Conference Agenda

Directions to lunch venue: 1)Exit the main venue through the front doors. You will see Tampere Hall (large white building) in front of you. 2) Cross the street and walk straight ahead about 2 minutes. 3) Enter Tampere Hall through the main entrance. 4) Follow the signs to reach the restaurant area: take the stairs or escalator up to the 2nd floor.

Lunch break
Location: Restaurants: main building, Linna, Minerva (Pinni B)

1:30pm
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2:30pm

Discussion Session 1-2: The Social Engineer: Teaching for Inclusion
Location: A1 Auditorium
Chair: Annoesjka J Cabo

Paper Session 1-2-1: Approaches to Skills Development in Engineering
Location: A3 Auditorium
Chair: Klara Kövesi

Paper Session 1-2-2: Active and Experimental Learning
Location: A4 Auditorium
Chair: André Baier

Paper Session 1-2-4: Building Modeling Competence in Engineering Science and Practice
Location: A2a Auditorium
Chair: Gareth Thomson

Workshop 1-2-1: Understanding Student Motivation in Engineering Education
Location: Room Lyhty

Workshop 1-2-2: How authentic are authentic assessments in engineering education?
Location: Room A32

Workshop 1-2-3: Impacting Higher Education to Drive Societal Change: Leveraging MATLAB and AI for Enhanced Teaching
Location: Room C8

Workshop 1-2-4: Using Roleplay Case Studios Based on Real Scenarios to Teach Relevance of Ethics and Decision Making to Undergraduate Engineering Students
Location: Room Pinni B4113

Workshop 1-2-5: Exploring Student Co-Design of Final Year Major Project Modules
Location: D13 Auditorium

2:45pm
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3:45pm

Discussion Session 1-3: Learning to Collaborate, Collaborating to Learn
Location: A1 Auditorium
Chair: Terhi Maaria Kilamo

Paper Session 1-3-1: Assessment
Location: A3 Auditorium
Chair: Hossein Mokhtarian

Paper Session 1-3-2: Guidelines for Course Design
Location: A4 Auditorium
Chair: Rola Saad

Paper Session 1-3-4: Digital Innovation in Engineering Education
Location: A2a Auditorium
Chair: Patrik Mottl

Paper Session 1-3-5: Communication Skills
Location: A2b Auditorium
Chair: Jani Hirvonen

Workshop 1-3-1: Ethical Engineering: Co-Creating Classroom Innovations
Location: Room Lyhty

Workshop 1-3-2: Taking the Leap from Traditional to Transformative: Implementing Alternative Grading in Engineering Courses
Location: Room A32

Workshop 1-3-3: Calculus Legacy: a Ludo Didactical Learning Experience for Mathematics in Engineering Education
Location: Room C8

Workshop 1-3-4: Addressing Social and Academic Integration Challenges of STEM Students: Co-Creating Interventions for First-Year Minority Students
Location: Room Pinni B4113

3:45pm
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4:15pm

Refreshment Break 1-2
Location: Main Auditorium Foyer

4:15pm
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5:15pm

SIG Meeting: Engineering Education Research
Location: A1 Auditorium
Chair: Tinne De Laet
Chair: Esther Ventura-Medina

SIG Meeting: Ethics
Location: A3 Auditorium
Chair: Diana Adela Martin
Chair: Mircea Tobosaru

SIG Meeting: Engineering Skills
Location: A4 Auditorium
Chair: Neil Cooke
Chair: Lynn Van Den Broeck

SIG Meeting: Attractiveness
Location: Room Lyhty
Chair: Hanne Deprez
Chair: Sofie Craps

SIG Meeting: Physics
Location: Room A32
Chair: Arjan Lock

SIG Meeting: Curriculum Development
Location: Room C8
Chair: John Mitchell

SIG Meeting: Continuing Engineering Education and Lifelong Learning
Location: D13 Auditorium
Chair: Christopher Smith
Chair: Aniko Kalman

5:20pm
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6:20pm

SIG Meeting: Digital Learning
Location: A3 Auditorium
Chair: Mikko Ilari Nurminen
Chair: Andrew Garrard

SIG Meeting: Sustainability
Location: A4 Auditorium
Chair: Aida Olivia Guerra
Chair: André Baier

SIG Meeting: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Location: Room Lyhty
Chair: Fiona Truscott
Chair: Natalie Wint

