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January 2008
SEFI 2nd Deans' Conference: Special Challenges in
Engineering Education
IFEES member society SEFI will be holding its 2nd Deans'
Conference on February 24-26 in Berlin, Germany. The focus
of the forum will be the discussion and exchange of best practices
for dealing with the challenges in adopting the Bologna Process.
Learn
more about the event here.
On February 26, SEFI will be hosting an IFEES Session at
this meeting. The Session will focus on (a) how engineering
education bolsters economic development and (b) engineering
education sustainability. The meeting will especially highlight
IFEES Vice President Seeram Ramakrishna’s work in setting
up the IFEES Global Engineering Deans Council (GEDC). The
first meeting of the GEDC Executive Committee will take place
in May 8-9, 2008, in Paris, France.
Funso Falade, representative from IFEES member society the
African Engineering Education Association, and co-host of
the Second IFEES Summit, to take place in Cape Town, South
Africa, on October 19-20, 2008, will join the meeting and
give a presentation on the 2008 IFEES Summit. We are pleased
to announce that Nicolo Wojewoda will also join us, representing
the student component of the ASEE Global Colloquium, collocated
with the IFEES Summit in Cape Town.
Those IFEES Executive Committee members who are present in
Berlin will convene an official IFEES Executive Committee
meeting, with IFEES President Claudio Borri presiding.
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