Call for Papers
Special Session – "Entrepreneurship in Engineering Education" (EiEE)

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Focus

The 2nd edition of the Special Session Entrepreneurship in Engineering Education 2017 (EiEE’17) aims to promote the discussion of goals and experiences to reinforce entrepreneurial education at engineering educational institutions (colleges, universities). The organizers are members of the Austrian Federal Working Group "Entrepreneurship for Engineers" (EfE).

The EiEE17 session aims to provide a platform to discuss the following questions:

• What are the specifics in entrepreneurship for the educational systems of engineers?
• Which content should be taught? Which teaching/learning methods should be applied?
• What do all the initiatives of the EC, etc… mean for the education of engineers?
• Which experiences can be shared within the IGIP community?
• Which role can and/or should IGIP perform?

The goal is to establish an international network of "Entrepreneurship Education for Engineers".

Topics of Interest

Contributions regarding:

• educational goals
• educational contents & approaches
• best-practice examples
• national, European & international initiatives and projects
• funding programs in the fields of entrepreneurship & innovation management for engineers
• challenges for the teacher's role in Entrepreneurship Education (What makes a good entrepreneurial teacher?)

Types of Contributions

• Presentation (duration 12 to 15 minutes)
• Workshop (max. duration 20 to 25 minutes)
• Poster Exhibition

Submission – Proceedings – Indexing

Articles submitted to EiEE’17 will follow the Conference Submission System: http://icl-conference.org/icl2017/paper_preparation.php

Important Dates

Program Committee (tbc)

• Jürgen Jantschgi: juergen.jantschgi@htl-wolfsberg.at
• Johann Persoglia: johann.persoglia@htl-wolfsberg.at
• Wolfgang Pachatz: Wolfgang.Pachatz@bmb.gv.at
• Gabriele Schachinger: mailto:gschachinger@tgm.ac.at