International Federation of Engineering Education Societies

2nd IFEES Global Engineering Education Summit

Aligning Engineering Education Initiatives for a Knowledge Economy

University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
October 19 - 20, 2008


Sunday - October 19, 2008


Sessions/ Topic

Speaker

Time


Buses leave Westin Grand Cape Town Arabella Quays Hotel

7:30


Summit Registration & Refreshment - University of Cape Town

8:00


Session 1 (Auditorium)
Interactive Panel:

8:30 -10:15


The Role of Engineering Education and Innovation in Knowledge Economies: Perspectives of Policy Makers


Reaching out with the goal of aligning current and future engineering education initiatives to maximize their impact in creating and sustaining knowledge economies, the Summit begins with policy makers and government agencies discussing their challenges, needs and perspectives. 


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


Welcome

Francis Petersen


Dean of  University of Cape Town, and
South African Deans Council



African Vision for the Summit

Funso Falade


President of African Engineering Education Association (AEEA), and Professor of University of Lagos, Nigeria



IFEES Vision for the Summit

Claudio Borri


President of IFEES, Past President of European Society for Engineering Education (SEFI), and Professor at University of Florence, Italy



African Perspective

(invited Mosibudi Mangena)


South African Minister of Science & Technology, and Chair of the African Ministers Science and Technology



Iberian Perspective

(invited Jose Mariano Gago)


Minister of Science, Technology and Higher Education, Portugal



Russian Federation Perspective

(invited Nikolav Ivanovich Bulaev)


Head of Federal Agency for Education in the Ministry of Education & Science, Russian Federation



European Perspective

(invited Ralph Rahders)


European Commission



American Perspective

(invited Allen L. Soyster)


Director of Engineering Education and Centers Division at National Science Foundation, USA



 

Discussion and Interaction


Coffee Break

10:15


Session 2 (Auditorium)
Interactive Panel:

10:45 -12:15


Developing Engineering Education Infrastructure in Support of Knowledge Economies: Initiatives, Best Practices and their Application to the Developing World


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.                                                                                                                                      


Moderator: Funso Falade, President of African Engineering Education Association (AEEA) and Professor at University of Lagos, Nigeria


IFEES Global Engineering Deans Council Initiative

Hasan Mandal


Vice Chair of Global Engineering Deans Council (GEDC) and Dean at Anadolu University, Turkey


Satish S. Udpa


Founding Member of GEDC, and Dean at Michigan State University, USA



Chinese Initiatives

Yu Shouwen


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



Iberoamerican Initiatives to Develop the Professoriate

Jaime Salazar Contreras


Executive Director, IberoAmerican Engineering Education Association (ASIBEI), and Professor at Universidad Nacional, Colombia



European and Bologna  Initiatives

Guy Haug


European Engineering Education Expert



African Collaborative Initiatives

Hamadou Saliah-Hassane


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


Oumar Sock


President of Conférence des Formations d´Ingénieurs et de Techniciens d’Expression Française (CITEF), Senegal


Andy Ward


Principal Investigator of National Science Foundation Workshop on US-Africa Collaborations, and Professor of Ohio State University, USA



 

Discussion and Interaction


Lunch sponsored by Autodesk (location to be announced)

12:15


Session 3 (Auditorium)                                                       
World Bank Workshop:

13:15 - 18:30


Engineering Education in the Knowledge Economy
This highly interactive 5 hour workshop, specially designed for the Summit, aims to give a deeper understanding of the concept of a knowledge economy in theory and in practice, specifically how engineering education - in particular the groups that attendees represent - can be better structured to support this economy in the context of the widely varied regional and sector perspectives.  Participants will formulate immediate and long-term action plans for their own organizations to better support the knowledge economies of their own countries and garner useful contacts - leaders in their own sectors and nations.


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


The Concept of a Knowledge Economy and Engineering Education

Bruno A. Laporte


Manager of Knowledge and Human Development at World Bank Institute


Anuja Utz


Program Leader of Knowledge for Development Program at World Bank Institute



Engineering Education and its Support for the Knowledge Economy

Lueny Morell


President Elect of IFEES, and Director of Engineering Education Innovation, HP Labs Open Innovation Office, Hewlett Packard


Jenni Case


Professor, University of Cape Town, South Africa



Parallel Interactive Working Groups
Two interactive working sessions will be conducted in parallel to allow small group collaboration to generate short and long term action items. 

15:45 - 16:30


Parallel Working Groups 1:
World Bank Interactive Working Session:
Integrating Perspectives - Bringing Together the Relevant Stakeholders
Limited to 50 participants working in groups of 8-10 to consider how engineering education can augment the knowledge economy in their own and their group members' contexts, and to generate one immediate action item and one long-term action item that they will implement and report on at next year's IFEES Summit.


Parallel Working Groups 2:
IFEES - Global Student Forum Working Session:
Sustainability and Engineering Education
IFEES Summit participants join 90 global student leaders participanting in  the Global Student Forum to discuss creative solutions related to Sustainability OF Engineering Education, Sustainability IN Engineering Education, and Sustainability THROUGH Engineering Education.


