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3rd IFEES Global Engineering Education Summit - Quality Assurance and Accreditation in Engineering Education: Roadmap for Excellence - May 18-23, 2009 - St. Petersburg, Russia


Program

May 15-23, 2009 5th Global Student Forum on Engineering Education (St. Petersburg State Polytechnical University)
May 18, 2009 International Federation of Engineering Education Societies (IFEES)/ Russian Association for Engineering Education (RAEE) Colloquium Pre-Conference Workshops ( Saint-Petersburg State University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics )
9:00-10:30 Session "Curriculum Innovation and Quality Assurance: Roadmap for Excellence"
  • Lueny Morell, President of IFEES; Americas Lead, Open Innovation Office, HP Labs, Hewlett Packard Company, USA
  • John Lamancusa, Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, USA
10:30-10:45 Coffee Break
10:45-12:00 Session "Curriculum Innovation and Quality Assurance: Roadmap for Excellence" (continued)
12:00-13:00 Lunch
13:00-15:00 Session "Indo-US Collaborative for Engineering Education Model"
  • Krishna Vedula, Executive Director, Indo-US Collaboration for Engineering Education (IUCEE); Dean Emeritus, University of Massachusetts-Lowell, USA
15:00-15:15 Coffee Break
15:15-18:00

Session "Laboratory Didactics - real and virtual dimensions"

  • Gudrun Kammasch, Vice President, IGIP; Professor, University of Applied Sciences, Berlin, Germany
  • Hamadou Saliah-Hassane, Professor, Télé-université/UQAM, Canada
15:15-16:30

CANCELLED

Corporate- technology workshop

  • Ronald van de Pol, Education Manager for Europe, Middle East and Africa, The Mathworks, USA
19:30-21:30 IFEES Executive Committee Dinner (by invitation only), Azimut Hotel
May 19, 2009 IFEES Summit (Hotel AZIMUT)
9:00-10:00 Registration
10:00-11:30

IFEES Summit Opening

  • Yuri Pokholkov, President of Russian Association of Engineering Education; Professor, Tomsk Polytechnic University, Russia

"Engineering Education in the 21st Century: At a crossroads of truly historical dimensions"

  • Lueny Morell, President of IFEES; Americas Lead, Open Innovation Office, HP Labs, Hewlett Packard Company, USA

Welcome Speeches from Russian Colleagues

  • Vladimir N. Vasilev, Representative of St. Petersburg Council of University Rectors, Rector of St. Petersburg State University of Information Technologies (Technical University)
  • Michail P. Fedorov, Corresponding Member of Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), Rector of St. Petersburg State Polytechnical University, vice-president of Technical Universities Association
  • Dmitry V. Puzankov, Rector of St. Petersburg Electrotechnical University "LETI"
  • Victor P. Savinykh, President of Association of Russian Universities, USSR Pilot-Cosmonaut, Hero of the Soviet Union, President of Moscow State University of Geodesy and Cartography, Member of International Academy of Astronautics, Member of Russian Academy of Engineering, Corresponding Member of Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS)

Session "Russian Engineering Education: History, Current Status and Challenges"

Objectives:
Understand the history of Russian Engineering Education and current challenges and opportunities (including country strategies to address quality assurance and accreditation challenges).
Moderator: Yuri Pokholkov, President of Russian Association of Engineering Education; Professor, Tomsk Polytechnic University, Russia

  • Yuri Pokholkov, President of Russian Association of Engineering Education; Professor, Tomsk Polytechnic University, Russia
11:30-12:00 Coffee Break
12:00-13:00

Keynote Speaker

"Turning Crisis into Opportunity - The critical role of Engineering Skills and Innovation"

  • Bruno Laporte, Director, Knowledge and Learning, World Bank Institute, USA

Session "Russian Engineering Education: History, Current Status and Challenges" (continued)

Objectives: Understand the history of Russian Engineering Education and current challenges and opportunities (including country strategies to address quality assurance and accreditation challenges).

" Bologna Process and Recognition in Engineering Education in Russia"

  • Sergey V. Serebryannikov, Rector of Moscow Power Engineering Institute (Technical University) (MPEI)
  • Alexandr L. Shestacov, Rector of South Ural State University (SUSU)
Q&A and session discussion
13:00-14:00 Lunch
14:00-15:30

Session "Curriculum Innovation and Accreditation Best Practices"

Objectives: Share curriculum innovation and accreditation best practices from around the world. Understand challenges and promote partnerships to address those challenges.
Moderator: Claudio Borri, Past and Founding IFEES President; Past President of European Society for Engineering Education (SEFI); Professor, University of Florence, Italy

