From 2005-07-01 to 2005-07-22

Venue: Paris, France

Summary:
The IIWE, open to women and men, acts as a forum to explore the diversity of international engineering practices and traditions, showing how culture can make a difference and indicating how to overcome these differences in order to communicate effectively in a multi-cultural setting. EPF began this programme in 2001 and is currently preparing its fifth edition. The IIWE 2005 summer session, 'Sustaining Women Engineers Internationally', aims to present the challenges women face as international engineers and prepare them for the future. This year the IIWE puts particular emphasis on the woman engineer's role in sustainable development. The IIWE programme includes examples of the engineering being practised in a variety of countries and geographic areas. IIWE 2005 also presents the vast opportunities offered in the engineering field, focuses on helping participants discover their real values, and shows how engineers can balance their professional and family lives. The World Water Assessment Programme (WWAP) Deputy Coordinator, Carlos Fernandez-Jauregui, will speak of 'What sustainable development is... and isn't' at this seminar, which was organized under the auspices of this Programme. The IIWE 2005 will be immediately followed by the Nile Countries Hydromanagement Project Water Governance Workshop which will take place 25 - 30 July.

Organizers: International Institute of Women in Engineering (IIWE) and Ecole d'Ingénieurs (EPF)
Contact Name: Gay Tischbirek
E-mail: Gay.Tischbirek@epf.fr
URL: http://www.eng.odu.edu/iiwe/prog2005.htm