Workshop Engineers’ Future

Workshop Engineers’ Future

On March 4, 2021, lectures on the importance of engineering and appreciation of the achievements of engineers will be broadcast live from Bern.

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Time:          from 13 p.m. to 2.30 p.m. (following the Council session)
Location:    virtual. Live broadcast from the Bellevue Palace Bern
                   Livestream on YouTube
Language:  German. Subsequently, the presentations will be subtitled (f/e) and published on YouTube.

Agenda

• Welcome from Christian Vils, Co-Founder of Engineers’ Day
• Speaker Mr. Nicolas Durville, CEO & Partner of Zühlke Schweiz AG
  Lighthouse project from his department as a hook
• Speaker Ms. Yvonne Bettkober, General Manager Switzerland at Amazon Web Services (AWS)  
  Lighthouse project from your department as a hook
• Speaker Mr. Ambassador Christian Frutiger, Deputy Director of the SDC
  Role of engineers in sustainable development, Tech4Good engagement
• Speaker Ms. Prof. Dr. Martina Hirayama, Director of the State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation 
  Engineering profession in the future. What can politics and business do together to counter the shortage of skilled workers so that development continues in the future? How can the economy benefit from this?

The organizers are:

• SVIN Swiss Association of Women Engineers
• IngCH Engineers Shape our Future IngCH
• SIA Swiss Society of Engineers and Architects
• USIC Swiss Association of Consulting Engineers
• SATW Swiss Academy of Engineering Sciences 
• Swiss Eingineering STV Professional association of engineers and architects

World Engineering Day for Sustainable Development an initiative of UNESCO.