Monday October 27th, 2008 – Brussels, Royal Military Academy  ( rue Hobbema, 8 – 1000 Brussels )



How can Engineering Education better respond to the needs of European Enterprises ?


An Industry-Academia Forum promoted by SEFI  ( European Society for Engineering Education )

& the TREE Thematic Network, and organized in cooperation with SEII

PROGRAMME

10:00    Welcome addresses

            Mr Michel Van Hecke, Chairman of SEII, and Mrs Françoise Côme, Secretary General of SEFI

10:15    TREE : a general overview

Professor Francesco Maffioli, Politecnico di Milano, Coordinator TREE / SEFI

10:40    Globalization and Engineering Education

Mr Heikki Suomalainen, Business Europe

11:00    Attracting and retaining students

            Professor Kamel Hawwash, University of Birmingham, Coordinator of TREE Attractiveness Line

            Dr-Ing. Frank Stefan Becker, Siemens AG

11:40    Coffee break

11:50    Innovative learning

            Professor Erik De Graaff, TU Delft, Immediate Vice-President of SEFI

            Representative of European Young Engineers  ( name to be confirmed)

12:30    Questions and comments

13:15    Lunch

14:00    Lifelong learning and development of competencies

Mr Markku Markkula, Helsinki Techn. University / Dipoli, Coordinator of TREE Sustainability Line

            Mr Leopold Demiddeleer, Manager R&D and NBU of Solvay Group, President-Elect of EIRMA

14:50    Towards the European Higher Education Area in Engineering, discussion panel with :

               - Mr Peter Baur, European Commission, DG Education & Culture

               - Professor Francesco Maffioli, Politecnico di Milano, Coordinator TREE / SEFI

               - Mr Ian Freeston, European Network for the Accreditation of Engineering Education  ( ENAEE )

               - Mr Xavier Fouger, Dassault Systèmes, PLN Academy

Moderator :  Professor Erik De Graaff, TU Delft, Immediate Vice-President of SEFI

16:30    Conclusions and closing

Registration before October 10th, by :          - Postal mail to SEII, rue d’Egmontstraat, 11 – 1000  Brussels

- Fax to  + 32 (0)2 502 98 31

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Registration fee :  50 Euros  ( covering lunch and coffee break )

to be paid into our bank account nr 310-1397692-08  ( IBAN : BE 63310139769208 – BIC : BBRUBEBB )