Name: Special Poster Session
Start: 2026-09-23T18:30:00-05:00
End: 2026-09-23T20:30:00-05:00
Location: Claustro de las Ánimas

Central Agenda | Deans Track presented by GEDC | Doctoral Students | IFEES / GEDC Meetings | Peace Engineering | Symposium Assessment | Undergraduate Students
Complete Agenda

September 2026
Registration

September 21 @ 1:30 pm - 2:00 pm UTC-5

Julio Otero Room Universidad del Magdalena, Santa Marta, Colombia

Peace engineering (Santa Marta)
Registration

September 21 @ 1:30 pm - 2:00 pm UTC-5

Gabriel García Márquez Room Universidad del Norte, Barranquilla, Colombia

Symposium on Best Practices in Assessment in Higher Education (Barranquilla)
Welcome Session

September 21 @ 2:00 pm - 2:15 pm UTC-5

Gabriel García Márquez Room Universidad del Norte, Barranquilla, Colombia

Symposium on Best Practices in Assessment in Higher Education (Barranquilla)

Julián Arellana 🇨🇴
Welcome Session

September 21 @ 2:00 pm - 2:30 pm UTC-5

Julio Otero Room Universidad del Magdalena, Santa Marta, Colombia

Peace engineering (Santa Marta)

Luis Alberto González Araujo 🇨🇴, Viviana Quintero Dallos 🇨🇴, Hans J, Hoyer 🇺🇸
Keynote. Beyond Evidence: Strengthening Program Assessment for Better Educational Decisions

September 21 @ 2:15 pm - 3:15 pm UTC-5

Gabriel García Márquez Room Universidad del Norte, Barranquilla, Colombia

Symposium on Best Practices in Assessment in Higher Education (Barranquilla)

Robyn Hall 🇺🇸
Academic Dialogue. Peace Engineering: Foundations, Challenges and Opportunities

September 21 @ 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm UTC-5

Julio Otero Room Universidad del Magdalena, Santa Marta, Colombia

Peace engineering (Santa Marta)

Ramiro Jordan 🇺🇸
Discussion panel. Why is Talking about Peace a Matter of Engineering?

September 21 @ 3:00 pm - 4:15 pm UTC-5

Julio Otero Room Universidad del Magdalena, Santa Marta, Colombia

Peace engineering (Santa Marta)

Tania Bueno 🇧🇷, Sandro Jiménez 🇨🇴, Camilo Navarro 🇲🇽 Moderator: Sandra Merchán 🇨🇴
Panel. Assessment in a Microlearning Era

September 21 @ 3:15 pm - 4:30 pm UTC-5

Gabriel García Márquez Room Universidad del Norte, Barranquilla, Colombia

Symposium on Best Practices in Assessment in Higher Education (Barranquilla)

Catalina Plúa 🇺🇸, Guiselle García 🇨🇴, Adriana Castillo 🇲🇽
Break

September 21 @ 4:15 pm - 4:30 pm UTC-5

Julio Otero Room Universidad del Magdalena, Santa Marta, Colombia

Peace engineering (Santa Marta)
Break

September 21 @ 4:30 pm - 4:45 pm UTC-5

Gabriel García Márquez Room Universidad del Norte, Barranquilla, Colombia

Symposium on Best Practices in Assessment in Higher Education (Barranquilla)
Living labs. Building Capacity in the Recycling Community

September 21 @ 4:30 pm - 5:00 pm UTC-5

Julio Otero Room Universidad del Magdalena, Santa Marta, Colombia

Peace engineering (Santa Marta)

Tania Bueno 🇧🇷, Carlos Fúquene 🇨🇴
Academic Dialogue. Women’s Leadership in Engineering in Peacebuilding

September 21 @ 4:30 pm - 5:00 pm UTC-5

Julio Otero Room Universidad del Magdalena, Santa Marta, Colombia

Peace engineering (Santa Marta)

