Working Meeting IPN-Alberta January 27th, 2009

On January 27th, IPN celebrated a Working Meeting hosting the Canadian Delegation of Alberta, chaired by the Honourable Doug Horner, Minister of Alberta Advanced Education and Technology (AET).

The ideas exchange, moderated by Dr. Humberto Fabila, Secretary of Research and Posgraduate Studies, began with the presentation "The IPN: Our Community and Its Achievements”, by Dr. José Enrique Villa Rivera, General Director of IPN, followed by the participations mentioned below:

Recent experiences of the IPN in colaboration with NAIT
Dr. Sebastián Díaz de la Torre, Researcher at the Technological Research and Innovation Center (CIITEC)
  • Collaboration in student mobility.
  • Students recruitment and business incubators.
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Report of the collaboration between IPN and the Alberta University and the Grant MacEwan College
Dr. Luis Alfonso Villa Vargas, Responsible Lab of Microelectronics and Embedded Systems, IT Research Center (CIC)
Collaboration in education, technology, student and teacher mobility.

Program

Place: Hall of ExDirectors
Time: 11:00 AM

1. Welcome and introduction of atendees by Dr. Luis Humberto Fabila Castillo, Secretary of Research and Posgraduate Studies

2. Presentation “The Instituto Politécnico Nacional: Our Community and Its Achievements”, by Dr. José Enrique Villa Rivera, General Director of IPN

3. Recent experiences of the IPN in colaboration with Alberta, by Dr. Sebastián Díaz de la Torre, CIITEC Researcher

4. Report of the collaboration between IPN and the Alberta University and the Grant MacEwan College, by Dr. Luis Alfonso Villa Vargas, Responsible Lab of Microelectronics and Embedded Systems, CIC

5. Nanotechnology Proyect, by Dr. Gerardo Cabañas Moreno, Nanoscience and Micronanotechnology Networks

6. Presentation of the Business Incubator Center (CIEBT) of the IPN in the topics Innovation and Technology, by M. José Madrid Flores, Secretary of Extension and Social Integration

7. Participation of Dr. Jerry Leonard, Executive Manager Edmonton Waste Management Centre of Excellence

8. Final participations and expectations

9. Intervention of Honourable Doug Horner, Minister of Alberta Advanced Education and Technology

10. Message from Dr. José Enrique Villa Rivera, General Director of the Instituto Politécnico Nacional

Authorities from Alberta that Visited IPN

ALBERTA ADVANCED EDUCATION AND TECHNOLOGY (AET)

Honourable Doug Horner, Minister of Alberta Advanced Education and Technology
Mr. Tim Schultz, Executive Assistant Office of the Minister
PhD. Ronald Dyck, Assistant Deputy Minister Research Division
Mr. Ken Langhorn, Director Innovation Support Service Branch
Mr. Dan Rizzoli, Director International Education
Mr. Randy Goebel, President and CEO Informatics Circle of Research Excellence, iCORE
PhD. Jerry Leonard, Executive Manager Edmonton Waste Management Centre of Excellence
CANADIAN EMBASSY IN MEXICO
Mtro. David Nygaard, Managing Director Alberta Mexico Office (Mexico City)
Ing. Guillermo Larios, Business Delegate (Science and Technology)

Invited Authorities from IPN

1. Dr. José Enrique Villa Rivera, General Director
2. Dr. Yoloxóchitl Bustamante Diez, Academic Secretary
3. Dr. Luis Humberto Fabila Castillo, Secretary of Research and Posgraduate Studies
4. M. José Madrid Flores, Secretary of Extension and Social Integration
5. M. Dolores Sánchez Soler, Advisor Coordinator, General Director´s Office
6. M. Santiago Reyes Herrera, Coordinator of Academic Cooperation
7. Dr. Heberto Balmori Ramírez, Director of Research
8. Dr. José Guadalupe Trujillo Ferrara, Director of Posgraduate Studies
9. Dr. Luis Alfonso Villa Vargas, Lab of Microelectronics and Embedded Systems, IT Research Center (CIC)
10. M. Eduardo Meza Olvera, Director of the Polytechnic Unit for Business Development and Competitiveness (UPDCE)
11. Dr. Norma Patricia Muñoz Sevilla, Director of the Multi-disciplinary Research and Study Center on Environment and Development (CIIEMAD)
12. Dr. Jaime Álvarez Gallegos, Director of the IT Research Center (CIC)
13. Dr. Gerardo Cabañas, Nanoscience and Micronanotechnology Networks, School of Physics and Mathematics (ESFM)
14. Dr. Sebastián Díaz de la Torre, Researcher, Technological Research and Innovation Center (CIITEC)

References





Minister Douglas Horner
Ministry of Advanced Education and Technology
Alberta Advanced Education and Technology (AET)


David Nygaard
Managing Director Alberta Mexico Office


Innovation Agenda
The goal of Alberta’s innovation agenda is to sustain and enhance the province’s long term prosperity and quality of life through science, technology and innovation. In Alberta, government strategies, policies and collaboration between research institutions, industry and governments is required for the growth of diverse, knowledge-driven companies, engaged in sustainable development.
These companies can compete successfully in world markets, provide skilled employment for Albertans, and strengthen the province’s economy and quality of life.Building on a solid fiscal and regulatory foundation, Alberta’s innovation agenda focuses on three strong, competitive sectors: energy, information and communications technology and the life sciences.The innovation agenda supports the goals of key Alberta government strategies, including the 20 year strategy, value-added strategy and integrated energy strategy.

