THE ASSOCIATION OF EUROPEAN CIVIL ENGINEERING FACULTIES
with the participation of Civil Engineering faculties from non-European countries
AECEF

ASCEND The 5th AECEF International Symposium at a glance Date: June 15 - 17, 2005     Venue: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Helsinki University of Technology (TKK), Espoo, Finland     Main theme: Civil Engineering Education in the Next Decade. Strategies for Education, Research, Innovation and Practice     Sub themes: Bologna Process in Civil Engineering Future Needs for Young Engineers Lifelong Learning Education in Civil Engineering Computer-Supported Teaching Requirements for Industry     Number of registered participants: 60 (participants from Austria, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Romania, Russian Federation, United Kingdom, Ukraine)   Number of papers presented: 37   Keynote lectures Keynote Lecture I: The Bologna Process and the Civil Engineering Education Perspectives in Europe. (Professor Alfredo Soeiro, President of SEFI, University of Porto, Portugal)   Keynote Lecture II: The Response of Civil Engineers to Actual Needs. (Professor Ján Bujňak, University of Žilina, Slovakia)   Keynote Lecture III: Continuous Professional Development Systems in Developing Countries. (Professor Shaopei Lin, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, People’s Republic of China)   Keynote Lecture IV: Changing Hopes of Construction Sector for Civil Engineering Education. (Mr Yrjö Matikainen, President of European Council of Civil Engineers, Helsinki, Finland)

CONTENTS:

• The 5^th AECEF Symposium on Civil Engineering in the Next Decade - ASCEND - Strategies for Education, Research, Innovation and Practice

• The 5^th AECEF International Symposium on Civil Engineering Education in the Next Decade - Keynote lecture I - The Bologna Process and the Civil Engineering Education Perspectives in Europe by Professor Alfredo Soeiro, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal, Academic Dean CE

• The 5^th AECEF International Symposium on Civil Engineering Education in the Next Decade - Session on Education in Civil Engineering - Constructivism in Construction: Postmodern Civil Engineering by Dr. Alan S.K. Kwan, Cardiff University, Cardiff, U.K.

• The Fifth AECEF General Assembly by Dr. Jiří Váška, AECEF Secretary-General