Upcoming event & CfP

ECQA Days 2016

The ECQA Days 2016 will take place in Graz, this time, they are organised as an integrated associated event of EuroAsiaSPI 2016, from 14.-16. September 2016.

Specific sessions of EuroSPI 2016 will be marked as ECQA sessions, see here... Contributions from ECQA will focus on key European qualifications needed to empower an innovative working environment and also new skills currently needed in industry for innovation and improvement.

CALL for PAPERS

Papers shall

• address case studies where specific skills have been applied for improving and innovating companies.
• describe core competencies needed in industry to maintain leadership in innovation and engineering.

Topics

• Innovation and Communication
• Innovation
• Exnovation
• Diversity
• Social Skills
• Learning Strategies
• Engineering Aspects
• Functional safety
• Integrated Design
• Quality Design
• Management aspects
• Project management
• Quality Alliances and Networks

Submission procedure

Papers are submitted as a EuroSPI industry track paper. The same submission dates apply. First Paper Submission until 08.04.2016.

Papers submitted shall carry a title preceded with ECQA (e.g. ECQA Functional Safety Design Skills in Automotive).

Review Committee
Chair: Michael Reiner, Univ. of Applied Sciences Krems, Austria
Contributions will be reviewed by an international group of experts:

Andreas Riel, Grenoble INP, France
Jørn Johansen, DELTA, Denmark
Tomas Schweigert, SQS, Germany
Klaudia Dussa Zieger, Methodpark, Germany
Risto Nevalainen, SPINET, Finland
Tomi Rozman, BICERO, Slovenia
Janos Ivanyos, Trusted Business Partners, Hungary
Damjan Ekert, ISCN, Austria
Blanca Nájera, Termnet, Austria
Andrea Fenz, Skills International, Austria
Miklos Biro, SCCH, Austria
Ricardo Colomo Palacios, Carlos III University Madrid, Spain
Elli Georgiadou, Middlesex University, UK
Richard Messnarz, ISCN, Ireland
Gabriele Sauberer, Termnet, Austria