About PIAAC International Conference
The OECD, in collaboration with the Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport of the Slovak Republic, is organising the 5th PIAAC International Conference in Bratislava, on 27-29 November 2018. The purpose of the conference is to promote the use of PIAAC data to help address relevant policy issues.
The opening cocktail will be held at the UMELKA Gallery
You can find the programme here.
The working language of the conference is only English.
The registration for the conference is now closed.
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Conference Programme
27.11.2018
Opening cocktail and registration
The event will be held at the Umelka Gallery.
Opening speeches wil be presented by:
JUDr. Mgr. Martina Lubyová, PhD.
Minister of Education, Science, Research and Sport of the Slovak Republic
Mr Andreas Schleicher
Director for Education and Skills, and Special Advisor on Education Policy to the Secretary-General (OECD)
28.11.2018
Presentations by invited speakers
1. Making the case for lifelong learning: PIAAC and policy change
Sir Alan Tuckett
Discussant: Mariano Fernandez Enguita, Professor of Sociology, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
Coffee Break
2. Stability and Change in Adults’ Literacy and Numeracy Skills: Recent Insights from Longitudinal Studies
Prof. Dr. Beatrice Rammstedt
Discussant: William Thorn, PIAAC Manager, OECD
Lunch Break
Presentations by invited speakers (continued)
3. Experiences and backgrounds of foreign-born U.S. residents
Johan E. Uvin
Discussant: Alexandria Valerio, Lead Education Specialist, World Bank
Coffee Break
4. The role of foreign language skills in the Estonian labour market. Combining PIAAC and other data
Aune Valk
Discussant: Quy-Toan Do, Senior Economist, World Bank
29.11.2018
Skills for the 21st Century: Findings and Policy Lessons from the OECD Survey of Adult Skills
John Martin
Workshop presentations
Selected researchers from the PIAAC Call for Papers will be presenting their research in two parallel workshops. The papers are primarily based on PIAAC data and have a clear policy focus, covering topics of relevance to economics, education, employment and social policy.
Satoshi Araki
Are skills the key to economic success? The dynamics of economic returns to high skills and credentials in response to educational expansion and skills diffusion
Jolita Dudaitė
Literacy change as a result of the education reform: comparison between post-soviet countries
Quy-Toan Do
Asylum seekers in the European Union: building evidence to inform policy making
Franziska Hampf
The Causal Effect of Higher Education on Skill Development: Evidence Using Variation in Campus Proximity
Coffee Break
Lunch Break
Workshop presentations
Victoria Levin
Benefits and Correlates of Work-Based Learning: Lessons from PIAAC and STEP data
Ashley Pullman
Variable returns to skill: A longitudinal examination of earnings mobility and instability in Canada
Michał Sitek
The effects of cognitive performance on educational and school-to-work transitions in Poland. The evidence from the Polish post PIAAC study
Concluding comments
Information about the Conference
Venue
The conference will take place in Crowne Plaza Hotel Bratislava. The opening cocktail will be held at the UMELKA Gallery. You can find more information about Bratislava here.
Transportation
You can find more information about how to get around in Bratislava using public transport here. There is also a good connection to Bratislava from Vienna airport, buses operate 2-3 times in an hour.
Accommodation
Bratislava offers variety of hotels for you to choose from. You can check Accommodation in the upper menu to access the corresponding links.