:: Pictures from GLOBALMAT dissemination activities

Following is a list of presentations of GLOBALMAT that took place for dissemination purposes. This list is in addition to the presentations of GLOBALMAT-related publications that took place in conferences, and which is accessible through the Publications page.

• Presentation of GLOBALMAT at the EWF Assembly in Paris, France, January 16-18 (QM. IzV, IS). Specific meetings:
  • University of Beograd, Serbia and Montenegro, January 16
  • Schweisstechnische Zentralanstalt, Austria, January 17
  • Instytut Spawalnictwa, Poland, January 18
  • European Welding Federation, Portugal, January 18

• Distribution of project-related info at the EWF-IAB/IIW Meetings, Paris , France, 15-17 January, 2007 (EWF)

• Video on Smartboards. Presentation to representatives from the engineering company Myklebust AS, Trondheim, Norway, November 27, 2006 ( ELS)

• Presentation of the pedagogical methology and structure, to representatives from Raufoss Industry, Raufoss, Norway, November 29th, 2006 (QM)

• Inclusion of Smartboards into skills upgrading processes. Presentation to representatives from the company Autronica AS (developes fire detection and protection systems). Autronica offers training to people from all over the world. Trondheim, Norway, January 3, 2006 (ELS)

• Presentation of modern video solutions and digitalised education and training to representatives from Escuela Universitaria Politecnica, Universidad de Valladolid, Trondheim, Norway, October 2nd, 2006 (ELS)

• Presentation of digitalized education and videostreaming solutions to representatives from The Faculty of Sciences, The Norwegian University for Technology and Science, Trondheim, Norway, October 28th, 2006 (ELS)

• Demonstration of video within training of adults, presentation for representatives of Faculty of Medicine, The Norwegian University of Science and Technollogy, Trondheim, Norway, November 14, 2006 (ELS)

• Presentation of the distance training principles to the Ugland Group AS, Grimstad, Norway, December 13, 2006 (QM)

• Presentation of visual communication and collaboration services to the rural developent department of Al municipality, Al and Trondheim, Norway, February 01, 2007 (QM and ELS)

• Presentation of Activity Based Training methodologies in welding to representatives from: i) Studiesenteret, a national network in Norway consisting of rural centres that receive education and training by using videoconferencing, II) Vadso Municipallity and iii) Upper Secondarry Schools in 40 municipalities in Norway, Norway, February 12. 2007 (ELS)

• Presentation of Activity Based Training and state of the art video solutions t to representatives from The Danish Meat Trade School, Roskilde, Denmark, February 20. 2007 (ELS)

• Presentation of the training solutions to EL-CO AS, a company working with elctroinstalations, Rindal, Norway, 06.03.07 (ELS)

• Experiences with video communication in Leonardo projects, local representatives from The Tandberg Company, Trondheim, Norway, April 12, 2007(ELS)

• Information about the GLOBALMAT project results to representatives from the Canadian Welding Bureau, Dubrovnik, Croatia, in the context of the EWF General Assembly, July 2. 2007 (QM and ELS)

• Information about the GLOBALMAT project results to representatives from the The Welding Institute in UK, Dubrovnik, Croatia, in the context of the EWF General Assembly, July 3. 2007 (QM and ELS)

• Presentation of "New Flexible Training Methods within Education of Welding Personnel", at the IIW Commission XIV (Working Group no 14): Education and training in the context of the EWF General Assembly, Dubrovnik, Croatia, July 4. 2007 (EWF, QM and ELS)

• Discussions on GLOBALMAT objectives and activities with members of the Centre for Research and Technology, Thessaly (CERETETH site), (UTH), Spring 2007

• Discussions on GLOBALMAT objectives and activities with the head of the Welding Group, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Thessaly (UTH), Spring 2007

• Online SME Workplace Training Solution for Outsourced Production

• Processes, to be presented at On-Line Educa, Berlin, November 2007. (Hariklia Tsalapatas, John B. Stav and Erik Engh)

• Experiences with High Quality Video Streaming Solutions in Teaching, Learning and Skills Upgrading, to be presented at On-Line Educa, Berlin, November 2007. (John B. Stav and Erik Engh)

• Demonstration of video services for transfer of knowledge and training, 5 representatives from a vocational school in Verdal, Norway, April 25

• New Models for Just-in-Time Transfer of Skills and Knowledge to Small and Medium Sized Enterprizes, published at the Cognition and Exploratory Learning in the Digital Age, CELDA 2007 (John B. Stav, Erik Engh and Roger Bergh)

• Activity based Training Utilized for Education of International Welders, published at Computing in Welding, Crainfield University, June 17-19, 2008 (John B. Stav and Erik Engh)

• Demonstration of video tools for transfer of production knowledge, 8 representatives from a vocational school in Levanger , Norway, June 6.

• Demonstration of video solutions for transfer of production knowledge between companies in Norway and Sweden, Kramfors, Sweden, April 3. 25 persons from 15 SME companies attended the seminar.

• Demonstration of video as a cooperation tool to representatives from companies in Sundsvall, Sweden, April 4. 9 persons attended.

