the health and well-being of building users and combines best practices in design and construction with evidence-based health and wellness interventions.
During this 45 mins session, guests will take a short walking tour around the new campus grounds and get some special insights in the history, current architecture and future building plans.
This session is hosted by Maastricht University Facility Services and will be facilitated by project leader Ralph Herben.
Practical info
Event contact
Eveline Arts
Events Coordinator
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