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    The Institution of Engineers, Malaysia

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    The talk will discuss the realities female engineers face working in a male-dominated industry, challenging perceptions of women in mixed-gender work environments, and the benefits of having more female representation and leaders. It will also promote STEM fields to young women. Three speakers will share their experiences as professional engineers and discuss ideas to support more women entering the field. Attendees can earn CPD/PDP hours and seats are limited on a first-come basis with registration required.

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    The Institution of Engineers, Malaysia

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    The talk will discuss the realities female engineers face working in a male-dominated industry, challenging perceptions of women in mixed-gender work environments, and the benefits of having more female representation and leaders. It will also promote STEM fields to young women. Three speakers will share their experiences as professional engineers and discuss ideas to support more women entering the field. Attendees can earn CPD/PDP hours and seats are limited on a first-come basis with registration required.

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    The talk will discuss the realities female engineers face working in a male-dominated industry, challenging perceptions of women in mixed-gender work environments, and the benefits of having more female representation and leaders. It will also promote STEM fields to young women. Three speakers will share their experiences as professional engineers and discuss ideas to support more women entering the field. Attendees can earn CPD/PDP hours and seats are limited on a first-come basis with registration required.

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    THE INSTITUTION OF ENGINEERS, MALAYSIA

    Bangunan Ingenieur, Lot 60/62, Jalan 52/4 Peti Surat 223. 46720 Petaling Jaya, Selangor Darul Ehsan
    Tel: 603-7968 4001/2 Fax: 603-7957 7678 E-mail : sec@iem.org.my IEM Homepage : http://www.myiem.org.my

    TALK ON “OVERCOMING THE CHALLENGE OF GENDER IMBALANCE IN THE ENGINEERING


    INDUSTRY”
    Organised by: Women Engineers Section, IEM
    BEM Approved CPD/PDP Hours: Applying

    Date : 23rd September 2017


    Time : 9.00am to 11.00am
    Venue : Auditorium Tan Sri Prof. Chin Fung Kee, 3rd Flr, Wisma IEM ANNOUNCEMENTS TO NOTE:
    Speaker : Ir. Sofiana Balkhis Bt Talha, Pn Najiha Bt Nadzru Grad, IEM,
    Nonmembers may also attend the talk
    Pn Noorfaizah Hamzah Grad, IEM. but will need to pay a registration fee of
    RM50 and an administrative fee of
    SYNOPSIS RM15. GST is inclusive.
    The importance of increasing the participation of women in the workforce, Limited seats are available on a "first
    come first served" basis (maximum 100
    especially in science and engineering sectors has been recognized around the
    participants). To secure your seat, kindly
    world as being essential for economic growth and innovation in developing new register online at www.myiem.org.my.
    industries and for the Knowledge Economy. According to UNESCO Science
    Report: towards 2030, Malaysia is currently no.39 in world ranking, where more ADMINISTRATIVE FEE
    than three out of ten of engineers are females, which is an encouraging and
    Kindly be informed that an administrative
    quite positive outlook for the nation’s economic and social development. With
    fee of RM15 is payable for talks
    the increasing number of female engineers coming into the industry, it is hoped organized by IEM. GST is inclusive.
    that more role models of female engineers will be introduced via IEM Women Student Members are however
    Section as an inspiration for the current and upcoming generation of Malaysian exempted.
    female engineers for them to remain active and employed without sacrificing
    PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION
    family and personal growth. By empowering women in Malaysia that they can do ACT
    difficult and challenging jobs such as engineering, it will help the society to I have read and understood the IEM’s
    recognize that women’s abilities are not limited to just soft skilled jobs and are as Personal Data Protection Notice
    capable as men. Thus, as a united and balanced society, we all can work hand in published on IEM’s website at
    http://www.myiem.org.my” and I agree to
    hand in building Malaysia into a better place and to become one of the first-class IEM’s use and processing of my personal
    nations in years to come. data as set out in the said notice.
     
    The talk will cover:
    CPD HOURS CONFIRMATION
     The realities of Malaysian female engineers working in the industry, the
    good and the bad; Name: ........................................................
     Breaking the society’s or family’s perception against working in mixed-
    gender environments; Membership No: ......................................
     Benefits and impact of having more female input and female working in BIODATA OF SPEAKER
    Signature: ….………………….....……..
    high-position within the engineering industry;
     Ideas in promoting STEM (Science, Technology & Engineering and
    Mathematics) for the young female generation in Malaysia.

    Biodata of Speakers
    Ir. Sofiana Balkhis Bt Talha graduated from Brighton University in 1992 with a B.Eng (Hons) in Civil Engineering and from Imperial
    College, London with an MSc. in Soil Mechanics and Environmental Geotechnics. She has 24 years of geotechnical engineering
    experience with a wide range of foundation designs for civil projects. Currently she serves as a Division Director for Geotechnical
    Division in Ranhill Bersekutu where she’s been with them since 2007. Previously before Ranhill, she was attached to UiTM as a lecturer
    for 2 years and with SSP Geotechnics Sdn. Bhd in 1993 and worked there for 12 years.

    Pn Najiha Bt Nadzru graduated from Universiti Teknologi Mara, UiTM in Diploma in Civil Engineering, B.Eng of Civil Engineering in
    2009 and later from Asian Institute of Technology, AIT, Thailand in Master of Engineering (Geotechnical & Earth Resources
    Engineering). Currently works as a Geotechnical engineer with BSG Construction Malaysia (Bachy Soletanche) for 4 years. Previously
    worked in consultancy firm, Ranhill Bersekutu under Geotechnical Division.

    Noorfaizah Hamzah graduated from Universiti Teknologi MARA in 2008 and is presently the Senior Lecturer at Faculty of Civil
    Engineering UiTM Shah Alam. She is currently the PhD student of University of Adelaide, Australia and has experience in collaboration
    of research work in Korean Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Korea during her Master’s Degree. She has more
    than 9 years experience in the engineering academic domain. She has experienced in both overseas and local universities and her
    interest study areas extends to soil mechanics, geotechniques, and rock engineering.
    Ir. Dr. Leong Wai Yie
    Chairman, Women Engineers, Section

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