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11/09/2006 In Search of Global Engineering Excellence “Educating the Next Generation of Engineers for the Global Workplace” Get to know the First Global Engineering Study. In October 2005 the Global Engineering Excellence (GEE) was started with a global team of eight international top universities from three continents – initiated by Continental AG. Our target was to uncover important facts about the importance of engineering in the world’s markets, the education of engineers on a worldwide basis and the needs for future engineering profiles, as well as to give recommendations for improvement for all stakeholders. And all this from a global perspective – for the first time ever. Schedule: Day 1, November 9, 2006 | When | What | |
| 6:10 p.m. | Manfred Wennemer
CEO Continental AG,
Thomas Sattelberger
Member of the Executive Board, Continental AG
Welcome
Welcome speech (pdf) Manfred Wennemer | | 6:40 p.m. | Thomas Sattelberger
Short introduction of the universities
Welcome speech (pdf) Thomas Sattelberger | | 7:10 p.m. | Charles Vest
former MIT president
Short dinner speech | | 7:30 p.m. | Dinner | | 8:30 p.m. | Ján Figel´
EU commissioner for education
Keynote speech
Keynote speech (pdf) Ján Figel´ | | 8:50 p.m. | Open discussion |
Schedule: Day 2, November 10, 2006
| When | What | |
| 9:45 a.m. | Drinks and exhibition | | 10:00 a.m. | M. Wennemer
Presentation (pdf) Continental AG | | 10:35 a.m. | C. Vest
Keynote speech (pdf) Dr. Charles M. Vest | | 11:00 a.m. | Moderator: Dr. Heimo Prokop
Director Corporate Communications, Continental AG
Press conference | | 11:25 a.m. | T. Sattelberger
Welcome and idea of this project | | 11:45 p.m. | Prof. Dr. Anderl
Vice President of TU Darmstadt
Review about the start of the project, structure of the study and fields of interest, and presentation of the results
Presentation (pdf) Prof. Dr.-Ing. Reiner Anderl | | 12:10 p.m. | C. Vest
Comments on the results | | 12:30 p.m. | Dr. H. Prokop
Moderated questions & answers | | 12:45 p.m. | T. Sattelberger,
Prof. Dr. Anderl
Closing remarks | | 1:00 p.m. | Lunch/start of interviews | | 3:30 p.m. | Start of event modules | | ~ 8:00 p.m. | Dinner at hotel restaurants |
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