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 | Undergrate students
Complete Agenda

September 2026
Welcome Session

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

Universidad del Magdalena Universidad del Magdalena, Santa Marta, Colombia

Peace engineering (Santa Marta)

Luis Alberto González Araujo 🇨🇴, Viviana Quintero Dallos 🇨🇴
Welcome Session

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

Universidad del Norte Universidad del Norte, Barranquilla, Colombia

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

Julián Arellana Ochoa 🇨🇴
Peace Engineering: Foundations, Challenges and Opportunities

September 21 @ 2:15 pm - 2:45 pm UTC-5

Universidad del Magdalena Universidad del Magdalena, Santa Marta, Colombia

Peace engineering (Santa Marta)

Ramiro Jordan 🇺🇸
Keynote. Beyond Evidence: Strengthening Program Assessment for Better Educational Decisions

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

Universidad del Norte Universidad del Norte, Barranquilla, Colombia

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

Robin Hall 🇺🇸
Why is Talking about Peace a Matter of Engineering?

September 21 @ 2:45 pm - 4:00 pm UTC-5

Universidad del Magdalena Universidad del Magdalena, Santa Marta, Colombia

Peace engineering (Santa Marta)

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

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

Universidad del Norte Universidad del Norte, Barranquilla, Colombia

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

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

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

Universidad del Magdalena Universidad del Magdalena, Santa Marta, Colombia

Peace engineering (Santa Marta)
Peace Engineering: A Perspective from the Global South

September 21 @ 4:15 pm - 4:45 pm UTC-5

Universidad del Magdalena Universidad del Magdalena, Santa Marta, Colombia

Peace engineering (Santa Marta)

Alexei Gabriel Ochoa 🇨🇴, Juan David Reina Rozo 🇨🇴
Break

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

Universidad del Norte Universidad del Norte, Barranquilla, Colombia

Symposium on Best Practices in Assessment in Higher Education (Barranquilla)
Peace Building Engineering: The Great Next Investment. Transforming Social Complex Sistems into Opportunities for Social Development

September 21 @ 4:45 pm - 5:15 pm UTC-5

Universidad del Magdalena Universidad del Magdalena, Santa Marta, Colombia

Peace engineering (Santa Marta)

Camilo Navarro 🇲🇽, Luis Gabriel Moreno 🇨🇴
Workshop

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

Universidad del Norte Universidad del Norte, Barranquilla, Colombia

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

Humberto Gómez 🇨🇴
Student Initiatives. Community Experiences

September 21 @ 5:15 pm - 5:45 pm UTC-5

Universidad del Magdalena Universidad del Magdalena, Santa Marta, Colombia

Peace engineering (Santa Marta)
Foundations of the Santa Marta Declaration

September 21 @ 5:45 pm - 6:30 pm UTC-5

Universidad del Magdalena Universidad del Magdalena, Santa Marta, Colombia

Peace engineering (Santa Marta)
Keynote

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

Universidad del Norte Universidad del Norte, Barranquilla, Colombia

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

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

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

Central agenda (Cartagena)
Implementing Engineering Solutions for Social Transformation

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

Universidad del Magdalena Universidad del Magdalena, Santa Marta, Colombia

Peace engineering (Santa Marta)

Guilherme Ranzolin Piazzetta 🇧🇷
Parallel workshops

September 22 @ 8:45 am - 10:00 am UTC-5

Universidad del Norte Universidad del Norte, Barranquilla, Colombia

Symposium on Best Practices in Assessment in Higher Education (Barranquilla)
Workshop. Internationalization of the Engineering Curriculum

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

Fundación Universitaria Tecnológico Comfenalco Fundación Universitaria Tecnológico Comfenalco, Cartagena, Colombia

Central agenda (Cartagena)

Doris Hernández Dukova 🇨🇴
Research Advances. Design, Manufacturing, and Infrastructure

September 22 @ 8:45 am - 6:00 pm UTC-5

Fundación Universitaria Tecnológico Comfenalco Fundación Universitaria Tecnológico Comfenalco, Cartagena, Colombia

Central agenda (Cartagena)
Research Advances. Automation and Process Management

September 22 @ 8:45 am - 6:00 pm UTC-5

Fundación Universitaria Tecnológico Comfenalco Fundación Universitaria Tecnológico Comfenalco, Cartagena, Colombia

Central agenda (Cartagena)
Research Advances. Energy

September 22 @ 8:45 am - 6:00 pm UTC-5

Fundación Universitaria Tecnológico Comfenalco Fundación Universitaria Tecnológico Comfenalco, Cartagena, Colombia

