Michael Behm, CIB Programme Director hosted 2 information sessions to accommodate our global network of students and early career researchers on 12 & 13 of September 2022.
The events were promoted on Eventbrite and held online using Zoom. The first session was held at 4:00pm EST with 25 attendees with attendees from USA, South Africa, Brazil, UK, Australia, Canada, Turkey, and Morocco. Some special guests were Don Ward, CEO and Silvio Melhado, Coordinator of CIB Commission W096 – Architectural Design and Management.
Session 2 was held 13 September 2022 at 4:00am EST with 25 attendees from India, United Kingdom and New Zealand.
Michael opened each event with an informal discuss with the following slideshow:
CIB-Student-Chapter-Info-Sessions-Sept-2022Topics of discussion were CIB, Student Chapter structure, benefits of hosting a student chapter, re-energizing your network, funding available through CIB Awards: CIB Gyula Sebestyén Award, CIB Best Dissertation Awards, Keith Hampson ECR – Industry Award.
Open chats gave feedback on the World Building Congress 2022, the awards available through CIB and should we update our network name to CIB Future Leaders Network. Some great resources provided by CIB are CIB Annual Report, Student Chapters, ECR Network, YouTube videos, and our website.
If you are interested in forming a student chapter with your University, please contact us to ensure your university is a full or associate member. Membership information is available here.
We are happy to support and promote all events and would be happy to collaborate so please reach out to us!
Michael Behm, Programme Director [email protected] or Debbie Gray, Membership & Marketing Manager [email protected]
