1. promote action and interaction among leaders of engineering education societies, industry, and governments worldwide
   
   
2. promote collaboration through sharing best practices and results of initiatives and discussing how they can be adopted/adapted
   
   
3. promote member participation by inviting action proposals from member organizations to be discussed in roundtable discussions. The primary subject will be inviting member collaboration and consideration for future IFEES-sponsored initiatives

The Summit's main sessions are organized according to IFEES' areas of focus:

• Engineering Education Infrastructure - Includes initiatives for development of engineering faculty, curriculum and academic leadership, and promotion of globally recognized quality and accreditation
  
  
• Research & Development and Entrepreneurship: Includes initiatives for integrating research experiences across the engineering education pipeline, promoting entrepreneurship and technology transfer, and excellence through creation and enhancement of Ph.D. programs
  
  
• Student Attraction and Success: Includes initiatives focused on increasing the visibility of engineering as a profession, improving retention, participation of women and underrepresented populations, promoting student mobility worldwide, and promoting collaborative and joint degree programs
  
  
• Lifelong Learning: Includes initiatives focused on promoting continuing education opportunities

The main sessions will include:

• World Bank Workshop: A five hour interactive workshop developed by the World Bank Institute in collaboration with IFEES and industry, designed to provide the basis for effective collaboration to develop knowledge-based economies. The facilitators of the event will be IFEES President-elect Lueny Morell and World Bank Institute representatives
  
  
• Interactive Panels: Three 75 to 90 minute panels organized by strategic focus area. Beginning with a five minute introduction by the moderator followed by 2-3 short eight to ten minute presentations of multi-national initiatives followed by further comments, questions and answers to the remaining panelists and interaction with the audience. The goal is to disseminate best practices and invite dialogue and further adoption and collaboration

Examples of initiatives that will be featured in the panels:

• Indo-US Collaboration on Engineering Education (IUCEE): This IFEES-sponsored initiative brings together the World Bank, National Academy of Engineering, leaders of engineering education, industry and government representatives from India and the US to address four strategic areas through a Indo-US Summer Faculty Leadership Institute of 23 Train-the-Trainer seminars to be offered in May-July, 2008 at the Infosys Campus in Mysore, India
  
  
• Global Engineering Deans Council: With the backdrop of globalization and rapid technological advancements, there is a heightened expectation for engineering colleges to help respective economies grow and sustain societies. This IFEES-sponsored initiative has created a new international forum to discuss the varied challenges and opportunities faced by engineering colleges around the world and to network and forge collaborations among engineering education institutions. The Executive Committee has been formed and will meet in May in Paris. Expectations are to have the first full meeting of the GEDC in early 2009
  
  
• Prototype Engineering Accreditation System for the Caribbean and Panama: This International Development Bank-funded initiative brings together several Caribbean nations and Panama to explore creating a prototype accreditation system for engineering programs in these nations
  
  
• Student Platform for Engineering Education Development (SPEED): IFEES and ASEE have been working with global engineering student leaders to create this new student organization

The Second IFEES Summit will also include:

• Round Tables: Parallel roundtable discussions organized by strategic focus area will feature initiatives proposed by IFEES members inviting collaboration or requesting IFEES-sponsorship, and discussion of an action plan for the strategic area. These round tables are led by IFEES Vice Presidents, who will present reports to the IFEES Assembly on October 20.
  
  
• The IFEES Assembly of Members: Reports from the President and the Vice Presidents will be presented and the elections for Executive Committee will be held.
  
  
• Keynote Dinner Speaker: Prof. Konrad Osterwalder, Rector of the University of the United Nations in Tokyo and former Rector of Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich has accepted the invitation to speak at the October 19 dinner. Prof. Osterwalder is currently President of UNITECH International, a collaborative initiative between seven European technical universities and more than twenty internationally active corporate partners.