Summary:

The Third IFEES Global Engineering Education Summit will be held on May 18-23, 2009 in St. Petersburg, Russia. Themed "Quality Assurance and Accreditation in Engineering Education: Roadmap for Excellence," IFEES Summit is expected to gather at least 100 participants both from Russia and all over the world.

Each year IFEES hosts a one and a half day meeting that gathers representatives from IFEES member societies and other key engineering education stakeholders, corporate representatives, students, and policy makers from organizations such as the World Bank to discuss pertinent issues in engineering education. The IFEES Summit is one of the primary initiatives of the Federation, serving as a yearly forum for the entire IFEES membership to interact, share best practices and challenges, learn from one another, strengthen their ties, and plan the following year’s activities.

Unlike previous years, this year’s Summit will be co-located with the International Colloquium, hosted by the Russian Association for Engineering Education (RAEE) on May 20-22, 2009. There will also be a 5th Global Students Forum on Engineering Education and several workshops led by the top experts in engineering education and industry. There also will be an Assembly of IFEES Members. It will include reports from the IFEES President, the Secretary General and the Vice Presidents, and the elections for the President Elect and Executive Committee will be held.