The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)’s Engineering for Change (E4C) has announced keynote speakers and award nominees for its fourth annual Impact.Engineered forum, a virtual event and networking experience, 9 a.m. to 2p.m. EST, Thursday and Friday, Dec. 3-4, 2020.
Keynote speakers Asha Varghese, president of The Caterpillar Foundation, and Jenny Frankel-Reed, climate adaptation strategy lead for Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, will open and close the event with their remarks. Varghese, a thought leader in workforce readiness, international business development, and sustainable infrastructure, and Frankel-Reed, an advocate of technology enabling climate resilience, will share their unique perspectives on engineering pathways to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
The only event that recognizes and amplifies the role of engineers in solving global challenges, Impact.Engineered offers participants the opportunity to meet and learn from engineers, social entrepreneurs, multilateral agencies, impact investors, industry leaders, and rising stars who are shaping the future of business and engineering. The two-day program includes a full roster of global thought-leading speakers – more than 60% of whom are women – in interactive workshops and presentations, a technology showcase, and awards reception.
The program focuses on “partnerships advancing the decade of action,” in recognition of the 2030 agenda for achieving the U.N. SDGs and acknowledging that global challenges from climate change to COVID-19 and economic downturn require technical solutions, workforce development, resilient infrastructure and public leadership to drive implementation. The virtual format creates new opportunities to connect with E4C’s global audience of more than one million innovators. Visit the event agenda for more details.
gridCONNEXT convenes world-class experts to explore and unleash market innovations enabling the transition to a modern 21st century grid.
Take advantage of speaking at the IECA Annual Conference and Expo in Kansas City, Missouri, February 21-24, 2021 to get recognized as an industry thought leader.
The International Erosion Control Association (IECA) Region One and the Geosynthetic Materials Association (GMA), a division of Industrial Fabrics Association International (IFAI) will co-locate the Geosynthetics Conference with the IECA Annual Conference in Kansas City, Mo., February 21-24, 2021. The combined conferences are anticipated to attract over 3,000 attendees and double the exhibition area for both associations.
Geosynthetics Conference 2021, co-located with IECA Annual Conference and Expo, brings together professionals in all facets of the geotechnical industry to connect, network and discover new products and services on the show floor. Participants will experience short courses, plenary sessions, technical papers, roundtables and panel discussions sharing developments across the geotechnical, civil and geoengineering communities.
IECA and IFAI have made the decision to move the IECA Annual Conference & Expo and the Geosynthetics Conference online. The safety, health and well-being of conference attendees has always been the top priority of both organizations. With that in mind stakeholders made the decision to move the event online to provide the safest learning/exhibition environment for attendees.
IECA Annual Virtual Conference & Expo
February 22-25, 2021
Education | Education for both conferences will be accessible across numerous device types on a robust platform that provides access to live and pre-recorded content. Education will feature timely content presented by knowledge experts that provide real world solutions to industry problems including plenary sessions, roundtables, fireside chats, technical papers, poster sessions and short courses.
Network | Attendees can network online with specific industry topics, speaker engagement, roundtable discussions and participate in trivia night. The platform also provides one-on-one interactions through text and video chat capabilities. Attendees can also share their biography, social media and contact information with peers to stay connected post conference.
Expo Hall | Exhibit virtually at the 2021 IECA Annual Conference to make contacts and build relationships with purchasing agents. Show your products and services to the engineers who specify their use, the contractors who buy and use the products and services and the regulators who monitor the sites – all at one show! Don’t miss this opportunity to connect with your audience at one of the most respected events in the industry.
We understand that this time of year can be challenging, so to make things a little easier, WEF has extended the Stormwater Summit call for abstracts deadline. You now have an additional week to submit our work and join the industries thought leaders and experts as a potential speaker.
Don’t miss your opportunity to showcase your knowledge at the Stormwater Summit 2021 Conference.
The Pipelines 2021 Conference is part of the new ASCE Utility Engineering & Surveying Institute (UESI). The conference will continue to provide a forum for pipeline engineers and practitioners from all around the world to share their experiences in meeting the challenges of today’s pipeline infrastructure. This premier industry event has become the conference of choice for utility and pipeline owners, design and consulting engineers, contractors, manufacturers, suppliers, students, educators, researchers, and pipeline professionals. The conference will also include surveying as it relates to pipeline and utility projects.
