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Continuing Engineering Education, Lifelong Learning

Abstract:

The Interreg-IVa 2-Seas project i-MOCCA (“interregional MObility and Competence Centers in Automation”) concentrates on two fast evolving topics in industrial automation: industrial data communication and embedded control. Both require high-end training of practicing engineers in industry and demonstrators illustrating proof-of-principle of emerging technologies. The i-MOCCA project aims to develop competence centers in different universities in the coastal regions of the UK, France and Flanders, Belgium. The project started in July 2011 and ends in September 2014. The outline of the paper is as follows. In the first part, the triple helix model is applied to the project. In the second part, the project’s deliverables and the project management are discussed. Part three briefly explains the use of common basic equipment. Part four is the main part of this paper and discusses how the cooperation between the seven university partners was achieved and how the industry could be involved. Some facts and figures close the paper.