Overview

International Women in Engineering Day (INWED) is an international awareness campaign which raises the profile of women in engineering and focuses attention on the amazing career
opportunities available to women and girls in this exciting industry. In 2023, the theme is ‘Make safety seen' to celebrate the work that women engineers and planners are doing to support lives, livelihoods, and communities every day.

Ahead of the main event on 23rd June, CIHT Dubai are proud to support INWED with this online seminar focused on women pursuing careers in the highways and transportation sector in the Middle East. The theme of this seminar is 'My Journey' where a panel of women, at different stages of their careers, will relate what influenced their academic and career choices, describe their current roles and responsibilities as well as the challenges, concerns, and opportunities they have encountered along the way. They will share their experiences and thoughts about how professional women in the sector can meet and balance professional and personal choices along the way.

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The panel

The Panel is chaired by Michelle Wood, Head of Technical Development, PTRC Training, UK. She is a Chartered Transport Planner, reviewer and mentor for the transport planning qualification and lead Professional Development within the CIHT Dubai Group and London.

Dina El Daly - has over 14 years’ experience within UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt. Currently working as a senior commercial manager in government organisation in Saudi Arabia. Dina is currently managing giga projects in Saudi Arabia from a commercial perspective. She has experience in managing projects such as entertainment, offices, hotels, and mixed use. Her experience covers all aspects of pre and post contract scope. She is a member of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors RICS.

Jhanvi Dhanak - is a recent graduate from Heriot Watt University and has two years of experience in the field of Commercial Management and Quantity Surveying at AECOM. She has been involved in administrating projects at the post contract phase, advising clients on budgets, and maintaining budgets. Jhanvi is also currently an RICS (Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors) candidate and is in the process of attaining charteredship in the next two years.

Noor Hajir - has over 15 years of experience as a transport planner. As Head of Transport Planning & Mobility for WSP in the Middle East, Noor leads a discipline of 27 professionals for both the public and private sectors across the GCC region. She is responsible for discipline wide operations, ensuring first and foremost client satisfaction and service excellence, while simultaneously setting and exceeding revenue and P&L targets, and promoting a collaborative team environment.

Raghas Alansaari - is Principal Senior Land Transport Engineer at the Ministry of Energy & Infrastructure, UAE. She has 7 years of practical experience in the transportation and mobility sector including planning and developing public transport in the emirate of Dubai, future foresight, and strategic planning of mobility. Currently, managing the UAE Smart Mobility Strategy which aims to make United Arab Emirates among the world leading countries in smart intermodal mobility by the year 2031.

Sarah Alshammasi - is the Engineering Manager at the Land Mobility Roads Division of NEOM. Her role includes developing road project specifications and requirements, overseeing and managing the delivery of current future road related projects for the full NEOM road network. Sarah’s work focused heavily on managing design delivery, providing optimized solutions to facilitate project delivery of highway expansions, flyover ramps, tunnels, and associated utilities.

Further Information and Registration

THIS IS AN ONLINE EVENT.

Attendance at this Seminar is free, but registration is mandatory. Sign- up on Eventbrite at: My Journey: Perspectives on International Women in Engineering Day 2023

For further information, e-mail us at ciht.dubaigroup@gmail.com 

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