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176 EDUCATING THE ENGINEER OF 2020

9:30 Keynote Address
Engineering Education in the 21st Century:
An Industry View
Nicholas Donofrio, Senior Vice President,
Technology and Manufacturing, IBM

SESSION V: CHAIR, G. Wayne Clough

10:10 Team Reports with Q&A
Teams will present their proposed strategies and action
agendas to the full assembly. The audience will have an
opportunity to critique and react to the proposals.

11:25 BREAK—Teams move to breakout rooms
11:40 Breakout Sessions—same meeting rooms

Breakout teams meet to create action plans considering
feedback from the full assembly.

C. Creating an Action Plan
Prepare a plan to make the three most important
immediate changes and the three most important
near-term changes identified in step B above. Keep in
mind the constraints the team has agreed upon in
step B.3 above. The action plans should include
short- and medium-term milestones as needed,
metrics to assess and evaluate the impact of the
recommended changes, and mechanisms for feedback
and continuous improvement. Consider the
questions below as the details of the plan are
developed.

12:00 p.m. Lunch (working lunch served in breakout rooms)

1:30 Plenary Session—AUDITORIUM
Teams present their action plans.

2:45 Closing Remarks (Clough, Wulf)

3:00 Adjourn

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