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TABLE OF CONTENTS AEROTELECOM 2013
THE FORUM OBJECTIVES AND MILESTONES
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AEROTELECOM BACKGROUND THREE YEARS OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP
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THE SCENARIO PMT AND EETAC
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NEW ON 2013 CHALLENGES AND ENDEAVOURS
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PARTICIPATE HOW TO BROADCAST YOUR COMPANY
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THE FORUM OBJECTIVES AND MILESTONES
The Aerotelecom Forum is
an open congress conceived
as a bridge between
university talent and the
successful markets of
aeronautics and
telecommunications.
Organized by students on the
School on Telecommunication and
Aerospace Engineering (EETAC), it
creates an annual meeting point
to make it easy for leading
companies to broadcast
themselves upon the universitary
community or to meet other
talented companies on the sector.
On the other hand, students
can take advantage of a
unique opportunity to meet
the most representative
companies on the sector
personally, exchanging points
of view and showing them
their projects or personal
background.
To facilitate this reference
annual meeting, Parc UPC
and Universitat Politècnica
de Catalunya offer their
best infrastructures located
in the Mediterranean
Technology Park.
The RDIT Building, which is a
reference place for innovation and
research, will host the
Aerotelecom Forum on 16th May,
2013.
Several activities such as
conferences, roundtables and
workshops are organized for
both companies and students
to promote their projects and
activities.
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AEROTELECOM BACKGROUND
THREE YEARS OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Since the foundation of the Castelldefels School
of Telecommunications and Aerospace
Engineering– EETAC, in 1991, it has been clear
that an internship in a company is an essential
part of the training of an engineer.
Last academic year, 135 companies have met the
talent of the EETAC students, hiring 228 students
and billing near 1 million euros. Among them,
enterprises such as Vodafone IBM or Iberia LAE
and P3 VOITH Aerospace have promoted students’
end-of-degree projects.
Internships have several benefits for companies:
They allow the company to meet highly
technologically formed candidates
They allow to get to know the student
better before hiring him.
They do not suppose a contractual
relationship: In Company practices are
purely academic agreements.
The Forum Aerotelecom was born in 2011 with the
objective of promoting this interrelationship
between students and companies, and to make it
easier for everyone to meet new enterprises and
opportunities.
With more than 20 participating companies, the
2011 and 2012 editions brought to the campus the
real spirit of aeronautics and telecommunications,
inspiring our students and creating new
opportunities for everyone.
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THE SCENARIO
MEDITERRANEAN TECHNOLOGY PARK
The Aerotelecom Forum takes place at the
Mediterranean Technology Park (PMT), which is a
science and technology park that was set up by
the Autonomous Government of Catalonia, the
Regional Council of Baix Llobregat, Castelldefels
City Council and the Technical University of
Catalonia.
The PMT is a nerve centre for research and
innovation the aim of which is to create relations
between educational institutions, research
centres, companies with high technology content
and technology-based spin-off companies.
The PMT is a multi-disciplinary environment that
fosters research on the following fields:
Information and Communication
Technologies
Aeronautics and Space Engineering
Bioengineering
Agri-Food Engineering and Biotechnology
Optical and Photonic Sciences and
Technologies
Geo-Information Technologies
Environmental Technologies
Numerical Methods in Engineering
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CASTELLDEFELS SCHOOL OF
TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND AROSPACE
ENGINEERING
The Castelldefels School of Telecomunications
and Aerospace Engineering (EETAC) is a Higher
Education School of UPC specialized in technical
and scientific courses in Aeronautics and
Telecommunication (BSc, MSc and PhD) with a
reputation for excellence in Teaching, Innovation
and Quality. The school is also committed to
research activities in close contact with industry
to promote the transfer of results into practice.
Based in the Mediterranean Technology Park, it is
the main supporter for the Aerotelecom Forum,
as it clearly reinforces its working philosophy.
Its academic achievements are based on:
Being a pioneer in Spain of cooperative
and Project Based Learning with a reduced
number of students per class.
Continuous assessment system based on
students’ work.
Promotion of experiments and use of
laboratories, available at the students’
demand when there are no classes taking
place.
Practical training included in syllabus
(more than 250 students per year, around
500 h/student, contacts with more than
180 companies).
HOW TO GET TO FORUM AEROTELECOM
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EW ON 2013 NEW CHALLENGES AND ENDEAVOURS
NEW ON 2013 CHALLENGES AND ENDEAVOURS
Despite the fact that all predictions indicate that
the European economic recession will be worse
in 2013, it is up to all of us to show to students
and companies that the real meaning of the word
‘crisis’ Is ‘opportunity’.
For this reason, several challenges are taken by
the organization this year:
The forum will be consolidated as an
international meeting point, encouraging
the participation of foreign companies.
This year’s milestone is to double the
number of participants of both the 2011
and 2012 editions.
In order to achieve this objectives, the following
measures will be applied :
Any aeronautical or telecommunications
company is exempt of paying the
participation fee for the 2013 edition.
The forum will take place at the RDIT
building, which is a clear symbol of
innovation and research.
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PARTICIPATE! HOW TO BROADCAST YOUR COMPANY
Participating on the Forum Aerotelecom is very easy:
Every participant gets an exhibition space
at the RDIT building. The stand is the
place where the company can meet
personally one by one the visitors and
attend interested students
Companies have 45 minutes to expose
their activities on the Main Stage. The
access to the conferences is open and
free for everyone.
Any company is free to organize and
participate in symposiums and roundtables
using the several conferences rooms
allocated at the RDIT building.
2013 EXPOSITION FEE FOR AERONAUTICAL COMPANIES: 0€
2013 EXPOSITION FEE FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANIES: 0€