DOHA: Qatar Society of Engineers and the Public Works Authority ‘Ashghal’ yesterday announced the 18th Gulf Engineering Forum and Associated Exhibition will begin from March 1 at St Regis Hotel in Doha. The theme of three-day event will be ‘Infrastructure projects in the GCC’.
The event is expected to see participation from prominent personalities across GCC including decision-makers, senior officials from public and private sectors, eminent engineers from the region, as well as major consultancy firms, contracting companies, and engineering institutions. Gulf Engineering Forum is held annually in one of the GCC countries and the 17th session was held in Oman.
The forum aims to provide a platform for exchange of ideas and views of the Gulf Engineering Societies to benefit from their expertise through presenting the GCC experiences in the field of infrastructure development. The forum will also play an important role in boosting engineering awareness and encourage communication among engineers and their counterparts of various specialisations in the GCC states.
This year’s forum will specifically highlight the basic infrastructure projects in the GCC states by reviewing their achievements in this field over the previous years, in addition to displaying the future plans to be implemented to develop infrastructure.
The 18th edition will also focus on the challenges and obstacles faced by infrastructure projects, casting proposals, ideas and visions that will contribute to find constructive solutions to develop the sector.
The theme papers presented in the 18th Gulf Engineering Forum will discuss many of the important issues of concern of many engineers in various gulf countries. In addition, the presentations in the two-day forum will also focus on many topics related to the development of infrastructure through interdependence, cooperation and exchange of expertise across GCC states.
The major themes of discussion in the forum shall focus on: transportation, green standards for infrastructure, provision of raw materials for engineering projects, provision of human resources for engineering projects, and the best practices in project management.
The forum will also host an engineering exhibition that brings together various engineering companies and institutions sponsoring and participating in the event. These firms, each unto its specialisation, shall provide their best techniques and solution technologies to meet the challenges and obstacles in the execution of projects, showcasing their past experiences in the development of infrastructure. The Peninsula
