Which female engineer will be in 2024? Applications are open.

The tender is open for female engineer in 2024. For the seventh time in a row, female engineers from Slovenian companies, organizations and other associations will present themselves to the public, who can be the best example and inspiration for young girls, so that they can more easily choose technical professions. Applications are possible until September 22.

With the selection of Engineer of the Year, the organizers address the problem of the invisibility of female engineers in society and build a community of Slovenian female engineers. Again this year, individuals, female engineers themselves, companies, organizations and associations can nominate their candidate for female engineer in 2024 via the form on the competition's website. Applications are open until Sunday, September 22.

The focus of the selection is the potential of female engineers to inspire younger generations

The focus of the Engineer of the Year selection is not the engineering achievements of individuals, but rather their potential to be an example and inspiration to younger generations of girls as engineers. The selection also takes into account the contribution of female engineers to the development of technology and the progress of the economy and society as a whole.

The purpose is the broadest and most effective social promotion of female engineers who can encourage, inspire and encourage young people with their personality and work to decide to enroll in engineering studies and an engineering career.

»Engineering careers can be really beautiful, full of challenges and personal growth. I wish every girl who is interested in engineering to have the possibility and the opportunity to learn what engineering can give her and she and society with it. That's why the selection of Engineer of the Year, because we want the girls to meet individuals, role models who have faced similar or even the same dilemmas and can help them resolve them. The loss of any potential, especially in today's technologically advanced world, is a loss of talent for the entire society", the editor of the project "Engineers and we will be engineers" describes the importance of examples. Shot of Škofic.

"I want young girls to realize that they are capable of following their dreams. To not be afraid to be who they are - always and everywhere - and to have enough information available on what it means to study and later on a career in the STEM fields. On the engineering path, there are enough role models and mentors, and that there will come a moment in their lives when they will be grateful and proud of themselves for having the courage to choose such a direction." The mission of the selection is described by the current female engineer of the year Lovely garden from Petrol.

On January 16, 2025, a ceremonial announcement in Cankarjev dom
Among the registered candidates, the commission will select ten representatives of the seventh generation of Slovenian female engineers, who will be presented to the public for the first time on November 20, and the female engineer of 2024 will be announced on January 16, 2025 at a celebratory event.

The selection, which was created at the initiative of Siemens Slovenia, is part of the initiative Engineers and engineers we will be!. It takes place in the co-organization of the magazine IRT3000 and the company Mediade with participating partners. From 2023, the selection of female engineer of the year will also take place in Croatia and Serbia.