November 2005
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November 2005 |
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International Association for Continuing Engineering Education |
Special Points of Interest� IACEE President's Corner �10th WCCEE IACEE World Conference on Continuing Engineering Education - Call for 2006/2008 Council/Officer Nominations - Articles of Interest to Continuing Engineering Education - Conferences |
I hope that everybody now has the dates of 19 � 21 April 2006 noted in their diaries and are planning to be in Vienna for the 10th WCCEE. A good number of abstracts have been received and the reviewing process is just starting to form the conference programme. However, although the submission date has passed, it is still possible to include a few additional papers, so can I give you every encouragement not to think it is too late, but to make the effort, move quickly, let the organisers know, then write and submit your abstract. I�m sure Franz Reichl and his colleagues will then make every effort to include it in the programme. We are looking for a wide range of ideas and reports to make the conference as broad and interesting as possible. (Just to remind you � full details can be found at http://www.wccee2006.org/). I am always thinking how, via this newsletter and other means, we can make our IACEE membership useful to one another. A recent experience made me think about reporting unusual snippets of work, which might be of interest to others. For example, I used to think that typically at least 8 or 10 participants would be needed for a successful CEE programme. However, I recently had an example of how it is possible to make a programme for a small group and still remain successful when my department was approached by a company who wanted to learn about recent developments in a specific field. We put together a unique 2-day programme that ultimately was attended by just 2 people. Crazy maybe, but the company was willing to fund it and the programme was a success, both academically and commercially. CEE needs to be responsive and adaptive. Maybe you have interesting examples to share. Please send an e-mail to IACEE headquarters at info@iacee.org.
Mervyn Jones, IACEE President |
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Conferences
Eighth Annual Colloquium on International Engineering Education, "Staying Competitive through Global Education," Nov. 10-13, 2005. IRFD World Forum on Information Society, �Digital Divide, Global Development and then Information Society,� Nov. 14-16, 2005. ICBME 2005, The 12th International Conference on Biomedical Engineering, Dec. 7-10, 2005. IIT Madras, Chennai, India�s International Conference, �Innovative Product Development: Engineering Meets Marketing,� Dec. 21-23, 2005. World Congress on Computer Sciences, Engineering and Technology Education 2006, March 19-22, 2006. 2006 International Symposium on Technology and Society, "Disaster Preparedness and Recovery," June 8-10, 2006. PICMET 2006 Conference, "Technology Management for the Global Future," July 9-13, 2006
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Intel Announces Scholarship Program
Intel announced the
launch of the "Intel Engineering Excellence Program,"
which will provide scholarships and internships to outstanding engineering
students from Egypt, Jordan, and Turkey in technology-related fields at top
universities in the region. The program advances Intel's comprehensive,
multi-year "Digital Transformation Initiative for the Middle East" and
underscores the company's long-term commitment to promote technology skills,
knowledge transfer and economic development in the region. Singapore Polytechnics Promote Engineering For the second year in a row, the five polytechnic schools of Singapore are joining hands to promote engineering at the second National Engineering Week. Part of the promotion is a roving bus that will reach out to 800,000 students in 150 secondary schools. The spokesman, Environment and Water Resources Minister Yaacob Ibrahim, said "Engineering provides a strong foundation that covers many fields. In fact, an engineering education can open up doors to many career choices such as business, the arts and management." TKK Dipoli International Technology Trends in Wood Products Industry Webinars
The Helsinki University of
Technology Lifelong Learning Institute Dipoli (TKK Dipoli) with the
support of the Helsinki University of Technology, University of
Wisconsin-Madison, the Forest Products Society, and Culminatum, has the
pleasure to offer 4 webinar sessions on International Technology Trends in
Wood Products Industry. The webinars are live expert lectures using
Internet. You can participate from your office or your home or anywhere
you have access to Internet.
What: In four easy 2 hr
sessions you will get an overview of the most important trends impacting
the Wood Products Industry worldwide.
Who: Everyone holding a
professional position in the Wood Products Industry- from the saw mill or
veneer mill to the retail outlet or designer.
When: November
16 and November 23, 2005 at 4-6 pm Finnish time ( 8-10 am central standard time
US )
Course fee: 0 EUR
Sessions:
3. General Design Support
when using new Wood Products
November 16, 2005 4-6 pm
Finnish time
4. Outside Trends (Customer
trends, Competitive Forces, Equipment etc.) impacting the Wood Industry
November 23, 2005 4-6 pm
Finnish time
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IACEE Executive Committee
President
First Vice President; Vice President, Special Interest Groups
Vice President, Membership Development
Vice President, Projects
Vice President, World Conferences on CEE
Secretary General
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