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Human Values, Ethics and Engineering
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Tuesday, March 2nd 2010
09.00 - 11.30
Attendees reception – Meeting Point
(Auditorium Hall – Gaudí Lounge)
12.00 - 13.00
Official opening (Auditorium)
• Ms. M
a
Jesús Prieto, President of WFEO and of the Conference
• Mr. José Luis Marín, President of ENDESA-RED
• Mr. Antoni Siurana, President of the Advisory Council of Victoriano Muñoz Oms Chair
• Mr. Miquel Barceló, Sustainability Commissioner UPC
• And high representatives of Public Administration
• And with the attendance of the members of the Executive Board of WFEO
13.00 - 13.45
Initial Conference (Auditorium)
Engineering and culture of “no”. “Not in my backyard”
• Mr. Barry Grear, Former President of WFEO
13.45 - 15.00
Lunch (Gaudí Lounge)
15.00 - 15.45
General Conference (Auditorium)
Tensions between the knowledge of experts, society and politics
• Mr. Antón Costas, President of the Advisory Council of ENDESA in Catalonia
15.45 - 16.30
Round table for oral communications (Auditorium)
Ethics, engineering, enterprise and administration I
• Mr. Carlos Campuzano, Member of Parliament
• Mr. Anthony Marjoram, Chief of the Division of Science and Technology UNESCO. Moderator
• Mr. Javier Pablo Ainchil, FCC Construcción
• Mr. Josep M
a
Romero, Philosophy Professor (UB)
16.30 - 16.45
Coffee-break (Gaudí Lounge)
16.45 - 18.30
Round thematic table (Auditorium)
Women and engineering. Other looks, other views, other attitudes?
• Ms. Anna Mercadé, Observatory “Women, economy and enterprise”. Moderator
• Ms. Pilar Almagro, General Manager of VERTISUB
• Ms. Elena Fernández, UPC – President of Women Mathematics
• Ms. Malysa Martin, French engineer at AUTELIC
• Ms. Emma Vigo, ISUNO engineer
18.30 - 19.00
Transfer by bus to La Pedrera
19.00 - 21.00
Guided and commented visit to Science Museum of Barcelona
“Illusion and Science” exhibition
21.30
Return by bus to La Pedrera
Wednesday, March 3rd 2010
09.15 - 10.00
Meeting Point (Gaudí Lounge)
10.00 - 10.45
General Conference (Auditorium)
Ethical conduct of Japanese engineers
• Mr. Ishii Yumio, President of the Committee on Disaster Prevention (WFEO)
10.45 - 11.15
Coffee-break (Gaudí Lounge)
11.15 - 12.00
General Conference (Auditorium)
Impact of information and communication technologies on ethics and human values
in society
• Mr. Sam Kundishora, President of the Engineers Forum of Africa
12.00 - 13.00
Tematic dialogues (Auditorium)
Engineering at the service of cooperation for human development
• Mr. Carlos Mataix, Technical University of Madrid
• Ms. Ana Romero, Technical University of Madrid
• Mr. Daniel López, Centre of Cooperation for Development (UPC). Moderator
13.00 - 13.45
General Conference (Auditorium)
The challenge of technoethics in front of the crisis of postmodernity
• Mr. José M
a
Galván, Professor at Università della Santa Croce
13.45 - 15.00
Lunch (Gaudí Lounge)
15.00 - 16.15
Round table for oral communications (Auditorium)
Ethics, engineering, enterprise and administration II
• Mr. Anthony Marjoram, Chief of the Section of Science and Technology UNESCO
• Mr. David Gallegos, Applus Chair of Automotive Security
• Mr. Rubén López, Association of Naval and Oceanic Engineers of Spain
• Mr. Alejandro Marín, Association of Civil Engineers of Valencia
• Ms. Marta Mas Machuca, Dep. Of Companies Organisations, UPC
• Mr. Pere Ruiz, Institut Químic de Sarrià
16.15 - 17.00
General Conference (Auditorium)
Biodiversity, technology and ethics in the struggle against hunger. The role of engineers
• Mr. José Esquinas, Director of the Chair of Hunger and Poverty
17.00 - 17.15
Coffee-break (Gaudí Lounge)
17.15 - 18.00
Round thematic table (Auditorium)
Dilemma about the application of new biotechnologies
• Mr. José María Gil, Centre of Research in Agricultural Economy and Development
18.00 - 19.00
Official Closing Ceremony (Auditorium)
• Mr. Agustí Pérez, Assistant of the Vice-rector of Academical Politic
• Mr. Miquel Essomba, Director of UNESCO Centre in Catalonia
• Mr. Lluís Calvo, Institutional Coordinator of CSIC in Catalonia
• Mr. Josep Ferrer, Speaker of the Conference
• Mr. Jaume Fabregat, Secretary of the Conference
Thursday, March 4th 2010
09.00 - 09.30
Access to e-mural, audiovisuals, exhibitions (UPC Lounge)
09.30 - 10.15
Initial Conference (UPC Conference Hall)
Listen, think and serve leading people in XXI century
• Mr. Teófilo del Pozo, Former General Secretary of SECOT
10.15 - 12.00
Round thematic table (UPC Conference Hall)
Training in values and attitudes for engineering
A. General views, oriented to aims
- Mr. Vito Cardone, President of the Directors of Engineering Schools (Italy)
- Mr. Julio Lumbreras, Assistant Social Resp., Technical Superior School of Civil Engineers
of Madrid
- Mr. Francesc Roure, Director of the School of Industrial Engineers of Barcelona
B. Particular views, oriented to methodologies
- Ms. Núria Salan, Academic Coordinator “Research and Innovation in pedagogic methods” UPC
- Ms. Maria José Pérez, Responsible for the Programme of Training of the Teaching Staff UPC
- Ms. Natalia Álvarez, CSR Projects, Technical University of Madrid
- Ms. Elena Cano, Project on evaluation of competences and web 2.0
- Ms. Samia Jones, A&M Texas University of Qatar
12.00 - 12.30
Coffee-break (UPC Lounge)
12.30 - 13.15
Final Conference (UPC Conference Hall)
Education in values in university
• Mr. José María Fluxá, President of the Water Forum
13.15 - 14.00
Conclusions and final act (UPC Conference Hall)
• Speaker of the session of the Conference
• Mr. Jaume Fabregat, Secretary of the Conference
Sr. Jaume Fabregat
catedra.vmo@upc.edu
Phone:
+ 34 93 401 17 14
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+ 34 93 405 41 02