The Fuzzier Frontiers of Technology
World Engineering Day 2023
Online 2023

This contribution argues for grounding Frontier Technologies (FTs) as sociotechnical associations. It highlights the techno- and anthropo-centric faith in FTs and challenges the notion of FTs as technological prescriptions. It offers an alternative approach for developing a relational thinking framework about technics – or technical thought, rather than technology.

 

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WFEO Committee on Young Engineers/Future Leaders organized the webinar Smart Sustainable Communities and Frontier Technologies in celebration of #WorldEngineeringDay, on 24 February @ 12 PM CET

 

Opening

Prof Dr Jose Vieira, President, WFEO – World Federation of Engineering Organizations

 

Moderator

Firas Bou Diab, Chair, WFEO YE/FL – Young Engineers/Future Leaders committee

 

Panellists

  • Dr Nelson Ogunshakin OBE, Chief Executive Officer, FIDIC – International Federation of Consulting Engineers
  • Mohamed Mezghani, Secretary General, UITP – International Association of Public Transport
  • Dr KN Gunalan, 2020 President, ASCE – American Society of Civil Engineers
  • Dr Marlene Kanga AO, President (2017-2019), WFEO – World Federation of Engineering Organizations
  • Dr Fadi Shayya, Assistant Professor of Architecture & Urbanism, The University of Salford
  • Raheel Pathan, VP of Member Relations, SPEED – Student Platform for Engineering Education Development

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