Mon. Sep 2, 2013

CVC  P022 Meeting Room Conf. & Visitor Center
(close to Gate 4)
American Univ in Cairo
5th District - New Cairo

Industry Academia Workshop
WORKSHOP: SEP 2nd, 2013
APPLICATION DEADLINE: AUG 24th, 2013

EITESAL is holding this workshop for industrial representatives working in the Electronics domain and academia representatives in this domain to meet together with the purpose of enhancing the academic offering to meet the current industry needs. This event would be an opportunity for companies to present their profiles, their needs in terms of hiring as well as issues they are facing while recruiting new graduates. On the other hand academic representative will have an opportunity to present current curriculum as well as lab equipment and facilities they have. At the end the goal is to establish a first link between companies working in the Electronics domain and Academia. Eitesal will make use of all the data presented to bridge the gap between the industry and academia with an objective to enlarge the pool of industry professional to fulfill the industry needs


Call of participation (Companies)
Each company  will have to come prepared by filling the attached Company template which contains 4-5 slides introducing the company profile, job description and qualification needed, issues faced while hiring as well as previous and current cooperation with universities if any, suggestions for better linking industry to academia. Here is an example template.


Call of participation (Universities)
University representatives will have to fill the university template with 4-5 slides describing their current staff members for the Electronics field, curriculum used ( course name, description, no of hours), Graduation project samples, lab facilities and equipment, and finally contact of active student unions. Here is an example template.

Agenda

1. 09.30-10.00 - Registration 
   
2. 10.00-10.05 - Introduction/Opening about Eitesal Education initiative  
   
3. 10.05-12:00 - Company presentations (10 minutes for each company)
   
4. 12:00-12:30 -  Break
   
5. 12:30-14:30 - University presentations (10 minutes for each university)
6. 14:30-14:45 - Break
7. 14:45-15:00 - Wrap up and Conclusion