Conferences

The World Engineering Education Forum (WEEF), organized by International Federation of Engineering Education Societies (IFEES), is a global event that brings together educators, industry leaders, and policy makers to collaborate on improving and advancing engineering education. The forum serves as a key platform for exchanging ideas, addressing global challenges, and developing innovative approaches to engineering education.

Complementing WEEF, the Global Engineering Deans Council (GEDC) Annual Conference emphasizes leadership and innovation, engaging deans from institutions worldwide to address key challenges in engineering education.

In 2007, IFEES members gathered for the first annual IFEES summit in Istanbul, Turkey. The first official World Engineering Education Forum (WEEF) was held in 2010 at the National University of Singapore and, in 2012, WEEF became an official trademark. 

In 2016, WEEF was held jointly with the annual Global Engineering Deans Council Conference. Both events were held jointly every two years until 2020, when leaders from both organizations decided to hold the two events collaboratively annually. The WEEF-GEDC conferences are among the world’s largest gathering of stakeholders and leaders in engineering education, with representatives from institutions, industry, nonprofits, and governments coming together to promote pedagogy and impact engineering education on a global scale.