Integrating Perspective: Bringing Together the Relevant Stakeholders

Facilitated by the World Bank Workshop Moderators


 



Sustainability and Engineering Education

Facilitated by Nicolò Wojewoda


Co-founder and Coordinator of Student Platform for Engineering education Development (SPEED)



Working Coffee Break

16:15


Continuation of the World Bank Workshop Session

16:45 - 18:45


A Look on the Ground and Ahead - Current Work and Future Opportunities

(invited)


African Institute of Science and Technology

 


Robert Hawkins


South Africa Representative of the World Bank, and
Kigali Institute of Science and Technology


Krishna Vedula


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


M. P. Ravindra


Advisor on Education and Research for Infosys Technologies Ltd., India


Duncan Fraser


Secretary General of the African Engineering Education Association (AEEA), and Professor at University of Cape Town, South Africa


Jennifer DeBoer


Pre-Doctoral Fellow at Vanderbilt University, USA



Closing and Results of First Day of Summit

World Bank Workshop Moderators



Break

18:45 - 19:30


Registered Guest Transportation leaves Westin Grand Cape Town Arabella Quays Hotel

19:00


Cocktail and Dinner sponsored by Autodesk
(Location at University of Cape Town to be announced)
(For IFEES Summit Registered Attendees and Registered Guests)

19:30 - 21:00


Moderator: Claudio Borri, President of IFEES, Past President of European Society for Engineering Education (SEFI), and Professor at University of Florence, Italy


Brief remarks by sponsor

Alan Jacobs


Senior Manager of University Programs, Autodesk


Keynote Speaker


(Title to be announced)

Konrad Osterwalder


Rector of United Nations University in Tokyo, Japan


Buses depart for Westin Hotel

21:00


Monday - October 20, 2008


Sessions/
Topic

Speaker

Time


Buses leave Westin Grand Cape Town Arabella Quays Hotel

7:30


Session 4 (Auditorium)
Interactive Panel:

8:00 - 9:30


Student Attraction and Success, and Lifelong Learning in Support of Knowledge Economies: Initiatives, Best Practices and their Application to the Developing World


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.


Moderator: (invited), Board of European Students of Technology


Student Initiatives

(invited)


Board of European Students of Technology


(invited Alexa Mabonga)


Association Internationale des Étudiants en Sciences Économiques et Commerciales (AIESEC), Tanzania


Nicolò Wojoweda and Julia Ivanova


Founders of Student Platform for Engineering Education Development (SPEED)



Campus Connect: An Industry Initiative

(invited R. N. Prasad)


Vice President of Education and Research at Infosys Technologies Ltd., India



Global Service Learning and Technical Practice Initiatives

(invited Monica Rucki)


Engineering Without Borders - Canada


(invited Regina Clewlow and Julie Chow)


Engineering for a Sustainable World



Autodesk Initiatives: K-12 and Forming Virtual Communities

Alan Jacobs


Senior Manager of University Programs, Autodesk



African Initiatives and Responses

(invited)


UNESCO sponsored African representatives



Round Tables 1 (TBA)
Participants will break into special interest groups (topics or themes to be announced at the conference) to network, discuss members' initiatives and explore opportunities for collaborations in order to catalize and expand initiatives that promote knowledge economies.  The aim is to promote new alliances and the formation of working groups that will drive projects that realize IFEES' vision and strategic plan.

9:00 - 9:30


Coffee Break

9:30


Session 5 (Auditorium)
Interactive Panel:

10:00 - 11:30


Engineering Research, Development, Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Support of Knowledge Economies: Initiatives, Best Practices and their Application to the Developing World


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.  


Moderator: Jose Carlos Quadrado, Summit Co-Chair and President of Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa, Portugal, and Representative of IberoAmerican Engineering Education Association  (ASIBEI)


Sustainability of Engineering Research and Education

(invited) Maria Rimini-Döring


Director of Corporate Research and Advanced Engineering Human-Machine Interaction at Bosch GmbH



Initiative to Develop and Sustain Entrepreneurs

Ramiro Jordan


Founder of Iberoamerican Science Technology and Education Consortium (ISTEC), and Professor at University of New Mexico, USA



Initiative to Develop a Global Community of Engineering Education Researchers

Jack R. Lohmann


Editor of American Society of Engineering Education's Journal of Engineering Education, and Vice Provost for Institutional Development at Georgia Institute of Technology, USA



An Engineering Education Accreditation System Initiative for the Greater Caribbean

Deborah Wolfe


Director of Education, Outreach and Research at Engineers Canada, and Board Member of Engineering for the Americas



EUR-ACE:A Pan-European Engineering Education Accreditation System

Giuliano Augusti


EUR-ACE IMPLEMENTATION Project Coordinator, ENAEE President, Former SEFI President, Università di Roma "La Sapienza"



Round Tables 2 (TBA)
Participants will break into special interest groups (topics or themes to be announced at the conference) to network, discuss members' initiatives and explore opportunities for collaborations in order to catalize and expand initiatives that promote knowledge economies.  The aim is to promote new alliances and the formation of working groups that will drive projects that realize IFEES' vision and strategic plan.

10:50- 11:25


Session 6 (Auditorium)
Closing Session

11:25 - 12:00


Plans for IFEES 2009 Global Engineering Education Summit in St. Petersburgh, Russia

Yuri Petrovich Pokholkov


President of Russian Association of Engineering Education (RAEE) and Rector of Tomsk Polytechnic University, Russia


Claudio Borri


President of IFEES, Past President of European Society for Engineering Education (SEFI), and Professor at University of Florence, Italy


Lueny Morell


President Elect of IFEES, and Director of Engineering Education Innovation, HP Labs Open Innovation Office, Hewlett Packard



Closing and Evaluation

Maria M. Larrondo Petrie


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


Jose Carlos Quadrado


IFEES Summit Co-Chair and Representative of IberoAmerican Engineering Education Association  (ASIBEI), and Rector of Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa, Portugal (ISEL)



Lunch 

12:00


IFEES General Assembly - sponsored by MathWorks


IFEES General Assembly
Elections, bylaw changes, sustainability, remarks by outgoing
and incoming President

13:45 - 16:00


Tour of the University of Cape Town Campus

16:00 - 17:30


IFEES Executive Committee Meeting

16:00 - 17:30


Buses depart for Westin Hotel

17:30