UW-Madison News Release—Globalization Forum

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
11/21/05

CONTACT: Thomas W. Smith, (608) 263-7426, twsmith@wisc.edu

INDUSTRY FORUM TO EXPLORE IMPACT OF GLOBALIZATION ON ENGINEERING

MADISON - Increasingly, U.S. companies are looking overseas for the deployment and development of engineering resources. The globalization of the engineering enterprise affects all aspects of engineering, from information systems through product design, manufacturing and plant and facilities.

Sales support and service functions are seeing significant impacts from global resources, and even the most conservative areas of engineering, such as construction and utilities, are not immune.

On Thursday and Friday, Dec. 1-2, engineering executives, chief technology officers, global product managers and others will gather at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Fluno Center for Executive Education to look at how a wide variety of engineering functions have already changed and will continue to change as a result of globalization.

The forum is called "Beyond Offshoring: Globalization of the Engineering Enterprise" and will feature a variety of industry experts with first-hand knowledge of how globalization is changing the practice of engineering. The program will begin on Thursday, Dec. 1 at 10 a.m.

For more information, contact Program Director Thomas W. Smith at (608) 263-7426, twsmith@wisc.edu, or visit the Web site at http://epdweb.engr.wisc.edu/webH212.
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