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SUMMARY:World Engineers' Convention 2011 Engineers Power the World - Facin
 g the Global Energy Challenge. 4-9 September 2011
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20110904
DTSTAMP:20260407T175829Z
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:World Engineers' Convention 2011 in Geneva\n\nSeptember 2011 w
 ill see Geneva become the key international venue for engineers. The World
  Engineers' Convention 2011 (WEC 2011) seeks to encourage innovative engin
 eering aimed at solving the problem of globally sustainable use of energy.
  \n\nHow can we provide sufficient energy for everyone around the globe? H
 ow can we meet the energy needs of the world's population fairly? How can 
 we prevent conflicts over energy? These are just a few of the burning issu
 es to be addressed by WEC 2011. \n\nEngineers from all over the world will
  get together in Geneva from 4-9 September 2011. The title of the conventi
 on  Engineers Power the World – Facing the Global Energy Challenge refle
 cts its focus on energy as one of the greatest challenges of the 21st cent
 ury. It will promote sustainable use and identify future-proof solutions i
 n the areas of mobility and transport  urban development and construction 
  energy conversion logistics renewable energy and storage  and rational en
 d use and large consumers.\n\nWorking with Prestigious Partners for a Worl
 d-class Outcome Switzerland was mandated to host WEC 2011 by the World Fed
 eration of Engineering Organizations (WFEO)  the association of national e
 ngineering organizations from more than 90 countries  \nrepresenting some 
 15 million engineers worldwide. The organizational aspects have been entru
 sted to the Swiss organizations Swiss Engineering  SIA  Electrosuisse and 
 FTAL. Swiss partners include the two Federal Institutes of Technology in Z
 urich (ETHZ) and Lausanne (EPFL) the Swiss Academy of Engineering Sciences
  (SATW)  Swiss universities of applied sciences the \nSwiss Federal Govern
 ment  and industry and business associations. International partners inclu
 de UNESCO and FEANI (the European Federation of National Engineering Assoc
 iations).\n\nThe Program Committee includes representatives of ETH  EPFL  
 the Paul Scherrer Institute Switzerland’s Federal Energy Commission  and
  international experts including representatives of the Association of Ger
 man Engineers (VDI) and the US Alliance of Engineering Associations.
LOCATION:The International Conference Center Geneva (CICG)\, Geneva\, Swit
 zerland
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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