Visiting Professors' Schemes

Visiting Professors & Teaching Fellows Conference 2011

‘Educating engineers for the Innovation Economy’

Tuesday 27^th September 2011

10:00 Registration

13:00 Lunch

14:00 Welcome Address: Prof Julia King CBE FREng, Vice Chancellor, Aston University

14:15 Setting the scene & objectives for the conference
Prof Peter Goodhew FREng
Chair, VP Management, Royal Academy of Engineering
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14:30 Engineering graduates for industry
Prof Matthew Harrison Director of Education, Royal Academy of Engineering
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14:50 Interactive session

15:30 Educating engineers for the Innovation Economy
Prof Geoff Kirk FREng VP in Innovation, University of Nottingham
Prof Daniel Steenstra VP in Innovation, Cranfield University
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15:50 Interactive session

16:30 Tea/coffee & cakes

17:00 Visiting Professors in Nuclear Engineering
Prof Anthony Banford NNL/RAEng VP in Nuclear Engineering, University of Manchester
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17:20 Interactive session

19:00 Dinner

20:30 Guest Speaker
Prof Chris Firth Chief Scientist, Research & Technology, Thales UK

Wednesday 28^th September 2011

09:00 How can we best prepare engineering students for the Innovation Economy?
Chair: Prof Peter Goodhew FREng

This ‘best practice teaching transfer’ discussion session will be primed with 5 minute elevator statements each from:

Prof Richard Folkson VP in Innovation, University of Hertfordshire

Katie Symons Ove Arup Foundation/RAEng VTF, University of Cambridge
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Prof Graham Wren VP in Integrated Systems Design, University of Strathclyde
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10:45 Tea/coffee & biscuits

11:15 Syndicate Group Sessions
(Individual rooms for each session will be allocated on the day)

Group A: ‘How can the RAEng make better use of the VPs and VTFs?

Group B: ‘What is the next ‘big thing’ for the RAEng to support with a VP programme?’

Group C: ‘How can we increase the diversity of VPs?’

12:00 Plenary Session
Chair: Jane Wernick FREng
VP in Principles of Engineering Design, University of Southampton 

13:00 Closing comments
Prof Peter Goodhew FREng
Chair, VP Management Group, Royal Academy of Engineering

13:15 Lunch

Updated July 2012

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