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Falade Duncan Fraser duncan.fraser@uct.ac.za
Xavier Fouger
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Morell Hans
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PRESS REFRESH BUTTON to make sure that you are looking at most current version of this page. Note to Summit Planning Committee Members: Next Conference Call: Friday Sep 12 14:00 GMT/UTC (10:00 am DC time) Instructions - Please email Spencer s.potter@asee.org your phone number Next Conference Call Agenda Agenda
1. Program
schedule update -- Maria
- see attached file -
please examine carefully before conference call
2. Round
Table - Claudio and Lueny
Accreditation - Iring Wasser
/
Americas Region - Maria Petrie / Ramiro Jordan / Jose Loria Arcila / J C
Quadrado
Sustainability of IFEES - Xavier
/ Lueny
Global Student Forum Action Plans Follow Up - Julia / Adriana / Rajala
African Region - Funso / Duncan
- Should we cut the
second set of Round Tables or leave them open?Asia Pacific - Yu Shouwen / Shetty 3. Linking
Summit to Assembly agenda -- Lueny
4. Summit Evaluation - Make it simple and link to objectives? --
Hans
4.
Program book update -- Nicolo and Spencer5.
Sponsorship update - new Infosys sponsorship?
UNESCO any news? any others? -- Hans
6. IFEES
and ASEE web pages - Spencer
7.
Registration counts - Spencer
8. Invitations to potential members and members - Spencer
IMPORTANT LATEST DOCUMENTS AND LINKS: **>>*SUMMIT PROGRAM BOOK - (ver. Sept 17): Download Sep 17 no bios for invitations: .pdf Download Sep 11 ver - no pictures - doc Download Sep 4 ver - WORD - editable but huge! - doc (25.8 Megabytes - PDF - printer friendly - pdf (1.5Megabytes) **>>*SUMMIT PROGRAM SCHEDULE (ver. Sept 12) Download latest version: Spreadhseet - xls Printer Friendly - pdf Link to Official IFEES Summit Page (press refresh to see latest version): http://www.ifees.net/activities/summit.cfm Links to sections in this page: Summit Administration Links Notes onPast Meetings Next Conference Call Information and Agenda Maps of South Africa and University of Cape Town and Tourism Information Immunization and Health Information for South Africa cdc.gov places.co.za PROGRAM IFEES GLOBAL ENGINEERING EDUCATION SUMMIT PROGRAM - updated August 31 REGISTRATION IFEES (US$100) or AFEES/IFEES Registration (African:US$350, Non-African:US$450) Spouse/Guest: ASEE/IFEES - US$175, IFEES only - US$100) (Advanced Registration ends October 1, 2008): Payment in US Dollars and drawn on a US bank: Credit card (Visa, MasterCard or American Express) or Check made out to "ASEE 2008 - Convention & Seminar Corporation" Online Registration: http://www.asee.org/conferences/international/2008/Registration.cfm or Fax/Mail Registration Form: http://www.asee.org/conferences/international/2008/upload/2008-Global-Colloquium-Registration-Form.pdf Fax with copy of paymentto: +1 (202) 265-8504 or Mail with copy or payment to: ASEE Global Colloquium 2008 ASEE-Convention & Seminar Corp P.O. Box 18056-C Ashburn, VA 20146 HOUSING - Reservations to be made directly with hotel with ASEE form to get special rate Westin Grand Cape Town Arabella Quays (Single ~ZAR 2,075, Double: ~ZAR 2,275) Convention Square, Lower Long Street, Cape Town 8000, South Africa Reservation to be sent to hotel: http://www.asee.org/conferences/international/2008/upload/Westin-HousingForm.doc Southen Sun The Cullinan (includes Breakfast, Single: ~ZAR 1,705, Double: ~ZAR 1,905) 1 Cullinan Street, Cape Town Waterfront, Cape Town 8001, South Africa http://www.asee.org/conferences/international/2008/upload/ASEE-Accommodation-Registration-Form-SunCullinan.pdf Southern Sun Waterfront Cape Town (includes Breakfast, Single:~ZAR 1,518, Double: ~ZAR 1,727) 1 Lower Buitengracht, Cape Town 8001, South Africa http://www.asee.org/conferences/international/2008/upload/SunWaterfrontAccommodationBookingForm.xls VISA http://www.antbear.de/guestsites/amanzi/south-africa-visa-requirements.html
2008 IFEES Summit Program and Information IFEES SUMMIT Program (updated August 16) Download latest version: xls html Printer friendly pdf Link to Official IFEES Summit Page: http://www.ifees.net/activities/summit.cfm IFEES 2008 Summit Theme
NEXT SUMMIT CONFERENCE CALL DETAILS Next Conference Call: Friday, September 5 14:00 GMT (10:00 am DC Time) Please send Spencer Potter s.potter@asee.org your phone and time to dial in if you are joining late. Call-In Instructions: IFEES Summit Program Committee
Call Leader: Maria
