ICEE Concept

In order to meet the development needs of the 21^st Century, new efforts have to be implemented that constantly seek to improve the quality of the education experience for students. Among the many issues of concern are the application of information technology as a teaching aid, hands-on experience for undergraduate students, and and distance and life-long learning.

Unlike past engineering education reforms, the current activities have involved an increasingly wide range of engineering schools around the world working in partnership with each other, and with industry, government, and professional organizations. These efforts are put in place in recognition of the need for a structural change in how and what engineering students should be taught.

The collaborative or partnership approach in engineering education is central to many of the ongoing efforts. Examples include the engineering education coalitions that began in the United States in the early 1990s. Similar programs are now being initiated in other nations.

Important consequences of these changes should include the opportunity for university personell to meritate themselves within broad fields to stimulate the necessary adjustments to face this new situation. Since the early 90's such actions have been called for by National Science Foundation (NSF) in two documents condensed here as "Future Educational Principles" and "A Focus for Change". In some countries, f.inst. Norway, this development is now spurred by the so called "Competence Reform", which aims to legally secure every citizen's " right to lifelong learning".

Organized as an information exchange forum, ICEE also emphasizes the importance of advancing the state of the art through partnership and networking. It is envisioned as a conference that highlights the worldwide progress and experiences in engineering education; it is also a platform for creating mutually benefical collaborative efforts.

Accordingly, ICEE is usually organized around a two part format: a traditional 2-3 days conference followed by a 1-2 days international workshop to discuss future cross-regional collaboration efforts in education and research. Regular stand-up presentation of papers, as well as poster sessions are a part of the conference. Participation from academia, industry and government representatives are welcome. Keynote remarks by leaders in engineering and technology are a regular feature. Boots for conference-related exhibits may also be arranged for sponsors and attendees.

Funds for ICEE usually comes from government, industry and other sponsors. Another important source of funds is income from conference registration fees. The budget for each conference is the responsibility of the hosting institution, and is presented to the Steering Committee for advice and comment as a part of the proposal package.

While each ICEE is identified with the host institution and city but not with the country, the venue is rotated to different regions of the world, so that, in principle, the same region will not play host more than once every five years.

History

Organization

• proposals for conference sponsorship and
• important dates for the next ICEE conference.

Steering Committee - 2000

Program Committee - 2000

Important Dates in 2000