School-business cooperation seminar

📣 The School-Business Cooperation Seminar is back! At the seminar, you can learn about good practices that are already in place and various opportunities for schools and businesses to work together to make school education more diverse for young people and connect learning more with real-life situations.
Cooperation gives companies a good opportunity to invest in the next generation and to arouse interest in their field in young people from an early age. In this way, we contribute to the formation of more informed career choices and future plans for students.
The seminar is mainly open to representatives of companies and general education schools, but also to other representatives of business, education and related fields who are interested in developing cooperation between schools and businesses.
📌 TIME AND PLACE
January 22, 2026 at 10:30-16:00, Klubi Gutenberg, Kastani 42 Tartu
⏲️ AGENDA

• 10:30 Registration, welcome coffee
• 11:00 Seminar introduction
• 11:05 Welcome remarks by the organizers Riho Kinks, Estonian Research Council
• 11:20 Career weeks at Puhja School and cooperation with companies Ülle Närska, Creative Director and Teacher at Puhja School
• 11:45 Keila School Community Days and Company Internships Ahti Noor, Head of Studies at Keila School
• 12:10 Lunch break
• 13:00 Valga Puu OÜ's experience of supporting and cooperating in the field of education Andres Olesk, Chairman of the Board
• 13:25 Why is it worth it for companies to cooperate with schools? Veljo Konnimois, Member of the Board of Radius Machining OÜ
• 13:50 How to systematically address the topics of familiarization with working life at school? Tuuli Mekk, Estonian Career Counselors Association
• 14.15 Practical workshop, where you can get ideas for cooperation between schools and companies Workshop conducted by Indrek Maripuu
• 15.15 Workshop results and summary of the day
• 16.00 End of the seminar 🎙️ MODERATOR
  Indrek Maripuu is an experienced entrepreneur and strategy consultant, whose approach makes teams generate ideas efficiently and ensures results thanks to a clearly structured and proven methodology. Indrek's clients include many companies, public sector organizations and educational institutions.
  ✏️ REGISTRATION
  Participation is FREE, pre-registration is required: https://forms.office.com/e/8Y0xJYduB5
  🤝 ORGANIZERS
  The seminar will be held in cooperation with the Estonian Research Council, the Estonian Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Tartu County Local Government Association.

The event is co-financed by the European Union from the “TeaMe3.0” program.