London, UK – Sep 9, 2022 – International engineering federation FIDIC (the International Federation of Consulting Engineers) has sold out all places for its annual Global Infrastructure Conference, which returns as a face-to-face event in Geneva from 11-13 September 2022.
The conference, the first major face-to-face event organised by FIDIC for almost two years, has been backed by headline sponsors Bentley Systems, gold sponsors AON and Schneider Electric, silver sponsors BG Consulting Engineers and bronze sponsors WWF, B-ACT and Nippon Koei.
The conference’s forward-looking theme, Building a better tomorrow, by investing today: Sustainable infrastructure development to improve community wellbeing, will focus on how the construction and infrastructure industry, and indeed society, engineers a sustainable future in a way that benefits communities worldwide.
FIDIC has assembled a high-profile line-up of leading speakers from a range of influential organisations to speak at the conference. These include the World Economic Forum, Greater London Assembly, World Trade Organisation, African Development Bank, AfDB, Aurecon, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Swiss Re, Stantec, Siemens Energy, Mott MacDonald, AECOM, Tata Consulting Engineers, Schroders, Rail Baltica, Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority, SYSTRA, SNC Lavalin, COWI, Geneva Airport and many more.
The full conference programme can be viewed online at https://events.fidic.org/gic2022/2086662
Members of the press and media can reserve a media credential by emailing FIDIC Communications Advisor Andy Walker at [email protected] or by calling 00 44 7791 997602.
The conference is set to bring together the world’s premier engineers and other stakeholders from across the global construction and infrastructure sector. Leading global speakers will address the key issues the industry faces and offer their insights to an international audience and the expectation is that this 2022 event will be one of the most important international gatherings for the industry held this year.
Some of the key issues to be discussed at the conference include:
The conference programme also includes a number of special focused forum sessions to take a deeper dive into a range of issues including legal and risk management, contract management, digital transformation, financial management, human resources and contract dispute resolution and adjudication. Attendees at the FIDIC Global Infrastructure Conference 2022 will also have the opportunity of networking with decision makers from consulting engineering firms, contractors, governments, civic society, international organisations and financial institutions.
Commenting on the event, FIDIC CEO Dr Nelson Ogunshakin said: “This conference really is the world’s stand-out international event for the infrastructure and built environment industry and FIDIC is looking forward to welcoming the global industry to Geneva from 11-13 September 2022. We will be discussing some major issues affecting our world, especially the climate crisis and how our engineering, construction and infrastructure industry is crucial to addressing them. We are expecting some brilliant discussions over the next two days with some fantastic speakers due to address us and, I for one, cannot wait!”
For further information, interview requests and to obtain a media credential, please call Andy Walker, FIDIC Communications Advisor, on 00 44 7791 997602 or email [email protected]
About FIDIC
FIDIC, the International Federation of Consulting Engineers, is the global representative body for national associations of consulting engineers and represents over one million engineering professionals and 40,000 firms in more than 100 countries worldwide. The buildings and infrastructure sector in which FIDIC members work contributes around US$36trillion to global GDP.
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