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.:: ICIE ’10

IMPORTANT NOTIFICATION

Due to the unexpected volcanic eruptions in Iceland that produced big air traffic problems in most European airports, the organizing committee decided to reschedule the iCIE’10 conference in Tallinn for 17-19 June 2010.

The coordinators are working on rescheduling the other local arrangements and there will be more announcements, by mail and web.
Participants are kindly suggested to reschedule travel tickets and hotel booking.

The coordinators from each university are kindly asked to inform the other colleagues from own university, authors of articles submitted for presentation to iCIE’10.

Hoping that this is the best solution in order to avoid more serious problems for the participants and looking forward to seeing you all in Tallinn.

The Conference is jointly organized by:
Tallinn University of Technology
National Technical University of Athens, Greece
European Commission, DG Education and Culture,
Education, Audiovisual & Culture Executive Agency EACEA

GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT ICIE ’10

Started in Athens, as one activity of the ESTIA-Net Thematic Network, it is established as an annual event. The 5th International Conference on Interdisciplinarity in Education ICIE’10 continues the initiative of dissemination of innovations that improve the Engineering-Computers-Science higher education.
ICIE is a major annual international conference devoted to improvements in education. It is an ideal forum for sharing ideas, learning about new developments in education, and interacting with colleagues worldwide.

Engineering, computers and science education faces significant challenges in crossing international, cultural, and social borders and expands the pool of young students entering higher education and prepare our graduates to be successful in the global economy with diverse groups of people. Successfully addressing these issues will require innovative solutions including use of new pedagogical methods and programmes that improve student learning, partnerships among academia, industry, government, educators and curricular reform.

In May 2010, in the city of Vilnius, the ICIE’10 is especially interested is especially interested in research articles that address issues related to how higher education can promote the excellence of women in professions of Engineering-Computers-Sciences and recognize the key role to be played by Europe in support of new generation of women scientists. The ICIE technical program will include paper presentations, special sessions, and workshops. Solicited are full papers and reports from works-in-progress in emerging new disciplines. Proposals also are invited for special sessions and workshops.

IMPORTANT DATES

The authors are invited to submit by e-mail to the Conference Secretariat, as attached files in Word format, previously unpublished papers relevant to the Conference topics. Papers will be reviewed to be published in Conference Proceedings. Selected articles will also be peer reviewed for inclusion in a special volume of an International Journal.

Extended Deadline for full papers & Registration Form: April 9, 2010
Conference: June 17-19, 2010 (new date)

SUGGESTED TOPICS

A. Specific Topics

  • Education-Research-Innovation
  • Education of multicultural and multiethnic groups of women
  • Engineering and Environment - Entrepreneurship programs
  • Environmental issues in education
  • Ethics and European Union in education
  • Innovative postgraduate programs
  • Life and Health Engineering
  • Mentoring and Career development
  • New Education Programs
  • Open and Distance learning
  • Renewable energy programs
  • Sustainable ICT
  • Women in postgraduate education

B. General Topics

  • Accreditation and assessment
  • Brain-drain
  • Globalisation for faculty staff and students
  • ICT in education
  • Interdisciplinarity in higher education
  • Intensive learning programmes
  • Life Long Learning
  • Non-traditional learners
  • Research Partnerships: university-industry- international
  • Recognition of prior formal and/or non-formal learning
  • Virtual universities

C. Other topics and issues in education

LANGUAGE:

English will be the official language of the Conference and will be used for papers and presentations.
General template: Times New Roman, title: size 14, authors: size 12, affiliation & body: size 11, references & acknowledgement: size 10. Margins top, bottom, right, left: 2,7 cm. Manuscript length: 4-6 pages. Copyright form must be attached to paper submission.

Accommodation

Selected Hotels and Arrangements for ESTIA meeting June 2010 (*)

    Rate in Euros S/D
1 Nordic Hotel Forum**** 79 €
2 Reval Hotel Olümpia **** 70/84 €
3 Hotell Barons**** 79/84 €
4 Meriton Old Town Hotel 70 €
5 Meriton Old Town Garden 80 €
6 Meriton Grand Conference and Spa Hotel **** 90 €

(*) According to EC rules, we must ask for written offers and make good use of values

All participants will book and pay for their hotels  personally, by themselves, by their own responsibility.

Nordic Hotel Forum offer June 2010 (pdf)

Revel Hotels offer June 2010 (pdf) and Registration Form (pdf)

Hotel Barons offer June 2010 (pdf)

Meriton 3 Hotels offer June 2010 (pdf)

 

TRAVEL GRANTS

ICIE’10 will offer travel grants to support the participation of women scientist. Eligible applicants must be employed by ESTIA-Earth partner universities, as academic staff or postgraduate/ doctoral candidates. Applications and short CV must be submitted to Conference Chairpersons (below).

INTERNATIONAL STEERING COMMITTEE

Chairpersons

Piia Tint, Tallinn University of Technology,
EE Virve Siirak, Tallinn University of Technology,
EE Paul Dan Cristea, University Politehnica Bucharest, RO
Maria G. Ioannides, National Technical University of Athens, GR

Scientific Advisory and External Assessment

Katia de Sousa, Education, Audiovisual & Culture Executive Agency, DGEC, BE
Constantin Demosthenes Ioanidis, University of Texas, Houston, U.S.A.

Local Organizing Committee, Tallinn University of Technology, EE

Piia Tint
Virve Siirak
Hilja Taal
Madli Krispin
Natalja Sleptšuk
Toomas Rang

REGISTRATION FEES

Regular registration fee: 200 euros
Student registration fee: free
Accompanying persons: free
ESTIA-Earth members: free

The registration fee includes the participation to program, conference materials, coffee breaks, lunches, dinner and Conference Proceedings. All fees free of bank charges must be paid to the Bank account:

Name of the Account holder: NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS
Address: IROON POLYTECHNIOU 9, ATHENS, 15780, GREECE
Bank name: NATIONAL BANK OF GREECE SA (80)
Branch address: 38 STADIOU STREET, ATHENS, 10564, GREECE
Account number: 080300079-60
IBAN (optional): GR1801100801000008030007960
With the note: ICIE’10 and your name.

CORRESPONDENCE

Virve Siirak
Tallinn University of Technology,
Ehitajate tee 5 19086 Tallinn, Estonia,
Tel .+372 620 2969.
Fax. +372 620 3953
Virve.Siirak@tseba.ttu.ee

Maria G. Ioannides
National Technical University of Athens, School of Electrical & Computer Engineering
9, Iroon Polytechniou Str,
15773 Athens, GR
Tel: (+30)-210-7723791,
Tel/Fax: (+30)-210-7722584,
mioannid@ece.ntua.gr

 
     
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