ISLAMABAD—The International Conference of Women Engineers and Scientists under the theme of “Women Engineers and Scientists: Main Force to Reshape the Future World” was held from Friday, August 26, to Monday, August 29, 2005, in Seoul, Korea. It was the 13th in the series of International Conferences that begun in New York in 1964 and since held all over the world. The conference had great participation with special sessions on mentorship and leadership and other informative technical sessions. The participants came from fifty one different countries. It served as an international contact point for women scientists and engineers in the engineering and science sector worldwide. ICWES13 was organized by the Association of Korean Women Scientists and Engineers, at the Ewha Women’s University campus. The conference was supported by International Network of Women Engineers and Scientists (LNWES), Canada.
This year’s conference was of special importance for our country because of having number of participants greater than those of Iran, Malaysia, India, Kuwait, Turkey, Bangladesh and many other countries. The nine participants from Pakistan presented their work in oral and poster sessions and were highly appreciated for the quality of work and dedication.
The names of Pakistani participants are as follows:
Durdana Habib (CARE), Ayesha Khalid (CARE), Fatima Batool (CARE), Ayesha Farhat (CARE), Huma Afzal (CASE), Qurat-ul-ain Aziz (CASE), Kishwar Jaffri (CASE), Faiza Gul (College of EME), Sabiha Bakhtiar (PAEC) Ms. Durdana Habib was invited to the INWES board meetings and has been elected as Director for the INWES Board for the period 2005-2008.—PR