The 5th Engineering Partnerships Convention (EPC) 2024 was held from 7 to 10 May at the Dedan Kimathi University of Technology (DeKUT) a public university located in Nyeri County, Kenya, under the theme “Engineering@60: Reflections, Response, Resetting”
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The WFEO – IEA Mentoring Project that was established in November 2019, achieved its first success with the approval of the Institution of Engineers Mauritius (IEM) as a provisional signatory of the International Engineering Alliance (IEA), at their annual meeting in Delhi on 12th June 2024.
Signatory status at the International Engineering Alliance ...
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WFEO Executive Vice-President Ania Lopez (Italy) and Member of the Executive Council Alain Jouanjus (France) participated in the Engineers Europe Annual Business Meetings held in Dublin, Ireland, on 30 and 31 May 2024, hosted by Engineers Ireland.
The report of Ania Lopez “Topic to development – Proposal” is available below.
The WFEO Committee on Women in Engineering (WIE) organized the webinar “Open Forum” on 22 May 2024.
The WIE Chair Dr. Enyonam Kpekpena and the Themes’ leads presented their report on the 2024 Action Plans.
The recording is available by clicking on the below image.
The Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) held its 2023 Conference and Annual General Meeting at the Abuja International Conference Centre between 27 and 30 November 2023 with the theme Re-engineering the Manufacturing Sector for Competitiveness and Economic Growth”. The Conference registered a huge turn out of engineers, numbering more than 5,000 participants.
The Conference Opening Ceremony was ...
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The 30th Institution of Engineers of Kenya (IEK) Conference took place in Mombasa between 14 and 17 November 2023 with the theme “Engineering a New World”. The IEK also hosted the 18th General Assembly of the World Council of Civil Engineers (WCCE) during the period. I had the opportunity to address the ...
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The China Engineering Education Accreditation Association (CEEAA) hosted the International Engineering Education Symposium 2023-China Week (IEES 2023-CW) between 13 and 19 November 2023, with the theme of “Unleashing Potential, Empowering Future: Embracing Graduate Attributes and Professional Competencies”.
The Symposium was jointly organized by CEEAA, the Hong Kong Institution of ...
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The WFEO Young Engineers / Future Leaders’ Working Group on Climate Action, FIDIC, Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR) and Engineers Without Boarders International (EWB) organized the UNFCCC COP28 side event titled “Youth & Practitioners: Catalysts ...
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The WFEO Working Group on Climate Change, in partnership with Conservation International (CI), Engineering Institute of Canada (EIC) and Resilience First (RF) organized the COP28 UAE side event titled Systems thinking for holistic climate action: nature-driven engineering, policy and finance solutions, ...
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On its 13 October 2023 meeting in Prague, WFEO’s Executive Council approved the Laureates for the following WFEO awards, based on the recommendation from the Awards Committee.
The WFEO Gree Women in Engineering Prize was attributed to Prof. Yandan Lin, professor at the School of Information, Science and Technology of Fudan University.
Yandan Lin received B.S. and Ph.D. ...
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