International
Federation
of Engineering
Education
Societies |
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Sunday - October 19, 2008 |
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Sessions/
Topic |
Speaker |
Time |
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Buses leave Westin Grand
Cape Town Arabella Quays Hotel |
7:30 |
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8:00 |
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Session 1
(Auditorium) |
8:30 -10:15 |
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The Role of Engineering
Education and Innovation in Knowledge Economies: Perspectives of Policy
Makers |
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Reaching out with the goal of
aligning current and future engineering education initiatives to
maximize their impact in creating and sustaining knowledge economies,
the |
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Moderators: María Larrondo-Petrie, IFEES Vice President
and Summit Co-Chair, Executive Director, Latin American and Caribbean
Consortium of Engineering Institutions, Associate Dean and Professor,
Florida Atlantic University, USA; and Duncan Fraser, Secretary
General of the African Engineering Education Association (AEEA), and
Professor at University of Cape Town, South Africa |
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Welcome |
Francis Petersen |
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Dean of
University of |
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African Vision for the |
Funso Falade |
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President of African
Engineering Education Association (AEEA), and Professor of |
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IFEES Vision for the |
Claudio Borri |
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President of IFEES, Past
President of European Society for Engineering Education (SEFI), and
Professor at |
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African Perspective |
(invited Mosibudi
Mangena) |
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South African Minister
of Science & Technology, and Chair of the African Ministers Science
and Technology |
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Iberian Perspective |
(invited Jose Mariano
Gago) |
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Minister of Science,
Technology and |
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(invited Nikolav
Ivanovich Bulaev) |
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Head of Federal Agency
for Education in the Ministry of Education & |
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European Perspective |
(invited Ralph Rahders) |
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European Commission |
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American Perspective |
(invited Allen L.
Soyster) |
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Director of Engineering
Education and Centers Division at National Science |
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Discussion and
Interaction |
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Coffee Break |
10:15 |
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Session 2
(Auditorium) |
10:45 -12:15 |
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Developing Engineering
Education Infrastructure in Support of Knowledge Economies:
Initiatives, Best Practices and their Application to the Developing
World |
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Reaching in to its member societies,
IFEES spotlights initiatives and best practices, grouping them into 3
interactive panels organized according to IFEES strategic action areas
and discusses how they can be applied to the developing world. This first panel focuses on initiatives aimed
at improving engineering education infrastructure.
The format of the panel allows for brief 5-8 minute
presentations by each panelists, and schedules time for interaction
with the audience. |
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Moderator: Funso Falade,
President of African Engineering Education Association (AEEA) and
Professor at |
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IFEES Global Engineering
Deans Council Initiative |
Hasan Mandal |
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Vice Chair of Global
Engineering Deans Council (GEDC) and Dean at |
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Satish S. Udpa |
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Founding Member of GEDC,
and Dean at |
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Chinese Initiatives |
Yu Shouwen |
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Deputy Director of
Chinese Society for Engineering Education, Member of the Education
Commission of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, and Former President
of Tsinghua University, China |
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Iberoamerican
Initiatives to Develop the Professoriate |
Jaime Salazar Contreras |
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Executive Director,
IberoAmerican Engineering Education Association (ASIBEI), and Professor
at |
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European and |
Guy Haug |
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European Engineering
Education Expert |
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African Collaborative
Initiatives |
Hamadou Saliah-Hassane |
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Professor, TELUQ -
Université du Québec à Montreál, Canada, Former Professor at Abdou
Moumouni University and École d’ingénieurs des Mines de l’industrie et
de la Géologie, Niger |
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Oumar Sock |
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President of Conférence
des Formations d´Ingénieurs et de Techniciens d’Expression Française
(CITEF), |
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Andy Ward |
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Principal Investigator
of National Science Foundation Workshop on US-Africa Collaborations,
and Professor of |
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Discussion and
Interaction |
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Lunch sponsored by Autodesk
(location to be announced) |
12:15 |
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Session 3
(Auditorium)
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13:15 - 18:30 |
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Engineering Education in
the Knowledge Economy |
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Moderators: Bruno Laporte,
Manager, Knowledge and Human Development, World Bank Institute; Anuja Utz, Program Leader of Knowledge
for Development Program, World Bank Institute; Lueny Morell,
President Elect of IFEES, and Director, Engineering Education
Innovation, HP Labs Open Innovation Office, Hewlett Packard |
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The Concept of a
Knowledge Economy and Engineering Education |
Bruno A. Laporte |
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Manager of Knowledge and
Human Development at World Bank Institute |
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Anuja Utz |
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Program Leader of
Knowledge for Development Program at World Bank Institute |
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Engineering Education
and its Support for the Knowledge Economy |
Lueny Morell |
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President Elect of
IFEES, and Director of Engineering Education Innovation, HP Labs Open
Innovation Office, Hewlett Packard |
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Jenni Case |
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Professor, |
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Parallel
Interactive Working Groups |
15:45 - 16:30 |
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Parallel Working Groups
1: |
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Parallel Working Groups
2: |
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Integrating Perspective:
Bringing Together the Relevant Stakeholders |
Facilitated by the World
Bank Workshop Moderators |
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Sustainability and
Engineering Education |
Facilitated by Nicolò
Wojewoda |
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Co-founder and
Coordinator of Student Platform for Engineering education Development
(SPEED) |
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Working Coffee Break |
16:15 |
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Continuation
of the World Bank Workshop Session |
16:45 - 18:45 |
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A Look on the Ground and
Ahead - Current Work and Future Opportunities |
(invited) |
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African |
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Robert Hawkins |
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Executive Director of
Indo-US Collaboration for Engineering Education (IUCEE), Executive
