2. Manuel Heitor CENTER FOR INNOVATION, TECHNOLOGY AND POLICY RESEARCH, IN+ Instituto Superior Técnico, Technical University of Lisbon http://in3.dem.ist.utl.pt Rethinking Engineering Education to Foster Design Engineering for Sustainable Development international perspectives and national requirements seminar

3. … background Recent studies: Innovation for Portugal, Conceição & Heitor (2000) Environment, Ferrão & Canas (2000) http://in3.dem.ist.utl.pt/et2000/

4. New technologies Existing technologies 20002010 Education / training for last 10 years 20002010 Education / training acquired for more than 10 years 2010: 80% of technologies with less than 10 years, while 80% of working force has acquired training with more than 10 years The knowledge gap (Scope: EUROPEAN REGIONS)

5. Technological Change: perspectives The Convergence: telecommunications and computers... The QUESTION : scope and scale PRODUCTS PRODUCT more technologies to produce each product more products produced from a given technology Source: von Tunzelmann (1999)) TECHNOLOGIES PROCESSES TECHNOLOGY PROCESSES

6. Technological Change: impact...1 1. Knowledge Diffusion 2. Knowledge Creation corporate competitiveness depends on innovation capacity globalization has increased market demand on nre products, processes and services Increasing interdisciplinarity and complexity of the knowledge base Significant contribution of technology for scientific development QUESTION: inovation/ adoption of new technologies? QUESTION: Which, and how to develop the scientific base? 3. Knowledge Transfer the need to promote systems of education and training diversified QUESTION: Which education and training systems?

7. … our argument Innovation is critical for socio-economic development and engineering education should foster the creative capacity......in harmony with the environment In a context where innovation is the way in which firms and entrepreneurs create value by exploiting change, Design for sustainability !

8. … some facts

9. Innovation in EU source: Community Innovation Survey, OCT-PT

10. RESOURCES Expenditure by Manufacturing Firms on Innovation

11. Knowledge-based industries OECD(2000) Share in business sector value added in knowledge business industries (share year 1996) Average annual real value added growth of knowledge based industries (1985 share year)

12. DMI, Direct Material Input per capita (1988-1995) Source : EEA, 2000, Environmental Signals for 2000 The sustainable development: innovation and the environment Economic growth in Portugal is associated with the highest european growth rate of materials consuption!

13. QUESTION Which needs and trends for engineering education, to foster innovation and enterprise competitiveness in harmony with the environment ? How to promote industrial design and new product development?

14. Rethinking Engineering Education to Foster Design Engineering for Sustainable Development The critical needs? Which relevant topics? How to structure? The role of design?...fostering the creative capacity