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Complete Agenda
Events for September 23, 2026
Session 7. Deans Welcome. Future of Engineering Education
Paloma Díaz 🇪🇸, Julián Arellana 🇨🇴, Paul Gilbert 🇨🇦, Hans J. Hoyer 🇺🇸
Oral Presentation Sessions. Engineering Education
Includes a break from 10:00 am to 10:30 am.
Opening. Welcome and Event Overview
Jorge Gómez Rojas 🇨🇴
Opening. Welcome Undergraduate Students Track
Luz Marina Patiño 🇨🇴
Session 8. Leading Strategic Curriculum Transformation: Leveraging Evidence, Assessment, and Continuous Improvement for Future-Ready Engineering Education
Iván Esparragoza 🇺🇸
Technical Paper Presentations. Bioengineering and Biotechnology | Environment, Energy, and Sustainability
Session 1. Human + AI: The Challenge of Future Skills
Nicole Aristizábal Ordóñez 🇨🇴
Session 9. Redefining Engineering Education Under Financial Constraints
Dean Thompson 🇬🇧
Session 10. The Dean versus AI
Luis Contreras 🇲🇽
Technical Paper Presentations. Environment, Energy, and Sustainability | Electronic and Computer Sciences
Session 2. The Student Voice: Assessing Academic Skills to Transform Learning
Olga Rodríguez 🇨🇴
Session 11. Leadership and Change Management in Engineering Education
Linda Medina 🇲🇽
Session 12. Best Practices and Opportunities in Internationalization
Diego Patiño 🇨🇴, Roberto Zanino 🇮🇹, Jesús Fraile 🇪🇸
Lunch
Visit to Exhibition and Academic Showcase
Opening. Welcome Session WEEF (IFEES & GEDC) 2026 🗣️
Luis Sánchez 🇪🇸, Paloma Díaz 🇪🇸, Julián Arellana 🇨🇴, Hans J. Hoyer 🇺🇸, Iván Esparragoza 🇺🇸 📺 Subs: 🇪🇸 / 🇬🇧 🎧 M. Audio: 🇪🇸 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 🇵🇹 (Need […]
Keynote. The Next Engineer: Transforming Education for a World of Accelerating Complexity 🗣️
María E. Gavilán Alfonso, MathWorks 🇺🇸 📺 Subs: 🇪🇸 / 🇬🇧 🎧 M. Audio: 🇪🇸 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 🇵🇹 (Need headphones)
Keynote. Trust that Transforms – Quality Assurance for Learning Across a Lifetime 🗣️
Jessica Silwick 🇺🇸 📺 Subs: 🇪🇸 / 🇬🇧 🎧 M. Audio: 🇪🇸 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 🇵🇹 (Need headphones)
Official Group Photo | Visit to Exhibition and Academic Showcase
Technical Paper Presentations. Electronics and Computer Science | Infraestructure and Territory
Panel. Role of International University Networks in Strengthening Engineering Education 🗣️
Roberto Zanino 🇮🇹, Cordelia Burch 🇬🇧, Diego Hernández 🇨🇴 Moderator: Juan Ocampo 🇺🇸 📺 Subs: 🇪🇸 / 🇬🇧 🎧 M. Audio: 🇪🇸 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 🇵🇹 (Need headphones)
Session 3. Workshop. Between What’s Right, What’s Possible, and What’s Urgent
Angélica Aldana 🇨🇴, Rubén Ochoa 🇨🇴, Diego Escobar 🇨🇴, David Martínez 🇨🇴, Enrique Oñate 🇨🇴, Alejandro Zafra 🇨🇴
Keynote. How does an Engineering Student’s Brain Learn? A Manual for University Professors
Andrés Gamba 🇨🇴
Panel. Talking about Energy 🗣️
Pablo Vilches Sepúlveda 🇩🇪, María Gaona 🇨🇴, Zermatt Torres 🇨🇴 Moderator: Camilo Younes 🇨🇴 📺 Subs: 🇪🇸 / 🇬🇧 🎧 M. Audio: 🇪🇸 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 🇵🇹 (Need headphones)
Academic Dialogue. Ask me Anything About Accreditation
Ann Kenimer 🇺🇸, Humberto Gómez 🇨🇴, Carlos Rodríguez 🇨🇴
Panel. The Future of Civil Engineering: Resilience, Sustainability, and Innovation
Fabián Lacouture 🇨🇴, Carlos Moncada 🇨🇴 Moderator: Carol Murillo 🇨🇴
Special Poster Session
Research Advances & Doctoral Students in Engineering