Larrondo PetrieAGENDA - 1 hour 15 minutes [5 min] 0 Gathering [15 m.] 1 Review of Program Issues and Updates: Is the whole WB Workshop limited to 50 or just the action dev session? Autodesk is sponsoring 3 people (1 Minister and 2 Deans) Coordination WBI Workshop and Global Student Forum, and Global Colloquium sched Session & Table Rapporteur's and linking with Assembly [5 min] 2. Funding Update - Funso and Hans a. Autodesk - $10,000 b. Mathworks - $5,000 c. Any response to Funso's letter? d. Enough to fund 2nd lunch and ExCo Dinner? [5 min] 3. Proceedings Status - Jose Carlos SUMMIT PROGRAM BOOK - (ver. September 4) doc (25.8 Megabytes pdf (1.5Megabytes) [40 m.] 4 Delegation and acceptance of responsabilities a. Updating Program - Maria updating IFEES and ASEE web pages - Dennis Cummings thru Spencer sending email of latest program to speakers - Maria sending email of latest program to invitees - Spencer b. Confirmation of Speakers and Round Table Leaders 1 Ministers SA Minister & responses he receives from others Duncan Minister Gago - Jose Carlos Minister Bulaev - Claudio Autodesk sponsored minister - Hans and Duncan (add to protocol list) European Commission - Claudio BEST moderator and panelist - Omer Adriana Garboan, past Vice-President of BEST- confirmed? Tim Govaert ? Infosys participants - Hans NSF Workshop rep - Maria Keynote (get Title) - Claudio 2 African panelists (UNESCO) - Hans (WB - student/facultyrespondent/African institute) - Lueny Nigerien - Maria 3 Round Table Leaders/Rapporteurs - Claudio and Lueny Desired outcome is to discuss alliances around new/proposed initiatives or expanding/adapting existing initiatives (like IUCEE in other regions, GEDC, LA Regional Eng Edu Initative, etc) that could be presented to the IFEES members for endorsement. IFEES endorsement form Initial Suggestions: Regions/Sectors/ActionAreas: AM 1 African Region (Funso?/Duncan?) 2 Russian Region (Pokholkov?/Claudio?) 3 Americas Region (Maria/Ramiro Jordan?) 4 India and China Region (Shetty?/Li?) 5 (Industry/Bank/Gov. Sectors) (Lueny?/Allen Jacobs?) PM 6 Accreditation (Iring Wasser/?) 7 Research/Deans? (Hasan?/Udpa?/JoseCarlos?) 8 Infrastructure (?/?) 9 Student & Lifelong Learning (Julia?/?) 10 IFEES Sustainability (Lueny?/Xavier?/Claudio?) c. Linking Summit to Assembly Agenda/Strategic Plan - Lueny d. Master List of Invitees (with emails) - Spencer 1. List of 2007 invitees and registrants + new members + observers 2. ASEE International Division Members + ASEE GC Registrants 3. GEDC members 4. UNESCO African Deans' list and AEEA members e. List of Registrants and Onsite registration/issues 1. List of Registrants and Guest Registration - Spencer 2. Registration of World Bank Workshop - Hans 3. Logistics and Timing onsite registration - IFEES + GC - Spencer 4. Cost of IFEES Only Guests f. Publication of Proceedings - Jose Carlos Gather Speaker/Panelist bios Provide draft of Proceedings with latest program for publication g. Fund raising - Funso and Duncan h. Budget & Local Arrangements - Duncan and Hans 1. Estimated Costs 2007 expenditures 2. Venu designation h. Participant Buses & Guest Transportation to Dinner - Hans i. Public Relations (Press/TV coverage) - Hans j. Marketing - Hans
NOTE: GC registration email
announcement's - no mention of IFEES
j. Summit Evaluation - Hans [5 min.] 5. Next Call ? Loose ends Africans invitees (status) ? Cape Green (Cabo Verde) - Vice Rector of Engineering Mike Faborode, Vice Chancellor, Femi Bamiro, Vice Chancellor, University of Ibadan, Nigeria email? UNESCO Potential Participants? xxx - for UNESCO session in Summit 1. Peter Achi – Nigeria 2. Kwadwo Appiagyei – Ghana xxxxx 3. J. O. Aribisala – Nigeria 4. Kayode Denloye -
Nigeria xxxxxxx 6. Odette Flore Masso – Cameroon 7. N. I. Obasi - Nigeria 8. Jonas Redwood-Sawyerr - Sierra Leone xxxxx 9. Raymond Tachago – Cameroon xxxxx 10. Thomas Tamo Tatietse – Cameroon PAST NOTES AND LINKS TO KEY DOCUMENTS AND INFO 2008
1. ISTEC Assembly - Malaga, Spain - Oct 20-24, 2008 2. ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education - Saratoga, NY - Oct 21-25 3. RCI Intl Conf on Eng Ed - Cartagena in October 4. URIs Colloquium on International Engineering Education - Oct-Nov 5. Frannie Léautier event - dates: 6. Felder's Leadership & Service Seminar - Oct 19-20 2007 - Istanbul Summit Links and Info Brochure/Flier - Suggested ABET-Style Format 2007 Program
2007 Proceedings
2007 Summit Web Page - IFEES
2007 Invitation
Letters sent by Maria
2007 Spencers list of registered
participants
2007 Summit Evaluation 2007 Evaluation Form 2007 Summit Evaluation Summary 2007 Expenditures
