Outcomes of the Meeting
of the Committee on Engineering & Environment on 17 October 2006  at Chicago               ........... 7

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.

The WFEO Communication Office organized in Tunis on 12 October 2006 a brainstorming workshop to explore the issues and themes to be addressed at the next WFEO Conference "Empowering Women in Engineering, Science and Technology" scheduled to be held in Tunis 4-8 June 2007.

The workshop gathered together around 30 women and men from university, business sector and other professionals.

Participants discussed the social, cultural, legal and professional aspects of the gender equity in general and recommended to:

•  Identify barriers that prevent women in engineering and provide statistics about women in the field.

• Identity the women empowerment factors for further integration in these fields.

• Analyze the engineering profession for better understanding and access of women.

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