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PREAMBLE TO THE PROCEEDINGS of the FIRST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF WOMEN ENGINEERS AND .SCIENTISTS The opening session of the Technical Program featured Dr. Lillian M. Gilbreth, world renowned Management Consultant and Industrial Engineer, who set in perspective the Conference theme "Focus for the Future - Developing Engineering and Scientific Talent" with her Keynote Address. The outstanding success of the Conference is a well deserved tribute to her and to the other international speakers who completed the program. The first session developed the requirements in scientific and technological manpower for meeting the challenge of sustaining the expanding population of the world. The next three sessions established the specific types of scientific and engineering talent that will be needed by describing the state of the world in the several major areas of basic human needs: food and water, clothing and shelter, heat and power, communications and transportation, etc. In the fifth session international reports on the current status of engineers and scientists, based primarily on information provided in response to requests to some 120 countries, were presented, with emphasis on the present and future status of the women engineer and scientist as members of the technical team. The sixth and final session, a Symposium on Developing Engineering and Scientific Talent for the Future, provided not only an opportunity to review and comment on the previous sessions, but also to discuss various approaches to the problem. The nucleus of the open forum was a group of eminent scientists, engineers and educators representing the disciplines so vital to the progress of humanity, augmented by the active participation of Delegates representing many countries. The Technical Program Committee is deeply appreciative of the gracious contributions in time and talent of those who accepted the challenge of participating in this pioneering effort, in particular the authors of the technical papers, and the Session Chairmen, Moderators and Summarists of Technical Program Sessions I through IV; and the Panelists of Technical Program Sessions V and VI. Acknowledgment and gratitude are also given to those who provided Statements and Special Feature Contributions, and to the several Delegates who offered additional papers, some of which are included in this Proceedings.

Margaret R. Fox, Chairman Technical Program Committee

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