ATE-CON 2009

第一届全国高级技术教育会议(ATE-CON)将于2009年夏天举行。在NSF的支持下，该项目正在催化这一联合ATE中心的努力，并显著扩大ATE计划的影响。会议的愿景是与教育合作伙伴和行业合作，将ATE中心和项目定位为美国新劳动力的指导力量。ATE-CON旨在成为一个自给自足的会议，在这里，教授技术人员和技术人员自己去更新技能和知识。这次会议是ATE中心和项目的主要传播媒介，其他人(ATE社区以外的)更多地了解ATE计划、其资助的中心和项目、计划的目标和资助机会。业界正在通过重点内容研讨会、赞助、演讲者和跨学科的技术演示来提供支持。17个现有的ATE中心正在合作制定会议计划，包括为期两天的会前技术和教育讲习班、短期课程和参观，然后是为期两天的会议会议。第二个工作坊日和第一个会议日以技术人员为重点。学术价值：通过强调融合的技术和交叉学科，会议设计确保了重大的知识价值。这次会议为教职员工提供了一个独特的机会，让他们在自己的领域和相关领域获得知识和技术经验。此外，会议是教育和行业合作的独特场所，以定义和确定确保劳动力竞争力所需的知识、技能和能力。更广泛的影响：这次会议有很强的潜力吸引来自ATE选区以外的与会者，特别是来自工业界的与会者。现有ATE中心之间的这种独特合作直接扩大了ATE制作的材料和服务的受众，重要的是为合作努力开辟了新的场所，并吸引了潜在的新受赠者参加该计划。

The first national conference on Advanced Technological Education (ATE) called ATE-CON is being held in the summer of 2009. With support from NSF, this project is catalyzing this joint ATE center effort and significantly broadening the impact of the ATE program. The vision for the conference is to position ATE centers and projects, in collaboration with education partners and industry, as the guiding force for the new American workforce. ATE-CON is designed to become a self-sustaining conference where both faculty who teach technicians and technicians themselves go to update skills and knowledge. This conference is a major dissemination vehicle for ATE centers and projects where others (outside of the ATE community) become more aware of the ATE program, its funded centers and projects, the program's goals, and funding opportunities. Industry is providing support through focused content workshops, sponsorships, speakers, and cross-disciplinary technical presentations. Seventeen existing ATE centers are collaborating on the conference program development, which consists of two days of pre-conference technical and educational workshops, short courses, and tours, followed by two days of conference sessions. The second workshop day and the first conference day are technician focused. Intellectual Merit: The conference design ensures significant intellectual merit though an emphasis on the converging technologies and cross-cutting disciplines. The conference provides a unique opportunity for faculty to gain knowledge and technical experience in their own and related fields. Additionally, the conference is a unique venue for education and industry collaboration to define and identify the knowledge, skills, and abilities needed to ensure workforce competitiveness. Broader Impact: The conference has the strong potential to attract participants from outside of the ATE constituency and, in particular, from industry. This unique collaboration among existing ATE centers directly expands the audience for ATE produced materials and services and importantly open new venues for collaborative efforts, as well as attracting potential new grantees to the program.