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Program |
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Thursday,
November 2 |
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1:00
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Preconference Workshop:
Special
Opportunity for Newcomers
Getting
Started Workshop (gratis) |
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6:30 -7:30 PM |
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Reception
and Conference Opening |
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Welcome by Deans Winifred
Brownell & Bahram Nassersharif
and Conference Chair John M. Grandin,
University of Rhode Island |
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7:30 - 9:30 PM |
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Dinner and Keynote Address |
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Introduction: John
M. Grandin, University of Rhode Island |
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8:30 PM |
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Opening
Keynote:
Outward
Looking America: The Imperative of Foreign Language Study
Charles
Kolb
President,
Committee on Economic Development |
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Friday,
November 3 |
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7:00
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Special
Session: Global Teaming Program |
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Chair: Laurie
Burger, Pentair Electronic Packaging |
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8:30
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Plenary I - Distinguished Panel: Defining
the Global Engineer
Chair:
E. Daniel Hirleman, Purdue
University
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10:30
AM-12:00PM
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Plenary
II - Distinguished Panel: Working with China
Chair:
Jennifer Wood, RI Department
of Education
- Said
Abubakr, Department Chair, Chemical Engineering, Western
Michigan University
- Michael
Byrnes, Senior Advisor, Yuan Associates and Amer-China
Partners
- Larry
Shuman, Associate Dean of Engineering, University of
Pittsburgh
- Alfred
J. Verrecchia, President and Chief Executive Officer,
Hasbro, Inc.
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12:15
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Luncheon
and Keynote Address
Internationl
Education for the 21st Century:
An
All-University Approach
Dr.
Nancy Zimpher
President,
University of Cincinnati |
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2:00
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Plenary
III - Distinguished
Panel: Engineering Partnerships in Global Service
Learning
Chair:
Rebecca Hovey, School for International
Training
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3:30
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Grand Information Fair |
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6:30
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Reception
and Cocktail Hour |
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Saturday,
November 4 |
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Concurrent
Working Sessions: (Each Session will run twice, thereby
enabling each participant to participate in two Working Sessions.)
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8:30
– 10:00 AM: Working Session I |
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10:30
AM - 12:00 PM: Working Session II |
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Session
Topics and Facilitators:
- Assessment
of International Programs
Jonathan Gordon, Georgia
Tech
- Issues
of Health, Safety, Security
Natalie A. Mello, WPI
- Joint
and Dual Degree Programs,
Peter Nübold, TU Braunschweig
Martin Sadd, URI
- Collaborating
with Industry
Mary Kordys, Siemens
Gayle Elliott,
Cincinnati
Jan Helge Bøhn,
Virginia Tech
Michael Nugent, U.S.
Department of Education
Mark
Lazar, Institute for International Education
- Preparing
Students for the Work Abroad Experience
Debbie
Gulick, Debbie Pearson,
Ga. Tech
Larry Shuman, University
of Pittsburgh |
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12:15
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Lunch
and Documentary Film on URI's IEP (untitled, work in progress)
Produced
by Stephanie Hann & Kendall
Moore, University of Rhode Island
Introduction:
Winifred Brownell, University
of Rhode Island |
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1:45
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Plenary
IV - New Initiatives
Chair:
Bahram Nassersharif,
University of Rhode Island
OUTWARD, a course information database
German Study and Internship Program (SIP)
Hochschule
Bremen
Building Curricular Collaborations in a Global
Context; A new course at ISU
"Global
Engineering Education Excellence: An
international study" |
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3:30
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Plenary
V - Reports
from Working Groups and Wrap-Up |
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Sunday,
November 5 |
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8:30
AM - 12:00 PM Post-Conference Workshop: |
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Teaching Languages to Engineers |
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