"Engineering: Innovation with Social Responsibility"

The World Engineering Convention will take place from the 3rd to the 5th of December 2008, in the city of Brasilia, by means of a partnership among WFEO, CONFEA, FEBRAE and UNESCO. The focus of this event will be the world in developement and its challenges. For this reason, the selected theme was: "Engineering: Innovation with Social Responsability".
What is the role of engineering, engineers and technology in this new international scenery?
How can each one contribute to the building of a more fair socially responsible world?
Engineers from all over the world will exchange experiences and ideas in conferences, seminars, forums to discuss, assess and propose answers to these questions.
More information: www.wec2008.org.br
WEC2000 _Hannover _Final Report
WEC2004_Shanghai_ Final Report.pdf

A New WFEO Standing Committee: Women in Engineering and Technology -WIE

As decided on 28th February 2008 by the Executive Board in Paris , the Conseil National des Ingénieurs et Scientifiques de France (CNISF) is the body hosting the WFEO Standing Committee on Women in Engineering and Technology -WIE :

• To develop and attract more women in engineering area
• To fight the lack of women engineers at professional positions
• To promote the place of women in engineering and improve women engineers representation within its organisation

The WFEO – WIE will be chaired by Marie-Hélène Therre. Eng. President of Femmes Ingénieurs (French Women Engineers Association), which is part of the French WFEO National Member.
Vice Chairs and Secretariat for the Committee will be selected from the confirmed member list by end of July 2008, after the kick-off of the Committee in July 2008.
In April 2008, a call for volunteers for membership of the committee is sent to all the Executive Board, Executive Council Members, and National Member Representatives. The call is requesting to propose applications for membership.
A list of confirmed members will be provided in July 2008.
There are two categories of membership, Full Member and Corresponding Member.
A Full Member is an active participant on one or more projects or initiatives of the committee.
A Corresponding Member participates in a supportive role but would not be leading a project.
Download the documents related to WIE:
Committee on Women in Engineering _Presentation.ppt
Comiittee on Women in Engineering_ Strategic Plan.doc
Committee on Women in Engineering_ membership application.doc

Committee on Information and Communication-CIC

The standing Committee on Information and Communication has its service term presently from 2005 to 2009. Hosted by The Korean Federation of Engineering Organizations since 2005, a new hosting organization of CIC was named by the Executive Council in February 2008, The China Association for Science and Technology, CAST.
New CIC Chairman is Prof. Y. X. Zhong, WFEO Vice President, Chair of Academy Committee, University of Posts & Telecommunications, Beijing, China . Visit the CIC page in this website.
Download: CIC_Call for Participation.doc

International Conference of Women Engineers and Scientists, ICWES14, Lille , France , July 15-18, 2008 .

Under the theme of   "A changing world : new opportunities for women engineers and scientists" , the conference is an opportunity for all participants to exchange ideas and information with outstanding professional and academic women working in an international and challenging environment, leading change and helping progress of cultural change. The program is diverse, and emphasizes the sustainable development, the role of information technology and communication in industry, and different gender aspects in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
You can find more details on the ICWES14 website www.icwes14.org for registration and paper submission.

The 38th WFEO-CET meeting will be held in Brasilia , Brasil on December 1, 2008 in coincidence with the WEC'2008.
The CET meeting will be totally devoted to the 8th World Congress on Engineering Education - 8WCEE (23-25 March 2009, in Kuching, Sarawak , Malaysia).