TUNIS CONFERENCE

Here is the general conference information for Tunis.

I am helping to lead a pre/post leadership conference for about 40 women.

Leading Change for Women in Engineering & Technology Tunis, Tunisia– On June 6 – 8, 2007, the inaugural international colloquium on “Empowering Women in Engineering and Technology” will set out with the World Federation of Engineering Organizations (WFEO), the Center for Women and Information Technology at UMBC (CWIT), UNESCO and many other industry stakeholders to: discuss ongoing initiatives on gender, engineering and ICT; raise awareness on gender-related barriers to engineering and ICT access; include women as leaders and decision-makers; and support local solutions and content. Raise Awareness on a Global Scale The goal of this extraordinary new colloquium is to increase the worldwide participation and leadership of women engineers within WFEO and both the engineering and technology professions. “We want to establish a solid foundation of global support for women already working in these fields and those interested in becoming the engineering, technology and science professionals of tomorrow,” states Kamel Ayadi, president of WFEO and lead colloquium host. The colloquium will host over 50 well-known speakers and 500 participants representing over 90 different countries. The result – a unique collaborative effort from well-respected industry leaders and internationally renowned keynote speakers such as: Karima Bounerma Ben Soltane, Director, UN Economic Commission for Africa Johanna Levelt Sengers, Scientist emeritus – US National Institute of Standards & Technology, Co-Chair for the InterAcademy Council report on Women for Science Ellen Sauerbrey, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Julie Hammer, AM, CSC, National Deputy President, Engineers Australia Claudine Hermann, Professor emeritus of Physics at Ecole Polytechnique Paris

About WFEO World Federation of Engineering Organizations (WFEO) is a non-governmental organization that brings together national engineering organizations from over 90 nations and represents some 15 million engineers from around the world. WFEO was founded in 1968 under the auspices of UNESCO. It is a world-wide leader in the engineering profession and cooperates with national and other international professional institutions in developing and applying engineering to the benefit of humanity. WFEO provides information and leadership to the engineering profession on issues of concern to the public or to the profession.

 

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