TBC 🇨🇴
Workshop. Assessment without Script

September 21 @ 4:45 pm - 6:00 pm UTC-5

BibLab 1 Room Universidad del Norte, Barranquilla, Colombia

Symposium on Best Practices in Assessment in Higher Education (Barranquilla)

Humberto Gómez 🇨🇴
Workshop. Avoiding Common Pitfalls in ABET assessment

September 21 @ 4:45 pm - 6:00 pm UTC-5

BibLab 2 Room Universidad del Norte, Barranquilla, Colombia

Symposium on Best Practices in Assessment in Higher Education (Barranquilla)

Eileen Webb 🇺🇸, Monica Ospino 🇨🇴
Academic Dialogue. Peace Building Engineering: The Great Next Investment. Transforming Social Complex Sistems into Opportunities for Social Development

September 21 @ 5:00 pm - 5:30 pm UTC-5

Julio Otero Room Universidad del Magdalena, Santa Marta, Colombia

Peace engineering (Santa Marta)

Camilo Navarro 🇲🇽, Luis Gabriel Moreno 🇨🇴
Academic Dialogue. Peace Engineering: A Perspective from the Global South

September 21 @ 5:00 pm - 5:30 pm UTC-5

Julio Otero Room Universidad del Magdalena, Santa Marta, Colombia

Peace engineering (Santa Marta)

Alexei Gabriel Ochoa 🇨🇴, Tania Bueno 🇧🇷
Student Initiatives. Community Experiences

September 21 @ 5:30 pm - 6:00 pm UTC-5

Julio Otero Room Universidad del Magdalena, Santa Marta, Colombia

Peace engineering (Santa Marta)
Academic Dialogue. Foundations of the Santa Marta Declaration

September 21 @ 6:00 pm - 6:45 pm UTC-5

Julio Otero Room Universidad del Magdalena, Santa Marta, Colombia

Peace engineering (Santa Marta)

Carlos Santiusti 🇨🇴, Leonardo González 🇨🇴, Tania Bueno 🇧🇷
Keynote. Assessment in Outcome-based Engineering Education with Example for Industrial Training and Final Year Project

September 22 @ 8:00 am - 9:00 am UTC-5

Gabriel García Márquez Room Universidad del Norte, Barranquilla, Colombia

Symposium on Best Practices in Assessment in Higher Education (Barranquilla)

Hean Teik Chuah 🇲🇾, Kah Hon Leong 🇲🇾 Virtual Platform
Registration

September 22 @ 8:00 am - 6:00 pm UTC-5

Hall Grau Centro de Convenciones Cartagena de Indias, Cartagena, Colombia

Central agenda (Cartagena)
Panel. Implementing Engineering Solutions for Social Transformation

September 22 @ 8:30 am - 9:30 am UTC-5

Julio Otero Room Universidad del Magdalena, Santa Marta, Colombia

Peace engineering (Santa Marta)

Guilherme Ranzolin Piazzetta 🇧🇷, John Taborda 🇨🇴, Carlos Fúquene 🇨🇴, Víctor Olivero 🇨🇴, Álvaro Leguía 🇨🇱 Sandra Merchán 🇨🇴
Research Advances. Design, Manufacturing, and Infrastructure

September 22 @ 8:45 am - 1:00 pm UTC-5

D301 Fundación Universitaria Tecnológico Comfenalco-Zaragocilla, Cartagena, Colombia

Central agenda (Cartagena)

Moderator: Julio César Saldarriaga Molina 🇨🇴
Research Advances. Automation and Process Management

September 22 @ 8:45 am - 1:00 pm UTC-5

D302 Fundación Universitaria Tecnológico Comfenalco-Zaragocilla, Cartagena, Colombia

Central agenda (Cartagena)

Moderator: Édgar Javier Barajas 🇨🇴
Research Advances. Energy

September 22 @ 8:45 am - 1:00 pm UTC-5

D303 Fundación Universitaria Tecnológico Comfenalco-Zaragocilla, Cartagena, Colombia