2007
expendituresImportant communications to keep in mind when designing the Summit ----
Motivation behind the format of the Summit in answer to Hans challenge
question:
Discussion on Objectives, Target Groups and
OrganizationHow do we position IFEES and how are we really different than the other international engineering education institutions? Jack Lohmann's email I commend Hans for continuing to gently challenge us and for his candor (below). His question deserves thoughtful contemplation. It is healthy for emerging organizations to periodically re-examine their stated objectives relative to their actions, especially those with no other models by which to benchmark, such as IFEES. While we have drafted some interesting materials describing what we aspire to be, it is our actions that really define who we are and how others view us. From my perspective, our actions suggest we are more an independent organization of leaders from various societies speaking about global engineering education rather than action-agents working within our organizations and using our IFEES connections to initiate collaborations among the membership of our societies to help them achieve their global aspirations. For example, the Summit is beginning to look like any other international meeting: presentations by well-known speakers (often the same ones that appear in our own society meetings) and less in the way of an annual business meeting to assess and evaluate our progress on collaborative actions among our societies. I am concerned we are placing too much emphasis on advancing IFEES as an organization and not enough emphasis on advancing interactions among the membership of our societies, which I thought was the IFEES vision. It is in this context that I believe Hans' question should be considered more deeply. With best regards, Jack At 01:43 PM 2/11/2008, Hans Hoyer wrote: Dear Claudio and all: I very much appreciate your thoughtful comments, Claudio. Speaking in total transparency, my key concern is for us to translate our broad philosophical agreement around which all of us have passion into concrete activities and real commitments from all our IFEES members. I am very excited that we have been able to identify and push forward a few cutting-edge initiatives. However, I think that all of us agree that we should not ask what IFEES can do for us but what each of the members can do for IFEES and how do we translate our lofty ambitions into real measurable impact and commitments by our members. Frankly speaking, I am concerned about the fact that, despite our membership which is now around 40 institutions, there are only about 15 or so organizational members who are actively and constantly involved in moving our agendas forward. From my humble perspective I believe that it is essential to continually rekindle our commitment and engagement so that we can indeed be unique and make a lasting contribution to engineering education globally. I am asking for all of us to be leaders who are willing to roll up our sleeves and who will make a commitment to move forward some very specific actions. Forgive me for pushing this point and for continuing to challenge all of us. I very much look forward to our ongoing dialogue. Warm personal regards to all of you from New Orleans, Hans 2007 Objectives:
Lueny's comments on Objectives: understanding
the needs and best practices/successes of IFEES member organizations
(primarily engineering education associations) in order to initiate a
dialogue that will enable IFEES to develop focused strategies to
support development of its members in a focused sensible way
(identifying needs of both developed and developing world eng educ
associations)
understanding the eng education situation in We need to
spend time with our members and possible future members to learn what
they do best, what challenges they are facing and how we can leverage
each other’s success stories to grow. And what better time than do this
at the
