International University Exchange Programme for Young Engineers 2009

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1 Purpose

This programme aims at providing the future engineers the opportunity to learn and discuss issues related to technology, environment, society, and ethics in a global context to help students work more effectively in an world without borders. This programme brings together students and academics from different countries.

2 Programme outline

The programme offers a number of activities including lectures, a workshop, an industrial visit, home stays and other cultural acitivites. International University Exchange Programme for Young Engineers 2009 is hosted by Toyohashi University of Technology and invites students and academics from Indonesia and Vietnam. This year programme focuses on Possibilities of ICT (Information and Communication Technology) for the environmental problems. Therefore, participants will engage in an intercultural dialogue and the exchange of ideas about the role of science and technology and ICT in particular in promoting sustainable societies. The diversity of the participants also facilitates the discussion of social and cultural factors in these socio-technical areas.

3 Lectures and workshop activities

Lectures and workshop activities will be held on Tuesday and Thursday. Student participation will be coordinated in all these events. On Friday, students will present their views and conclusions they developed during the week.

Lecture / Workshop Title	Speaker
Information and Communication Technology (ICT) for the environment, by the environment, with the environment	Yoshiteru Ishida (Professor of Knowledge-based Information Engineering)
Japanese cases to establish the Sound Material-Cycle Society	Naohiro Goto (Associate Professor in the department of Ecological Engineering)
Moral responsibility in the era of computers and new technologies	Rafael Batres (Associate Professor in the department of Production Systems Engineering)

4 Student participation

Students will have a preparation period in which they review basics about the environment and ICT before coming to Japan. This preparation is required in order to get an active participation along the programme and particularly during the two lectures and the workshop.

After the lectures, students will be organized into groups of four to six students who will exchange ideas in order to understand the nature and impact of environmental problems and to provide possible solutions. Each participant is required to select three environmental problems from the list below and submit this selection to the organizers. The organizers will do their best in accommodating the participants into groups that meet their interests.

Below is the list of environmental problems and a number of support materials hosted by Japanese agencies. The participants are free to use similar resources provided by their local institutions.

Environmental problems

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