Technology Priorities
Investing in science and technology today is critical to ensuring prosperity and a high quality of life tomorrow. That is why Alberta Advanced Education and Technology is focusing on the application of science and research and the innovative use of technology to shape the future of the province.

Institutes
Alberta Energy Research Institute (AERI)
Alberta ICT Institute (AICTI)
Alberta Life Sciences Institute (ALSI)
Alberta Agricultural Research Institute (AARI)
Alberta Forestry Research Institute (AFRI)




Instituto Politécnico Nacional

Founded in 1936, the National Polytechnic Institute (Instituto Politécnico Nacional, IPN) is the most important public technological higher education center in Mexico. Academic quality is one of our main distinctions: more than 94% of our students are trained in an educational program at a quality level recognized by external agencies. The Institute was founded on the premise of supporting the country’s industrialization and national development process, as well as to offer education opportunities to various social sectors, especially the less favored. In 2004, the Institute undertook a process of institutional transformation to renew its mission. With over 72 years of existence, its role in higher education, science and technology, and the quality of services it provides, has propelled it to become a national leader in technological education with broad public recognition.

College Education and Post-Graduate Studies
Besides Technical Highschool, the Institute educates students for professional performance in the labor market through 25 schools, centers and inter-disciplinary units in school face to face and virtual modes, both based on teaching and research at laboratories, workshops and pilot plants. Most of our programs are eight semesters long, while others extend to nine or ten semesters. The selection process takes place by means of an annual acceptance exam. The 2007-2008 school-year had 85,240 students, 68 bachelor degree programs and 24 higher education campuses. This coming February the Guanajuato Campus' Professional Inter-Disciplinary Engineering Unit will open offering four bachelor programs for the 2008-2009 school-year. More than 90% of all college students were enrolled in programs recognized by the different agencies that comprise COPAES.
Post-graduate studies are flexible and closely linked to research and feature a strong component based on tutorials to facilitate academic exchange. Students also benefit from the advantages offered by technology, as well as from workplace experiences. More than five thousand students are enrolled in the 28 specialties, 60 master degrees, and 28 PhD programs. Post-graduate studies are taught in colleges and research centers nationwide. The National Post Graduate Program recognizes fifty-four of these programs, which accounts for close to 41% of total enrollment. Posgraduate programs.

National and International Collaboration
At the IPN collaboration and internationalization are part of the integral stretegy of relations with the environment. They are both driven by the academic and student exchange, network creation, involvement in a number of events, as well as joint teaching, research and outreach projects that are formalized by agreements. The Institute has a long-standing tradition of collaboration with institutions and universities of Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Cuba, Dominican Republic, France, Germany, Japan, Spain, United Kingdom, and United States of America, among others. Coordination for Academic Cooperation

Scientific and Technological Research Centers
Multi-disciplinary centers
• Multi-disciplinary Center of Marine Sciences, La Paz, Baja California Sur
• Multi-disciplinary Research and Study Center on Environment and Development, Mexico City
• Multi-disciplinary Research Center for the Integral Regional Development, Durango, Michoacán, Sinaloa and Oaxaca Units
Digital and IT centers
• IT Research Center, Mexico City
• Digital Technology Research and Development Center, Tijuana, Baja California
Specialized centers
• Biotic Products Development Center, Yautepec, Morelos
• Genome Bio-technology Center, Reynosa, Tamaulipas
• Economic, Administrative and Social Sciencies Research Center, Mexico City
• Applied Bio-technology Research Center, Tlaxcala, Tlaxcala
• Mexican Center for Cleaner Production, Mexico City
• Regional Center for Cleaner Production, Villahermosa, Tabasco
Technological innovation centers
• Technological Research and Innovation Center, Mexico City
• IT Innovation and Development Center, Mexico City
Applied science and advanced technology centers
• Research Center in Applied Science and Advanced Technology, Altamira, Legaria and Querétaro Units





iCORE was established in October 1999 by the Government of Alberta to foster an expanding community of exceptional researchers in the field of informatics, that is, areas of computer science, electrical and computer engineering, physics, mathematics and other disciplines related to information and communications technology (ICT).
As part of the Government of Alberta's strategy to create a globally competitive knowledge-based economic sector, iCORE is directing its support to areas in which Alberta has a chance to develop internationally recognized research teams. It is also focusing on areas in which Alberta companies are active, so that intellectual property and valuable knowledge workers resulting from iCORE's investment will have compelling reasons to stay in Alberta.
iCORE invests in people of the highest calibre, research scientists who work on fundamental and applied problems in informatics. It operates several grant programs to develop iCORE Chairs at Alberta universities, around which world-class research teams are developed. Since its inception, more than 24 research chairs have been established to focus on emerging areas such as wireless communications, artificial intelligence, and quantum and nanocomputing.





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