Email from Hans re 2007 Summit Evaluation Results - 1/28/08 Sent: 1/28/08 4:30 PM Subject: Evaluation of the First IFEES Summit in Istanbul Dear all: I have delayed in giving you a summary of the evaluative comments provided by a number of participants in our recent IFEES Summit. I hope to provide you with a succinct note before our meeting in Berlin. The bottom line, however, of the comments is that all participants deeply appreciated being at the Summit and enjoyed the learning and interaction. The other key comment related to the fact that the Summit had too many speakers and that there was simply inadquate time for questions and answers and the creation of a space for genuine dialogue. I want you to know that the planning committee for the Second Summit in Cape Town is strongly committed to have a Summit that is much more interactive/experiential, places less emphasis on "famous" speakers, creates opportunities for IFEES members to get to know each other and their respective experiences and concerns and will create an opportunity for a dialogue with policy/decision makers. I hope that this summarizes the spirit within which the planning committee is working and I invite other members of our committee to comment. Warm personal regards, Hans --- Maps Accommodation in the Western Cape >> Map >> Travel Guide What to see, where to go, where to stay http://www.places.co.za/accommodation/western_cape_accommodation.html Below are excerps from the SA PLACES - Southern Africa Places
NORTHERN CAPE The Northern Cape of South Africa is a dry arid area, sparsely populated, but with incredible land- and rockscapes, sunsets and the Kgalagadi National Park. Highlights are the capital, Kimberley (with its diamond heritage), the Augrabies National Park, the Vaalbos National Park and Witsand Nature Reserve, with its striking white sand dunes. The flower miracle during spring at Springbok in Namaqualand or the Skilpad Wildflower Reserve, leaves memorable impressions. EASTERN
CAPE: KWAZULU NATAL
The land of history. KwaZulu Natal is the province of wildlife, fun, colourful coasts and magnificent mountain resorts. It also tells South Africa's story of historic battlefields and strong cultures. It hosts 2 World Heritage sites - the Greater St Lucia Wetlands and the Drakensberg Park.Highlights include Hluhluwe Game Park, Cape Vidal, Ithala Game Reserve, Durban and the all-year-round beaches. FREE STATE: Enjoy the tranquility of this hospitable province - the major maize producing area in the country. Bloemfontein is situated in the centre of South Africa, judicial capital of the country and capital of the Free State. Major highlights are Clarens, the Eastern Free State, Harrismith and the Golden Gate National Park set in the majestic Drakensberg Mountains.Within the mountains you'll also find the Basotho Cultural Village nesting in the heart of the Qwaqwa Nature Park MPUMALANGA: Mpumalanga is a province of impressive gorges, waterfalls, forests, and the natural home of the "Big Five". More than 70 Game Parks and conservation areas, the largest number in South Africa, are scattered about the province, including the world famous Kruger National Park. Highlights include the Kruger Park, Pilgrims' Rest, Blyde River Canyon and the escarpment route and variety of private game reserves. The Sabi Sand area has a reputation that it offers the best game viewing you’ll find in South Africa with its great diversification of animal species. GAUTENG: The smallest, but most densely populated province in South Africa, Gauteng welcomes you to non-stop entertainment, quality shopping and the Sandton business area. Gauteng is the heartbeat of South Africa. Explore Johannesburg and Pretoria, the capital of South Africa, Soweto and a number of smaller towns. Highlights include a variety of museums, the Union Buildings and parks in Pretoria, 2 large zoo's, excellent restaurants and exciting nightlife. The Cradle of Humankind - a World Heritage Site - is 45 minutes from Johannesburg and is the world's richest hominid site. NORTH WEST: The North West Province, with its capital at Mafikeng, is the ideal breakaway for tired city dwellers. It will put you in touch with a more quietly, peaceful life. It provides nourishment to the soul. Highlights include Sun City, Pilanesberg National Park, Madikwe National Park and Rustenburg. Follow the N12 Treasure Route, traveling through the goldfields via the towns of Potchefstroom, Stilfontein and the gold fields at Klerksdorp. LIMPOPO: Mountains and Bushveld are the compelling features of the Limpopo (formerly Northern Province) with Polokwane as capital. Scenic riches creates visual magic in diverse landscapes which are home to the largest population of wildlife in South Africa (and probably Africa as well.) Highlights include the northern parts of the Kruger Park, Timbavati Game Reserve, malaria-free Waterberg game area. You'll find a diversity of cultures and historic sites - like Mapungubwe National Park
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