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 Vice-Chair ...
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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 participate in ...
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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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The Order of Engineers, Portugal (Ordem dos Engenheiros) presented its International Distinction Award to former WFEO President Dr Marlene Kanga AO, “for the contribution of excellence given to the development and strengthening of relations between the Portuguese Engineers Association and the global Engineering community, embodied in the WFEO” at the Solemn ...
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The WFEO Working Group on Climate Change, in partnership with the Engineering Institute of Canada (EIC) presented the webinar entitled “The WFEO Code of Practice: Principles of Climate Change Adaptation and (in future) Resilience for Engineers” on 19 December 2024.
This webinar introduces and explains the nine principles contained in the Continue Reading →
I was invited by the UNESCO Addis Ababa Office to attend the Continental Conference on Transforming STEM in Africa held between 26 and 28 November 2024. In line with the program, the Minister of Science, Technology and innovation from south Africa and I gave Keynote Addresses at the Opening ...
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