Westminster Business Forum Keynote Seminar
The future for UK manufacturing – challenges ahead for policy following the Foresight Project
with
Professor Sir Mark Walport, Chief Scientific Adviser to HM Government and Head, Government Office for Science (subject to diary)
Janice Munday, Director, Advanced Manufacturing and Services, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills; Dirk Pilat, Deputy Director, Directorate for Science, Technology and Industry, OECD
and
Dick Elsy, High Value Manufacturing Catapult; Professor Steve Evans, University of Cambridge; Professor Richard Hague, University of Nottingham; Professor Richard Harris, University of Durham; Professor Alan Hughes, University of Cambridge; Mike Hutchinson, Tharsus Group; Mike Rigby, Barclays and Bill Twigg, Semta
Chaired by:
Chris White MP, Co-Chair, Associate Parliamentary Manufacturing Group
Morning, Thursday, 28th November 2013
Central LondonÂ
The 11th International Conference on Manufacturing Research (ICMR2013)
The International Conference on Manufacturing Research is a major event for academics and industrialists engaged in manufacturing research. Â Held annually in the UK since the late 1970s, the conference is renowned as a friendly and inclusive environment that brings together a broad community of researchers who share a common goal; developing and managing the technologies and operations that are key to sustaining the success of manufacturing businesses.
ICMR2013 will take place on the 19-20 September 2013 at Cranfield University. Â
The ICMR2013 is running back to back with the 2nd Annual EPSRC Manufacturing the Future conference which runs from 17-18 September 2013. Both conferences are integrated events within the âManufacturing Weekâ 16-20 September 2013 at Cranfield. The ICMR 2013 will have a strong emphasis on industrial relevance and senior executives from leading manufacturers will be attending.
We now have a strong programme for our 10th annual meeting around the theme âThe Future of Manufacturingâ.
Speakers will include the manufacturing heads from BIS, EPSRC and TSB, industrialists from key industries of the future including Medical Technology, Synthetic Biology and Food as well as a Manufacturing Futures Workshop facilitated by the Government Office of Science Manufacturing Foresight team, and a pre-dinner address by David Willetts.
Follow the link Forum Agenda to see the programme.
Please email Ella Davey (erd30@cam.ac.uk) to let her know if you can attend both the Forum and Dinner.
As this is our 10th Anniversary year we are keen to make it a rather special occasion, so do please join in if you can. Do please also let us know if there are any senior industrialists you would like us to invite for the dinner, and any new Professors we should be encouraging to come along to both the Forum and Dinner.
Thursday, October 31st, 2013
The 1st International Conference of the Portuguese Society for Engineering Education (CISPEE) will be held in Porto, Portugal on October 31st-November 1st, under the theme âEducation in Engineering: Challenges for Innovationâ.
Engineering Education faces global challenges that are being widely and continuously studied worldwide. The first CISPEE edition occurs in the same year the American Society for Engineering Education (founded on 1893) organizes its 120th conference, thus confirming the importance and actuality of this area.
The SPEE – Portuguese Society for Engineering Education, founded in 2010, aims to promote engineering education through better teacher pedagogical formation and personal development; projects dissemination and participation; and collaboration between national and international experts and institutions.
CISPEE will be a key opportunity to gather – in Portugal – a number of national and international experts in the area of engineering education, under the topics of the present SPEE working groups, namely:
– Engineering Ethics;
– ICT in Engineering Education;
– Continuing Engineering Education;
– Tools to Develop Higher Order Thinking Skills;
– Mathematics in Engineering Education;
A number of invited keynotes will enrich the discussion and opportunities for debate around other challenges engineering education faces today, namely:
– Accreditation and educational quality in engineering courses;
– Industry-Academia cooperation as a driving force for wealth and jobs creation;
– Promoting and disseminating science & engineering to society, through mass media.
Tuesday, October 8th, 2013
The 6th ICEBE will be held in Windhoek, Namibia on October 8-10.
Over the past decade, this event has offered a unique opportunity for academics, business and, since last year, even for students from around the globe to share their broad array of knowledge and perspectives. The primary goal of the conference is to provide those with cross-disciplinary interests related to engineering and business education an opportunity to meet and interact with others inside and outside their own discipline. The international aspect of the conference brings a truly diverse variety of viewpoints shaped by different cultures, languages, geography and politics.
The conferences series has been organised since 2008 every year on different places of the world. This year it will be held in Windhoek, Namibia. Along with its ideal weather and striking beauty, the Namibian country provides natural elements to inspire learning and dialogue.
