Under the Auspices of
Kinga Göncz,
Minister of Foreign Affairs
in Hungary
Honorary Chair
Károly Manherz
Patron
Hans Peter Schiff
Chairmen
Imre J. Rudas
Thorsten
Möllmann
Co-chair
Ulrich H.
Langanke
Secretary General
Anikó
Szakál |
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Final Program
May 8, 2008, Thursday
| 9:00–10:00 | Registration of participants at Information desk in Aula, Budapest Tech
Participants are kindly asked to wear the badge during the symposium.
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| 10:00–11:00 | Opening Speeches
Chair: Ulrich H. Langanke, Budapest Tech
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| 10:00–10:30 | Welcome and Introduction to the Symposium
Károly Manherz
State Secretary, Hungarian Federal Ministry of Education
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| 10:30–11:00 | Technical Collaboration between Germany and Visegrád States
Walter Haßmann
Minister Counselor of the German Embassy in Budapest
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| 11:00–11:15 | Coffee Break
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| 11:15–12:30 | Session 'Mechatronics Engineering Survey'
Chair: György Schuster, Budapest Tech
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| 11:15–11:40 | Budapest Tech Institution Strategy and New Engineering Perspectives
Imre J. Rudas, János Fodor
Budapest Tech, Hungary
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| 11:40–12:05 | Mechatronics: A New Very Promising Engineering and Science Discipline
István Nagy, Attila L. Bencsik
Budapest Tech, Hungary
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| 12:05–12:30 | Mechatronics in Aerospace
Peter Jänker
EADS Innovation Works/ Senior Expert of Mechatronics
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| 12:30–14:00 | Lunch Break
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| 14:00–16:00 | Session 'EADS System Engineering and Company Profile'
Chair: István Nagy, Budapest Tech
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| 14:00–15:00 | EADS as the Leading Aerospace Company in Europe and Career Perspectives
Thorsten Möllmann
EADS Vice President for Talent & Executive Management
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| 15:00–16:00 | EADS Systems Engineering
Simon Bradley
Vice President Simulation, IT & Systems Engineering
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| 16:00–16:30 | Coffee Break
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| 16:30–17:30 | Panel Discussion of high ranked personalities of Budapest Tech, Science Politics and EADS with the auditorium
Chair: Ulrich H. Langanke, Budapest Tech
Thorsten Moellmann, Peter Jaenker, Simon Bradley, Helmut Luttmann
EADS
Péter Szolgay
Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Sigibert Gailer
Aviation Training Center, AERO Bildung GmbH
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| 18:00–18:30 | Reception by Rector Prof. Dr. Imre J. Rudas for all symposium participants
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| 18:30–21:30 | EADS Gala Dinner for all symposium participants |
May 9, 2008, Friday
| 9:30–11:00 | Session 'Aerospace - Innovation and Challenges'
Chair: Zsolt Temesvári, Budapest Tech
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| 9:30–10:15 | Engineering Competencies and Aerospace Innovations Today and Tomorrow
Simon Bradley
Vice President Simulation, IT & Systems Engineering
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| 10:15–11:00 | Astrium Space Activities and Their Technological Challenges
Helmut Luttmann
Vice President Astrium
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| 11:00–11:30 | Coffee Break
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| 11:30–13:00 | Session 'Engineering and Aeronatics - Hard and Soft Skills'
Chair: György Schuster, Budapest Tech
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| 11:30–12:30 | The Airbus Challenge - Products & Technologies
David Hills
Senior Manager, Flight Physics, Airbus
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| 12:30–13:00 | EADS Engineers: Required Hard and Soft Skills for a Successful Carrier with final discussion
Thorsten Möllmann
EADS Vice President for Talent & Executive Management
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| 13:00–14:00 | Lunch Break
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| 14:00–17:00 | Two parallel group activities:
(A) Visit of EUROCONTROL at Budapest airport (limited participation to max. 12 people) or
(B) Guided City tour |
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