Citation
(2004), "EESD 2004 Engineering Education in Sustainable Development", International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, Vol. 5 No. 1. https://doi.org/10.1108/ijshe.2004.24905aaa.001
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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EESD 2004 Engineering Education in Sustainable Development
International Conference, Barcelona, 27-29 October 2003http://congress.cimne.upc.es/eesd2004
EESD will provide a platform for academics, policy and business makers, curriculum developers, researchers, students, NGO members over engineering education in sustainable development.
Engineering education at all levels, especially higher education for the training of decision-makers, researchers and teachers should be oriented towards sustainable development and foster environmentally aware attitudes, skills and behaviour patterns, as well as a sense of ethical responsibility. The purpose of this conference is to translate this aim into concrete targets that could help universities of technology to set objectives for reforming their educational programs.
The conference is divided into parallel workshops, preceded by introductory keynote lectures. The workshops are organised according to the following topics:
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Feasibility of technology for sustainable development.
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Society willingness to incorporate sustainable development and expectations from engineering education.
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Curricula changes for introducing sustainable development.
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Exchange and transfer of technology for sustainable development.
Submission deadlines
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Abstracts and workshop proposals should be submitted by 1 February 2004.
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Full articles should be submitted by 1 July 2004.
Organization
Universitat PolitÉcnica de Catalunya, SpainOrganizing Committee Chair: J. Bruno (UPC, Spain),D. Ferrer (UPC, Spain), K.F. Mulder (TUD, The Netherlands).