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Spanish Chapter of the IEEE Education Society. Edmundo Tovar etovar@fi.upm.es Spanish Chapter Chair. http://www.ieec.uned.es/ES/. IEEE Region 8 Education Society Chapters Chair Meeting. Belgrade 15-16 Oct. 2006. Outline. Brief History How are we organized? Current results
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Spanish Chapter of theIEEE Education Society Edmundo Tovar etovar@fi.upm.es Spanish Chapter Chair http://www.ieec.uned.es/ES/ IEEE Region 8 Education Society Chapters Chair Meeting Belgrade 15-16 Oct. 2006
Outline • Brief History • How are we organized? • Current results • An assessment of the current situation • Proposals for this meeting
Brief History • Spanish Chapter of the IEEE Education Society • Mission: a place where professionals from companies and universities work and share goals of the IEEE ES • Constitution: March 2004 • First Board (2004-2006) • Current Board (2006-2008)
How are we organized? • Board (2006-2008): • Chairman - Edmundo Tovar (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid) • Past-Chairman - Manuel Castro (UNED) • Vice-Chairman – Gabriel Díaz (UNED) • Secretary - José Ángel Sánchez (I. E. Sec. Juan Antonio Castro - Talavera de la Reina) • Treasurer - Francisco Mur (UNED) • Coordinator Comité Técnico, Acreditación y Evaluación - Martín Llamas (Universidad de Vigo) • Coordinador del Grupo de Trabajo en Laboratorios Virtuales y Remotos – Manuel Domínguez (Universidad de Valladolid) • Coordinator Comité de Actividades, Diseminación y Web - Francisco Jurado (Universidad de Jaén) • Coordinator Comité de Miembros y Relación con Otras Asociaciones y Entidades - Francisco Arcega (Universidad de Zaragoza) • Coordinadores del Grupo de Trabajo en Relaciones con Empresa – Inmaculada Plaza (Universidad de Zaragoza en Teruel) y Francisco Falcone (Telefónica Móviles y Universidad Pública de Navarra)
Our Web site • http://www.ieec.uned.es/ES/
Current Results • Meetings • Technical: At least 4 by year • Presence in Conferences in Engineering Education Spain (national and international)
Publications • Electronic bulletin of the Chapter • 4 numbers by year • html y PDF • News and activities in Spanish language • Links to Congresses • Companies of this sector • Submission electronically to members
Projects • Spanish Thematic Network (Coordinator: Martín Llamas) • Electronic Journal RITAhttp://webs.uvigo.es/cesei/RITA/en/ • Awards to the best grade projects and Thesis • Electronic encyclopedia • Publication of the best experiences • Adapting experiences to ects in technical teachings (Coordinator: Edmundo Tovar) • http://marina.ls.fi.upm.es/ects/
An assessment of the current situation • Strengths • Organization based in Committees and working groups • Positive evolution of number of members • Good answer in previous initiatives • Committees Plans ambitious • Sources to obtain funds: Spanish Ministry • Synergy with IEEE ES • Weakness • Members are not in general proactive • There is not financial autonomy • Risks derived of the ambitious plans. Maybe we are not completely prepared
An assessment of the current situation • Threats • Holding the interest of members • Multiple Associations • Opportunities • The role that European Associations are playing
Proposals to this meeting • To easy the collaboration among the R8 chapters • To stress the presence in FIE • Do we have the capacity to do it? • Synergy with European Associations • SEFI • IGIP • EAEEIE: There is general agreement. Which can of projects? • Status legal (Fanny Klett)