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Enjoy an ILIAS Espresso with Roberto del Mastro

Kruse, Fabian [Fabian] - 16. Feb 2022, 10:10

After a two-year break due to Corona, there will finally be another in-person ILIAS Conference this year. To our great delight, Roberto del Mastro from the OC Group is inviting the community to Italy to discuss all topics related to ILIAS and e-learning in an appropriate setting.

Roberto is already busy promoting the event and bringing people together. He has recently created a new interview format: ILIAS Espresso. In public conversations, Roberto talks to members of the ILIAS community. A fortnight ago, the ILIAS Society's managing director Matthias Kunkel started the conversation, followed by Andre Günther and Hannah Ittner from Minervis GmbH.

We asked Roberto some questions about this new format.

Hello Roberto. For those who do not know you yet: Who is OC Group – and who are you?

OC Group is the ILIAS Premium Partner in Italy, working with ILIAS since 2004. Our experience is mostly on technical trainings for the machinery sector. Over the years, we contributed to the development of several ILIAS features, such as the snippets, multilingual subtitles on videos, and others.

As for me, I am the founder of OC. I have an engineering background and I have been active in the marketing of hi-tech products since 1989. I have been producing multimedia trainings since 1991 – staring on VHS, then switching to DVDs, and then online trainings. I have been the product manager for many elearning projects, including among my clients luxury automobile makers and the disarmament office of the UN in New York. More information can be found on my website.

What is your goal with your new interview series, ILIAS Espresso?

The goal is to show the projects done in the ILIAS community – and the quality and ethical values of the people involved.

Is this a small winter project or do you plan to keep these coming?

We plan to keep it on. Of course this also depends on the level of participation and the success generated.

Is there a way for people to contribute questions?

We provide an online chat at the end of the interview.

I think I am talking for the whole ILIAS community when I say that we are really hyped for the ILIAS Conference 2022 – finally another conference in person, and, after many years, finally another conference in Italy.

In some way, ILIAS Espresso is also offering a small taste of what’s coming in September. Do you have any announcements to make with respect to the conference, any secrets to spill?

The conference will be at FICO Congress Center in Bologna that is an interesting venue. We will have also a sort of “ILIAS Trade Show” in the large foyer of the business center.

The main sponsor partner is Intelliboard from USA, and we look forward for other contributors to enlarge the spectrum of information we can get at ILIAS Conference. Keep in mind that ITALY has no elearning conferences – so we want to make the ILIAS one really outstanding!

That sounds amazing! We are looking forward to learn more about the Conference – and to the next ILIAS Espresso! The next interview is scheduled for February 18th and will feature Göran Kattenberg from our Dutch Premium Partner, Future Learning. He will be followed by Marcel Raimann from sr solutions in Switzerland.

You can sign up for the events online and watch past episodes on the OC Group’s Youtube channel.


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