The World Engineering Day for Sustainable Development (WED) is an official International Day proclaimed by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) General Conference in November 2019. This was based on a proposal from the World Federation of Engineering Organizations (WFEO).
WED is an opportunity to celebrate engineering ...
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Meet the champions of this year’s Hackathon! Our judges have selected the top three winners, while the public vote crowned a fan-favorite.
With over 3,000 participants from 90+ countries, the competition showcased bold solutions to poverty, from climate-smart innovations to digital empowerment. Join us as we celebrate their achievements and hear from our winners, judges, ...
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Following the four thematic papers published since 2019, the Standing Technical Committee on Water (CW) of the World Federation of Engineering Organizations (WFEO), chaired by Ignacio González-Castelao Martínez-Peñuela from the Spanish Institute of Engineering (IIE), has now presented the book “Engineering, Water and Food Nexus” (available here).
This book, coordinated by the ...
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The 2024 World Conference on Science Literacy (WCSL) was successfully held in Beijing from 5 to 6 December 2024.
The Conference was sponsored by the China Association for Science and Technology (CAST) and supported by UNESCO, the International Science Council (ISC), WFEO and ...
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Under the visionary leadership of Eng. Mustafa B. Shehu, President of the World Federation of Engineering Organizations (WFEO), the global engineering community continues to make significant strides in representing the critical role of engineering at high-profile international events. Recently, Eng. Shehu was invited by UNESCO Assistant Director-General Eng. Lidia Brito to ...
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Marie-Line Vaiani, Chair of the WFEO Committee on Energy, Secretary General of the French Energy Council and member of the UN-Council of Engineers for the Energy Transition, represented WFEO at the Industrial Development Board of UNIDO (United Nations Industrial Development Organization), which brought together official delegations from over 53 countries at ...
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The (9th) World Internet of Things (IoT) Convention 2024, themed “Opening Up a New Era of the Intelligently Interconnected Digital Economy”, was held from 3 to 5 November in Beijing, China.
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Former WFEO President Dr Marlene Kanga AO has been awarded the Peter Nicol Russell Memorial Medal, the highest honour given by the WFEO National Member Engineers Australia (EA) to an individual member, at its national award ceremony on 21 November 2024.
The medal is named after Sir Peter Nicol Russell, ...
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The 2024 World Science Forum took place in Budapest, Hungary, from 20 to 23 November. Every two years, over 900 leading scientists, decision-makers from the world of politics, industry, representatives of the civil society and the media from all over the world gather for the World Science Forum to engage in dialogue about pressing global ...
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The Order of Engineers, Portugal (Ordem dos Engenheiros) hosted the Encuentro Iberoamericano de Mujeres Ingenieras, Arquitectas y Agrimensoras (EIMIAA, Association of Ibero-American Women Engineers Architects and Surveyors) conference at the National Institute of Civil Engineering (LNEC – Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil) in Lisbon, Portugal, for the first ...
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