The Association for Consulting Engineering in Nigeria (ACEN), organisers of the Infrastructure Conference Africa 2022, say the 28th edition is targeted at leveraging the potentials of engineering consulting for a stronger and sustainable built environment in Africa.
The annual International Federation of Consulting Engineers (FIDIC) conference, tagged ‘Infrastructure Development in Africa’ is slated for 15 – 17 May 2022 will be held in Lagos at the Eko Hotel & Suites. FIDIC Africa is the group of African member associations of FIDIC that represents the interest of the consulting engineering industry in the African region. Membership of the FIDIC AFRICA region now stands at 18 national member associations in Africa.
“The Annual FIDIC Africa Conference is one of the biggest networking events for African consulting engineers. It provides a forum for consulting engineers, legal practitioners, ministry and government bodies, academia/education providers, financial institutions, construction services, infrastructure industry, and other stakeholders in the built environment from the public and private sectors to share ideas on best practices,” Fatai Ajibade Oke, President of ACEN stated.
According to Oke, the conference provides participants an opportunity to discuss the pertinent issues that pertain to engineering consulting and infrastructure development across Africa. “In line with ACEN vision, which is to remain the ultimate reference business association of choice for organisations providing professional engineering consultancy services in Nigeria, the conference will also provide the participants an opportunity to learn from one another the most effective ways of dealing with diverse challenges, in order to achieve value for money and improve the quality of life for the people,” he stated.
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Charles ‘Yele Akindayomi, past president of ACEN and the chairman of the Local Organising Committee (LOC), said that the three-day conference offers companies actively involved in all areas pertaining to providing solutions in infrastructure development around the African continent and beyond the opportunity to exhibit their products and services to prospective customers.
“The 28th Annual FIDIC Africa Infrastructure Conference with major sponsorship support from Lagos State Government promises to be a rewarding experience for all participants in particular and for engineering consulting practitioners in general,” Akindayomi stated.
According to him, the conference, which will be a hybrid one – allowing physical and online attendance will feature twenty-two speakers who will speak on the various sub-themes of the conference.
The sub-themes includes Global Partnerships with African Consultancies for Infrastructure delivery; Sustainability and maintenance of Infrastructure: Exploring diverse opportunities; Infrastructure Delivery: Best practices towards enhanced sustainable implementation; Infrastructure Development and the Environment: Examining the main issues; The PPP model and infrastructure development in Africa; Infrastructure development and Technology: The potential benefits to Africa’s Economy.
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