EFCE Early Career Engineers' Forum
22 April 2021, online
Young professionals or early career engineers in chemical engineering are confronted with specific challenges ranging from the need to form a professional network to the wish to understand the unwritten rules of the workplace to the desire to identify the opportunities ahead of them. Professional organisations representing chemical engineering are tasked to support their members in these activities. The European Federation of Chemical Engineering (EFCE) organised an EFCE Forum event, specifically tailored to these subjects. The EFCE Early Career Engineers' Forum featured networking opportunities as well as best practice exchange on activities targeting engineers at the start of their careers.
Programme structure:
- 9:00 - 12:00 CET: European Early Career Activities (Plenary Presentation)
- 14:00 - 15:30 CET: Early Career Round Table Discussion (Workshop)
Chemical Engineers have a diverse skill set ranging from mathematical aptitude, problem solving and data modeling. This leads to a variety of possible career paths within R&D, engineering design and Operations across multiple industries helping to shape the future of the European industrial landscape. The main goal of this workshop is to gather examples of Early Career ChemEngs in order to support the Early Career Community to stay connected, raise awareness of development opportunities and share best practices in areas of expertise.
- 15:45 - 17:15 CET: Global Perspectives on Sustainability (Workshop)
The EFCE Sustainability Workshop will feature early career engineers and leaders of sustainable engineering to give their perspectives on how engineers can ensure sustainability.
Impulse I from IChemE ECC, Global Engineering Futures, & Global Engineering Futures.
Impulse II from EFCE Sustainability Section
Impulse III from Industry (BASF & EFCE)
Panel Discussion
Closing: How to get involved in IChemE ECC, Global Engineering Network, EFCE.