{"id":36871,"date":"2023-04-13T12:17:43","date_gmt":"2023-04-13T10:17:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/?p=36871"},"modified":"2023-05-19T18:21:22","modified_gmt":"2023-05-19T16:21:22","slug":"world-engineering-day-2023-reaches-more-than-50-million-around-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/world-engineering-day-2023-reaches-more-than-50-million-around-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"World Engineering Day 2023 Reaches more than 50 million around the world"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/86983099_3515317511843682_4079518804286111744_o-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-36917\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/86983099_3515317511843682_4079518804286111744_o-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/86983099_3515317511843682_4079518804286111744_o-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/86983099_3515317511843682_4079518804286111744_o-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/86983099_3515317511843682_4079518804286111744_o-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/86983099_3515317511843682_4079518804286111744_o.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Celebrations of World Engineering Day continue to grow. The WFEO LIVE event, Hackathon and other celebration events reached more than 50 million in 2023 on social media. <\/p>\n<p>Celebrations of World Engineering Day continue to grow each year with hundreds of events held around the world.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/WED-2023_Image2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"570\" height=\"782\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-36875\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/WED-2023_Image2.png 570w, https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/WED-2023_Image2-219x300.png 219w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/><i>Tweet from UNESCO on the need for more women engineering, World Engineering day 4 March 2023, 3.6 million followers, 3 tweets from UNESCO to celebrate World Engineering Day<\/i><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nThe social media reach exceeds 50 million, a similar number was reached in 2022. This is an extraordinary achievement for World Engineering Day and for WFEO.<\/p>\n<p>The theme of World Engineering Day 2023 was <i>Engineering Innovation for a more Resilient World<\/i>. <\/p>\n<p>Events were held around the world and broadcast on the 24 hours World Engineering Day LIVE event which has more than 20,000 viewers, making it one of the largest engineering event held in the world in 2023.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/WED-2023_Image1-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"573\" height=\"740\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-36874\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/WED-2023_Image1-1.png 573w, https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/WED-2023_Image1-1-232x300.png 232w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 573px) 100vw, 573px\" \/><i>Tweet from United Nations recognizing the role of engineers on World Engineering Day 4 March 2023, 16.2 million followers<\/i><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nTwo major events were hosted by WFEO members: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yMg5Dh-qD6w\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Institution of Engineers, Singapore<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@IiesEsp\/streams\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Institution of Engineers Spain (IIE)<\/a> held celebrations on 4th March 2023. IIE also hosted the WFEO Executive Council meeting in Madrid.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/WED-2023_Image3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"685\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-36876\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/WED-2023_Image3.png 650w, https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/WED-2023_Image3-285x300.png 285w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><i>WFEO Madrid Declaration on World Engineering day 4 March 2023, Madrid<\/i><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nThe event was streamed live on the <a href=\"https:\/\/worldengineeringday.net\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">World Engineering Day LIVE event<\/a> on 4th March 2023. In addition, WFEO partner and members provided messages on the importance of engineering for sustainable development for the 24 hours\u2019 LIVE event.<\/p>\n<p>Hundreds of events were held around the world from conferences and webinars to fun runs and social events. This demonstrates the World engineering Day is increasingly being celebrated by the community and is raising the profile of engineering around the world.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/WED-2023_Image4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"645\" height=\"541\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-36877\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/WED-2023_Image4.png 645w, https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/WED-2023_Image4-300x252.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 645px) 100vw, 645px\" \/><i>The importance of diversity in engineering, World Engineering Day, 4 March 2023, Madrid<\/i><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nThe 24 hours Live Broadcast can be viewed at <a href=\"https:\/\/worldengineeringday.net\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">www.worldengineeringday.net<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Broadcast includes the announcement of the winners of the <a href=\"https:\/\/worldengineeringday.net\/hackathon\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">World Engineering Day Hackathon<\/a>.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/WED-2023_Image5.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"646\" height=\"824\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-36878\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/WED-2023_Image5.png 646w, https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/WED-2023_Image5-235x300.png 235w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 646px) 100vw, 646px\" \/><i>Example of how organisations around the world, including the Meteorological Office UK celebrated World Engineering day and the important role of engineers, 4 March 2023<\/i><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nA report on the outcome of the social media, reach of World Engineering Day <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/events\/WED2023_Final_Report_2023.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">is available here<\/a>.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<i>Article Contributed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/Marlene_Kanga-Bio_WFEO_President_2017-2019.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dr Marlene Kanga<\/a>, WFEO President 2017-2019, April 2023<\/i><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<b>For more information:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><i class=\"fa fa-internet-explorer fa-2x\" style=\"color: #115578;\"><\/i> <a style=\"color: #115578;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/world-engineering-day-2023\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">World Engineering Day 2023 edition<\/a><\/p>\n<p><i class=\"fa fa-internet-explorer fa-2x\" style=\"color: #115578;\"><\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wfeo-hosts-successful-global-student-hackathon-for-world-engineering-day-2023\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" style=\"color: #115578;\">WFEO Hosts successful global Student Hackathon for World Engineering Day 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<p><i class=\"fa fa-internet-explorer fa-2x\" style=\"color: #115578;\"><\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/world-engineering-day-2023\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" style=\"color: #115578;\">World Engineering Day 2023 edition<\/a><\/p>\n<p><i class=\"fa fa-internet-explorer fa-2x\" style=\"color: #115578;\"><\/i> <a style=\"color: #115578;\" href=\"https:\/\/worldengineeringday.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">World Engineering Day website<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\nCelebrations of World Engineering Day continue to grow. The WFEO LIVE event, Hackathon and other celebration events reached more than 50 million in 2023 on social media. <br \/>\nCelebrations of World Engineering Day continue to grow each year with hundreds of events held around the world.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nTweet from UNESCO on the need for more women engineering, World Engineering day 4 March 2023, 3.6 million followers, 3 tweets from UNESCO to celebrate World Engineering Day<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nThe social media &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":37034,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[85,169],"tags":[186],"class_list":["post-36871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-event-report","category-homepage","tag-world-engineering-day"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>World Engineering Day 2023 Reaches more than 50 million around the world - 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\/world-engineering-day-2023-reaches-more-than-50-million-around-the-world\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"World Engineering Day 2023 Reaches more than 50 million around the world - WFEO\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Celebrations of World Engineering Day continue to grow. 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