Director of American Society for Engineers of Indian Origin (ASEI), and Dean Emeritus at University of
Massachusetts -Lowell, USA |
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M. P. Ravindra |
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Advisor on Education and
Research for Infosys Technologies Ltd., |
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Duncan Fraser |
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Secretary General of the
African Engineering Education Association (AEEA), and Professor at |
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Jennifer DeBoer |
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Pre-Doctoral Fellow at |
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Closing and Results of
First Day of |
World Bank Workshop
Moderators |
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Break |
18:45 - 19:30 |
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Registered Guest
Transportation leaves Westin Grand Cape Town Arabella Quays Hotel |
19:00 |
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Cocktail and Dinner sponsored by Autodesk |
19:30 - 21:00 |
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Moderator: Claudio Borri,
President of IFEES, Past President of European Society for Engineering
Education (SEFI), and Professor at |
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Brief remarks by sponsor
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Alan Jacobs |
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Senior Manager of
University Programs, Autodesk |
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Keynote Speaker |
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(Title to be announced) |
Konrad Osterwalder |
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Rector of United |
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Buses depart for Westin
Hotel |
21:00 |
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Monday - October 20, 2008 |
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Sessions/ |
Speaker |
Time |
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Buses leave Westin Grand
Cape Town Arabella Quays Hotel |
7:30 |
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Session 4
(Auditorium) |
8:00 - 9:30 |
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Student Attraction and
Success, and Lifelong Learning in Support of Knowledge Economies:
Initiatives, Best Practices and their Application to the Developing
World |
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This second panel reaching
in to its member societies focuses on initiatives aimed at
improving engineering student attraction and success and lifelong
learning. The format of the panel
allows for brief spotlights (5-8 minutes) of featured initiatives, and
followed by round tables discussions. |
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Moderator: (invited), Board
of European Students of Technology |
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Student Initiatives |
(invited) |
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Board of European
Students of Technology |
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(invited Alexa Mabonga) |
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Association
Internationale des Étudiants en Sciences Économiques et Commerciales
(AIESEC), |
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Nicolò Wojoweda and Julia Ivanova |
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Founders of Student
Platform for Engineering Education Development (SPEED) |
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Campus Connect: An
Industry Initiative |
(invited R. N. Prasad) |
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Vice President of
Education and Research at Infosys Technologies Ltd., |
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Global Service Learning
and Technical Practice Initiatives |
(invited Monica Rucki) |
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Engineering Without
Borders - |
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(invited |
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Engineering for a
Sustainable World |
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Autodesk Initiatives:
K-12 and Forming Virtual Communities |
Alan Jacobs |
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Senior Manager of
University Programs, Autodesk |
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African Initiatives and
Responses |
(invited) |
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UNESCO sponsored African
representatives |
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Round
Tables 1 (TBA) |
9:00 - 9:30 |
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Coffee Break |
9:30 |
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Session 5
(Auditorium) |
10:00 - 11:30 |
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Engineering Research,
Development, Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Support of Knowledge
Economies: Initiatives, Best Practices and their Application to the
Developing World |
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This third panel reaching
in to its member societies focuses on initiatives aimed at
improvement engineering research, development, innovation.
The format of the panel allows for brief spotlights (5-8
minutes ) 0f featured initiatives, and schedules time for round table
interaction with the audience. |
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Moderator: Jose Carlos Quadrado, Summit Co-Chair and
President of Instituto Superior de |
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Sustainability of
Engineering Research and Education |
(invited) Maria
Rimini-Döring |
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Director of Corporate
Research and Advanced Engineering Human-Machine Interaction at Bosch
GmbH |
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Initiative to Develop
and Sustain Entrepreneurs |
Ramiro |
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Founder of Iberoamerican
Science Technology and Education Consortium (ISTEC), and Professor at |
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Initiative to Develop a
Global Community of Engineering Education Researchers |
Jack R. Lohmann |
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Editor of American
Society of Engineering Education's Journal of Engineering Education,
and Vice Provost for Institutional Development at Georgia Institute of |
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An Engineering Education
Accreditation System Initiative for the Greater |
Deborah Wolfe |
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Director of Education,
Outreach and Research at Engineers |
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EUR-ACE:A Pan-European
Engineering Education Accreditation System |
Giuliano Augusti |
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EUR-ACE IMPLEMENTATION
Project Coordinator, ENAEE President, Former SEFI President, Università
di Roma "La Sapienza" |
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Round
Tables 2 (TBA) |
10:50- 11:25 |
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Session 6
(Auditorium) |
11:25 - 12:00 |
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Plans for IFEES 2009
Global Engineering Education |
Yuri Petrovich Pokholkov |
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President of Russian
Association of Engineering Education (RAEE) and Rector of |
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Claudio Borri |
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President of IFEES, Past
President of European Society for Engineering Education (SEFI), and
Professor at |
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Lueny Morell |
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President Elect of
IFEES, and Director of Engineering Education Innovation, HP Labs Open
Innovation Office, Hewlett Packard |
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Closing and Evaluation |
Maria M. Larrondo Petrie |
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IFEES Summit Co-Chair
and Vice President; Executive Director of Latin American and Caribbean
Consortium of Engineering Institutions (LACCEI), Associate Dean and
Professor, Florida Atlantic University, USA |
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Jose Carlos Quadrado |
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IFEES Summit Co-Chair
and Representative of IberoAmerican Engineering Education Association (ASIBEI), and Rector of Instituto Superior de
Engenharia de Lisboa, Portugal (ISEL) |
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Lunch
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12:00 |
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IFEES
General Assembly - sponsored by MathWorks |
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IFEES General Assembly |
13:45 - 16:00 |
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Tour of the |
16:00 - 17:30 |
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IFEES Executive
Committee Meeting |
16:00 - 17:30 |
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Buses depart for Westin
Hotel |
17:30 |