International Seminar on the Education and Professional Development of Engineers in the Maritime Industry

14-15 November 2012, Southampton, UK

Kindly Sponsored by International Paints

 

Overview

The key to the future success of the maritime industry will be innovation in all aspects and sectors whether it is in research, design, construction or operations. And in an industry which is technologically led, such innovation will be provided by engineers who have the professional skills to meet the future demands and challenges. 

Such engineers will achieve the knowledge and understanding which underpins those professional skills while at university, and develop them through training and experience after graduation. But what are the particular skills required by different sectors of the maritime industry ­ commercial, naval, recreational, offshore, renewable energy? What are the interpersonal skills which engineers of the future will require to complement their technical skills? Are the universities and colleges adapting to deliver these skills? And what is the role of industry in enabling those skills to be developed?

Seminar Content

The Seminar will build on the success of the International Conference on the Education and Professional Development of Engineers in the Maritime Industry, held in 2011, and provide an interactive, but less formal forum for representatives of both industry and academia to present and discuss how those engineers of the future will achieve the knowledge, understanding and professional skills which the industry will need. The Seminar will examine the differences in the requirement and delivery of education, training and professional development in different sectors of the industry and in different countries, seeking to both learn and benefit from such differences. Given the lead time to provide professional engineers, the Seminar will also seek to identify the changes needed now to provide the engineers of the future.

The value of such a Seminar lies in the exchange of experience, views and discussion between the stakeholders of this vitally important subject. Therefore, in order to involve as many participants as possible, the Seminar will consist of a number of presentations and panel discussions.