Event Report

WFEO YEFL Webinar series “Engineering the Future – Fulfilling Offshore Wind Potential”


The WFEO Committee on Young Engineers / Future Leaders organized the webinar series “Engineering the Future – Fulfilling Offshore Wind Potential” on 1st September 2022.

Today, governments around the world are developing huge stimulus packages, to relieve the shock of the pandemic and inject a new sense of direction into their economies. ...

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WFEO-WIE webinar “Leadership for Innovation in Engineering”


In celebration of the International Women in Engineering Day (INWED) 2022, the WFEO Committee Women in Engineering (WIE) invited the winners of the WFEO GREE Women in Engineering Award 2020 in a webinar themed “Leadership for Innovation in Engineering” in line with the INWED 2022 theme: “Inventors & Innovators”. ...

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Myanmar Engg Council, Chair of WFEO-CEIE, hosted ICEEA 2022


The Myanmar Engineering Council, host of the WFEO Committee for Education in Engineering (CEIE), hosted its annual International Conference on Engineering Education Accreditation (ICEEA 2022) virtually on 16 and 17 July 2022.

The Conference deliberations were on the theme “Quality Engineering Education Towards Engineering the Future”.

ICEEA 2022 provided an ...

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WFEO Progresses Capacity Building in Mauritius with site visits to all universities


The WFEO Committee for Education in Engineering has been coordinating and leading the mentoring of the Institution of Engineers Mauritius (IEM) Engineering Accreditation Board (EAB) by the National Board of Accreditation, India and the Engineering Council of South Africa. Both organizations are signatories of the Continue Reading →

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WFEO Side event at UN HLPF 2022 – Utilizing Open Science Principles for Quality Engineering Education to advance the UN Sustainable Development Goals


WFEO organized, with the support of UNESCO, the side event “Utilizing Open Science Principles for Quality Engineering Education to advance the UN Sustainable Development Goals” during the United Nations High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) on 6 July 2022.

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The United Nations High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development ...

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Annual meeting of the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG), Ms. Tatiana Volovaya, with civil society


The meeting, held on 27 June, was addressed to the NGO representatives and lasted for 1½ hours. During the meeting, Ms. Tatiana Volovaya, the Director-General, provided civil society representatives with a report of the work of the UN in Geneva and discussed comments and concerns of the NGOs physically present at the meeting.

Ms. Tatiana Volovaya first outlined the impact various ...

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WFEO-CEE Side event at the UNFCCC Bonn Climate Change Conference – Implementing Equitable, Sustainable and Climate Resilient Infrastructure & Local Adaptive Capacity


The Committee on Engineering and the Environment (CEE), in partnership with the Engineering Institute of Canada, hosted a side event entitled “Implementing Equitable, Sustainable and Climate Resilient Infrastructure & Local Adaptive Capacity” at the UNFCCC Bonn Climate Change Conference on 11 June.

The side event presented principles ...

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Dr Marlene Kanga announced as an Officer of the Order of Australia, a national honour, on Queen’s Birthday


Dr Marlene Kanga AO, an outstanding and transformative leader of engineering and technology organisations in Australia and internationally has been made an Officer of the Order of Australia, a national honor, “for distinguished service to engineering, particularly as a global leader and role model to women, to professional organisations and to business.”

Listed among Australia’s ...

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WFEO Past President Chaired High Level Policy Session at WSIS 2022


The World Summit on the Information Society Forum (WSIS Forum) 2022 High-Level Track took place from 30 May to 3 June 2022, at ITU Headquarters in Geneva with enhanced remote participation, featuring an Opening Segment, High-Level Policy Sessions, a Ministerial Round Table, and High-Level Dialogues.

Under the theme “ICTs for Well-Being, Inclusion and Resilience: WSIS Cooperation for Accelerating ...

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WFEO participation at the 7th STI Forum for the Sustainable Development Goals


The seventh annual UN Multi-stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for the Sustainable Development Goals (STI Forum) was held from 5 to 6 May 2022 at the UN-HQ in New York, during the 2022 session of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).

The collaborative STI Forum is convened ...

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