Trevor Manuel will head up the opening plenary session and workshop at the 2014 Civilution Congress.

In light of the 13 key deliverables of the National Development Plan (NDP),  Minister Trevor Manuel’s keynote address will focus on the role that engineering professionals, societies and businesses need to play in order to achieve the plan.

The discussion is aimed to challenge the infrastructure engineering industry to approach engineering participation in a way that isdifferent from the traditional approach that has been taken over the past 20 years. The goal is to achieve balance, knowledge and power between the private and public sectors with a view to work together.

The subsequent two-hour workshop will be a forum discussion led by Manuel and will include senior infrastructure engineering professionals, engineering business leaders, government officials, parastatal bodies, university heads of department in engineering, private sector engineers, engineering councils and engineering institutions.