Monday, 27 October 2014 00:00
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The Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE), one of the world’s fastest growing professional engineering institutions, will host ‘Engineering Tomorrow’, an event for young engineers from Asia Pacific, on 7 and 8 November at the Ozo Hotel in Colombo.
The event will be graced by British High Commissioner to Sri Lanka and the Maldives John Rankin, who will address the gathering and also take part in a panel discussion.
The countries which will participate in the event are China, Hong Kong, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, Pakistan, India, UK and Sri Lanka.
The event will feature the ‘Young Member Conference’, ‘Learned Society Talks’ and ‘Speak Out for Engineering’.
The topic of the panel discussion which High Commissioner Rankin will take part in is entitled ‘MechE Diversified: From machines to music’ and will see IMechE Southern Asia Regional Board member Newton Wickramasuriya, IMechE Young Member Board Chair Ruth Shilston and IMechE Academic Assessment Committee member T.S Sangha participating as panellists. The panel discussion will be moderated by IMechE Young Visionary of the Year 2014, Siddartha Khastgir.
It will be followed by ‘Learned Society Talks’ and ‘Young Member Conference’ which will focus on inspiring the younger generation to pursue engineering as a career.
On 7 November, the Asia-Oceania finals for ‘Speak Out for Engineering’, an IMechE marquee event, will be held. Following this, the IMechE Sri Lanka group will be hosting all attendees and its members at the Group Annual Dinner at the Galadari Hotel, Colombo.
Southern Asia Chair Sam Perera will lead the events with Sri Lanka Group Chair Lucien Pereira assisting with an able committee.
The Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) is headquartered in London and has operations around the world. The institution has over 100,000 members in more than 140 countries, working at the heart of the most important and dynamic industries.
The institution’s South Asian region has seen rapid growth in the last few years and future growth of the institution is expected to come from Asia Pacific, which currently makes up 11% of the world membership.