• New Collaborative and Cooperative Just-in-Time Training Methods at the Workplace, J. B. Stav, R. Bergh and H. Tsalapatas, Proceedings from the Netwoeked Learning Conference 2008, Halkidiki, Greece

• Effective use of digital blackboards in distance training, training course provided to Sami University College, Kautokeino, Norway, May 28. 18 persons attended the course

• Experiences with Digital Classrooms Supporting Just-in-Time Transfer of Competence to SME, J.B. Stav and R. Bergh, proceedings from the Ed-Media conference, Vienna, June 30 – July 4 2008

• Design of digital classrooms facilitating vocational workplace learning, John B. Stav, proceedings from the IADIS e-learning 2008 conference, Amsterdam, July 23-25 2008

• The Role of Semantic Interoperability in Globalized Fabrication Processes and Embedded Training Environments, John B. Stav, proceedings from IADIS ICT, Society and Human Beings 2008 (ICT 2008) Conference, Amsterdam, July 22-23, 2008

• Effective valorisation from EU-funded projects, John B. Stav, 1 hour talk at national seminar organized by the NA in Norway, Sept. 11, 2008.

• WEB BASED SIMULATOR TOOLS PROVIDING QUALTIY MANAGEMENT PRODUCTION PROCESS TRAINING, John B. Stav, Proceedings from the IADIS WWW/Internet conference, Freiburg, Germany, October 13-15, 2008.

• Experiences with Ip-based video servcies in skills upgrading processes in industry, John B. Stav, Proceedings from the IADIS WWW/Internet conference, Freiburg, Germany, October 13-15, 200.

• Promotional e-mailing to EWF members, presenting the general objectives and expected outcomes; The EWF network comprises contacts from 29 European Countries, representatives of the National Welding Institutes

• Development of the first project pamphlet and poster

• project informal presentation to one representative from the Italian Welding Institute

• Informal meeting with 4 persons from Instituto Superior T?cnico, Lisbon, Portugal

• Short Presentation to EWF team (6 persons) and ISQ representatives (6 persons)

• Informal presentation of the project to IIW representatives during the IIW meetings, to which a total of 52 persons attended

• Presentation of the Project at the EWF GA, Dubrovnik, Croatia, to which 39 welding representatives attended. The countries and organisations attending are listed at:http://www.ewf.be/membersMembers.aspx

• Project discussion with Participants of ECONWELD Meeting – 19 partners from Italy, Portugal, Poland, Slovakia, Czech Republic, United Kingdom, Hungary and The Netherlands

• Project Informal discussion at AWS Annual Conference And Exposition, 3 Persons

• Distribution of project related info at the seminar “E-learning in Europe – From Projects to practice“, to which 20 persons attended

• Distribution of project related info and Project discussion with attendees of the workshop “The role of competences and Qualifications development in fostering workforce mobility”, to which 46 persons attended

• Project informal presentation to a representative of INOVA+, an Consultancy SME in Portugal

• Distribution of Project related info at “ENDIEL SEMINAR”, to which 20 persons attended, Lisbon, Portugal

• Project related info distributed at the IIW International Conference, Dubrovnik, Croatia

• Project related info distributed at the IIW commission XIV – Education and Training, 15 persons, Dubrovnik, Croatia

• Project discussion with interested contacts participating in LEADOUT meeting, 10 persons

• Project discussion with interested contacts participating in SIM-TWB meeting, 10 persons

• Project discussion with interested contacts participating in VMAT meeting, 3 persons

• Project Presentation at a meeting with Turkish Training representation, 5 persons

• Presentation and discussion of the project with EWF (European Welding Federation) board of directors, 5 persons

• Seminar RAILSAFE – informal presentation of the project and distribution of project related info, 5 persons

• Project Info published on the EWF newsletter nr.22 and nr.23 (http://www.ewf.be/promotionNewsletters.aspx)

• Presentation at Cranfield university, 4 persons

• Presentation of project and distribution of project related info at AIMEN, Spain, 3 persons

• Presentation of the project to industrial contact (Almor Group) in UK, 2 persons

• Presentation of project related info at seminar NAKS

• Project discussion with participants of ECONWELD meeting, 15 persons

• Informal Presentation and Discussion about the project at the Contact Seminar 'New Basic Skills for Employment", to which 46 persons attended

• Project related info made available at the “Welding Week”, visited by a large nr of welding professionals

• Project informal discussion at AWS Annual Conference and Exposition

• Project Informal discussion with EWF Consultation Groups, attended by 9 welding representatives from Bosnia I Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Romania, Russia, Serbia and UK, Bucarest, Romania

• Project Informal discussion with EWF Consultation Groups, attended by 11 welding representatives from Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Iceland, Portugal and UK, Bratislava, Slovakia

• Project Informal discussion with EWF Consultation Groups, attended by 13 welding representatives from Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Croatia, Austria, France, Switzerland, Poland and UK, Copenhagen, Denmark

• Informal presentation to DVS representatives, Dusseldorf, Germany

• Informal Presentation of the project at 'PRENSO METAL' - SME working on Components to Automotive Industry

• Informal Presentation of the project at Universidad Polit?cnica de Madrid, 2 persons

• Presentation of the project at FAURECIA - SME working on Components to Automotive Industry, 2 persons

• Presentation of the project at AUTOEUROPA, 2 persons
• Presentation of the project at University of Aston, Birmingham , UK, 2 persons

• Presentation of the project at the course "Welding Engineering", 2 persons

• Presentation of the project at University of Minho, Guimar?es, Portugal