Invitation to the final public event of the EU funded project ENGINITE

  • March 12, 2019

The Social Computing Research Centre and the Cyprus Interaction Lab of the Cyprus University of Technology invites you to the final public event of the EU funded project ENGINITE ENGineering and INdustry Innovative Training for Engineers via PBL, entitled:


Bridging academia and industry by integrating ‘theory’ with ‘practice’ using the Problem Based Learning approach in Engineering Education

The event will take place on Wednesday, April 10 th 2019, at 18:00-20:30, at the Cyprus University of Technology (Auditorium 1, “Tassos Papadopoulos” Building).

Registrations (by April 5 th , 2019) at: https://goo.gl/forms/0Q5ymYVdczbTNszj2
The participants will receive a certificate of attendance by the end of the event


More information, about the event can be found here.

Programme*


18:00-18:15
Registrations

18:15-18:25
Welcome note 
Professor Panayiotis Zaphiris (Director of the Social Computing Research Centre, Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus)

18:25-18:45
Presentation of the EU funded project “ENGINITE” by the Projec Coordinator 
Dr Andri Ioannou (Director of the Cyprus Interaction Lab, Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus)

18:45-19:00
Problem-based Learning as an integral part in education and professional development 
Professor Emeritus Søren Willert (Aalborg University, Denmark)

19:00-19:20
The ENGINITE Vocational Education and Training (VET) programme in Cyprus and in Greece 
Dr Yiannis Georgiou (Cyprus Interaction Lab, Cyprus University ofTechnology, Cyprus) & Dr Nikos Xekoukoulotakis (Technical University of Crete, Greece)

19:20-19:30
Why more companies and young engineers need to follow the example of the ENGINITE project?
Mr. Andreas Andreou & Mr. Panayiotis Andreou (CUBEIE L.L.C.)

19:30-19:45
Maximising the impact of ENGINITE via new opportunities for professional development, Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs(EYE)
Mrs. Christina Achilleos, Ms. Stephani Theophanous & Mrs. Elina Spiliotakopoulou (GrantXpert)

19:45-20:00
Open discussion: Comments – Questions – Suggestions

20:00-20:30
Cocktail reception

*All of the presentations will be delivered in Greek, except from the presentation of Professor Emeritus Søren Willert, which will be delivered in English

The event is supported by the Research center on Interactive media, Smart systems & Emerging technologies (RISE)