SIG Meeting: Mathematics
Location: Room A32
Chair: Deolinda Maria L. Dias Rasteiro

SIG Meeting: Quality Assurance and Accrediation
Location: Room C8
Chair: José Carlos Quadrado
Chair: Raja Toqeer

SIG Meeting: Capacity Building
Location: D13 Auditorium
Chair: Jennifer Ann Griffiths
Chair: Madeline Polmear

7:00pm
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8:00pm

Welcome Reception hosted by the City of Tampere
Location: Tampere Old City Hall

Welcome reception hosted by the City of Tampere and Fellowship Awards

Date: Tuesday, 16/Sept/2025

8:00am
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9:00am

Registration

9:00am
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10:45am

Engineering Sustainability: Skills, Responsibility, and Innovation
Location: Main Auditorium
Chair: Alex Tarchini

Panel Discussion

10:45am
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11:15am

Refreshment Break 2-1 & Group Photo
Location: Main Auditorium Foyer

11:15am
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12:15pm

Paper Session 2-1-3: Dialogue between Engineering and Society
Location: A1 Auditorium
Chair: Darren Carthy

Paper Session 2-1-1: Peer Review and Feedback
Location: A3 Auditorium
Chair: Ulla-Talvikki Anniina Virta

Paper Session 2-1-2: Curriculum Design
Location: A4 Auditorium
Chair: Simo Sakari Ali-Löytty

Paper Session 2-1-4: Challenges and Transitions in Engineering Mathematics
Location: A2a Auditorium
Chair: Annoesjka J Cabo

Workshop 2-1-1: Meet Mirte - Using Affordable Open Science Robots in Engineering Education
Location: Room Lyhty

Workshop 2-1-2: Decisions, decisions: Methodological approaches in Engineering Education Research
Location: Room A32

Workshop 2-1-3: Let’s Get Powerized: Using Simulation for Sustainable Power Electronics
Location: Room C8

Workshop 2-1-5: Addressing Ambiguous Terminology to Improve Conceptual Understanding in Engineering Education
Location: D13 Auditorium

12:15pm
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1:30pm

Lunch break
Location: Restaurants: main building, Linna, Minerva (Pinni B)

Deans' Lunch
Location: Restaurant Cabinet 1, main building

SIG Chairs Lunch
Location: Restaurant Cabinet 2, main building

1:30pm
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2:30pm

Paper Session 2-2-3: Teaching Sustainability Skills
Location: A1 Auditorium
Chair: Bente Nørgaard

Paper Session 2-2-1: AI Enhanced Learning in Engineering
Location: A3 Auditorium
Chair: Andrew Garrard

Paper Session 2-2-2: Gender and Inclusion in Engineering Education
Location: A4 Auditorium
Chair: Fiona Truscott

Paper Session 2-2-4: Thesis Phase and PhD Studies
Location: A2a Auditorium
Chair: Klara Kövesi

Workshop 2-2-1: AI-Supported Escape Room Tasks in Mathematics for Engineering
Location: Room Lyhty

Workshop 2-2-2: Bridging Lifelong Learning in Engineering and Healthcare: Challenges, Opportunities, and Best Practices
Location: Room A32

Workshop 2-2-3: Bridging the Gap Between Software and Engineering Curriculum
Location: Room C8

Workshop 2-2-4: SIG Engineering Skills - Complementing the Conventional: Engineering Competencies and Skills for an Uncertain Future
Location: Room Pinni B4113

Workshop 2-2-5: How do we define and evaluate “good” automated feedback?
Location: D13 Auditorium

2:45pm
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3:45pm

Paper Session 2-3-3: Educating Engineers for Sustainability
Location: A1 Auditorium
Chair: Aida Olivia Guerra

Paper Session 2-3-1: Challenge-Based Approaches in Engineering Education
Location: A3 Auditorium
Chair: Arjan Lock

Paper Session 2-3-2: Developing as Teacher and Supervisor
Location: A4 Auditorium
Chair: Lynn Van Den Broeck

Paper Session 2-3-5: Engineer as a Social Debater - New Skills Needed?
Location: A2b Auditorium
Chair: Jonte Bernhard

Workshop 2-3-1: General Engineering Non-Technical Skills Behavioral Marking System: Video-Simulation Validation Workshop
Location: Room Lyhty

Workshop 2-3-2: Social Sustainability in Engineering Curriculum With Social Impact Audit Tool
Location: Room A32

