Professor Ir. Dr. Norlida and Dato Ir. Wira Sidek is Malaysia’s representative to the 2020 International Engineering Alliance (IEA). IEA establish and enforce internationally bench-marked standards for engineering education and expected competence for engineering practice. IEA comprises of members from 41 jurisdictions within 29 countries, across seven international agreements.

These international agreements govern the recognition of engineering educational qualifications (Washington Accord, Sydney Accord and Dublin Accord) and professional competence (IPEA, APEC). IEA establish and enforce internationally bench-marked standards for engineering education and expected competence for engineering practice.

The meeting for 2020 is carried out via a hybrid zoom virtual conference.