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In Memoriam: IES Founding President
Er. Kenneth Gin
Er. Kenneth Gin, PPA(P), PBM, Hon. FIES, our Founding President, passed away peacefully on 15 October 2021. He was 96.
His desire to help engineers gain a voice and commitment to creating a home for the engineering community resulted in the formation of IES more than 55 years ago.
He was an exemplary role model and his loss will be keenly felt. The President, Council and Secretariat are deeply saddened by this news and express their sincere condolences to his family.
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Survey on IES Logo
To better position IES to face the challenges ahead in a digitalised, ever-changing world, we are currently undertaking a repositioning project. As such, the IES Repositioning Project Office seeks your opinions on changing the IES logo to reflect our new aspirations in the years to come.
Kindly provide us with your valuable feedback through this link by 12 Nov 2021 (Friday). This survey is open to all Associate, Corporate, and Student Members. Thank you.
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WES 2021 - Engineering Towards a Post-pandemic Sustainable World: 10 - 12 Nov 2021,
Resorts World Sentosa
CPD: 3 STU (Safety), 15 PDU (PE, CEng, SCEM)
A timely opportunity to exchange information on supporting global recovery from COVID-19, the 5th World Engineers Summit (WES) will focus on realising innovative solutions to challenges arising from the pandemic, creating new economic frontiers and capturing sustainability opportunities.
WES 2021 will deliver a rich programme comprising keynote addresses by leading experts, and discussions along six tracks: Sustainable Living Through Technology, Future Engineering & Industry 4.0, Artificial Intelligence (AI) & Digitalisation, Sustainable Urban Mobility, Engineering Education, and the Impact of New Technologies on Productisation, Safety and Human Factors Practice.
For more information, visit the WES website.
To register, please click HERE.
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NED 2021 - Register your interest for exciting STEM programmes now!
With the theme Engineering for the New Normal, the 12th NED aims to encourage and ignite students’ passion in engineering so they can make a difference in the post-pandemic world by building upon their STEM foundation and moving towards an engineering career.
Join us for a series of complimentary exciting talks and workshops, conducted by speakers from leading institutions and industries, as well as interesting guided tours!
For more information and to register, please click HERE.
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Young Engineers Career Series Webinar #4: Panel Discussion - Engineering Self-Efficacy in a Challenging Environment: 25 Oct 2021 (Mon), 7.00pm - 8.30pm
In this webinar, our Young Engineers will be having a discussion with Mr Mervyn Sirisena [Chairman, SIA Engineering (Philippines), Director, Boeing Asia Pacific Aviation Services and Vice President (Education), IES] on topics such as the Law of Unintended Consequences, and the life lessons he picked up in his engineering career.
For more information and to register, please click HERE.
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Opportunities at the Base of Pyramid (BOP) - A conversation with Jack Sim: 27 Oct 2021 (Wed), 4.30pm - 5.45pm
Calling all engineers, technopreneurs and social entrepreneurs: Join us for this session and be inspired by the new world of BOP and social enterprise, where you can do good and do well!
We're excited to have Mr Jack Sim, founder of the BOP Hub to share with us his personal entrepreneurship journey, his motivation to set up BOP Hub and how it can impact emerging markets. There will also be an intro to IES-INCA and BOP Hub.
For more information and to register, please click HERE.
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Technopreneur Course in Deep-Technology Engineering Ventures:
23 Nov 2021, 9.00am - 5.30pm
CPD: 6 PDU (PE, CEng)
Looking to invest or start a deep tech venture? This is the course IES Members, engineers, and mentors should not miss. The trainer, Mr Foo Kim Peng is a very experienced investor with many insights to share about starting, running and investing in Deep Tech ventures successfully, and will impart a deeper understanding of the Singapore tech ecosystem. He has been the past Executive Director of i-Space Innovations, a mentor with NUS Enterprise since 2016 and taught an Entrepreneurship module at SUTD between 2018 and 2019.
For more information and to register, please click HERE.
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SP x SGBC Webinar Series - Towards Resource Circularity & The Circular Economy: 26 Oct 2021 (Tue), 3.00pm - 5.00pm
What does the transition to a circular approach mean for the built environment? There is a need for us to adopt the circular economy model throughout the build cycle in order to reduce the volume of resources used and drive down waste and carbon emissions. In this webinar, hear about how local SMEs and the BE industry can adopt green BE-related technologies and materials. For more information and to register, please click HERE. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Accelerating Sustainability in Infrastructure:
27 Oct 2021 (Wed), 5.00pm - 7.00pm
This FEIAP webinar is brought to you by the IES International Outreach Committee. In this webinar, find out more about the Infrastructure Sustainability rating scheme, its application in Australia and New Zealand, and the opportunities available in our drive towards sustainable outcomes for infrastructure projects. Click HERE to find out more.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PUB BIM e-Checker Training: 29 Oct (Fri), 9.30am - 12.30pm This training session will cover the use of PUB's BIM e-checker. Kindly note that only 30 slots are available to IES members on a first-come, first-served basis. For more details, kindly refer to the announcement in the IES E-newsletter on 24 Sep. To register, please click HERE. Kindly direct all queries to Ms Lee Wan Ting at LEE_Wan_Ting@pub.gov.sg. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- RICS-REDAS Smart Buildings Conference 2021: 2 - 3 Nov 2021 Organised by RICS and REDAS, the 4th edition of the conference provides a platform for professionals to collaborate over high-level content as we discuss Singapore’s intelligent infrastructure journey as it continues making strides from concept to reality. IES is proud to be a Supporting Industry Partner for this conference. To unlock the supporting partner rate, please quote SB2021_IES during registration. For more information and to register, please click HERE. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Calling for Mentors to join the NTU Mentorship Community!
Are you keen to share your experience and skills with university students?
Click HERE to find out how you can do so through the NTU Career & Attachment Office!
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Looking to breathe new life into your career?
The following companies are looking for engineering professionals:
- M1 Limited (New position listed!)
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