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going, the Committee of the FEIAP Education Engineering Task Force held two meetings to discuss on is Engineering Education Guidelines for Engineers and also for Engineering Technologists and Engineering Technicians. Everyone was then invited to a buffet lunch at Zone C1 of QSNCC after the morning session. 1300 – 1400 After lunch, AER certificate presentation took place. Delegations from the ASEAN Countries were present to collect their membership certificates and medallions with the biggest group again from Philippines. 1330 – 1730 Parallel to the AER certificate presentation was the YEAFEO country report presentation, where each country representatives take turn to present their respective country report. Following the past practice, YEAFEO also recorded the participation of Young Engineers from Japan, Hong Kong and Taiwan. The symbolic exchanged of the souvenirs was carried out at the end of the meeting as a pledge of friendship between nations. 1900 – 2100 The day was called to an end with the networking dinner at Asiatique The Riverfront for the Young Engineers. The highlight of the dinner was the puppet show. Five talented puppeteers performed the show and it was a bonus for the puppeteers to interact and get pictures clicked with each of the participants. As for the Presidents and AFEO Officiates they were treated to a river cruise dinner hosted by the EIT President.
DAY 4 – 18th November 2017
0830 – 1230 On the third day of the Conference, the programs were more relaxing compared to the past two days. EIT organised special outdoor activities for YEAFEO and WEAFEO. Other delegates were allowed to join the special activities as well. Most of the Young Engineers took the opportunity to stroll around Bangkok city center. However that was not so for the AFEO and FEIAP delegates, as the FEIAP Exco meeting took place with delegates from Asia and the Pacific followed with a Dialogue session between China Association of Science and Technology (CAST) and AFEO discussing on the “Belt and Road” issues in ASEAN. The AFEO Governing Board meeting then convened after this dialogue session. The event continued with the signing of the Bangkok Declaration calling for mobility of engineers within ASEAN and AFEO to champion the economic growth amongst the ASEAN
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AER NEWSLETTER • January - June 2018