Prof. Dr. (mult) Michael E. Auer is Vice-Rector and Professor of Electrical Engineering at Carinthia University of Applied Sciences Villach and Professor for Microelectronics at University of Klagenfurt, Austria. His current research is directed to technology enhanced learning and remote working environments, especially in engineering.
He is author or co-author of more than 190 publications and leading member of numerous national and international organizations in the field of Online Technologies.
Michael Auer is founder and chair of the annual international IEEE EDUCON, ICL and REV conferences, and chair or member of the Program Committees of several international conferences and workshops.
He works as an evaluator and coordinator of European Union funded research projects and is a member in expert groups of the European Commission as well as US NSF.
He has been an IEEE member since 1999 and has the grade of a Senior member.
Michael Auer is Founding-President and CEO of the “International Association of Online Engineering” (IAOE) since 2006, a non-governmental organization that promotes the vision of new engineering working environments worldwide. In 2009 he was appointed as a member of the Advisory Board of the European Learning Industry Group (ELIG).
From 2010 – 2016 he served as President of the “International Society of Engineering Education” (IGIP).
During the World Engineering Education Forum (WEEF2015) he was elected as the President of the International Federation of Engineering Education Societies (IFEES) for 2016 – 2018.
Hanno Hortsch is an expert with over 35 years of scientific and practical experience in technical higher professional education in companies and scientific institutions. He has proven expertise in engineering pedagogy and technical teacher training and education with focus on organizational and personnel capacity building as well as methodical implementation of competencies and qualifications in modern production and service structures.
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