Central agenda (Cartagena)

Moderator: Adriana Arango 🇨🇴
Research Advances. Digital Technology and Innovation. Group 1

September 22 @ 8:45 am - 1:00 pm UTC-5

Cedesarrollo Auditorium Fundación Universitaria Tecnológico Comfenalco-Zaragocilla, Cartagena, Colombia

Central agenda (Cartagena)

Moderator: Ricardo Meza 🇨🇴
Research Advances. Digital Technology and Innovation. Group 2

September 22 @ 8:45 am - 1:00 pm UTC-5

D401 Fundación Universitaria Tecnológico Comfenalco-Zaragocilla, Cartagena, Colombia

Central agenda (Cartagena)

Moderator: Yenny Martínez 🇨🇴
Workshop. Internationalization Engineering Curricula

September 22 @ 8:45 am - 5:00 pm UTC-5

D503 Fundación Universitaria Tecnológico Comfenalco-Zaragocilla, Cartagena, Colombia

Central agenda (Cartagena)

Doris Hernández Dukova 🇨🇴
Academic Experience

September 22 @ 9:00 am - 10:00 am UTC-5

Gabriel García Márquez Room Universidad del Norte, Barranquilla, Colombia

Symposium on Best Practices in Assessment in Higher Education (Barranquilla)

Beyond Accreditation: Assessment as a Strategic Framework for the Transformation of Engineering Education Diana Catalina Rodríguez 🇨🇴 Experience in the Industrial Civil Engineering program at Universidad Andrés Bello Cristian Saavedra Acuña 🇨🇱
Academic Dialogue. Humanitarian Engineering: Solutions in Vulnerable Contexts

September 22 @ 9:30 am - 10:30 am UTC-5

Julio Otero Room Universidad del Magdalena, Santa Marta, Colombia

Peace engineering (Santa Marta)

Juan Lucena 🇺🇸, Sandra Merchán 🇨🇴
Break

September 22 @ 10:00 am - 10:15 am UTC-5

Gabriel García Márquez Room Universidad del Norte, Barranquilla, Colombia

Symposium on Best Practices in Assessment in Higher Education (Barranquilla)
Session 1. Transforming Engineering Universities: Productive Capabilities for Economic Development 🗣️

September 22 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm UTC-5

Pegasos Room Centro de Convenciones Cartagena de Indias, Cartagena, Colombia

Deans track presented by GEDC (Cartagena)

Fernando Zorto 🇭🇳, Jose Texier 🇺🇸, María Larrondo-Petrie 🇺🇸 🎧 M. Audio: 🇪🇸 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 🇵🇹 (Need headphones)
Workshop. From Data to Decision: Assessment for Academic Governance and Continuous Improvement

September 22 @ 10:15 am - 11:45 am UTC-5

Gabriel García Márquez Room Universidad del Norte, Barranquilla, Colombia

Symposium on Best Practices in Assessment in Higher Education (Barranquilla)

Adriana Castillo 🇲🇽
Break

September 22 @ 10:30 am - 10:45 am UTC-5

Julio Otero Room Universidad del Magdalena, Santa Marta, Colombia

Peace engineering (Santa Marta)
Panel. Listen to the Regional Voices

September 22 @ 10:45 am - 11:45 am UTC-5

Julio Otero Room Universidad del Magdalena, Santa Marta, Colombia

Peace engineering (Santa Marta)

Viviana Quintero Dallos 🇨🇴, John Taborda 🇨🇴
Closing Session

September 22 @ 11:45 am - 12:00 pm UTC-5

Gabriel García Márquez Room Universidad del Norte, Barranquilla, Colombia

Symposium on Best Practices in Assessment in Higher Education (Barranquilla)

Guiselle García 🇨🇴
Main Conclusions. Santa Marta Declaration

September 22 @ 11:45 am - 12:30 pm UTC-5

Julio Otero Room Universidad del Magdalena, Santa Marta, Colombia

Peace engineering (Santa Marta)

