{"id":14711,"date":"2017-11-23T10:46:50","date_gmt":"2017-11-23T10:46:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/?p=14711"},"modified":"2018-10-17T15:38:26","modified_gmt":"2018-10-17T15:38:26","slug":"wfeo-presence-at-fidic-annual-international-infrastructure-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wfeo-presence-at-fidic-annual-international-infrastructure-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"WFEO presence at FIDIC Annual International Infrastructure Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/fidic-home.jpg\" title=\"WFEO presence at FIDIC Annual International Infrastructure Conference\" alt=\"WFEO presence at FIDIC Annual International Infrastructure Conference\" width=\"664\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-17452\" \/><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>President Elect <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/marlene_kanga\/\" target=\"_blank\">Dr. Marlene Kanga<\/a> was a keynote speaker at the <a href=\"https:\/\/fidic.org\/training-events\/conferences\/fidic-international-infrastructure-conference-jakarta-2017\" target=\"_blank\">FIDIC 2017 Annual International Infrastructure Conference<\/a> which was held in Jakarta from 1-3 Oct 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Kanga was part of a panel of speakers on <b>\u201cResilient Infrastructure \u2013 What Constitutes Resilience\u201d<\/b> at the opening plenary session of the conference. The session was moderated by Mr. Sean Chiao, MD <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aecom.com\/projects\/adapt-asia-pacific\/\" target=\"_blank\">Asia Pacific AECOM<\/a> and speakers representing the infrastructure consulting and financing sector in Indonesia.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Marlene_Kanga_Presenting_FIDIC2017_Oct2017-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Marlene_Kanga_Presenting_FIDIC2017_Oct2017-2.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Kanga presents at the FIDIC 2017 Conference on Infrastructure Resilience - 2 October 2017\" title=\"Dr. Kanga presents at the FIDIC 2017 Conference on Infrastructure Resilience - 2 October 2017\" width=\"664\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-17456\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"line-height:15px; margin-left:10px; font-size:90%;\">\nDr. Kanga presents at the FIDIC 2017 Conference on Infrastructure Resilience, 2 October 2017\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The panel addressed issues such as resilience required from the impacts of climate change and natural disasters, especially in an increasingly urbanised world. It considered issues such as financing needs and how these are being met through various models including Public-Private Partnerships and institutions like the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aiib.org\/en\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">AIIB<\/a>). The panel also addressed how resilient systems can be designed and implemented and the needs for infrastructure for economic development in Indonesia.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size:200%; border-left: solid 2px #616161; padding-left:20px;line-height:normal;\"><b>The panel addressed issues such as resilience required from the impacts of climate change and natural disasters, especially in an increasingly urbanised world.<\/b>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Kanga spoke about the work of the WFEO Standing Technical Committees in implementing policies and strategies for infrastructure resilience including the work of the Committee on the Environment and its codes of practice for sustainable development, the work of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/stc_disaster_risk_management\/\" target=\"_blank\">Committee on Disaster Risk Management<\/a> in developing manuals for earthquake and water related natural disasters and the work of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/stc_anticorruption\/\" target=\"_blank\">Committee on Anti-Corruption<\/a> in contributing to the international anti-bribery standards <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/stc_anticorruption_project_reports\/\" target=\"_blank\">ISO37001<\/a> and ongoing work with the Global Infrastructure Anti-Corruption Centre (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.giaccentre.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">GIACC<\/a>) and the <a href=\"https:\/\/worldjusticeproject.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">World Justice Project<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The presentation was well received and it is hope will lead to greater collaboration between FIDIC and WFEO to achieve the common goals and facilitate the implementation of the UN Sustainable Development Goals.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/FIDIC_2017-Panel_2Oct17.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/FIDIC_2017-Panel_2Oct17.jpeg\" alt=\"FIDIC 2017 Plenary Session on \u201cWhat Constitutes Resilience\u201d\" title=\"FIDIC 2017 Plenary Session on \u201cWhat Constitutes Resilience\u201d\" width=\"664\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-17457\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"line-height:15px; margin-left:10px; font-size:90%;\">\nFIDIC 2017 Plenary Session on \u201cWhat Constitutes Resilience\u201d. L to R: Sean Chiao, MD AECOM Asia Pacific, Dr. Marlene Kanga, World Federation of Engineering Organisations, Australia, Yusid Toyib, Mercu  Buana University, Indonesia, Mike Geer \u2013CDM Smith USA, Luky Eko Wuryanto, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank Indonesia.\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>For more information:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/themes\/wfeo\/images\/web-page.png\" alt=\"\" height=\"16\" width=\"16\">&nbsp;&nbsp;FIDIC 2017 <a href=\"https:\/\/fidic2017.org\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\">Website<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/themes\/wfeo\/images\/web-page.png\" alt=\"\" height=\"16\" width=\"16\">&nbsp;&nbsp;FIDIC 2017 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/events\/fidic-international-infrastructure-conference-2017\/\" target=\"_blank\">Wepage<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/themes\/wfeo\/images\/web-page.png\" alt=\"\" height=\"16\" width=\"16\">&nbsp;&nbsp;Committee on Anti Corruption <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/stc_anticorruption\/\" target=\"_blank\">website<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/themes\/wfeo\/images\/web-page.png\" alt=\"\" height=\"16\" width=\"16\">&nbsp;&nbsp;Committee on Disaster Risk Management <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/committee-disaster-risk-management\/\" target=\"_blank\">website<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/themes\/wfeo\/images\/web-page.png\" alt=\"\" height=\"16\" width=\"16\">&nbsp;&nbsp;The Sustainable Development Goals <a href=\"https:\/\/sustainabledevelopment.un.org\/sdgs\" target=\"_blank\">webpage<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nPresident Elect Dr. Marlene Kanga was a keynote speaker at the FIDIC 2017 Annual International Infrastructure Conference which was held in Jakarta from 1-3 Oct 2017.<br \/>\nDr. Kanga was part of a panel of speakers on \u201cResilient Infrastructure \u2013 What Constitutes Resilience\u201d at the opening plenary session of the conference. The session was moderated by Mr. Sean Chiao, MD Asia Pacific AECOM and speakers representing the infrastructure consulting and financing sector in Indonesia.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\nDr. Kanga &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15002,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[85],"tags":[93,143,88,97,118,111],"class_list":["post-14711","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-event-report","tag-climate-change","tag-disaster-risk-management","tag-engineers-cooperation","tag-goal-13","tag-goal-17","tag-goal-9"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>WFEO presence at FIDIC Annual International Infrastructure Conference - WFEO<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wfeo-presence-at-fidic-annual-international-infrastructure-conference\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"WFEO presence at FIDIC Annual International Infrastructure Conference - WFEO\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"&nbsp; President Elect Dr. Marlene Kanga was a keynote speaker at the FIDIC 2017 Annual International Infrastructure Conference which was held in Jakarta from 1-3 Oct 2017. 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