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The Ninth Forum of 21st Century Continuing Education - Beijing, China - May 18-19, 2009
(Prof. HU Dongcheng, School of Continuing Education, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China - Prof. Hu is the First Vice President and Vice President of Special Interest Groups for IACEE.)
The Forum on 21st Century Continuing Education was established in 2000 and co-organized by School of Continuing Education in Tsinghua University, the Continuing Education Center of China Association for Science and Technology (CAST), the Continuing Education Center of the General Armament Department of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, and the UNESCO Chair on Continuing Engineering Education in China. Since the UNESCO Chair on Continuing Engineering Education in China is located in School of Continuing Education, Tsinghua University, the Forum has been chaired in turn by the other 3 organizations. The aim of the Forum is to explore the innovative ways to carry out continuing education programs, share experience and seek new directions in the continuing education. Since 2000, the Forum has been successfully held eight times and has great influence on the development of continuing education in China. It has served as a platform for colleagues in the field of continuing education to communicate and exchange views with each other and as the bridge to connect different industries, subjects and regions for communication and collaboration.
The Ninth Forum on 21st Century Continuing Education is scheduled on May 18-19, 2009 in Tsinghua University, Beijing. It will be a significant international forum on which we would like to invite well-known experts, scholars and colleagues from international organizations including UNESCO, IACEE, ASEE, IFEES, AEESEAP, etc. to deliver speeches. The active participation of international colleagues will be of great significance for promoting the reform and development of continuing education in China and expanding the influence of Chinese continuing education in international community.
The theme of the Ninth Forum is The Development Strategy and Collaboration of Continuing Education in a Changing Society. Besides the plenary presentations, there will be 6 breakout sessions on the Forum:
1. The Influence of World Economic Recession on CE
2. The Innovation and Practice of CEE
3. Exploring the Training Mode of University-Industry Partnership
4. Quality Guarantee and Assessment of CE
5. The International Cooperation and Exchanges of CE
6. Strategies for Training within Large Enterprises
To view the call for papers and registration details, please visit: http://www.iacee.org/iacee3/dmdocuments/Ninth_Forum.doc.
(by Prof. HU Dongcheng, School of Continuing Education, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China)
IACEE has a vast diversity in its membership. In this month's newsletter, we will focus on the The Union of Professional Engineers in Finland. They have been members and supporters of IACEE since 1989. If you would like to be featured in this section, please contact us at info@iacee.org.
The Union of Professional Engineers in Finland - A powerful union for engineers and other experts of technical field
Union of Professional Engineers in Finland, Uusi Insin��riliitto UIL ry, works as a trade union both actively and resolutely for the benefits of engineers, engineering students and other experts of technical field. UIL promotes professional status, career and educational opportunities and the working conditions of its members.
UIL�s operations are based on its members�needs and decisions. With a unanimous and parallel support from its affiliate organisations UIL looks after the interests of its members. It comprises thirty regional branches and ten national branches; through which engineers and other experts of technical field belong to the union. Engineering students are organised through Insin��riopiskelijaliitto IOL, the Finnish Union of Engineering Students. There are about 20 000 students in IOL. The total membership of UIL is 72,000.
UIL has a central office in Helsinki; the union also has five regional offices situated in Oulu, Mikkeli, Joensuu, Tampere and Pori. UIL belongs to AKAVA, the Confederation of Unions for Academic Professionals in Finland.
Our values behind the activities:
- Spirit of community - the guarantee of success
- Courage to be pioneers and to change
- Appreciation of the members� interests
- Proper collective responsibility
Finland�s trade unions are organised under three central organisations. AKAVA (the Confederation of Unions for Academic Professionals in Finland) is one of them. UIL is a member of AKAVA, as well as the Federation of Professional and Managerial Employees, YTN, the Public Sector Negotiating Commission, JUKO and Confederation of Employees in Technical and Basic Service Professions KTN. UIL is one of the largest unions in these organisations.
The cornerstone of the Finnish labour market system is widespread organisation of employees and employers, a strong tradition of bargaining and co-operation and national incomes policy settlements agreed between the government, the trade unions and employers� organisations, which represent the manufacturing and service industries. These settlements not only cover pay rises, but also such matters as taxation and social reform. The negotiated settlement reached within this tripartite system is called the centralised income policy agreement.
Hannu Saarikangas is the Uusi Insin��riliitto UIL ry's representative to IACEE. He may be reached at hannu.saarikangas@insinooriliitto.fi.
ISTE/IFEES Asia/Pacific Regional Conference
Bhubaneswar, Orissa, India
December 19-21, 2008
http://www.isteonline.in/index.php?q=node/135
Global Engineering Deans Council (GEDC)
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
March 21-22, 2009
http://www.ifees.net/calendar/index.cfm
9th Forum on 21st Century Continuing Education
Beijing, China
May 18-19, 2009
http://www.iacee.org/iacee3/dmdocuments/Ninth_Forum.doc
3rd IFEES Global Engineering Summit
St. Petersburg, Russia
May 19-23, 2009
http://www.ifees.net/calendar/index.cfm
ASEE Annual Conference
Austin, Texas, USA
June 14 - 17, 2009
http://www.asee.org/conferences/annual/2009/index.cfm
SEFI Annual Conference
Rotterdam, the Netherlands
July 1-4, 2009
"Attracting Young People to Engineering"
http://www.sefi2009.com/nl/default.asp
JSEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Nagoya, Japan
August 7-9, 2009
"Engineering Education Supporting Diversified Society"
http://www.iacee.org/iacee3/dmdocuments/JSEEAnnual2009.pdf
If you are an IACEE member and would like your organization's conference listed here, please send the information to info@iacee.org.
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