Central agenda (Cartagena)
Research Advances. Digital Technology and Innovation

September 22 @ 8:45 am - 6:00 pm UTC-5

Fundación Universitaria Tecnológico Comfenalco Fundación Universitaria Tecnológico Comfenalco, Cartagena, Colombia

Central agenda (Cartagena)
Humanitarian Engineering: Solutions in Vulnerable Contexts

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

Universidad del Magdalena 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

Universidad del Norte Universidad del Norte, Barranquilla, Colombia

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

LACCEI 🇺🇸
Best Practice Presentations

September 22 @ 10:15 am - 11:30 am UTC-5

Universidad del Norte Universidad del Norte, Barranquilla, Colombia

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

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

Universidad del Magdalena Universidad del Magdalena, Santa Marta, Colombia

Peace engineering (Santa Marta)
Listen to the Voices of Conflict Victims and Peacebuilding Leaders

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

Universidad del Magdalena Universidad del Magdalena, Santa Marta, Colombia

Peace engineering (Santa Marta)
Closing Session

September 22 @ 11:30 am - 12:00 pm UTC-5

Universidad del Norte Universidad del Norte, Barranquilla, Colombia

Symposium on Best Practices in Assessment in Higher Education (Barranquilla)
Main Conclusions | Santa Marta Declaration

September 22 @ 12:45 pm - 1:00 pm UTC-5

Universidad del Magdalena Universidad del Magdalena, Santa Marta, Colombia

Peace engineering (Santa Marta)

Ramiro Jordan 🇺🇸, Tania Bueno 🇧🇷, Juan Lucena 🇺🇸
Deans Welcome Session 1. Introduction and the Future of Engineering Education

September 22 @ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm UTC-5

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

Deans track presented by GEDC (Cartagena)

Paloma Díaz 🇪🇸, Julián Arellana 🇨🇴, Paul Gilbert 🇨🇦
Session 2. AI-Driven Skill Transformation as Critical Path to Success

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 🇩🇪
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 3. 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 🇺🇸
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)
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 4. Curriculum Transformation

September 23 @ 8:00 am - 9:15 am UTC-5

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

Deans track presented by GEDC (Cartagena)

Iván Esparragoza 🇺🇸
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.
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)
Welcome 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 5. Redefining Engineering Education Under Financial Constraints

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)

Dean Thompson 🇬🇧
Papers Presentation: Bioengineering and Biotechnology

September 23 @ 8:45 am - 10:00 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 Aristizabal Ordoñez 🇨🇴
Session 6. AI, Data, and Digital Transformation in Engineering Education and Academic Leadership

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

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

Deans track presented by GEDC (Cartagena)

Luis Contreras 🇲🇽
Session 7. Leadership and Change Management in Engineering Education

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)

To be Confirmed (GEDC)
Session 2. Students Track

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

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

Undergrate students track (Cartagena)
Papers presentation: Environment, Energy, and Sustainability

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 8. Gender Bias and Microaggressions in Academia

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)

Paloma Díaz 🇪🇸
Session 3. Students Track

September 23 @ 11:30 am - 12:30 pm UTC-5

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

Undergrate students track (Cartagena)
Session 9. Best Practices and Opportunities in Internationalization

September 23 @ 12:00 pm - 12:45 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 @ 12:45 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)
Welcome Session 🗣️

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

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

Central agenda (Cartagena)

Luis Sánchez 🇪🇸, Paloma Diaz 🇪🇸, Julián Arellana 🇨🇴, Hans J. Hoyer 🇺🇸, Iván Esparragoza 🇺🇸, Government authorities (TBC), Guest Panelists (TBC) 📺 Subs: 🇪🇸 / 🇬🇧 🎧 M. Audio: […]
Keynote 1. To Be Confirmed

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

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

Central agenda (Cartagena)

Xavier Fouger 🇫🇷
Keynote 2. To Be Confirmed

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)

Jessica Silwick 🇺🇸
Keynote 3. The Next Engineer: Transforming Education for a World of Accelerating Complexity

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)

MathWorks 🇺🇸
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)
Papers Presentation: Electronics and Computer Science

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. Women and DEI in Engineering

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

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

Central agenda (Cartagena)

Invited Speaker: Rising to the top (World) Invited Speaker: Matilda y las mujeres en la ingeniería (LATAM) Moderator: TBC
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 🇬🇧, Karina Cruz Pacheco 🇲🇽 (TBD) Moderator: Juan Ocampo 🇺🇸
Session 4. Students Track

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)
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)

Dotaequip 🇨🇴
Panel. Green Hydrogen in Engineering Education: Challenges of the Energy Transition

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

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

Central agenda (Cartagena)

