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 ...
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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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In Jules Verne’s novel, the castaways stranded on Mysterious Island regain hope when Cyrus Smith, the group’s engineer, is found safe and sound: by identifying the island’s resources, and building an oven and tools, he soon makes the island a haven of plenty.
Just as Smith improved life on the island, engineers, men and ...
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Last 4th of March, the World Engineering Day 2023 (WED2023) was celebrated across the globe with the theme Engineering Innovation For a More Resilient World by many engineering institutions, businesses, UN bodies and social groups.
The 4th March celebration took place after the 2 day-conference “Engineering: the cities of the future” that was organized by ...
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The World Federation of Engineering Organizations successfully hosted a global Hackathon for engineering students as part of the celebrations for World Engineering Day 2023.
The theme of World Engineering Day 2023 was Engineering Innovation for a more Resilient World. The Hackathon provided a focus on young engineers and engineering students and enables their participation in ...
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Celebrations of World Engineering Day continue to grow. The WFEO LIVE event, Hackathon and other celebration events reached more than 50 million in 2023 on social media.
Celebrations of World Engineering Day continue to grow each year with hundreds of events held around the world.
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The World Engineering Day for Sustainable Development (WED) was celebrated for its fourth time last 4th of March as an international celebration promoting the critical role of engineers and engineering to achieve a more resilient and prosperous world.
On this occasion, Ms Audrey Azoulay, Director-General of UNESCO, delivered the ...
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Aligned with 2023 Theme: Engineering Innovation For A More Resilient World and as part of the World Engineering Day Celebrations, the Young Engineers / Future Leaders Committee organized a webinar on 24 February 2023 entitled “Smart Sustainable Communities and Frontier Technologies” in collaboration with the
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WFEO, the International Coalition for Sustainable Infrastructure (ICSI), the Commonwealth Engineers’ Council (CEC), the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) organized the webinar “Collaborative Engineering Initiatives for a Sustainable and Resilient Built Environment” on 21 February 2023, ...
Australian engineer Dr Marlene Kanga, AM FTSE HonFIEAust HonFIChemE, is the immediate past president of the World Federation of Engineering ...
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