IEEE EDUCON2018 "Emerging Trends and Challenges of Engineering Education"

Overview

The IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON) 2018 is the ninth in a series of conferences that rotate among central locations in IEEE Region 8 (Europe, Middle East and North Africa). EDUCON is the flagship conference of the IEEE Education Society.

Date and Venue

IEEE EDUCON 2018 will be organized by the Universidad de La Laguna, Universidad de Vigo and Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, Spain. The event will be held in Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain April 18-20, 2018. Several pre- conference workshops will be held on April 17, 2018.

Main Conference Topics

Papers in all areas of engineering education are invited with a particular emphasis on the theme of the conference and on:

-Infrastructure and Technologies for Engineering Education
-Innovation, Methods, Teaching and Learning Experiences in Engineering Education
-Attracting, Engaging and Retaining Human Talent to Engineering
-Serious Games, Game-Based Learning and Gamification for Engineering Education
-Virtual and Remote Labs in Engineering Education

Presentation Formats

Proposals for participation in the EDUCON 2018 conference can be submitted in the following formats:

Full papers: 8 pages in IEEE A4 format
Short papers: 4 pages
Works in Progress
Special Sessions
Panels and Workshops

Important Dates
21 Oct 2017 Abstract submission, Proposals for Special Sessions
30 Oct 2017 Invitation to submit complete paper
20 Nov 2017 Complete paper upload for accepted abstracts, Panel and Workshop proposals, New submissions for Special Sessions
22 Dec 2017 Notification of Acceptance
02 Feb 2018 Author registration and payment, Camera-ready submission for all submission types
17 Apr 2018 Pre-conference Workshops
18 Apr 2018 Conference Opening

KEYNOTES SPEAKERS

Marina Umashi Bers. Tufts University (USA)
Claudia Urrea. MIT (USA)
José Carlos Quadrado. Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa (ISEL), Portugal

IEEE EDUCON Steering Committee

Manuel Castro, Chair, IEEE Fellow, President IEEE Division VI, Past President
IEEE Education Society, UNED, Madrid, Spain
Michael E. Auer (Past Chair), Senior Member IEEE,
President and CEO IAOE, CTI Villach, Austria
Russ Meier, Senior Member of IEEE, Milwaukee School
of Engineering, USA
Henrique Santos, IEEE Education Society VicePresident
on IEEE Conferences
Cristos Douligeris, University of Piraeus, Greece
Carina S. González, Universidad de La Laguna, Spain
Hassan Barada, Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Danilo Garbi Zutin, CUAS, Villach, Austria
Peter Nágy, IEEE Region 8 Conferences Coordinator

Conference Chairs
Carina S, Gonzalez, Universidad de La Laguna, Spain
Manuel Castro, UNED Madrid, Spain
Martin Llamas, Unviersidad de Vigo, Spain

Technical Program Chairs
Edmundo Tovar, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid,
Spain
Arnold Pears, Uppsala University, Sweeden
Lorenzo Moreno, Universiadd de La Laguna, Spain


More information: http://www.educon-conference.org/current/
Contact: info@educon-conference.org