Discovering new jobs in the interconnected society. With Cisco
Global data center traffic was expected to reach 6.6 zettabytes by the end of 2016 (one zettabyte is equal to one trillion gigabytes). Thanks to the ‘Internet of Everything’, more and more people, objects and data will be connected by creating experiences that are unthinkable today. Raymond Kurzweil, American inventor, computer scientist and historian, in the essay "The Singularity is Near" writes: "continuing at today's rate, the twenty-first century will amount to twenty thousand years of progress, at a speed of about a thousand times faster than that of the twentieth century."
Fondazione Mondo Digitale and Cisco, an industry leader in Italy, implemented a training program aimed at thousands of students in Italy, to stimulate their creativity and innovation, and successfully prepare them to face new challenges in the digital economy.
A laboratory dedicated to the Internet of Things was established inside the Innovation Gym. In two and a half years, 20,000 high school students had the opportunity to experientially acquire skills and knowledge allowing them to explore new professional opportunities offered in a digital and interconnected world. With this awareness the students are able to take their first steps into the job market.
ACTIVITIES
- Activation of the Cisco Academy at the Innovation Gym which offers the Fundamentals course "Introduction to the Internet of Things"
- Workshop hosted at the Innovation Gym for high school students
- Training at school or through online webinars for students from schools across Italy and those belonging to the Network of Innovation Gyms
- Hackathon with the most valid and passionate students on the topic
To specifically develop applications related to the robotic, industrial and service sector, and to strengthen these strategic sectors by training young people within the Innovation Gym, which already offers a daily training program for schools, and a space is reserved for Cisco.