Program

• 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
  • Presentation (5995 KB)
  • Video within Presentation (6140 KB)

• Krishna Vedula, Executive Director, Indo-US Collaboration for Engineering Education (IUCEE); Dean Emeritus, University of Massachusetts-Lowell, USA
  • Presentation (38 KB)

Session "Laboratory Didactics - real and virtual dimensions"

• Gudrun Kammasch, Vice President, IGIP; Professor, University of Applied Sciences, Berlin, Germany
  • Presentation (3669 KB)
• Hamadou Saliah-Hassane, Professor, Télé-université/UQAM, Canada
  • Presentation (1702 KB)

CANCELLED

Corporate- technology workshop

• Ronald van de Pol, Education Manager for Europe, Middle East and Africa, The Mathworks, USA

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
  • Presentation (6474 KB)

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
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Keynote Speaker

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

• Bruno Laporte, Director, Knowledge and Learning, World Bank Institute, USA
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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)
  • Presentation (2083 KB)
• Alexandr L. Shestacov, Rector of South Ural State University (SUSU)
  • Presentation (3573 KB)

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

• Presentation (287 KB)

• George Peterson, Managing Director, International Business Development, and Executive Director Emeritus, ABET, USA
• Presentation (1961 KB)
• 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
  • Presentation (810 KB)
• Sarah Rajala, President of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE); Professor and Dean, Mississippi State University, USA
  • Presentation (430 KB)
• Sebastião Feyo de Azevedo, Vice President of the European Network for the Accreditation of Engineering Education (ENAEE), Professor, Chemical Engineering, University of Porto, Portugal
  • Presentation (2442 KB)
• Urbano Dominguez, Professor, Mechanical Engineering, University of Valladolid, Spain
  • Presentation (9608 KB)

• "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
  • Presentation (2964 KB)
• "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
  • Presentation (5581 KB)
• "Future of Student Leaders in IFEES", David Delaine , Operations Officer, the Student Platform for Engineering Education Development , USA
  • Presentation (6129 KB)
• "Critical Review of the Global Student Forum in St. Petersburg", Jennifer DeBoer, President, Student Platform for Engineering Education Development
  • Presentation (2507 KB)
• "BEST Events on Education", Ekaterina Garbaruk, Board of European Students of Technology, St. Petersburg , Russia
  • Presentation (1215 KB)

Q&A and session discussion

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

• 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

IFEES Members Assembly (by invitation only)

• Presentation (1926 KB)

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)
  • Stategic Plan (90 KB)
• Jose Carlos Quadrado, Ibero-American Association of Institutes of Engineering Education (ASIBEI)
  • Strategic Plan (15 KB)
  • Powerpoint Presentation (239 KB)
• Yu Shouwen, Chinese Society for Engineering Education (CSEE)
  • Stategic Plan (38 KB)
  • Powerpoint Presentation (15 KB)

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