World Federation of Engineering Organizations


The World Federation of Engineering Organizations is an international, non-governmental organization representing the engineering profession worldwide.
Founded in 1968 by a group of regional engineering organizations, under the auspices of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organizations in Paris, WFEO is a non governmental international organization that brings together national engineering organizations from over 90 nations and represents some 20 million engineers from around the world.

Structure

The governing body of WFEO is the General Assembly. Between meetings of the General Assembly the affairs of the Federation are directed by the Executive Council. The business of the Federation is dealt with by the Executive Board, supported by the Executive Director. Actions by the General Assembly, Executive Council, or Executive Board are by majority vote.

Standing technical committees

WFEO body meets annually for the General Assembly and the individual Standing Technical Committee meetings. These meetings are framed by a conference, where non affiliated engineers can join. In general these conferences are annually in November.
YearCityCountryName of the conferenceTheme
2009Kuwait CityKuwaitAlternative Energy Applications – Option or Necessity
2010Buenos AiresArgentinaWorld Engineering Week Technology, Innovation and Production for Sustainable Development
2011GenevaSwitzerlandWorld Engineering Conference
2012LjubljanaSloveniaWorld Engineering Forum Sustainable Construction for People
2013SingaporeSingaporeWorld Engineering Summit Innovative and Sustainable Solutions to Climate Change
2014AbujaNigeriaNigeria, World Engineering Conference on Sustainable Infrastructure Development of Sustainable Infrastructure in Africa
2015KyotoJapanWorld Engineering Conference and Convention Engineering: Innovation and Society
2016LimaPeruWorld Engineering Conference ON Disaster Risk ReductionEngineering: Disaster Risk
2017RomeItalyWorld Engineering ForumEngineering for humankind’s heritage
2018LondonUKGlobal Engineering CongressEngineering for the Sustainable Development Goals

Presidents

WFEO's President is elected by the General Assembly for a 2-years term, in the context of an immediate past president/president/president-elect system.
YearsPresidentCountry
1968-1974Eric ChoisySwitzerland
1975-1986Sadok Ben JemaaTunisia
1986-1991A.Y IshlinskyRussia
1991-1995William J. CarollUSA
1995-1999Conrado BauerArgentina
1999-2003José MedemSpain
2003-2005Dato Lee Yee CheongMalaysia
2005-2007Kamel AyadiTunisia
2007-2009Barry GrearAustralia
2009-2011Maria Prieto LaffargueSpain
2011-2013Adel Al-KharafiKuwait
2013-2015Marwan AbdelhamidPalestine
2015-2017Jorge SpitalnikBrazil
2017-2019Marlene KangaAustralia
2019-2021Gong KeChina

International members