Ramiro Jordan 🇺🇸, Tania Bueno 🇧🇷, Juan Lucena 🇺🇸, Viviana Quintero Dallos 🇨🇴
Session 2. The Challenges of Education for a World in Transformation 🗣️

September 22 @ 2:00 pm - 2:45 pm UTC-5

Pegasos Room Centro de Convenciones Cartagena de Indias, Cartagena, Colombia

Deans track presented by GEDC (Cartagena)

Matías Codoni 🇦🇷 🎧 M. Audio: 🇪🇸 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 🇵🇹 (Need headphones)
Session 3. Reimagining Engineering Education: From Curriculum to Learning Ecosystems 🗣️

September 22 @ 2:45 pm - 3:30 pm UTC-5

Pegasos Room Centro de Convenciones Cartagena de Indias, Cartagena, Colombia

Deans track presented by GEDC (Cartagena)

Jaime Bonilla 🇲🇽 🎧 M. Audio: 🇪🇸 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 🇵🇹 (Need headphones)
Session 4. Transforming Traditional Engineering Education to Equip Talent for the AI-Driven BANI World 🗣️

September 22 @ 3:30 pm - 4:15 pm UTC-5

Pegasos Room Centro de Convenciones Cartagena de Indias, Cartagena, Colombia

Deans track presented by GEDC (Cartagena)

Maximilian Dommermuth 🇩🇪 🎧 M. Audio: 🇪🇸 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 🇵🇹 (Need headphones)
Break

September 22 @ 4:15 pm - 4:45 pm UTC-5

Pegasos Room Centro de Convenciones Cartagena de Indias, Cartagena, Colombia

Deans track presented by GEDC (Cartagena)
Session 5. Recognition of Credentials 🗣️

September 22 @ 4:45 pm - 5:30 pm UTC-5

Pegasos Room Centro de Convenciones Cartagena de Indias, Cartagena, Colombia

Deans track presented by GEDC (Cartagena)

Melanie Díaz 🇺🇸, Jessica Silwick 🇺🇸 🎧 M. Audio: 🇪🇸 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 🇵🇹 (Need headphones)
Session 6. Social – Networking Session 🗣️

September 22 @ 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm UTC-5

Pegasos Room Centro de Convenciones Cartagena de Indias, Cartagena, Colombia

Deans track presented by GEDC (Cartagena)

Diego Patiño 🇨🇴, Julián Arellana 🇨🇴 🎧 M. Audio: 🇪🇸 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 🇵🇹 (Need headphones)
Registration

September 23 @ 7:00 am - 6:00 pm UTC-5

Hall Grau Centro de Convenciones Cartagena de Indias, Cartagena, Colombia

Central agenda (Cartagena)
Session 7. Deans Welcome. Future of Engineering Education

September 23 @ 8:00 am - 8:45 am UTC-5

Barahona 2 Room Centro de Convenciones Cartagena de Indias, Cartagena, Colombia

Deans track presented by GEDC (Cartagena)

Paloma Díaz 🇪🇸, Julián Arellana 🇨🇴, Paul Gilbert 🇨🇦, Hans J. Hoyer 🇺🇸
Oral Presentation Sessions. Engineering Education

September 23 @ 8:00 am - 12:45 pm UTC-5

Room 301, Room 302 A, Room 302 B, Room 303 A, Room 303 B, Secretaría general Centro de Convenciones Cartagena de Indias, Cartagena, Colombia

Central agenda (Cartagena)

Includes a break from 10:00 am to 10:30 am.
Opening. Welcome and Event Overview

September 23 @ 8:30 am - 8:45 am UTC-5

Arsenal Room Centro de Convenciones Cartagena de Indias, Cartagena, Colombia

Doctoral students track (Cartagena)

