Event discusses the future of engineering education

Perspectives of Engineering Education in Brazil is the theme of the seminar that IEA's Innovation and Competitiveness Observatory (OIC) Research Group will promote on June 7 at 11 am in the institute's Event Room.

The seminar will discuss trends in the profile of engineers recruited by companies and research institutes in Brazil, and ongoing innovations in engineering education to meet the demand for this type of professional.

The exhibition will be in charge of Claudio Haddad, President of the Institute of Education and Research (Insper), and José Roberto Cardoso, Director of the Polytechnic School (Poli) of USP. The discussant will be Roberto Lobo, former Rector and current President of Lobo Institute for Development of Education, Science and Technology. Coordination will be on Mário Salerno, General Coordinator of the OIC.

Participants

Claudio Haddad is the President of the Institute of Education and Research (Insper) and of the Ibmec Group Council. Member of the Board of Directors of BM & FBovespa, Ideal Invest S.A., Unibanco Institute and Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein. Also a member of the Visiting Committee of Harvard Business School and chairman of Brazil Harvard Office's Council and of David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies.

José Roberto Cardoso is Professor and Director of Poli and Coordinator of the Laboratory of Applied Electromagnetism (LMAG) and of the Technologic Council of the Engineers' Union of São Paulo (Seesp). He is one of the founders of the Brazilian Society of Electromagnetism (SBMAG), of which he has been President for two terms.

Roberto Lobo is Managing Partner at Lobo & Associates Consulting and Participation and President of the Lobo Institute for Development of Education, Science and Technology.  He was USP's Rector from 1990 to 1993 and Director of the Institute of Chemistry and Physics of São Carlos, also an USP campus, of the Brazilian Center for Physic Researches and of CNPq.

Mário Salerno is Professor at the Department of Production Engineering of Poli.  He has specialized in Technology Innovation and Development at the University of Sussex, and conducted research at Politecnico de Milan, and at École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées (LATTS-ENPC). He has been Director of Industrial Development at ABDI and Director of Sector Studies of the Ipea.