KT Soft Skills - Final event

The KT Soft Skills project has been funded by the European Commission to create the necessary stock of soft skills (through a specific training program) capable of filling the lack of competencies that KT professionals within HEIs and outside are facing, while creating the appropriate institutional awareness and support mechanisms to ensure the alignment of top management and decision-makers.

After three years of work by the six partners from four European countries, the project coordinated by the Department of Management of the University of Bologna comes to an end.

The final conference aims to present the project's results and reflect on the importance of skills—particularly soft skills—in the profession of Knowledge Transfer (KT) professionals, a role that is constantly evolving.

This will be achieved through contributions from prominent figures in the KT field, both at the national and international levels, as well as through the sharing of direct experiences and group work on the topic. The audience will comprise KT professionals from across Europe, with the goal of comparing and discussing approaches to soft skills within the profession in various European countries.

Program:
2:00–2:30 pm – Welcome and project presentation (Elisa Villani, Project Coordinator, Department of Management - University of Bologna)
2:30–3:00 pm – Building Impact in KT through Skills (Alice Corradi, Head of Innovation Area, University of Bologna)
3:00–3:45 pm – Evidence from Project Activities (Jagiellonian University; SOPU; participants in the pilot tests)
3:45–4:15 pm – Coffee break
4:15–5:00 pm – Soft Skills: Rethinking the Role of KT Professionals (Hana Kosova, Public Affairs and Strategic Partnerships Manager at IOCB Tech)
5:00–6:15 pm – Teamwork around Soft Skills
6:15–6:30 pm – Conclusions

Participation is free upon registration (see the form below) by 28th October, 2025.

More information: Elisa Villani - e.villani@unibo.it 

KT Soft Skills project partners: Department of Management, Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna (DISA) - Coordinator; NETVAL,  ASTP Proton (ASTP) , SOPU ACADEMY (SOPU), THINK COMPANY (THINK), JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY (JAG).

Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them.