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E4T, mid-term open event
2018-10-24 13:00 - 2018-10-25 13:00 (Europe/Helsinki) | Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
Entrepreneurship Education Ecosystems in Engineering and Technology (E4T) mid-term open event

International Staff Training Week, Tecnico Lisboa
2018-10-08 - 2018-10-12
Invitation
Tecnico Lisboa, of the University of Lisbon is pleased to announce that it’s International Staff Training Week will be held from 8 to12 October, 2018.
The five-day programme has a unique format which will include Guest speakers, regular sessions, debates, workshops, along with the opportunity to disseminate your university at the international exhibition (I-Day) and World café, cultural activities and social events. The outcome is to exchange experiences and know-how and participants who will learn from good practices of the partner institutions, obtaining the skills that are relevant for their jobs and their professional development.
Detailed programme
Detailed programme information is available at Staff Training Week 2018 or download a brochure here.
The Staff Training Week is open to international relations professionals, administrative staff from international partners and non-partner Universities, as well as staff members from all Portuguese universities.
This initiative will enhance skills in 5 main areas:
1. International Visibility;
2. Dynamic Networks and Strategic Partnerships;
3. International Student Recruitment Strategies;
4. International Events/Fairs @ 2 campuses (Partner Exhibition & World Cafe);
5. Job Shadowing Meetings.
Participation in the exhibition is strictly for our international partners, but national professionals are welcome to assist and network with our international partners. The fair is used to disseminate international mobility opportunities to our students. Previous editions received more than 1000 students.
How to apply?
Fill in the application form as soon as possible, pay and benefit from a special discount. The Fee includes participation in exhibition (booth) / World café (coffee table) workshops, debate, guest speakers and cultural and social events. The online application is already open.
For further information, please do not hesitate to contact us at international@tecnico.ulisboa.pt
We would appreciate it if you could pass this information to interested persons in the international affairs area of your University.
We look forward to welcoming you!

9th Sino-European Workshop on Engineering Education
2018-09-25 - 2018-09-27
The 9th SEEEP Workshop will on Engineering Education will be held at China University of Petroleum (East China) – UPC, in Qingdao Shandong Province, P.R. China from 25 September to 27 September 2018. In 2018, UPC will also organize a series of activities of celebrating the 65th anniversary of the founding of China University of Petroleum. At this special occasion, we cordially invite you to the 9th SEEEP Workshop and witness her 65 years development course. Moreover representatives from some renowned Chinese and European government organizations, research institutions, industries and embassies and consulates are also invited to the event.
For more informations (programm, participants), please see the second round annoucement of the workshop.

REDEEM 2, kick-off meeting
2018-09-17 - 2018-09-18 | Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia
Kick off meeting for the Erasmus+ project REDEEM2.
Project title: Shaping the next generation of Joint Programmes in Science and Technology (REDEEM2).

SEEEP PhD Summer School 2018 Energy Storage and flexibility
2018-08-20 - 2018-08-31
The yearly 2-week Energy PhD school will take place at KTH in Stockholm and TU Eindhoven between 20 and 31 August. The theme of the PhD school this year is “Energy Storage and Flexibility”. Students will have a schedule with lectures, excursions and project work in an international working environment where students will come from European Universities as well as Chinese Universities.
Selected high level lectures will be given by expert Professors from Shanghai Sjao Tong University, Zheijang University, KTH The Royal Institute of Technology and TU Eindhoven on topics encompassing energy production and consumption, renewable energy technology, sustainability, energy storage technology and energy grids and flexibility.
Accommodation, breakfast and lunch is included for students. In Eindhoven the students are offered a complimentary bike arrangement. Travel to KTH and Eindhoven should be paid by the students or their home departments. The course renders 4.0 ECTS.
CLUSTER students are eligible to apply to the school with a CV and a motivation letter. Students will be selected based on their application. Please upload your application no later than June 30, 2018 to this web forum:
https://fm.webforum.com/kthenergyplatform/form.asp?sid=912392776.
Outcome of the selection is due July 3. If you are selected, you need to confirm by July 5 so that we can make the necessary arrangements and reservations.
Hope to see you in Stockholm and Eindhoven this year,
See also the Announcement of the SEEEP PhD summer school 2018

