Improving the cooperation between employers and universities

We are pleased to invite you to the PRAXIS’13 Open Discussion Forum - Improving the cooperation between employers and universities, on October 10 & 11, 2013 in Timisoara, Romania.

Your participation & book publishing is free of charge! 
(Optional, participants will pay for the lunch and cocktail 48€ & dinner 25€.)

Register now or submit your abstract!

 

Topics of the forum

• Tracking the changing needs of employers
• The role of internships and projects for higher education
• A European Virtual Market for professional internship and project courses
• Professional internship benefits for students and employers
• Enhancing access for students seeking professional internships
• Enhancing access for employers seeking students
• New education models for better employability
• Promoting employabilty in the global market
• Project/Internship based studies
• Students preparation to internships, projects
• Facilitating student mobility through Professional Internships
• Project/Internship brokerage
• Case studies and best practices

 

Programme

The complete programme with all the presentations and activities will be available around September 15, 2013.

Plenary speakers

Prof.Dr.eng. Nicolae ROBU - Mayor of Timisoara City
Prof. Dr. Christian von ALBRICHSFELD - Head of R&D Romania and General Manager of CONTINENTAL Automotive Romania
Prof.Dr. eng.Viorel-Aurel SERBAN - Rector of “Politehnica” University of Timisoara

 

Venue

Paper submission

Applicants will send an abstract of max. 300 words, accompanying the name of paper, authors, affiliation, contact information, until 30th of August 2013 through the online form.

After the notification of acceptance (provided until 6th of September 2013), the applicants need to confirm their participation until 15th of September, by email.

The applicants will present the paper during the conference. The time assigned for the presentation is 15 minutes.
The presented paper will be published in the PRAXIS’13 book. The full paper will have 3000-5000 words, and will comply with a format provided on the website.

Important dates

Submission of abstract: August 30, 2013
Notification of Acceptance: September 6, 2013
Confirmation of participation: September 15, 2013
Submission of Full Paper: November 1, 2013
Conference: October 10 & 11, 2013

Submit your abstract!

You can submit your abstract through the online form.

 

Contact information

Conference Secretary:
Hosting & Organizing team:
 

 

Steering committee

• Prof. Dr. Nuno ESCUDEIRO
  PRAXIS Coordinator, Instituto Politecnico do Porto, Portugal
• Senior Lecturer Anthony WARD
  Provost Alcuin College, University of York, United Kingdom of Great Britain
• Dr.eng. Agnieszka KLUCZNIK-TORO
  International Center for Entrepeneurship, Bukowice, Poland
• Msc. Milva Carbonaro
  GISIG- Geographical Information Systems International Group, Genova, Italy
• Prof. Dr.Tatjana WELZER
  Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Maribor, Slovenja
• Prof.Dr. eng. Hubert ROTH
  Chair of Automatic Control Engineering, Faculty of Natural Science and Engineering, Siegen University, Germany
• Dr. Adam PAWELCZYK
  Faculty of Chemistry, Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland
• Dr. Gregory MAKRIDES
  President of European Association of ERASMUS Coordinators, Director of Research and IR, University of Cyprus
• Lect. Dr. Mariana CRASOVAN
  Vice-dean – Faculty of Sociology and Psychology, West University of Timisoara, Romania
• Prof.Dr.eng. habil. Ioana IONEL
  Manager of Research Center for Thermal Machines, “Politehnica” University of Timisoara
• Eng. Delia GOLCEA
  CEO & General Manager OCE Software Romania
• Dr.eng. Horatiu Moldovan
  President LASTING Systems Romania
• Eng. Bogdan NUNA
  Product Group Leader, Head of Design and Development, HELLA Romania
• Eng. Ioan MOLDOVAN
  Group Leader, CONTINENTAL Automotive Romania
• Eng. Sorin ZAVELITA
  Multimedia Group Manager, ALCATEL-LUCENT Romania
• Lect. Dr. eng. Sorin NANU
  Faculty of Automation and Computer Science, “Politehnica” University of Timisoara, Romania