Slovenia: an Innovative Society without Engineers?

Engineering Academy of Slovenia (IAS) 2010 How to reach the aim of Slovenia being an innovative society, developing new value, basing on sustainable development, fostering national and intellectual property? Science and industry shell enable this with accelerated technological development. Science and technological development are the...

Engineering Academy of Slovenia (IAS) 2010 Slovenian Academy of Engineering has in 2008 analysed the development of high education in Slovenia and in 2009 published proposals of measures for the next period. Technological development must be of high importance and it must be a national...

Irish Academy of Engineering (IAE) 2010 The paper highlights the importance of Engineering Research to the future success of the Irish economy. The paper recommends that the overriding criterion for the Government’s research funding should be the impact of the research on the economy, in...

Royal Academy of Engineering (UK) (RAEng) 2010 This report was commissioned in 2008 by the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills – now the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills to identify how to increase the number of employable engineering graduates with the skills industry...

Danish Academy of Technical Sciences (ATV) 2010 Like in most western societies the Danish students in general are more interested in social sciences and in the arts than in technology and science. However, Denmark – like the rest of Europe – needs more scientists. To...

National Academy of Science and Engineering (acatech) 2011 At the latest with the onset of the financial crisis, the subject of economic growth and thus of value creation has come to the forefront of public interest. The sustained discussion about limited resources and demographic change...

National Academy of Science and Engineering (acatech) 2011 Many institutions, corporations, clubs, associations and individuals in Germany are committed to the promotion of young talent in science and engineering at this point. In particular in the extracurricular area, many projects and programs have emerged over...

National Academy of Technologies of France (NATF) 2011 Metallurgy, the science of metals and the technical disciplines concerned with the production, shaping and assembling of metals, is one of the major assets of European economy. The analysis in this book is, however, strictly limited to...

Royal Academy of Engineering (UK) (RAEng) 2012 In March 2011, the Baker-Dearing Trust in conjunction with Edge asked the Royal Academy of Engineering to identify the technical qualifications in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) that would be respected by the STEM community

Polish Academy of Sciences (PAN) 2012 Four dominant processes have shaped the contemporary vision of the world; the first process was the one to change the distribution of power in global economy. The traditional division between the wealthy North and the poor South requires dramatic...