On behalf of the organizing committee:
Prof. David Smeulders TU/e and Prof. Björn Laumert KTH

Summer School of Sino-EU Doctoral School for Logistics, Information, Management, and Service Science
2018-08-02 - 2018-08-11
The summer school of Sino-EU Doctoral School for Logistics, Information, Management and Service Sciences (SEDSLISS) is one of work from SEDSLISS between Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya Barcelona Tech (UPC) and Beijing Jiaotong University (BJTU) to promote discipline integration and innovate doctoral training in engineering, with the advantages of both Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya Barcelona Tech (UPC) and Beijing Jiaotong University (BJTU) in fields of logistics and management science.
The summer school, having been through 3 successful consecutive times (see Appendix A), aims to establish a platform of international academic exchange on the cutting edge of logistics, information, management and service sciences, by providing the participants with top academic lectures, varieties of seminars, multicultural experience, etc.
Key information of the summer school in 2018

Scope: Cutting edge of logistics, information, management and service sciences
Program: See appendix B
Time: August 2 – 11, 2018

Place: University of Toronto (2-6 Aug.) and University of Vancouver (7-11 Aug.), Canada

Sponsor: Beijing Jiaotong University, UPC
Co-organizer: University of Toronto

Additional Benefit

All the participants enjoy a free access to the keynote speeches and regular workshops of two international conferences (LISS’2018 and IEIS’2018), thanks to the established agreements between the summer school and the committees of LISS’2018 and IEIS’2018, which would enable participants to closely touch the cutting-edge thoughts of distinguished masters and develop deep communication with them.

Enrollment Targets and Requirement

Enrollment targets: Full-time Ph. D students

Requirement:
The applicants are limited to those focusing on topics in the fields (or intersectional fields) of logistics and supply chain, information management and system, management science and engineering.
The applicant should submit an abstract describing his work for exchange.
Every applicant is expected to give a 40-50 minute talk on his recent innovative work in the summer school seminars.

Attractive Preferential Treatment

Beijing Jiaotong University provides the participants with a generous exemption of the total accommodation expense, i.e., the food and hotel cost.
The participants only need to pay the travel cost for themselves.

Contact Information

Contact: Jun Wang, 14113149@bjtu.edu.cn

See Recruitment information for 2018 Sino-EU summer school

Perspectives, Challenges & Practices for Integrating Displaced Students in European Universities
2018-06-14 | Politecnico di Torino, Corso Castelfidardo, 39, Torino, TO, 10129, Italy
EUCRITE – European Centre for Refugee Integration in Higher Education, is an Erasmus+ funded program (Sept. 2017 – October 2019) whose main goal is that of providing support and training to administrative and academic staff in their interaction with displaced students.
In the frame of the project, Politecnico di Torino is pleased to invite participants to attend the upcoming conference on “Perspectives, Challenges & Practices for Integrating Displaced Students in European Universities”, in collaboration with Aalto University (Finland), Grenoble Institute of Technology (France), Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium), Darmstadt University of Technology (Germany), Graz University of Technology (Austria).
The conference will take place on 14th June 2018 in Castello del Valentino, Torino (Italy).
For more information, see the conference web site.

CLUSTER General Assembly and Steering Committee I 2018
2018-04-12 - 2018-04-13 | TU Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany
The General Assembly of CLUSTER in 2018 together with the Steering Committee I.

CLUSTER Symposium, Steering Committee II 2017 and 8th SEEEP workshop
2017-11-27 - 2017-11-30 | Aalto University, Otakaari 24, Espoo, Finland, 00076, Finland
Welcome to Aalto University in Finland to attend a series of unique, interesting and capturing CLUSTER and SEEEP events. We will host the CLUSTER Symposium on 28-29 November 2017 on integrating entrepreneurship into engineering education with an inspiring opportunity to listen to leading experts in the field as well as getting involved with hands-on work. Welcome!

Erasmus+ project E4T kick-off meeting
2017-09-28 - 2017-09-29 | KTH Stockholm, Brinellvägen 8, Stockholm, Sweden
Kick-off meeting of the Erasmus+ project E4T: Entrepreneurship Education in Engineering and Technology
