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Outline
1. Towards a new renaissance?
– Three Immense socio-economic, scientific and technological changes
– Grand multidisciplinary challenges for engineers and policymakers
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‘Renaissance’ engineers and policy makers
3. Joos as a renaissance engineer
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1.Socio-economic Mega-Changes
See: Econoshock, Geert Noels, Hautekiet
‘How 6 economic shocks will fundamentally change your life’
Simultaneous Mega shocks…
• Towards >9B people in 2050, aging of society
• Scarcity of fossil fuels and raw materials
• Center of gravity moves east: innovation badly needed
• ICT leads to globalisation, challenges security & privacy
• Face climate change
• Manage financial chaos: towards post-capitalism?
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Lead to Grand Challenges
• Double energy, food, water production in 2050
• Reduce the cost of aging and healthcare
• Create safe, secure information society respecting privacy
• Manage complexity of global systems and networks
• Keeping western prosperity in a globalised world…
Demanding global system solutions based on advanced technical and societal engineering
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2. Nature of Science and Technology is Changing too
Intelligent systems?
Energy Mfg. Goods Information +Bio+Nano+Energy
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Neuro
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Convergence
Intelligence
Complexity
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Era Science
Technology
Techno-Science
Scale Macro Micro Nano
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And Changes Nature of Industry
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Century Technology Production factor Product
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Fossil Fuel Energy
Machines
Labour
Electrical Energy
Manufacturing
Capital
Mat. Goods
Cars, Planes
Computer Chips, DNA, tech at nano-scale
Information
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Communication
(ICT)
Brains
Knowledge
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Bio- Nano- en Neurotech
Smart
Networked
Personalised
Services, products
Nano medicine
New materials
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Innovation = Converging Technologies
Innovation will emerge from merger of techno-science disciplines & social science rather than from individual disciplines e.g.
Internet of Things
Smart Energy Grids
Smart Mobility
‘Creativity is connecting things’
Mechatronics / Nano mechanics
Telemedicine
Synthetic biology
Nano-medicine
Genome based personalized medicine
Steve Jobs
A true renaissance…
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Connecting Things…
Synthetic Biology: Engineering Life
Chip Design… Bacterium Design
10011000..
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IN genome gaattcgcgg …
DNA Design!
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Bio-Nano-Info based Personalised
Medicine
Bio-informatics
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Personalised
Medicine
Source: R.Pauwels Biocartis

Short term growth
Shareholders
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Public dialog
SOCIAL Scientists
Tomorrows
Engineer
ICT
Nano
Bio
Neurosc.
Objectives
Drive
Regulations
Stable legislation
Policy Making
Long Term Vision
Grand Challenges for a
Sustainable society
Media Education
TECHNO-Literacy
Dogmatic Thinking
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Yesterday Tomorrow
Sciences  Engineering
 Social Sciences
Techno-science for Social
Innovation
Hyperspecialized publication fever
Cross-disciplinary research and education
Mono-disciplinary research funding
Cross-disciplinary funding
Publication oriented Eng. Ph.D.
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Academic career
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Innovation oriented Eng. Ph.D.
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Technical leadership
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Entrepreneurial thinking

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Renaissance = system oriented merging of disciplines in the fast changing biotope of the 21st century…
• Engineer oriented towards social innovation =
• Innovation driven by the grand societal needs of the
21 st century and in an economic- ecologic win-win scenario
• Operating in agile, dynamic and globalised company structures
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M/W oriented towards social innovation:
– Team player, team builder  techno nerd
– With cross-disciplinary communication skills
– Trained in system thinking (sees the whole)
– Independent and interpersonal lifelong learning skills
– Able to cope with diversity and change
– World citizen (language, culture…)
Co-architect of future society
– From societal vision to customer solutions
– With sustainable economic value : entrepreneur!
– An eye for moral and ethical values
– Willing to participate to the public debate !
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Need for:
“Sociology for future engineers”
“Team based system design”
All EE disciplines EE + bioengineers+ biochemists
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+Ingrid Verbauwhede +Bart De Moor
Joos
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Educating Innovation oriented
Engineering. Ph.D. s
Technical leadership
Entrepreneurial thinking
‘Preparing for a Career in the Innovative
Industry of the Future’
Joos Vandewalle, Hubert Van Belle and 11 innovation pioneers in industry and R&D
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Wanted:
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Renaissance social scientists & decision makers
With technological literacy, capable of:
Making objective long term choices for a sustainable society
“Democratizing the future”  emocracy!
Hence need for:
“Technology for future philosophers”
But once again Joos made it happen!
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Joos and the Renaissance Humanists
Two years ago…
In addition:
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Joos: a Team- and Bridge Builder
IMEC Circuits Systems
SISTA
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COSIC DARIUS
Secure
Safe
Internet
Connected society
Biomedicine
Industrial Processes
Mechatronics
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Demand
Supply
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Kyoto
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Source: Janusz Kozinski York Univ
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• For 37 years of friendship and scientific cooperation and joint fun in motivating the young for the art of engineering
• For showing us how important the role of math is in designing for a better world
• For your constructive and patient way of building bridges between people and organisations
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• Welcome to the club of emeriti. Time now to enjoy the privileges of age!
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