The EU project INFINITE shapes printed electronics education
The project helps grow vocational training centres for the printed electronics industry across Europe. To support multi-national training programmes, INFINITE is looking for members of the industry.
The INFINITE project – which is supported by OE-A – is tackling the skills gap in the emerging field of flexible, printed and organic electronics (PE). This technology enables the creation of lightweight, flexible electronic devices, but demands new expertise not covered by traditional education. INFINITE is building a network of Vocational Excellence Centres across Europe, with partners from multiple countries developing advanced training programmes. By connecting education, research, and industry, INFINITE aims to prepare a skilled workforce and support sustainable growth in the European economy. This can only be achieved by knowing the needs of the sector. The more precise and complete the information are the better the future curricula cover those needs, which ultimately enables the PE field to flourish.
Participation in the survey until 15 December
Therefore, the OE-A asks for people to fill in the INFINITE survey in which this information is collected. The survey is meant for people who are dealing with PE topics already or are at least from a related field of printed electronics (like electronics, chemistry, printing, ...). It takes about ten minutes to complete the anonymous survey. The survey link can be found directly at the project website and is open until 15 December.
Interview partners are wanted
Additionally, the project team is looking for people from teaching and vocational training as well as employees, HR and management from the industry management, who are willing to give a 30-minute interview related to the field of PE. This interview is not only meant to get insights from experts of PE but also to get to know what it would take to implement topics of PE in your curricula and to better prepare workers for the field of PE.
The answers are processed in an anonymous way and finally summarised in a report for the European Commission. People interested in an interview can contact either the OE-A at isabella.treser@oe-a.org or write the project directly at info@infinite-training.eu.
Source: OE-A
This article was first published in OPE journal 49.
Caption: The EU-project is looking for members of the printed electronics industry to help grow new expertise (Image: Infinite).