On March 13th 2017, the opening day of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) at UN Headquarters in New York, WFEO participated in a high level forum organised by UNESCO on the importance of engineering and science in empowering women in a technology-led world of work. This was an important side event that occurred at the ...
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The twenty-second session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 22), the twelfth session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP 12), and the first session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the ...
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President orge Spitalnik attended on December 2nd the International Forum on Accreditation and Professional Licensing of Engineers in Latin America and the Caribbean, organized by FEIAP in Lima, and made an invited introductory speech on WFEO position on international systems for engineering education accreditation.
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The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) is a specialized agency in the United Nations system which primary objective is the promotion and acceleration of industrial development in developing countries and countries with economies in transition and the promotion of international industrial cooperation. It is also a member of the United Nations Development Group.
UNIDO believes that competitive and environmentally sustainable ...
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The 1st edition of the Federation of African Engineering Organisation’s conference tagged “African Engineering Conference on Energy” registered over 4,200 participants.
The Conference with theme “Adequate, Reliable and Sustainable Energy in Africa” was hosted by the Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) in collaboration with FAEO and UNESCO. It took place in the city of Uyo, Nigeria from 21st to 25th November 2016.
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WFEO Standing Committee on Engineering for Innovative Technologies (WFEO-CEIT) is planning to launch an initiative for breaking through both scientific & engineering problem in earthquake prediction. To explore new approaches for earthquake prediction, WFEO-CEIT, working with the committee on Earthquake Observation from space of Seismological Society of China, hosted a workshop of Big Data and Seismo-ionospheric ...
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The Federation of Engineering Institutions in Asia and the Pacific (FEIAP) held its annual General Assembly in Perth in July 2016. FEIAP is an international member of WFEO with members from mainly the Asia and Pacific region. This was the first time that the General Assembly has been held in Australia, from 6 to 9 July. FEIAP standing technical committees in education, environment, disaster risk management and information technology ...
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The World Future Energy Forum (WFEF) 2016 was convened by WFEO Committee on Energy in collaboration with Energy Internet Research Institute (EIRI), Tsinghua University on June 29, 2016 in Beijing, China, at the national conventional center. This event was co-organized by Chinese Society for Hydropower engineering (CSHE) and Hohai University, supported by Sungrow Power Supply Co., Ltd.
Energy and development are important topics for all ...
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At the request of Valerie Agberagba, Vice President of WFEO and Chair of the Committee on Women in Engineering requested me ...
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The First annual Multi-stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for the Sustainable Development Goals (STI Forum) met June 6-7 2016 at the UN HQ in New York. What will be an annual forum is an integral part of the Technical Facilitation Mechanism (TFM) that is charged to find ways to leverage technology for achievement of the goals. The TFM provides input on ...
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