Jorge Gómez Rojas 🇨🇴
Opening. Welcome Undergraduate Students Track

September 23 @ 8:30 am - 9:00 am UTC-5

Barahona 1 Room Centro de Convenciones Cartagena de Indias, Cartagena, Colombia

Undergrate students track (Cartagena)

Luz Marina Patiño 🇨🇴
Session 8. Leading Strategic Curriculum Transformation: Leveraging Evidence, Assessment, and Continuous Improvement for Future-Ready Engineering Education

September 23 @ 8:45 am - 9:30 am UTC-5

Barahona 2 Room Centro de Convenciones Cartagena de Indias, Cartagena, Colombia

Deans track presented by GEDC (Cartagena)

Iván Esparragoza 🇺🇸
Technical Paper Presentations. Bioengineering and Biotechnology | Environment, Energy, and Sustainability

September 23 @ 8:45 am - 10:15 am UTC-5

Arsenal Room Centro de Convenciones Cartagena de Indias, Cartagena, Colombia

Doctoral students track (Cartagena)
Session 1. Human + AI: The Challenge of Future Skills

September 23 @ 9:00 am - 10:30 am UTC-5

Barahona 1 Room Centro de Convenciones Cartagena de Indias, Cartagena, Colombia

Undergrate students track (Cartagena)

Nicole Aristizábal Ordóñez 🇨🇴
Session 9. Redefining Engineering Education Under Financial Constraints

September 23 @ 9:30 am - 10:15 am UTC-5

Barahona 2 Room Centro de Convenciones Cartagena de Indias, Cartagena, Colombia

Deans track presented by GEDC (Cartagena)

Dean Thompson 🇬🇧
Session 10. The Dean versus AI

September 23 @ 10:30 am - 11:15 am UTC-5

Barahona 2 Room Centro de Convenciones Cartagena de Indias, Cartagena, Colombia

Deans track presented by GEDC (Cartagena)

Luis Contreras 🇲🇽
Technical Paper Presentations. Environment, Energy, and Sustainability | Electronic and Computer Sciences

September 23 @ 10:30 am - 12:30 pm UTC-5

Arsenal Room Centro de Convenciones Cartagena de Indias, Cartagena, Colombia

Doctoral students track (Cartagena)
Session 2. The Student Voice: Assessing Academic Skills to Transform Learning

September 23 @ 10:30 am - 12:30 pm UTC-5

Barahona 1 Room Centro de Convenciones Cartagena de Indias, Cartagena, Colombia

Undergrate students track (Cartagena)

Olga Rodríguez 🇨🇴
Session 11. Leadership and Change Management in Engineering Education

September 23 @ 11:15 am - 12:00 pm UTC-5

Barahona 2 Room Centro de Convenciones Cartagena de Indias, Cartagena, Colombia

Deans track presented by GEDC (Cartagena)

Linda Medina 🇲🇽
Session 12. Best Practices and Opportunities in Internationalization

September 23 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm UTC-5

Barahona 2 Room Centro de Convenciones Cartagena de Indias, Cartagena, Colombia

Deans track presented by GEDC (Cartagena)

Diego Patiño 🇨🇴, Roberto Zanino 🇮🇹, Jesús Fraile 🇪🇸
Lunch

September 23 @ 12:30 pm - 1:45 pm UTC-5

Claustro de las Ánimas Centro de Convenciones Cartagena de Indias, Cartagena, Colombia

Central agenda (Cartagena)
Visit to Exhibition and Academic Showcase

September 23 @ 1:45 pm - 2:00 pm UTC-5

Hall de exposiciones Centro de Convenciones Cartagena de Indias, Cartagena, Colombia

Central agenda (Cartagena)
Opening. Welcome Session WEEF (IFEES & GEDC) 2026 🗣️

September 23 @ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm UTC-5

Barahona 3+4 Room Centro de Convenciones Cartagena de Indias, Cartagena, Colombia

Central agenda (Cartagena)

