1. IMPROVING BUSINESS PROCESSES THROUGH HIGHER EDUCATION INDUSTRY COLLABORATION: NETWORKING TOUR OF THE NORTHERN ALBERTA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY’S SHELL MANUFACTURING CENTRE
Facilitators/Hosts: The Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT)
Date: Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Times (Duration): 8:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. (4.5 hours)
Transportation: 8:30 a.m. Departure from MacEwan Residence
Location: NAIT (11762 - 106 Street)
Language of presentation: English
Cost: USD $20
The NAIT Shell Manufacturing Centre’s mission is “To assist Alberta Organizations in the improvement of their business processes by providing productivity solutions using both time tested and innovative technology, manufacturing expertise, and practical education”. This organization strives toward their mission with two divisions, Productivity Enhancement Services and Manufacturing Solutions. Both divisions work directly with local businesses with more than 300 managers and business leaders attending their sessions every month. The NAIT Shell Manufacturing Centre will be providing an overview and tour of the Centre as well as a hands-on introduction to industrial robots. Attendees will not only see some of their automation systems in action, but will learn how to teach and program the robots as well. Lunch will be provided to participants.
2. NETWORKING VISIT TO EDMONTON’S WASTE MANAGEMENT CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE: A UNIQUE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN HIGHER EDUCATION AND THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTORS.
Facilitators/Hosts: The City of Edmonton’s Waste Management Centre of Excellence
Date: Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Times (Duration): 8:30 a.m.-12.30p.m (4 hours)
Location: Edmonton’s Waste Management Centre (13111 Meridian (1st) Street NE)
Language of presentation: English
Cost: USD $20
The City of Edmonton’s Waste Management Centre, situated on a 233-hectare site in the City’s northeast, encompasses an integrated assembly of state-of-the-art facilities for solid waste management. This includes the largest composting facility of its type in North America, a Materials Recovery Facility for sorting recyclables, an integrated processing and transfer facility, a leachate treatment facility, an electronics waste recycling facility and a landfill gas plant that generates sufficient energy to power 4600 homes. Canada’s first waste-to-biofuels facility for municipal waste is also under construction at the site. These facilities, combined with efficient waste collection systems and community engagement, enable the City of Edmonton to divert up to 60% of residential waste from landfill. The diversion rate will increase to 90% when the Biofuels Facility is fully operational in 2015. This full-scale municipal operation forms a dynamic “living laboratory” that makes it distinct as a Centre for applied research and training. The City of Edmonton’s facilities are part of The Edmonton Waste Management Centre of Excellence, a unique partnership between the City, the University of Alberta, Alberta Innovates, EPCOR, and the private sector. The Centre of Excellence is focused on research, technology demonstration and knowledge sharing in solid waste and wastewater treatment.
3. COMPREHENSIVE INTERNATIONALIZATION: FROM PLANNING TO ACTION
Date: Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Times (Duration): 8:30 a.m. -12:00 p.m. (3.5 hours)
Location: MacEwan University, room TBD
Language of presentation: English
Cost: USD $60
Institutions are under continuous pressure to adapt and change their environments to better suit the needs of an increasingly diverse student body while maintaining and strengthening quality. As the proportion of international students on many higher education campuses increases, institutions seeking to attract them redouble their efforts. Many are in the process of developing an internationalization strategy. How can we design an internationalization strategy that is “comprehensive” and which ensures a desirable relationship with core institutional values and mission? In this workshop we will discuss comprehensive internationalization strategies, with a focus on moving from their theoretical development at the discourse level to the implementation phase in which comprehensive internationalization becomes an inclusive culture shift that permeates the daily considerations and operations of institutions.
Facilitators/Hosts:
Professor John Hudzik, Former Vice-President of Global Engagement, Michigan State University, United States
Professor John K Hudzik is past President and Chair of the Board of Directors of NAFSA, Association of International Educators and also past President of the Association of International Education Administrators (AIEA). For nearly 15 years, from 1995, he was Dean of International Studies and Programs at Michigan State University (MSU) and then Vice President for Global Engagement and Strategic Projects at MSU. He was Acting University Provost and Vice-President of Academic Affairs at MSU in 2005. He has served on numerous international policy and advisory boards related to international development, regional and language studies, internationalisation of higher education, and education abroad; he is a frequently-invited commentator and speaker at national and international conferences on the direction of global higher education, and publishes frequently on these topics. He is recipient of a number of national awards for his scholarly work in judicial systems and in international education. Professor Hudzik is also an internationally recognized scholar and consultant on judicial reform and judicial administration and Professor of Criminal Justice. He is the author of numerous books, monographs and articles on both international education and judicial administration and a member of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences and the National Association of State Judicial Educators, NAFSA, AIEA, The European Association of International Educators and the Asia Pacific Association of International Education.
Francisco Marmolejo, Former Executive Director, CONAHEC and Coordinator of Tertiary Education, The World Bank
Francisco Marmolejo currently serves as coordinator of the tertiary education department at the World Bank. He is also the former Executive Director of the Consortium for North American Higher Education Collaboration (CONAHEC), a network of more than 160 colleges and universities mostly from Canada, the U.S. and Mexico, headquartered at the University of Arizona where he also served as Assistant Vice President for Western Hemispheric Programs. Previously, he was an ACE Fellow at the University of Massachusetts, and Academic Vice President at UDLA in Mexico. He has consulted for universities and governments in various parts of the world.
