The Congress


 

Welcome to the WCETE’2004 – World Congress on Engineering and Technology Education that will be held in Guarujá/Santos, Brazil from March 14 to March 17, 2004. The Theme of the Congress: "Engineering Education in the Changing Society". The changing in world work market of the so-called post-industrial society, with its new neo liberal policies and with the emerging services industry all thanks to the advancement of science and technology pushing education institutions and enterprises to redesign the educational programs to form the professional for present time prepared to face the future.

 

It is not an easy task taking into account the high speedy that new technologies are inserted in the human being day by day, principally in the areas of engineering, telecommunications and computing, which demands to the educational area a great agility.

 

WCETE’2004 is a congress that unites a public interested in the last acquisitions of science and technology and that counts with the best world specialists of the area, politicians committed with the fight for the development of the countries, universities, researchers, and research institutes forming a fertile environment for the exchanging of information about big issues related to the necessities and interests of engineering and technology education between the several parts of the world.

 

Because of its characteristics of being a forum for information exchange and the knowledge of recent development of education betterment in the several areas of engineering and technology the congress will generate many opportunities for interchange and technological training world wide.

 

An international review board will evaluate submitted papers.

 

The host is Catholic University of Santos – UNISANTOS.

 

    Hoping to count on your presence in WCETE’2004, in Brazil.

 

Prof. Dr. CLAUDIO DA ROCHA BRITO
General Chair