Workshop 2-3-3: Using the Results from Needs Analysis Surveys to Boost Student Engineers’ Language and Communication Skills
Location: Room C8

Workshop 2-3-4: Emotion in Engineering Ethics Cases: How Should Engineers Respond to Righteous Anger?
Location: Room Pinni B4113

3:45pm
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4:15pm

Refreshment Break 2-2
Location: Main Auditorium Foyer

4:15pm
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5:15pm

Paper Session 2-4-3: Policy and Accreditation in Engineering Education
Location: A1 Auditorium
Chair: Raja Toqeer

Paper Session 2-4-1: AI in Engineering Education
Location: A3 Auditorium
Chair: Timo Poranen

Paper Session 2-4-2: Teaching Innovation and Creativity
Location: A4 Auditorium
Chair: Gabriela Achtenová

Paper Session 2-4-4: Understanding and Supporting Early Study Success in Mathematics and Mechanics
Location: A2a Auditorium
Chair: Deolinda Maria L. Dias Rasteiro

Workshop 2-4-1: Strengthening Sustainability in Engineering Education through Collective Action: SEFI SIG Sustainability Workshop 2025
Location: Room Lyhty

Workshop 2-4-2: SIG Ethics WS: Attending to care in responsible and innovative design
Location: Room A32

Workshop 2-4-3: From Words to Action: Designing Meaningful Enginering Oaths with Tangible Objects and a Digital Support
Location: Room C8

Workshop 2-4-4: Attracting Future Engineers: Students’ Choices and Core Concepts in Secondary Education
Location: Room Pinni B4113

Workshop 2-4-5: Moving Beyond Standardized Metrics: Rethinking Criteria for Evaluating Educational Innovations
Location: D13 Auditorium

5:30pm
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7:00pm

SEFI General Assembly
Location: A1 Auditorium

6:00pm
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8:00pm

Social Programme: Walking Tour "World's only Pispala"

7:00pm
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9:00pm

Social Programme: Walking Tour "The Industrial Past of Tampere"

Social Programme: Sauna Event

Date: Wednesday, 17/Sept/2025

8:00am
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9:00am

Registration

9:00am
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10:15am

Shannon Chance & Tom Børsen: Towards socially responsible, post-normal and reflexive engineering ethics education
Location: Main Auditorium
Chair: Roland Tormey

Keynote

10:15am
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10:45am

Poster Pitch
Location: Main Auditorium

10:45am
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11:15am

Refreshment Break 3-1
Location: Main Auditorium Foyer

11:15am
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12:15pm

Poster session
Location: Portrait Foyer

12:15pm
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1:30pm

Lunch break
Location: Restaurants: main building, Linna, Minerva (Pinni B)

SEFI corporate partners' lunch
Location: Restaurant Cabinet 1, main building

1:30pm
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2:30pm

Paper Session 3-1-3: Advancing Learning through Workshops
Location: A1 Auditorium
Chair: Raffaella Manzini

Paper Session 3-1-1: Lifelong Learning in Global and Institutional Contexts
Location: A3 Auditorium
Chair: Darren Carthy

Paper Session 3-1-2: Wellbeing and Inclusion
Location: A4 Auditorium
Chair: Siara Isaac

Paper Session 3-1-4: Digital and Interactive Approaches in Physics and Engineering Education
Location: A2a Auditorium
Chair: Leena Hannele Partanen

Workshop 3-1-1: Moving Beyond “Breaking Ice” to “Building Bonds” in Engineering Classrooms: An Evaluation Framework for Team Building Activities
Location: Room Lyhty

Workshop 3-1-2: Developing Sustainable Graduates Equipped With the Critical Skills to Lead the Transition to a Circular Economy
Location: Room A32

Workshop 3-1-3: Clearinghouse of Engineering Education Resources (CLEER): Bridging Research and Practice
Location: Room C8

Workshop 3-1-4: Strengthen student-teacher partnerships to improve teaching and learning
Location: Room Pinni B4113

Workshop 3-1-5: The Nitty-Gritty of Theoretical Frameworks
Location: D13 Auditorium

2:45pm
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3:45pm

Paper Session 3-2-3: Attractiveness of Engineering
Location: A1 Auditorium
Chair: Erja Helena Sipilä

Paper Session 3-2-1: Frameworks and Practices for Continuous Engineering Education
Location: A3 Auditorium
Chair: Sonia M. Gomez Puente

