It will cover aspects of engineering from multi-national companies and managing projects overseas to ethical issues and third world projects. The conference will be opened with speeches from Jaguar and GKN and followed in the afternoon with technical visits around the University's laboratories. On the Saturday, companies will discuss how to manage businesses at home and away, followed by the National Officer of the AEEU on the World Trade Organisation and the Chairman of PB Power on electricity supply in developing countries. Ove Arup and Helen Stone will end the conference with talks on managing projects within large construction companies. Also slotted into the two days will be advice and experience on working and studying abroad as well as workshops on various topics, including career breaks and managing projects.
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A copy was also included in the May Journal. Bursaries are available - contact the WES office. If you are a company, we are looking for sponsorship, exhibitions and general support - particularly in the form of sending your women engineers along. Please contact Sasha Gallagher if you would like to support us. The annual WES conference offers the opportunity for those who support the aims of WES to meet with others practising in similar fields with enough time to learn from each other.