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B I E

BOTSWANA INSTITUTION OF
ENGINEERS
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16th International Biennial Conference
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27 -29 NOVEMBER 2019
Gaborone. Botswana

Botswana Institution of Engineers (BIE) and Southern Africa Federation of Engineering Organisations (SAFEO)
in collaboration with Botho University and University of Botswana
Final Call for Papers

The Call  To raise awareness and mobilization for research support to
Botswana Institution of Engineers (BIE), in partnership with a broad range of stakeholders with the view of ensuring
the Southern Africa Federation of Engineering Organisations participation and ownership of inventions.
(SAFEO), is proud to announce and invite the world of  To promote continuous development of practicing Engineers
engineering community to its 16th Biennial Conference to be in reaseach including the use of on-the-job continuous
held on the 27-29th November 2019, in Gaborone, Botswana. research to achieve business goals and growth.
Engineers Without Borders (EWB) Conference will run BIE, in partnership with SAFEO, is therefore, proud to
together with 16th BIE International Biennial Conference announce and invite all to its forthcoming 16 Biennial
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Conference, to be held in Gaborone from 27-29 November
ABOUT BIE and SAFEO 2019.
BIE seeks to promote the advancement and acquisition of
engineering knowledge and facilitate activities of the CONFERENCE THEME AND TOPICS
engineering profession in order to stimulate its contribution to “In Pursuit of Millennium Development Goals Beyond 2015:
Botswana’s national development. Sustainable Knowledge-based Economies through
The Southern Africa Federation of Engineering Organisations Engineering & Applied Sciences” is the theme of this year’s
(SAFEO) is a network of multidisciplinary national Engineering conference of the Botswana Institution of Engineers. The
Societies or institutions which currently represent the majority conference provides a forum for engineering and applied
of Southern African Development Community countries. science professionals to share knowledge and experiences.
SAFEO strives to ensure an appropriate level of efficient The topics for which papers can be submitted include, but are
human resource capacity in its member institutions, as well as not limited to:
in all Engineering professions.  Technology and Innovation Management
 Environmental Conservation and Sustainable Development
ABOUT THE CONFERENCE  Clean Water and Sanitation  Climate Change  Resilient
The goal of the conference is to provide a platform for sharing Infrastructure, Sustainable Industrialization and Innovation
information on current sustainable research trends and  Health and Environment  Intelligent Transportation 
development, with the aim of developing sustainable solutions Sustainable Cities and Communities  Sustainable Logistcs &
geared towards achievement of Botswana’s vision 2036 and Operations Management  Information & Communication
United Nation’s Millenium Sustainable Development Goals. Technology  Sustainable and Reliable Energy Systems 
The specific objectives of the conference are: Women in Engineering  Engineering Eduation and Capacity
 To provide a platform for knowledge sharing and to integrate Building
and co-ordinate initiatives for sustainable research
 To support capacity development through collaborative CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
research for sustainable development
 To bring together a world-wide community of Engineers to ► Submission of Full Draft Papers:

deliberate on how the Visions 2036 and UN’s Sustainable Technical papers should be in two columns 6 to 8 pages in
Development Goals can be aligned to achieve the dual length as per BIE Conference Template. Extra pages will be
intent of a better Botswana and Africa. charged at USD20/page. Papers will be peer reviewed and if
found to be acceptable for presentation, notification of