The purpose of the Rhode Island colloquium is to provide engineering and language educators, international program administrators, deans, provosts, presidents, corporate leaders, as well as public sector representatives an interdisciplinary forum for discussing and sharing ideas and practices pertaining to the education of American engineers for today's global workplace. 

The colloquium was founded nine years ago by the faculty of the University of Rhode Island's International Engineering Program with the support of a grant from the U.S. Department of Education (FIPSE). With significant growth in attendance each year and the enthusiastic encouragement of colleagues from many other institutions and both corporate and public sector support, a one-time event has now evolved into an annual conference.  The topic of preparing young engineers to work across cultures and languages has become very timely in this age of globalization.

The theme of the Ninth Annual Colloquium is "Educating Engineers as Global Citizens"

Please join us at the Hotel Viking in beautiful Newport, Rhode Island for the timely exchange of ideas and information pertaining to the internationalization of engineering education--a colloquium designed for engineering and language faculty, international educators, and leaders from the private and public sectors.