The Colombian Association of Faculties of Engineering –ACOFI, in Spanish-organizes your reforms and Conferences aiming to stimulate the commitment to quality on education, research and innovation in engineering and its relationship with society as a whole, as well as to share the experiences of the faculties of engineering.
ACOFI has accumulated an important amount of expertise and a solid trajectory in the development of national events, with the highlights of its National Conferences that for the last 32 years has been the venue for the promotion of the academic endeavors of the faculties of engineering in Colombia, where they have had the participation of experts from Spain, France, Portugal, Denmark, Singapore, South Korea, China, Japan, United States of America, Mexico, Argentina, Chile, Brazil, among other countries. It has also led forms and Conferences of international level such as The 6th Encounter of Iberian-American of Educational Institutions in Engineering, the 1st Latin American meeting of the CDIO, the 2013 World Engineering Education Forum — WEEF, just to mention the most relevant.
This success and good reception of these events have led to the participation and attendance of universities, international organizations, national and foreign engineering companies and professional associations, gathering more than 35 countries that have met to discuss topics related to the teaching of engineering.
In this context, the Board of Directors of ACOFI has considered of great importance to continue promoting the quality training of our engineers and the face of the expertise of ACOFI in the organization of its events, as of the year 2014 our gathering of faculties of engineering shall be named: ACOFI’s INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON EDUCATION IN ENGINEERING where directors, teachers, students and all of the engineering community will meet to analyze, reflect upon, debating and sharing their experiences on topics related to training in engineering.