{"72755":{"#nid":"72755","#data":{"type":"news","title":"CEU Credits Available for UPADI Attendees","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EParticipants of the Pan American Convention of Engineers\/Union Pan Americana de Asociaciones de Ingenieria (UPADI) 2006 can earn 3.3 continuing education units (CEUs) by attending the conference\u0027s technical sessions. The discussions will focus on mitigating natural disasters, managing reconstruction, examining business issues in the Americas, restoring areas devastated by Hurricane Katrina (including the New Orleans\u0027 levees), fostering sustainable urbanism and embracing energy efficiency in the wake of climatic changes. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHosted by the Georgia Institute of Technology, UPADI is scheduled for September 19-22, 2006, in Atlanta, Georgia. The theme of the bilingual conference is \u0022Building a Sustainable Infrastructure: Education, Technology Innovation and Economic Development.\u0022 Along with technical discussions, the four-day conference will feature five plenary sessions focusing on transparency and global ethics, economic development, free trade, sustainability and education.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech joins a list of sponsoring organizations and societies including UPADI, American Society of Civil Engineers, National Society of Professional Engineers, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, American Society for Engineering Education, Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers, Pan-American Federation of the National Associations of Consulting Companies in the Americas (FEPAC) and the World Federation of Engineering Organizations. The convention will be held at the Westin Peachtree Plaza, located in the heart of downtown Atlanta.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ERegistration and conference details for UPADI can be found at \u003Ca href=\u0027http:\/\/www.upadi2006.com\/english\/index.shtml\u0027\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.upadi2006.com\/english\/index.shtml\u003C\/a\u003E. Contact Diana Turner at 404-385-3510 for additional information.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFounded in 1949, UPADI represents a membership of approximately 2.5 million engineers from 26 member countries in North America, Central America, South America and the Caribbean. The goal of the organization is to advance science and technology to benefit humanity through hemispheric cooperation. The organization seeks to develop action plans, encourage outside funding and work for the economic development of the nations served.  The UPADI conference was last hosted by the United States in 1990 in Washington, D.C.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Participants of the Pan American Convention of Engineers\/Union Pan Americana de Asociaciones de Ingenieria (UPADI) 2006 can earn continuing education units by attending the conference\u0027s technical sessions.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Pan American Convention of Engineers in September"}],"uid":"27301","created_gmt":"2006-08-23 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:01:42","author":"Elizabeth Campell","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2006-08-23T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2006-08-23T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"72756":{"id":"72756","type":"image","title":"Tech Tower","body":null,"created":"1449177954","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:25:54","changed":"1475894663","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:23"}},"media_ids":["72756"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.upadi2006.com\/english\/index.shtml","title":"UPADI 2006"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003ELisa Grovenstein\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECommunications \u0026amp; Marketing\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=lgrovenste3\u0022\u003EContact Lisa Grovenstein\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-894-8835\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["lisa.grovenstein@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}