Luis Sánchez 🇪🇸, Paloma Díaz 🇪🇸, Julián Arellana 🇨🇴, Hans J. Hoyer 🇺🇸, Iván Esparragoza 🇺🇸 📺 Subs: 🇪🇸 / 🇬🇧 🎧 M. Audio: 🇪🇸 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 🇵🇹 (Need headphones)
Keynote. The Next Engineer: Transforming Education for a World of Accelerating Complexity 🗣️

September 23 @ 3:30 pm - 4:00 pm UTC-5

Barahona 3+4 Room Centro de Convenciones Cartagena de Indias, Cartagena, Colombia

Central agenda (Cartagena)

María E. Gavilán Alfonso, MathWorks 🇺🇸 📺 Subs: 🇪🇸 / 🇬🇧 🎧 M. Audio: 🇪🇸 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 🇵🇹 (Need headphones)
Keynote. Trust that Transforms – Quality Assurance for Learning Across a Lifetime 🗣️

September 23 @ 4:00 pm - 4:30 pm UTC-5

Barahona 3+4 Room Centro de Convenciones Cartagena de Indias, Cartagena, Colombia

Central agenda (Cartagena)

Jessica Silwick 🇺🇸 📺 Subs: 🇪🇸 / 🇬🇧 🎧 M. Audio: 🇪🇸 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 🇵🇹 (Need headphones)
Official Group Photo | Visit to Exhibition and Academic Showcase

September 23 @ 4:30 pm - 5:00 pm UTC-5

Explanada San Francisco Centro de Convenciones Cartagena de Indias, Cartagena, Colombia

Central agenda (Cartagena)
Technical Paper Presentations. Electronics and Computer Science | Infraestructure and Territory

September 23 @ 5:00 pm - 5:30 pm UTC-5

Arsenal Room Centro de Convenciones Cartagena de Indias, Cartagena, Colombia

Doctoral students track (Cartagena)
Panel. Role of International University Networks in Strengthening Engineering Education 🗣️

September 23 @ 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm UTC-5

Secretaría general Centro de Convenciones Cartagena de Indias, Cartagena, Colombia

Central agenda (Cartagena)

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

September 23 @ 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm UTC-5

Barahona 1 Room Centro de Convenciones Cartagena de Indias, Cartagena, Colombia

Undergrate students track (Cartagena)

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

September 23 @ 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm UTC-5

Barahona 2 Room Centro de Convenciones Cartagena de Indias, Cartagena, Colombia

Central agenda (Cartagena)

Andrés Gamba 🇨🇴
Panel. Talking about Energy 🗣️

September 23 @ 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm UTC-5

Secretaría general Centro de Convenciones Cartagena de Indias, Cartagena, Colombia

Central agenda (Cartagena)

Pablo Vilches Sepúlveda 🇩🇪, María Gaona 🇨🇴, Zermatt Torres 🇨🇴 Moderator: Camilo Younes 🇨🇴 📺 Subs: 🇪🇸 / 🇬🇧 🎧 M. Audio: 🇪🇸 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 🇵🇹 (Need headphones)
Academic Dialogue. Ask me Anything About Accreditation

September 23 @ 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm UTC-5

Room 301 Centro de Convenciones Cartagena de Indias, Cartagena, Colombia

Central agenda (Cartagena)

Ann Kenimer 🇺🇸, Humberto Gómez 🇨🇴, Carlos Rodríguez 🇨🇴
Panel. The Future of Civil Engineering: Resilience, Sustainability, and Innovation

September 23 @ 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm UTC-5

Room 302 A Centro de Convenciones Cartagena de Indias, Cartagena, Colombia

Central agenda (Cartagena)

Fabián Lacouture 🇨🇴, Carlos Moncada 🇨🇴 Moderator: Carol Murillo 🇨🇴
Special Poster Session

September 23 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm UTC-5

Claustro de las Ánimas Centro de Convenciones Cartagena de Indias, Cartagena, Colombia

Central agenda (Cartagena)

Research Advances & Doctoral Students in Engineering

September 2026