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UNI Global Union Engineers’ Conference
24-26October 2017 in Philadelphia, USA
Agenda
Tuesday 24October
14.00 – 18.00 – UNI Engineers’ Regional Network meetings
(UNI Africa, UNI Americas, UNI Asia-Pacific, andUNI Europa)
18.00 – 20.00 – Welcome drinks reception andUNI World Engineers’ Awards 2017
Informal socializing event between participants(sponsored by UNI P&M)
Ulf Bengtsson, Sveriges Ingenjörer (Sweden) and President, UNI Global P&M, to recognize the work of engineering trade unions and associations in 4categories:
• Engineer Campaign Award: promoting professional standards or recognition of engineers
• Engineer Union InnovationAward: finding new ways to unionise and represent members
• Engineer Union Organising Award: building members’ power through organising to win
• Engineer Equality Award: reaching out to raise participation of under-represented groups
Wednesday 25October
08:00 – 09:00 – Registration
09:00 – 09:30 – Opening Remarks and Welcome
•Ulf Bengtsson, Sveriges Ingenjörer (Sweden) and President, UNI Global P&M
• Ed Mooney, Vice President, Communication Workers of America (USA)
•Prof.Keya Sadeghipour, Dean, Engineering Faculty, Temple University (USA)
09:30 – 11:00 – Plenary A: Future of Work – where the engineering jobs of tomorrow
will be and how we prepare for them today
Many experts agree that workers at all levels will be affected by the disruptive nature of the digital economy, yet little voice has been given to the needs of engineers. How will the future of work look for professional engineers?
Moderator: Silvana Palmeira, FISENGE Union(Brazil)
• Sian Morson – CEO, Kollective Mobile – (USA)
• Ramesh Bhutekar, President, Mumbai Municipal Engineers' Union (India)
• UlrikaLindstrand– President,Sveriges Ingenjörer(Sweden)
Followed by Q&A
11:00 – 11:15 – Coffee break and Conference Photo
11:15 – 12:15 – Group Work A: Future of Work – where the engineering jobs of
tomorrow will be and how we prepare for them today
12:15 – 13:15 – Lunch
13:15 – 14:45 – Plenary B: Access to Quality Engineering Education and Skills
Constant up- and reskilling will be necessary for engineers to remain employable. How do we make re- and upskilling an important and strong bargaining issue in favour of engineers’ employability?
Moderator: Pav Akhtar, Director of UNI Global UnionProfessionals(Switzerland)
• Dr. Michael Auer – International Association of Online Engineering (Ireland) –Online engineering education: a global challenge for skills
• Jamie Bracey– Director of STEM Education, Outreach and Research, Temple University (USA) – Skills and training
•Stella Tapsoba – FESBACI (Burkina Faso) and UNI Africa P&M President– Role of unions in upskilling engineers
• Faraz Khan –Director of Research, International Federation of Professional & Technical Engineers (USA)
Followed by Q&A
14:45 – 15:00 – Coffee break
15:00 – 16:00 – Group Work B: Access to Quality Engineering Education and Skills
16:00 – 17:00 – Site visitto Temple University Science, Tech Engineering building
17:00 – 18:30 –Philadelphia bus tour (sponsored by UNI P&M)
Thursday 26 October
09:00 – 09:15 – Welcome
- Ulf Bengtsson, Sveriges Ingenjörer (Sweden) and President, UNI Global P&M
09:15 – 10:45 – Plenary C: Collective Power in the New World of Work: Platforms,
Data, and Intellectual Property
How do we reinvent the role of engineer trade unions in a world of work where power accrues to platforms, collective data augments ‘intelligence’ and incentives to invent are diminishing? How do engineer trade unions effectively recruit, organize, and bargain in this new world of work? What will be the role and position of trade unions towards the self-employed, SME startups and platform workers?
Moderator:Ian Chan Hodges, President, Ingenuity Underwriters (USA)
• Isabelle Fleurence, Head of Postal Sector,FO-Com Union (France)
- Hare Ram Shrestha, President, Nepal Engineers’ Association (Nepal)
• John Connolly, President Em. AmericanFederation of TV Radio Artists (USA)
Followed by Q&A
10:45 – 11:00 – Coffee break
11:00 – 12:00 – Group Work C: Collective Power in the New World of Work
12:00 – 13:00 – Lunch
13.00 – 14.30 – Plenary D:Diversifying the Engineering Workforce of the Future
The noise and numbers are prompting change around the world: Intel put $300minto its‘Diversity in Technology’initiative to train and recruit women and under-represented minorities, hoping to achieve ‘full representation’ by 2020. In New Zealand and Portugal, women earn 50% of science and engineering PhDs, and a global benchmarking studyfound that use of legislative policies to supportSTEM access for all put Brazil top in women’s participation in tech and innovation. There are promising solutions in orbit but how do we connect the dots?
Moderator: Jayasri Priyalal, Director of Professionals, UNI Asia & Pacific Region(Singapore)
• Silvia Casalino–Space Engineer,Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (National Space Agency)and CFDT Cadres (France)
• Palpasa Tuladhar Kansakar– Telecom Engineer, Nepal Telecom Union (Nepal)
• Jamie Bracey –Director of STEM Education, Outreach and Research,Temple University(USA)
Followed by Q&A
14.30 – 14.45 – Coffee break
14:45 – 15:45 – Group work D: Diversifying the Engineering Workforce of the Future
15.45 – 16.00 –The Road to Liverpooland UNI World Congress – Closing Remarks
• Pav Akhtar, Director ofUNI Global UnionProfessionals(Switzerland)
• Ulf Bengtsson, Sveriges Ingenjörer (Sweden) and President, UNI Global P&M
16:00 – 18:30 – Site visit to Philadelphia engineering business facility
18:30 – End of Conference
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