The 2012 conference that was held in Sibiu, Romania, was, again, a great success. We hosted more than 100 participants representing more than 21 countries.
For more information go to https://conferences.computer.org/icebe/2013/
The 15th International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education will bring together representatives from education, design practice, industry and government agencies that have an interest in developing new approaches and directions in design education.
The conference will take place in Dublin on the 5 & 6 of September 2013.  The event will be organised by the School of Manufacturing & Design Engineering, Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT), in participation with the Design Education Special Interest Group (DESIG) of the Design Society and the Institution of Engineering Designers (IED). The conference will provide a forum for participants to discuss current educational issues and to identify new approaches, address new challenges and new directions for design education. This is reflected in this yearâs conference theme, âGrowing our Futureâ. The conference’s aim is to reflect the increasing emphasis on design education as a driver for economic growth and in particular the importance of design in addressing such issues as sustainability, creativity and innovation. We encourage conference submissions that have varied interpretations of the phrase âGrowing our Futureâ in line with the stated conference topics.
Important Deadlines
7 December 2012: Submission of Abstracts (max 500 words)
21 December 2012: Notification of Successful Abstracts
22 February 2013: Submission of Full Papers
12 April 2013: Notification of Accepted Papers
24 May 2013: Deadline for Author Earlybird Registration and Inclusion in Proceedings
5 & 6 September 2013: Conference
The 2013 Research in Engineering Education Symposium (REES2013) will be held on 4-6 July 2013 in Kuala Lumpur.
This symposium follows ICREE 2007 in Hawaii, USA, REES 2008 in Davos, Switzerland, REES 2009 in Palm Cove, Queensland, Australia, and REES 2011 in Madrid, Spain.â
The event is held in collaboration with Research in Engineering Education Network (REEN). REEN is an international forum for scholars interested in discussing and advancing research in engineering education. It aims to bring together the growing international community of engineering education researchers. This vibrant and welcoming community nurtures developing researchers through collaboration and sound methodological approaches to address the challenges within Engineering Education.
Academics, researchers and decision makers interested in enhancing engineering education through scholarly and evidence-based practices should not miss the opportunity to attend this meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This is the first REES symposium held in Asia. It will give you the chance to experience the hospitality of Kuala Lumpur, and the cultural experiences that should not to be missed! Selected papers will be invited for publication in the International Journal on Engineering Education, which is indexed in SCOPUS and ISI.
The 4th International Research Symposium on Problem Based Learning will be organised on July 2-3 2013, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, by the Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) in collaboration with the UNESCO Chair in Problem Based Learning.
Important dates:
Deadline for full paper submission: 1st February 2013
Notification of acceptance: 1st April 2013
Deadline for submitting final versions (camera ready): 15th May 2013
Pre-conference workshop: 1st February 2013
Conference sessions: 2-3 July 2013
June 23 – 26, 2013 – Atlanta, Georgia
The ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition hosts more than 400 technical sessions, with peer-reviewed papers spanning all disciplines of engineering education. Attendees include deans, faculty and researchers, students, and retirees. Distinguished lectures run through- out the conference, starting with the main plenary. In addition to various award receptions and banquets, ASEE hosts a complimentary âMeet the Board Forum,â providing the opportunity for all registrants to meet with members of the ASEE Board of Directors and discuss current issues in engineering and technology.
In order to strengthen the quality of conference proceedings, the ASEE Board of Directors has voted on a policy of âpublish to presentâ at the ASEE annual conference. This policy, which requires all conference papers and presentations to be peer reviewed, seeks to ensure that intellectual activity by faculty and staff receives appropriate professional recognition.
In addition to Publish to Present sessions, since the 2011 ASEE annual conference, divisions may submit Panel sessions. To submit a Panel session, divisions are asked to provide white papers (extended abstracts) of no more than four pages consisting of two pages of session description and two pages of bios. The PIC chairs will review the Panel sessions submitted and determine their viability to the conference. (Please check the appropriate field/column for submitting a Panel session through the new ASEE paper submission system.)
For more information click here.
The 2013 EFMD Annual Conference will be held in Brussels, BE on June, 9-11. Please check back for information on the program, hotel, and registration in early 2013.
Theme: Does Management Education Create Impact?
Target Group:
The EFMD Annual Conference has been designed for all those interested in management education and development. It brings together EFMD members, companies, educational institutions and other associations, offering various perspectives and discussions on the conference theme.
For further information please visit www.efmd.org