BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.1.7//EN TZID:Europe/Paris X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/Paris BEGIN:VEVENT UID:31@wfeo.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris;VALUE=DATE:20211226 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris;VALUE=DATE:20211229 DTSTAMP:20230124T160547Z URL:https://www.wfeo.org/events/36th-indian-engineering-congress-and-wfeo- cic-session-on-smart-technologies-for-smart-cities/ SUMMARY:36th Indian Engineering Congress and WFEO-CIC Session on Smart Tech nologies for Smart Cities DESCRIPTION:\nThe Institution of Engineers (India) will be hosting the 36th Indian Engineering Congress at New Delhi on 26-28 December 2021. It has b een planned to host a physical WFEO Session on December 27\, 2021\, concur rently with the Indian Engineering Congress.\nBackground\nCOVID pandemic h as hit the economy of all the countries across the world including India. But the way India has bounced back shows the resilience and core strength of the country to overcome any challenges to be encountered in emergency s ituations. This is a commendable performance and all the citizens of the c ountry deserve the appreciation for the role played by them.\nThe engineer s have a multifaceted role to play in this growth of the country as they a re supposed to provide the basic infrastructure which is the backbone for any development and to ensure an inclusive and sustainable development for a clean\, green\, self-reliant and prosperous India for the future genera tion.\nThe IEC theme for this year is “Engineers for Viable Technology a nd $ 5 Trillion Economy” is very apt in the present day scenario and th e deliberations at this mega event\, to be shared by visionaries and doyen s in the field of engineering\, will enlighten and generate awareness abou t the responsibility of the engineers in promoting engineering innovations and accelerating growth of the nation in all sectors.\nCongress Objective s\nThe Congress will provide a Forum:\n\nTo have discussion around the the me to promote ideas\, broaden operational horizon of engineers from differ ent disciplines\, and to pursue newer domains and concepts\nFor exchange o f information\, updating knowledge and simulating a sense of responsibilit y in their professional work\nTo foster international and national coopera tion in the engineering fields\nTo inculcate and promote a growing commitm ent to the social objective of the profession\nTo promote engineering prac tices that lead to sustainable development\n\nA message from WFEO Presiden t Prof. Gong Ke will be played during the WFEO Committee on Information an d Communication (CIC) Session on “Smart Technologies for Smart Cities” scheduled on 27 December\, between 14:00 to 15:00 hr (IST). ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.wfeo.org/wp-content/uploads/HIGHLIGH TS_IMAGES-3260-420-2.jpg CATEGORIES:WFEO member event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Paris X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/Paris BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20211031T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR