Early-bird registration for the CDIO 2012 Conference closed on Saturday the 05th May.
Regular registration are now open. Please see the Registration page for more details on fees and inclusions.
Accommodation can also be booked as part of the registration process. Information on the hotels being offered, can be found on the accommodation page. Accommodation is filling fast so make sure you book soon.
Earlybird Registration for the CDIO 2012 Conference is closing in 1 week: 05 May 2012.
Please see Registration for more details on fees and inclusions. Information on applying for a Visa to visit Australia can be found here.
Accommodation can be booked as part of the registration process. Information on the conference hotels on offer, can be found at Accommodation.
The conference organisers will be releasing part of the conference room blocks at this time also. If you require accommodation and would like to receive our special conference rates, please book your registration promptly, as these rates and availability cannot be guaranteed after this date.
Paper submission – Without Peer Review – has now been extended until Monday 07 May 2012.
The 2012 CDIO Academy welcomes our future generations of engineers and invites submissions from High School and University student teams.
This year’s CDIO Academy project theme is “New generations and engineering needs in a social context”. For example, these contexts may be energy, communication or education. The project may be a product, process or system.
Students are invited to submit team projects to the CDIO Academy competition as part of the 8th International CDIO Conference in Brisbane, Australia. The type of delivery will include presentations and a juried project exhibit.
We look forward to hearing from you.
Nicoleta Maynard
CDIO Academy Chair
Paper submission – with Peer Review ONLY – has now been extended until Monday 16 April 2012.
On behalf of the local organising committee and the Queensland University of Technology, I warmly invite you to the 2012 International CDIO Conference to be held in Brisbane, Australia. This year’s conference is themed “New Generations”, which celebrates and explores the challenges and opportunities in generational diversity of our academic/faculty members, our students in their engineering programs and industry connections. The international CDIO conferences attract and enjoy rich international participation with early indications through accepted abstracts proving this to continue to be the case for this 8th International CDIO Conference.
Australia is the home of a very active and engaged engineering education community, well represented and supported by the Australasian Association of Engineering Education (AAEE), and with strong relationships with Engineers Australia and the Australian Council of Engineering Deans.
A Plenary Session focusing on generational change of the CDIO Initiative itself will open the conference. Internationally recognised engineering education leader Professor Robin King will be delivering the keynote speech, “Global Trends and Challenges in Engineering Education” to set the theme for the second day, and the “New Generations Forum” on the third day, will stimulate discussion and debate around New Generations.
All submitted papers are peer reviewed by at least two expert reviewers from an international technical committee based on extended summary submissions. Authors of accepted papers are then requested to submit full papers for inclusion in the conference proceedings. Authors of accepted papers may further opt to submit their full paper for double-blind peer review by at least two expert reviewers from the international technical committee. Exceptional papers will be recommended for submission to the Australasian Journal of Engineering Education (ISSN 1324-5821). The conference proceedings will be allocated an ISBN.
The conference will engage delegate participation though a number of themed activities including themed session presentations, oral presentations, facilitated workshops, poster presentations and facilitated round tables. The mode of presentation is reflective of the activity which is most likely to engage the audience for each paper. No one presentation mode should be construed as being any more or any less prestigious to another.
The 2012 CDIO Academy welcomes our future generations of engineers and invites submissions from High School and University student teams. Successful applications for the CDIO Academy will be invited to attend the conference to present their project as an integral part of the conference, and will have the opportunity to participate in activities along with other conference participants.
July in Brisbane is a beautiful time of year in which to hold this conference, with typically blue skies and a daily maximum of around 67F or 20C. It is also a very busy time of year with many large sporting events and accommodation difficult to secure if left too late. I highly recommend that you make travel arrangements as soon as possible.
I look forward to welcoming you in Brisbane for this 8th CDIO International Conference.
Duncan Campbell
Conference Chair
Registration for the CDIO 2012 Conference is now available online.
Please see Registration for more details on registration fees and inclusions. Information on applying for a Visa to visit Australia can be found here.
Accommodation can also be booked as part of the registration process. Information on the conference hotels on offer, can be found at Accommodation.
Welcome to the website of the 8th International CDIO Conference 2012.
Queensland University of Technology (QUT) is a highly successful Australian university with an applied emphasis in courses and research. Based in Brisbane, QUT’s courses are in high demand and its graduate employment rate is well above the national average for Australian universities.
Brisbane is a unique blend of the old and new. At its heart, beautifully restored sandstone buildings provide a delightful backdrop to the city’s glass towers. The inner city clusters around the loops of the Brisbane River, connected to leafy, open-skied suburban communities by riverside bikeways.
Brisbane residents enjoy a wide range of landscapes and lifestyles including ultra-modern shopping centres, pedestrian malls, alternative culture clusters, up-market commercial precincts and the South Bank Parklands. With more than 1000 parks and gardens and the riverside Botanic Gardens at its centre,
