B2B Softwaredays at Vienna City Hall: Innovation & Internationalization
12 May, 2023
UAS Technikum Wien was present at B2B Softwaredays in Vienna City Hall with several speakers.
The banquet hall of the Vienna City Hall offered a great ambience for this event: With more than 2,000 participants, the International B2B Software Days took place for the 7th time from May 8 to 10 under the motto “The Future of Digital Business”. The largest B2B event for software and digital business met on the first two days in Vienna and on the third day in virtual space. More than 50 co-organizers from all over Europe joined forces to support this event.
Some lecturers of the FH Technikum Wien
Exciting thematic workshops were held on topics such as Metaverse, Feature Development, IP Strategy, Security, Quantum Computing and LinkedIn. Fascinating keynotes were given by Software AG, KTM, Red Hat and TU Wien. Some speakers from the FH Technikum Wien were also present: A pitching battle was moderated by Rafael Rasinger (Head of Innovation, Scaleups & Networks at the FH Technikum Wien), and Lukas Mairhofer (Lecturer and Researcher from the Department Applied Mathematics & Physics) gave a talk on “Training Quantum Engineers”.
How to get started with quantum computing?
Workshops on “How to get started with quantum computing?” included an introduction to quantum algorithms and the landscape of possible use cases. This will be followed by presentations on quantum learning machines and how to transfer real-world problems to quantum emulators.
Rector Sylvia Geyer spoke about skills shortage
On the third day, Sylvia Geyer (Rector of the FH Technikum Wien and Head of the Department of Computer Science) spoke about the shortage of skilled workers. According to Geyer, the demand for skilled workers in IT companies in Austria is currently only 70 percent covered. The greatest demand is in the area of “Software Engineering & Web Development”. In 2030, there will be a shortage of 63,400 technical & IT staff, with one in three positions remaining unfilled. That is a potential loss of value creation of 10 billion euros. According to the FH rector, this shortage affects all industries. Software is also almost always part of a crisis response to pandemics and also green projects, she said.
Pictured: Sylvia Geyer (Rector of the FH Technikum Wien and Head of the Department of Computer Science) during her online presentation at B2B Softwaredays on the topic of “Skills Shortage”.