This Newsletter is published quarterly for the WFEO Committee on Engineering and Environment (CEE) at 
The Institution of Engineers (India), 8, Gokhale Road, Calcutta 700 020, 
Phone: 223-8311/14/15/16, 223-8333/34, 223-3155, Fax: 91 33 223-8345, 91 61532911, 
E-mail: intnl@ieindia.org ; gplal@hotmail.com 
Secretary & Director General : Cdr. A K Poothia, IN (Retd.)

Vol. 27 No. 2 June 2006  Editor: Mr. B. J. Vasoya

Editorial ... 1               

Energy Management on a Global Perspective........           2-4

Engineering and technology for better poverty reduction?...     5

Forthcoming Events...      6

CEE Meeting FIESCA Gen Assembly & India Hosts - 2007 WFEO General Assembly.........                 7

We look forward to WEC 2008.......               8

Acronyms
commonly used ... 8

WE LOOK FORWARD TO WEC 2008

The next World Engineers’ Convention will be hosted by the WFEO Brazilian National Member, Brazilian Federation of Engineering Societies (FEBRAE) and the Federal Council of Engineering and Architecture (CONFEA), in Brasilia from 3 to 5 December 2008. 

A supervisory board has already been set up to organize the event. It is co-chaired by the CONFEA and FEBRAE Presidents and includes external members belonging to WFEO, IAB, CAST and UNESCO. Apart from the supervisory board, it has decided to set up an International Advisory Board [IAB], chaired by WFEO past president Prof. Medem.