Please make your own hotel arrangement for the meeting. The following hotels are some of the nearby accommodations within walking distance from the meeting venue.

Hotel BW Galileo

Hotel NH Padova

Travel information

You can reach the venue:

by plane

Padova is close to Venice - Marco Polo (VCE) and Treviso - Canova (TSF) airports. The latter is mainly used by low cost companies.

Both the airports are served by shuttle service provided by BUSITALIA with direct connections to Padova, almost hourly. Tickets on board.

PADOVA FIAT bus stop is the closest to the conference venue.

Private shuttles are provided by:

AirService (book in advance)
GoOpti (book in advance)

by train

Padova railway station is at 20-30 min walking distance from the venue.

Bus station is next to the railway station. BUSITALIA lines 7-10-25 will bring you to the venue, bus stop PADOVA FIAT. Tickets can be bought at newsagent - tobacco’s shops at the railway station.

by car

from the A4 Milano - Venezia highway (toll road): exit at Padova Est and follow the signs for Fiera/centro città.

Agenda

Day 1 - 18th Mar 2024 9:00 - 17:30 CET
9:30 - 9:50	Arrival and registration
9:50 - 10:00	Welcome session (10 Min) - CLA Room 2D (2nd floor) Prof. Mara Thiene (UNIPD - Rector's Delegate Joint Degree and International Ranking, Arqus Action line Education board member) Prof. Marta Ghisi (UNIPD - Rector's Delegate for Short Specialisation Programmes, Professional Courses, Continuing Education and Microcredentials)
10:00 - 11:00	Microcredentials, administrative perspective best practices The administrative perspective at Maynooth (25 Min) Ms Sinead Gannon (Project Lead for Micro-credentials - Maynooth University) Q&A (5 Min) The administrative perspective at UNIPD (25 Min) Dr Elena Saviolo (Post-Lauream office - UNIPD), Dr Maria Chiara Ferraresi, Dr Andrea Crismani, Dr Antonella Tonoli (Open Badge and MCs committee) Q&A (5 Min)
11:00 - 11:30	Coffee break
11:30 - 12:30	Microcredentials, implementation real cases Implementations at UNIPD School of Engineering (25 Min) Prof. Franco Bonollo (UNIPD - Department of Management and Engineering, Head of the School of Engineering) Implementations at Maynooth University, Mentoring for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (25 Min) Ms Isabel Meza Silva (STEM Passport for Inclusion Programme Manager - Maynooth University)
12:30 -14:30	Lunch break (not covered by local organisers) - Ristorante Venezia - TBC
	Introducing the Working Groups (WGs)
14:30 - 15:30	Room CLA 2D	Room CLA 2B
	WG Climate Change & Sustainable Development	WG Artificial Intelligence & Digital Transformation
15:30 - 16:00	Coffee break
16:00 -17:30	Room CLA 2D	Room CLA 2B
	WG Climate Change & Sustainable Development Continuation from previous session	WG Artificial Intelligence & Digital Transformation Continuation from previous session
19:30	Social dinner - Ristorante NH Hotel Padova - TBC

Day 2 - 19th Mar 2024 9:00 - 12:30 CET
9:00 - 10:30	Room CLA 2D	Room CLA 2B
	WG Climate Change & Sustainable Development Prepare wrap-up for closing session	WG Artificial Intelligence & Digital Transformation Prepare wrap-up for closing session
10:30 - 11:00	Coffee break
11:00 - 12:30	Closing session ( 10 Min, Maeva Sagueton - WP6 Co-Lead) - Room CLA 2D WG Climate Change & Sustainable Development Wrap-up presentation ( 10 Min, speaker name TBC) WG Artificial Intelligence & Digital Transformation Wrap-up presentation ( 10 Min, speaker name TBC) Next steps ( 10 Min, Maeva Sagueton - WP6 Co-Lead) Closing remarks (5 Min)