Paper Session 3-2-2: Educating Ethical Engineers
Location: A4 Auditorium
Chair: Roland Tormey

Paper Session 3-2-4: Improving Engineering Education through Research
Location: A2a Auditorium
Chair: Greet Langie

Paper Session 3-2-5: Assessment and Quality Assurance
Location: A2b Auditorium
Chair: Ramon Vilanova

Workshop 3-2-1: Building a Community of Sessional Teachers: A Workshop on Mattering, Integration, and Justice
Location: Room Lyhty

Workshop 3-2-2: Digital Learning SIG Workshop
Location: Room A32

Workshop 3-2-3: Words Don’t Come Easy to Me – Teaching Academic Writing to Engineering Students in the Age of AI
Location: Room C8

Workshop 3-2-4: Identifying Curriculum Disruptions in Engineering Education Through Serious Gaming
Location: Room Pinni B4113

3:45pm
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4:15pm

Refreshment Break 3-2
Location: Main Auditorium Foyer

4:15pm
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5:15pm

Paper Session 3-3-3: Problem-Based Learning
Location: A1 Auditorium
Chair: Diana Adela Martin

Paper Session 3-3-1: From the Classroom to Lifelong Learning: Empowering Engineering Students
Location: A3 Auditorium
Chair: Christopher Smith

Paper Session 3-3-2: Community and Sense of Belonging
Location: A4 Auditorium
Chair: Terhi Elina Kaarakka

Paper Session 3-3-4: Innovations in Educational Technology
Location: A2a Auditorium
Chair: John Mitchell

Paper Session 3-3-5: Sustainability focused learning design
Location: A2b Auditorium
Chair: Emanuela Tilley

Workshop 3-3-1: Shared visions: Uncovering philosophies behind curriculum development
Location: Room Lyhty

Workshop 3-3-2: Assessment of Boundary Crossing
Location: Room A32

Workshop 3-3-3: Independence of Accrediation Agencies: Challenges and Implications for Global Engineering Education Quality Assurance
Location: Room C8

Workshop 3-3-4: Exploring Collaboration Models for Supporting Ideation with AI Agents
Location: Room Pinni B4113

Workshop 3-3-5: Teaching the loop: co-designing constructively aligned circular economy courses for engineering students
Location: D13 Auditorium

5:00pm
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7:00pm

Visit to Moomin Museum
Location: Tampere Hall

7:00pm
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11:00pm

Conference Dinner
Location: Tampere Hall

Park Hall (Sorsapuistosali)

Date: Thursday, 18/Sept/2025

8:00am
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9:00am

Registration

9:00am
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10:15am

Pleun Hermsen: Reflection re-engineered. Don’t ask students to reflect. Create the conditions for Reflection ∞ to emerge.
Location: Main Auditorium
Chair: Erja Helena Sipilä

Keynote

10:15am
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10:45am

Refreshment Break 4-1
Location: Main Auditorium Foyer

10:45am
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11:45am

Asian Engineering Education Forum 4-1
Location: A1 Auditorium
Chair: Emanuela Tilley
Chair: Min Ye

Paper Session 4-1-1:Sustainability in Engineering Disciplines
Location: A3 Auditorium
Chair: Timo Poranen

Paper Session 4-1-2: Professional Skills in Engineering Education
Location: A4 Auditorium
Chair: Diana Adela Martin

Paper Session 4-1-4: Team Work
Location: A2a Auditorium
Chair: Veli-Pekka Pyrhonen

Workshop 4-1-1: Curriculum Agility: Strategies for Future-Proofing Learning and Teaching
Location: Room Lyhty

Workshop 4-1-2: A Dashboard approach to Engineering Curriculum Analysis
Location: Room A32

Workshop 4-1-3: Creating AI Personas For Educational Settings: A PREPARED4ED Approach
Location: D13 Auditorium

12:00pm
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1:00pm

Closing Ceremony and Best Paper Awards
Location: Main Auditorium
Chair: Hannu-Matti Järvinen

1:00pm
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2:00pm

Lunch
Location: Restaurants: main building, Linna, Minerva (Pinni B)

SEFI Board of Directors' lunch
Location: Restaurant Cabinet 1, main building

For BoD members only

2:00pm
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4:00pm

SEFI Board of Directors' meeting
Location: A2b Auditorium

For BoD members only

2:00pm
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6:00pm

IACEE Council meeting
Location: A2a Auditorium

For IACEE Council only