GUNT 🇩🇪, Greenwood Energy 🇺🇸
Academic Activity

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

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

Doctoral students track (Cartagena)
Special Poster Session

September 23 @ 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm UTC-5

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

Central agenda (Cartagena)
Registration

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

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

Central agenda (Cartagena)
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
Undergrate Students Track

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

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

Undergrate students track (Cartagena)
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. Accreditation

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

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

Central agenda (Cartagena)

James Warnock 🇺🇸, Luis Sánchez 🇪🇸, Roberto Giordano 🇦🇷, Adriana Tonini 🇧🇷, Eileen Webb 🇺🇸, Humberto Gómez 🇨🇴
Panel. Economic develoment in South America

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

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

Central agenda (Cartagena)

Peter Tase 🇺🇸
Panel. AI’s impact on the Workforce: Opportunities and Challenges

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

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

Central agenda (Cartagena)

MathWorks 🇺🇸 (TBD), Tania Bueno 🇧🇷, Geraldine Gooding 🇺🇸, Diego Hernández 🇨🇴
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 🇬🇧
Papers Pesentations: Electronics and Computer Science; Infrastructure and Territory; Agroindustry and Food

September 24 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 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. Peace Engineering and Sustainability

September 24 @ 11:30 am - 1:00 pm UTC-5

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

Central agenda (Cartagena)

Cindy Anderson 🇺🇸, Ramiro Jordan 🇺🇸, Juan Lucena 🇺🇸
Panel. Energy

September 24 @ 11:30 am - 1:00 pm UTC-5

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

Central agenda (Cartagena)

Bosch (TBD) 🇩🇪, Camilo Younes 🇨🇴
Panel. The Impact of Emerging Technologies: A View from Ibero-America

September 24 @ 11:30 am - 1:00 pm UTC-5

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

Central agenda (Cartagena)

CONFEDI 🇦🇷, CONDEFI 🇨🇱, ANFEI 🇲🇽, ASECEI 🇪🇨
Lunch

September 24 @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm UTC-5

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

Central agenda (Cartagena)
Doctoral Engineering Programs Meeting

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)

Third Plenary Session of ACOFI’s Chapter of Engineering Doctoral Programs (by invitation)
Visit to Exhibition and Academic Showcase

September 24 @ 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm UTC-5

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

Central agenda (Cartagena)
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 303 B Centro de Convenciones Cartagena de Indias, Cartagena, Colombia

Central agenda (Cartagena)

LACCEI 🇺🇸
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 🇪🇸
Workshop Engineering Design for Complex Problems in Service-Learning

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

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

Central agenda (Cartagena)

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

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

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

Central agenda (Cartagena)

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

Central agenda (Cartagena)

Camila Eskew, ITSM Group 🇺🇸
Partners Lecture Series. Beyond Great Faculty: Creating Systems for Quality Education

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

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

Central agenda (Cartagena)

Eileen Webb, Accreditation preparation 🇺🇸
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. GreenMetric

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

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

Central agenda (Cartagena)

Teresa Sánchez 🇪🇨
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

Central agenda (Cartagena)

Zoran Cekic 🇷🇸
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

Central agenda (Cartagena)

Camilo Vieira 🇨🇴
Partners Lecture Series. Humanizing the Learning Process in Engineering Education

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

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

Central agenda (Cartagena)

TBD
Partners Lecture Series. Presentation Title TBC

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

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

Central agenda (Cartagena)

TEC de Monterrey 🇲🇽
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)

ABET 🇺🇸
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

Central agenda (Cartagena)
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

Central agenda (Cartagena)
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)
Undergraduate Students Track

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

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

Undergrate students track (Cartagena)
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)
Visit to Exhibition and Academic Showcase

September 25 @ 10:00 am - 10:30 am UTC-5

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

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Panel. IFEES 20th Anniversary Commemoration – Tribute to Former Presidents

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

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

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Stephanie Farrell 🇺🇸, Jose Carlos Quadrado 🇵🇹 Moderator: Uriel Cukierman 🇦🇷
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

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ASEE 🇺🇸, ASME 🇺🇸, IEEE 🇺🇸, ASCE 🇺🇸 Moderator: Humberto Gómez 🇨🇴
Panel. Engineering that Transforms. The Cold Side of Artificial Intelligence

September 25 @ 12:30 pm - 1:00 pm UTC-5

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

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Stephanie Fernández 🇺🇸, TBC, TBC Moderator: Julián Arellana 🇨🇴
Closing Ceremony

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

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

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WEEF 2027 announcement Closing Remarks: Paloma Díaz 🇪🇸, Tania Bueno 🇧🇷, Julián Arellana 🇨🇴, Hans J. Hoyer 🇺🇸
Social Event

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

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

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