  • George Peterson, Managing Director, International Business Development, and Executive Director Emeritus, ABET, USA
  • Iring Wasser, Chief Executive of ASIIN consult GmbH; Vice President of the European Network for the Accreditation of Engineering Education (ENAEE); EURopean ACcredited Engineer (EUR-ACE) "EUR-ACE® Label Committee," Germany
  • Sarah Rajala, President of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE); Professor and Dean, Mississippi State University, USA
  • Sebastião Feyo de Azevedo, Vice President of the European Network for the Accreditation of Engineering Education (ENAEE), Professor, Chemical Engineering, University of Porto, Portugal
  • Urbano Dominguez, Professor, Mechanical Engineering, University of Valladolid, Spain
Q&A and session discussion
15:30-15:45 Coffee Break
15:45-17:30 Session "Curriculum Innovation and Accreditation Best Practices"(continued)
19:00-21:00 IFEES Dinner, Details will be announced during session
May 20, 2009 IFEES Summit (Hotel AZIMUT)
9:00-10:00 Registration
9:00-11:15 Session "Catalyzing Systemic Engineering Education Reform and Accreditation: IFEES Initiatives"
Objectives: Share current IFEES initiatives and invite attendees to join or adopt/adapt in their countries/regions.
Moderator: Krishna Vedula, Executive Director of Indo-US Collaboration for Engineering Education (IUCEE); Professor and Dean Emeritus, University of Massachusetts-Lowell, USA
  • "Update and Future Directions of IUCEE", Krishna Vedula, Executive Director of Indo-US Collaboration for Engineering Education (IUCEE); Professor and Dean Emeritus, University of Massachusetts-Lowell, USA
  • "Future Directions of the Global Enginnering Deans Council", Sarah Rajala, Professor and Dean, Mississippi State University, USA; IFEES Executive Committee Member; Executive Committee of the Global Engineering Deans Council Member
  • "Future of Student Leaders in IFEES", David Delaine , Operations Officer, the Student Platform for Engineering Education Development , USA
  • "Critical Review of the Global Student Forum in St. Petersburg", Jennifer DeBoer, President, Student Platform for Engineering Education Development
  • "BEST Events on Education", Ekaterina Garbaruk, Board of European Students of Technology, St. Petersburg , Russia

Q&A and session discussion

11:15-11:30 Coffee Break
11:30-12:30

Session " Industry’s Role in Engineering Programs Accreditation"

Objectives: Address ways in which industry can help institutions with accreditation processes.

Moderator: Lueny Morell, President of IFEES; Open Innovation, Americas Lead, HP Labs, Hewlett Packard Company, USA

Presentation (5606 KB)

  • Igor Belousov, Hewlett Packard Company, Russia
  • Presentation (6803 KB)
  • Radoslaw Cieslak, Education Development Manager - Emerging Countries, Autodesk
  • Presentation (9316 KB)

 

Q&A and session discussion

11:00-12:30 Session "Catalyzing Systemic Engineering Education Reform and Accreditation: IFEES Initiatives"(continued)
12:30-13:00 IFEES Summit Closing Session "Looking Forward"
  • Lueny Morell, President of IFEES; Open Innovation, Americas Lead, HP Labs, Hewlett Packard Company, USA
  • Yuri Pokholkov, President of Russian Association of Engineering Education; Professor, Tomsk Polytechnic University, Russia
  • Soon Hoe Chew, Council Member of the Institution of Engineers, Singapore and chairman, of Education and Professional Development of IST. Host of the Fourth IFEES Summit 2010 in Singapore , Singapore
Q&A and session discussion
13:00-14:30 Lunch
14:30-17:30

IFEES Members Assembly (by invitation only)

Vice President Reports

  • First Vice-President - Maria Larrondo-Petrie, Latin American and Caribbean Consortium of Engineering Institutions (LACCEI)
    • The Engineering for the Americas (EftA) organization was completely restructuredto position it to facilitate implementation of initiatives and collaboration with governments in the region, and the IFEES President and First Vice President were made officers of theExecutive Advisory Committee. Planning of the 2010 IFEES Americas Regional Summit started,itmay be located jointly withan OAS meeting the last quarter of 2010, most probably in September. Collaboration and review of the resources of the 2008 IUCEE Faculty Leadership Institute is underway to explore how to best adapt to the Americas Region. Students in the region are organizing to participate in the 2010 IFEES Summit and to develop student leadership training. Two papers, oneon the outcomes of the 2008 IFEES Global Engineering Education Summit and the other on the IFEES Indo-US Collaboration of Engineering Education (IUCEE), will be presented at the American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE) Conference in June.
  • Funso Falade, African Engineering Education Association (AEEA)
  • Jose Carlos Quadrado, Ibero-American Association of Institutes of Engineering Education (ASIBEI)
  • Yu Shouwen, Chinese Society for Engineering Education (CSEE)

 

17:45-18:45 IFEES Executive Committee Meeting (by invitation only)
May 22, 2009 Joint Meeting of participants of IFEES Summit, RAEE Colloquium and Global Student Forum (Hotel AZIMUT)
15:00-17:30

Closing Session

Moderator: Petr S. Chubik, Rector of Tomsk Polytechnic University, Vice-President of Russian Association of Engineering Education, Russia

  • Petr S. Chubik, Rector of Tomsk Polytechnic University, Vice-President of Russian Association of Engineering Education, Russia
  • Vladimir A. Zhidkikh, Chairman of the Council of the Federation Commission on Youth and Sports Issues of the Council of Federation, Russia
  • Giuliano Augusti, President of ENAEE
  • George Peterson, Managing Director of the USA Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET), USA
  • Sarah Rajala, IFEES Executive Committee Member; Executive Committee of the Global Engineering Deans Council Member
  • Philippe Wauters, Secretary General of European Federation of National Engineering Associations (FEANI)
  • Jorg Steinbach, President of European Society for Engineering Education (SEFI)
  • Jennifer DeBoer, President of the Student Platform for Engineering Education Development , USA, Global Student Forum
  • Lueny Morell, President of IFEES; Open Innovation, Americas Lead, HP Labs, Hewlett Packard Company, USA
  • Yuri P. Pokholkov,President of Russian Association of Engineering Education; Professor, Tomsk Polytechnic University, Russia
May 20-22, 2009 RAEE Colloquium (Hotel AZIMUT)
May 23, 2009 Cultural Activities
 

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