31st International Conference on
Transdisciplinary Engineering 2024
9th to 11th July 2024 at UCL East in London, UK
Theme : engineering for social change
LATEST UPDATES
6 May
It's "bank holiday" in the UK today (a public holiday where the Universities - and banks - are usually shut). But no rest for us here at TE2024. We're cracking through the reviews now with just 22 papers requiring 1 more review to complete... and 13 still needing 2. We are pushing our amazing review team hard to get these completed in the next few days, and as conference organisers we will play our part in that. If you are worried about the time and need your review complete to release funding or get a letter of invitation, let us know and we will aim to expedite it in 24 hours. Without the usual £100 fee some will charge for that kind of servce :).
16 April
Back from Easter break - hope you had a chance to do something other than prepping your paper for TE2024! The submissions system is now closed, but if you have requested an extension we are probably in contact with you directly. We're motoring through the reviews now - we need to get over 200 reviews done by mid May - quite a task! Your support in this is invaluable, especially if you've been asked to review a paper. Note that due to a newbie error in the way we programme ConfTool your abstract submission is probably still showing on your personal screen in ConfTool, and may show a message 'Accepted for Oral Presentation' - this is meant to say 'accepted' - the acceptance status of 'oral presentation' or 'poster' only applies to Full Paper Submissions... we'll try and fix it soon, why may mean deleting the Abstract submissions, so it may disappear - don't be alarmed!
Welcome to TE2024! This conference brings together researchers and practitioners in, on and with engineering across academia, government and business to explore how engineering can address the complex and critical challenges facing society today. This annual conference is run by the International Society for Transdisciplinary Engineering, and is hosted by UCL's Department of Science, Technology, Engineering & Public Policy (UCL STEaPP) and UCL Centre for Engineering Education (CEE). The conference will take place at UCL's new East Campus at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in East London.
Engineering is how society makes the future and transdisciplinary engineering is central in making that future better - and making better future engineers, through innovations in education practice. Transdisciplinary engineering involves collaboration across academia and practice, as well as between academic engineers and other disciplines such as the social and physical sciences. Transdisciplinary engineering aims to open up engineering practice to enable better engineering through this collaboration.
The theme for TE2024 is 'Engineering for Social Change'. This brings a wider lens on the role of engineering in society, and the way academic engineering research and development interacts with other experts in business, policy, communities and other non-engineering disciplines. It also takes inspiration from UCL STEaPP's new undergraduate programme, the BSc in Science and Engineering for Social Change. The first cohort will be finishing their first year of the new degree at the time of the conference, so TE2024 will be a chance to inspire the next generation of transdisciplinary engineers!
Thinking of submitting a paper but unsure if your work is in scope? Then head over to the 'What is TE?' page for advice and the guidance and templates for a further steer. A new TE2024 website page dedicated to understanding the theme is now available - giving pointers to how you can turn your work to the theme of 'social change'.
We look forward to seeing academic engineering researchers, social scientists, engineering policy & business practitioners at TE2024!
The Keynote Speakers
Below is the emerging list of keynote speakers
UCL Special Panel
On the Tuesday of Conference Week, we are putting together a special panel of UCL's transdisciplinary engineering expertise to discuss TE from a range of different perspectives. The panel members will be added here as they are agreed.
Professor of Collective Intelligence, Public Policy and Social Innovation
Professor of Materials & Society
Lecturer in Humanitarian & Disaster Logistics
Professor of Sustainable, Healthy & Equitable Built Environment
Any questions about TE2024? Then feel free to email the local organising committee via: STEaPP.TE2024@ucl.ac.uk
