BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:Europe/Paris X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/Paris BEGIN:VEVENT UID:3@wfeo.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20220901T140000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20220901T150000 DTSTAMP:20220822T112228Z URL:https://www.wfeo.org/events/wfeo-yefl-webinar-series-engineering-the-f uture-fulfilling-offshore-wind-potential/ SUMMARY:WFEO YEFL Webinar series “Engineering the Future – Fulfilling O ffshore Wind Potential” DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column]\nThe WFEO Committee on Young Engineers / Fu ture Leaders is pleased to invite you to the webinar series "Engineering t he Future - Fulfilling Offshore Wind Potential" that will be held virtuall y Thursday 1st September 2022 at 8:00 pm HK time / 2:00 pm CEST.\n\nToday\ , 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. There is an appetite for new solutions and the parallel threat of climate change is setting the context for much of the debate. In vesting in green infrastructure plays a significant role and it is clear t hat the need for sustainable\, reliable and affordable energy has never be en greater.\n\nThere is clearly much potential for offshore wind\, and som e exciting opportunities to help fulfil this potential. If developers and investors can take full advantage\, countries will soon be reaping the rew ards in the form of abundant\, affordable low-carbon energy.\n \;\nMod erator: \n\nTak Tang\, Member\, WFEO Young Engineers/Future Leaders Commit tee\, (Hong Kong\, SAR of China)\n\n\nSpeakers: \n\nPeter Thompson\, Direc tor and East Asia Energy Business Leader\, Arup \nProf. Dr. José Vieira\, WFEO President\nFiras Bou Diab\, Chair\, WFEO Young Engineers/Future Lead ers Committee\n\n \;\n[/vc_column]\n[vc_column width="1/3"][/vc_column ]\n[vc_column width="1/3"]\n[callout style="coolblue"]REGISTER HERE[/callo ut][/vc_column]\n[vc_column width="1/3"][/vc_column]\n[vc_column]\nFor mor e information:\n\n Registration link\n\n WFEO Committee on Young Engineers / Future Leaders website\n \;\nTak Tang\n\nTak Tang has worked in var ious works departments in the Hong Kong\, SAR of China\, Government for ov er 12 years on a range of infrastructure projects. He is the Project Manag er of the Chinese Temples Committee in charge of managing the trust fund a nd heads the project section. To cater the stakeholders’ needs\, he has practical experience in effective civic engagement for smooth project impl ementations.\n\nTak also takes up numerous roles to serve the Hong Kong In stitution of Engineers (HKIE) and society at large. He is committed to mak ing meaningful impact with focus on the affairs of young engineers and stu dents\, and fostering international relationships. He is currently an Elec ted Council Member and was the Young Members Committee Chairman (2018/19) of HKIE. He has been a lead sponsor and a reviewer for Institution of Civi l Engineers Professional Reviews.\n \;\nPeter Thompson\n\nPeter Thomps on is a Director and East Asia Energy Business Leader for Arup based in Ho ng Kong\, SAR of China. He has more than 34 years of experience in the man agement of the design and implementation of major energy and infrastructur e works projects across a wide variety of overseas countries. In line with the firm’s strategy to facilitate the development of sustainable future outcomes\, he has a focus on works that lead to positive climate impacts\ , improved resilience and net-zero solutions based on commercially sound p rojects that achieve these aims. \n\nAs a professional engineer he has par ticular knowledge and expertise for the design and implementation of renew able energy systems including onshore and offshore wind farms as well as s olar and hydrogen facilities and is currently involved with advisory servi ces and the detailed design works for a number of projects currently being undertaken in Hong Kong\, SAR of China\, Japan\, Korea and Chinese Taipei .\n \;\nProf. Dr. José Vieira\n\nBiography is available in this link. \n \;\nFiras Bou Diab\n\nBiography is available in this link.\n\n\n[/v c_column][/vc_row] ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.wfeo.org/wp-content/uploads/YEFL-Web inar_fulfilling-offshore-wind-potential_1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Paris X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/Paris BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20220327T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR