Name: Social Event
Start: 2026-09-25T20:00:00-05:00
End: 2026-09-25T23:30:00-05:00
Location: Explanada San Francisco

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
Registration

September 24 @ 7:00 am - 5:00 pm UTC-5

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

Central agenda (Cartagena)
Session 4. Workshop. HackTerritory: Situated Engineering

September 24 @ 8:00 am - 10:00 am UTC-5

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

Undergrate students track (Cartagena)

Juan Esteban Barrero 🇨🇴
Oral Presentation Sessions Engineering Education

September 24 @ 8:00 am - 10:00 am 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)
GEDC Townhall

September 24 @ 8:00 am - 10:00 am UTC-5

Room 201 Centro de Convenciones Cartagena de Indias, Cartagena, Colombia

IFEES / GEDC meetings (Cartagena)
Technical Visit

September 24 @ 8:00 am - 10:30 am UTC-5

Sociedad Portuaria de Cartagena Sociedad Portuaria de Cartagena, Cartagena, Colombia

Doctoral students track (Cartagena)

08:00: Transfer from Centro de Convenciones to Sociedad Portuaria de Cartagena By invitation
Visit to Exhibition and Academic Showcase

September 24 @ 10:00 am - 10:30 am UTC-5

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

Central agenda (Cartagena)
GEDC Assembly

September 24 @ 10:00 am - 11:30 am UTC-5

Room 201 Centro de Convenciones Cartagena de Indias, Cartagena, Colombia

IFEES / GEDC meetings (Cartagena)

By invitation
Panel. AI’s impact on the Workforce: Opportunities and Challenges 🗣️

September 24 @ 10:30 am - 12:00 pm UTC-5

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

Central agenda (Cartagena)

María E. Gavilán Alfonso 🇺🇸, Tania Bueno 🇧🇷, César Gaitán 🇨🇴, Carlos Moncada 🇨🇴 Moderator: Aryanne Quintal 🇨🇦, Adriana Páez 🇨🇴 📺 Subs: 🇪🇸 / 🇬🇧 🎧 M. Audio: 🇪🇸 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 🇵🇹 (Need headphones)
Workshop. GreenMetric and University Sustainability

September 24 @ 10:30 am - 12:00 pm UTC-5

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

Central agenda (Cartagena)

Teresa Sánchez 🇪🇨
Keynote. Opportunities for Academic Internationalization, Employability and Professional Development in Australia

September 24 @ 10:30 am - 12:00 pm UTC-5

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

Central agenda (Cartagena)

Frank Cross 🇦🇺
Workshop. Aligning Doctoral Education with Energy Transition Needs

September 24 @ 10:30 am - 12:00 pm UTC-5

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

Central agenda (Cartagena)

Camilo Younes 🇨🇴
Session 5. Workshop. Critical Thinking in the Age of AI

September 24 @ 10:30 am - 12:00 pm UTC-5

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

Undergrate students track (Cartagena)

Luis Contreras 🇲🇽
Panel. Women, Science and Engineering: Legacy, Leadership and Transformation

September 24 @ 10:30 am - 12:30 pm UTC-5

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

Central agenda (Cartagena)

Loreto Valenzuela 🇨🇱, Soma Chakrabarti 🇮🇳, Olga Rodríguez 🇨🇴, Yann Cristal 🇦🇷, Julio César Saldarriaga Molina 🇨🇴 Moderator: Rafael Méndez 🇨🇴
Workshop. Strengthening Engineering Ecosystems Through Collaboration: Insights from the Global Engineering Capability Review and Industry-Academia Programmes 🗣️

September 24 @ 10:30 am - 12:30 pm UTC-5

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

Central agenda (Cartagena)

Cordelia Burch 🇬🇧, Stefania Pappalardo 🇬🇧 📺 Subs: 🇪🇸 / 🇬🇧 🎧 M. Audio: 🇪🇸 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 🇵🇹 (Need headphones)
Technical Paper Presentations. Infrastructure and Territory | Agroindustry and Food

September 24 @ 11:00 am - 1:00 pm UTC-5

Jorge Cruz Pombo Hall Universidad de Cartagena Campus Piedra de Bolívar, Cartagena, Colombia

Doctoral students track (Cartagena)
GEDC Executive Committee

September 24 @ 11:30 am - 12:30 pm UTC-5

Room 201 Centro de Convenciones Cartagena de Indias, Cartagena, Colombia

IFEES / GEDC meetings (Cartagena)

By invitation
Panel. The Impact of IA: A View from Ibero-America 🗣️

September 24 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm UTC-5

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

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Roberto Giordano 🇦🇷, Jorge Farías 🇨🇱, Karina Cruz 🇲🇽, María Soledad Segarra 🇪🇨, Jesús Frayle 🇪🇸 Moderator: Aryanne Quintal 🇨🇦, Adriana Páez 🇨🇴 📺 Subs: 🇪🇸 / 🇬🇧 🎧 M. Audio: 🇪🇸 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 🇵🇹 (Need headphones)
Panel. Beyond the Campus: Digital Innovation and Territorial Transformation in Higher Education

September 24 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm UTC-5

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

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Arcesio Castro Agudelo 🇨🇴, Diego Hernández 🇨🇴 Moderator: Adriana Castillo 🇲🇽
Lunch

September 24 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm UTC-5

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

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Visit to Exhibition and Academic Showcase

September 24 @ 2:00 pm - 2:30 pm UTC-5

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

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Plenary Session. ACOFI’s Chapter of Engineering Doctoral Programs

September 24 @ 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm UTC-5

Jorge Cruz Pombo Hall Universidad de Cartagena Campus Piedra de Bolívar, Cartagena, Colombia

Doctoral students track (Cartagena)

By invitation
Workshop. Beyond Great Faculty: Creating Systems for Quality Education

September 24 @ 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm UTC-5

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

Central agenda (Cartagena)

Eileen Webb 🇺🇸
IFEES Townhall

September 24 @ 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm UTC-5

Room 201 Centro de Convenciones Cartagena de Indias, Cartagena, Colombia

IFEES / GEDC meetings (Cartagena)
Workshop. Inspiring the Next Generation of Engineers: K-12 Outreach, Engineering Socializers, and Hands-On Innovation in Latin America and the Caribbean

September 24 @ 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm UTC-5

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

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Homero Murzi 🇺🇸, Jose Texier 🇺🇸, María Larrondo-Petrie 🇺🇸
Workshop. Microaggressions in Academia 🗣️

September 24 @ 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm UTC-5

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

Central agenda (Cartagena)

Paloma Díaz 🇪🇸 📺 Subs: 🇪🇸 / 🇬🇧 🎧 M. Audio: 🇪🇸 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 🇵🇹 (Need headphones)
Workshop. Impact Ecosystems through Community-Engaged Learning: EPICS at Purdue and EPICS in IEEE

September 24 @ 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm UTC-5

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

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Pedro Wightman 🇺🇸, Mauricio Pardo 🇨🇴
Partners Lecture Series. AI-Driven Skill Transformation as Critical Path to Success

September 24 @ 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm UTC-5

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

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Maximilian Dommermuth, Bosch Rexroth 🇩🇪
Partners Lecture Series. The Global Impact Cycle: Connecting Education, Industry, and Science Communication with SAE International

September 24 @ 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm UTC-5

Room 303 A Centro de Convenciones Cartagena de Indias, Cartagena, Colombia

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Camila Eskew, ITSM Group 🇺🇸
Partners Lecture Series. Building New Pathways: How Credentials Are Reshaping Higher Education and Workforce Alignment

September 24 @ 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm UTC-5

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

Central agenda (Cartagena)

Melanie Díaz 🇺🇸, Zachary Gries 🇺🇸
IFEES Assembly

September 24 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm UTC-5

Room 201 Centro de Convenciones Cartagena de Indias, Cartagena, Colombia

IFEES / GEDC meetings (Cartagena)

By invitation
Workshop. Quadruple Helix Model of Engineering Innovation-Base Economic Growth 🗣️

September 24 @ 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm UTC-5

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

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Zoran Cekic 🇷🇸 📺 Subs: 🇪🇸 / 🇬🇧 🎧 M. Audio: 🇪🇸 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 🇵🇹 (Need headphones)
Workshop. Explain to Learn: Active Learning Through Examples and AI

September 24 @ 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm UTC-5

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

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Camilo Vieira 🇨🇴
Workshop. Artificial intelligence to Transform Inclusive STEM Education in Engineering

September 24 @ 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm UTC-5

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

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Juan Sánchez 🇨🇴
Focus Group. AI Literacy, Implementation, and Certification

September 24 @ 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm UTC-5

Room 303 B Centro de Convenciones Cartagena de Indias, Cartagena, Colombia

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Gaby Arellano-Bello 🇺🇸
Partners Lecture Series. ALEKS and Artificial Intelligence: Transforming the Teaching of Mathematics

September 24 @ 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm UTC-5

Room 303 A Centro de Convenciones Cartagena de Indias, Cartagena, Colombia

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Denis Aguilar 🇺🇸, Libardo Chavarro 🇺🇸
Partners Lecture Series. Engineering With Purpose: International Certifications to Transform Engineering Education and Professional Practice

September 24 @ 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm UTC-5

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

Central agenda (Cartagena)

John Jiménez 🇨🇴
Partners Lecture Series. Human-Centered Generative AI for Continuous Improvement: Practical Tools for Program-Level Assessment

September 24 @ 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm UTC-5

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

Central agenda (Cartagena)

Robyn Hall 🇺🇸, Catalina Plúa 🇺🇸
IFEES Executive Committee

September 24 @ 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm UTC-5

Room 201 Centro de Convenciones Cartagena de Indias, Cartagena, Colombia

IFEES / GEDC meetings (Cartagena)

By invitation
Visit to Exhibition and Academic Showcase

September 24 @ 5:30 pm - 6:00 pm UTC-5

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

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Special Poster Session 2

September 24 @ 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm UTC-5

Gran Salón Barahona Centro de Convenciones Cartagena de Indias, Cartagena, Colombia

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Undergraduate Student Projects
IFEES Awards

September 24 @ 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm UTC-5

IFEES / GEDC meetings (Cartagena)

By invitation
Oral Presentation Sessions Engineering Education

September 25 @ 8:00 am - 10:00 am 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)
Papers. Action Research: Sharing Ideas, Connecting Knowledge to Continue Generating Impact

September 25 @ 8:00 am - 10:00 am UTC-5

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

Undergrate students track (Cartagena)

Moderator: Luz Marina Patiño 🇨🇴
Papers. Award-Winning Thesis Presentations from Colombia and Iberoamerica 2025 – 2026

September 25 @ 8:00 am - 10:00 am UTC-5

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

Doctoral students track (Cartagena)

Nidia Fretes 🇦🇷, David Enrique Martínez Brewer 🇨🇴, Hernando González Acevedo 🇨🇴
Panel. Beyond the Earthquake: Preparedness, Response, and Challenges for Building a Resilient Country 🗣️

September 25 @ 8:00 am - 10:00 am UTC-5

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

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Rubén Ochoa 🇨🇴, Felipe Figueroa 🇨🇴 Moderator: Angélica Aldana 🇨🇴 📺 Subs: 🇪🇸 / 🇬🇧 🎧 M. Audio: 🇪🇸 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 🇵🇹 (Need headphones)
Visit to Exhibition and Academic Showcase

September 25 @ 10:00 am - 10:15 am UTC-5

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

Central agenda (Cartagena)
Panel. IFEES 20th Anniversary Commemoration – Tribute to Former Presidents 🗣️

September 25 @ 10:15 am - 11:30 am UTC-5

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

Central agenda (Cartagena)

Ramiro Jordan 🇺🇸, Luis Sánchez 🇪🇸, Stephanie Farrell 🇺🇸 Moderator: Uriel Cukierman 🇦🇷 📺 Subs: 🇪🇸 / 🇬🇧 🎧 M. Audio: 🇪🇸 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 🇵🇹 (Need headphones)
Panel. The Role of Engineering Societies in Shaping the Future of Global Engineering Education and Practice 🗣️

September 25 @ 11:30 am - 12:30 pm UTC-5

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

Central agenda (Cartagena)

Agnieszka Miguel 🇺🇸, Geraldine Gooding 🇺🇸, Angélica Burbano 🇨🇴, Nathan Kathir 🇺🇸, Pedro Wightman 🇺🇸 Moderator: Humberto Gómez 🇨🇴 📺 Subs: 🇪🇸 / 🇬🇧 🎧 M. Audio: 🇪🇸 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 🇵🇹 (Need headphones)
Panel. Engineering that Transforms. The Cold Side of Artificial Intelligence 🗣️

September 25 @ 12:30 pm - 1:15 pm UTC-5

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

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Stephanie Fernández 🇺🇸, Ramiro Jordan 🇺🇸 Moderator: Julián Arellana 🇨🇴 📺 Subs: 🇪🇸 / 🇬🇧 🎧 M. Audio: 🇪🇸 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 🇵🇹 (Need headphones)
Closing. Closing Ceremony WEEF (IFEES & GEDC) 2026 🗣️

September 25 @ 1:15 pm - 2:00 pm UTC-5

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

Central agenda (Cartagena)

WEEF 2027 announcement Closing Remarks: Paloma Díaz 🇪🇸, Tania Bueno 🇧🇷, Julián Arellana 🇨🇴, Hans J. Hoyer 🇺🇸 📺 Subs: 🇪🇸 / 🇬🇧 🎧 M. Audio: 🇪🇸 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 🇵🇹 (Need headphones)
Social Event

September 25 @ 8:00 pm - 11:30 pm UTC-5

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

Central agenda (Cartagena)

September 2026