Discussion session
Dr. Eng. Abdul Latif Al-Azazi: Leadership in the Engineering
on the art of
Field Requires Innovation
creative thinking
and Innovation. The session
was chaired by Eng. Mohamed
Mashroom, President of the So-
ciety of Engineers.
World of Engineering reviews,
through the following section, a
summary of the session's con-
clusions
After welcoming Dr. Eng. Abdul
Latif Al-Az'azi and the partici-
pants, Eng. Mohamed Mash-
room provided a brief summary
about the Society of Engineers
(SoE) and the beginnings of its
establishment in 1979, thanks
to the efforts of five young en-
"It is necessary for engineer-
us worry for the future of the
gineers, who had a strong belief
ing cadres of various majors to
civil engineering sector, unless
of the necessity of establishing a
keep up with today's require-
the engineering sector workers
platform that brings all engineers
ments, by developing their
realize the importance of cre-
together. Mashroom further
creative and innovative capa-
ativity and innovation, which
reviewed the stages of SoE's
bilities." Dr. Eng. Abd Al-Latif Al-
became a basic requirement in
works and development so far,
Az'azi stressed .Meanwhile; Al-
our lives, and not an intellectual,
as the number of its members
Az'azi expressed his fear that
administrative or industrial lux-
reached more 55K engineers
some engineering majors may
ury as people think." Al-Az'azi
in various engineering majors,
become obsolete, in the same
stated, stressing that quality
along with its services provid-
manner other majors became,
and leadership in various fields,
ed through its divisions: Mem-
due to the different variables
including engineering field, re-
bership, training, arbitration,
and technological development
quire innovation and keep up
events and activities, in addition
in this contemporary world.
with today's requirements.
to the Youth Engineers Council.
"The construction and engi-
This came in a discussion ses-
As an introduction to the subject
neering designs of buildings we
sion, organized by Society of
of the session, Eng. Mashroom
are witnessing now, especially
Engineers' Training Department
elaborated that the property of
in residential buildings, through
through video conference, ti-
innovation and creativity is not
3D printing technology, makes
tled Art of Creative Thinking
uncommon to human, as they
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