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DAY 0 – TUESDAY, 3 MARCH 2026

WFEO Governance Meetings

08:00 – 09:00

Registration and Welcome Coffee

09:00 – 10:00

WFEO Finance Committee Meeting

10:00 – 10:15

Coffee Break

10:15 – 12:15

WFEO Executive Board Meeting

12:15 – 14:00

Lunch Break / Bilateral Meetings

14:00 – 15:30

WFEO Executive Council Meeting (Part I)

15:30 – 15:45

Coffee Break

15:45 – 17:15

WFEO Executive Council Meeting (Part II)

18:00 – 20:00 

Welcome Reception & Networking (Aligned with Iftar time – hosted by Governor of Jakarta, in Jakarta City Hall)

High-Level Segment, Strategic and Visionary Focus

08:00 – 09:00

Registration

09:00 – 10:30

Opening Ceremony

  • Welcome Remarks – Ilham Akbar Habibie, President, Institution of Engineers Indonesia (PII)
  • UNESCO’s Message Delivered by Ms. Maki Katsuno-Hayashikawa, Director of UNESCO Office in Jakarta
  • Opening Address – Er. Dr. Seng Chuan Tan, WFEO President
  • Keynote Address – Airlangga Hartarto, Coordinating Minister for Economy
  • Opening WED
  • MoU Signing Ceremony
    • Briefing on MoU between WFEO and CBAS (International Research Center of BigData for Sustainable Development Goals)
    • MoU between PII and DJKI Indonesia Government
  • Photo Session

10:30 – 11:00

Coffee Break & Networking

11:00 – 12:30

High-Level Panel 1: “From Innovation to Large-Scale Implementation: Engineers Delivering Real-World Impact”

Keynote Presentation: Dr. H. Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono, M.Sc., M.P.A., M.A., Coordinating Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development

Video Message by Dr Tshilidzi Marwala, Rector of UNU.

High-level and Ministerial Roundtable moderated by : Heru Dewanto, PII Past President

  • Agus Gumiwang Kartasasmita, Minister of Industry
  • Dr. H. Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono, M.Sc., M.P.A., M.A.,
  • Rosan Perkasa Roeslani, B.A., M.B.A., Minister of Investment and Downstreaming and CEO of Danantara
  • Boby Ali Azhari, S.T., M.Sc., Director General of Construction Development, Ministry of Public Works of the Republic of Indonesia

12:30 – 13:00

WFEO Hackathon – Winners Announcement & Awards, presented by Marlene Kanga, WFEO Past President

13:00 – 14:00

Lunch Break / Bilateral Meetings

14:00 – 15:30

High-level Panel 2: ”Smart Engineering for a Sustainable Future”

Keynote Presentation: “From Knowledge to Impact: Mobilizing the International Decade of Sciences for Sustainable Development through Smart Engineering”, Shaofeng Hu, Director of the Division of Science Policy and Basic Sciences, UNESCO (remote).

High-level Roundtable moderated by : Mustafa Shehu, WFEO Past-President

  • Prof. Dr. Charlie Than, Union Minister for Ministry of Industry of Myanmar
  • Meutya Viada Hafid, S.E., M.A., Minister of Communication and Information Technology
  • Diana Kusumastuti, Vice Minister of Public Works

15:30 – 16:00

Coffee Break & Networking

16:00 – 17:30

High-level Panel 3: “Global Trends on AI for Engineering Applications”

Keynote Presentation: Prof. Gong Ke, WFEO Past President, Former President of Nankai University Tianjin, China.

High-level Roundtable moderated by: Yoslan Nur, Head of Engineering and Innovation Programme, UNESCO.

  • Refilwe Buthelezi, President of the Federation of African Engineering Organizations (remote).
  • Younss Ait Mou, Senior Software Engineer, College of Science and Engineering Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Doha, Qatar (remote).
  • Ari Herrera, Presidentof the Pan-American Federation of Engineering Societies (UPADI).
  • Tyo Guritno, CEO & Co-founder Inspigo.

WFEO Work, Technical Depth and Practical Application

09:00 – 10:30

Introductory Session on the 3rd UNESCO Global Engineering Report Project

Keynote Presentation: “From Knowledge to Impact: Mobilizing the International Decade of Sciences for Sustainable Development through Smart Engineering”, Dr. Eng. Yoslan Nur, Head of the Engineering and Innovation Programme, UNESCO.

Moderated by : Dr K. N. Gunalan, WFEO President-Elect

  • Nahla Al-Qassimi, Chair of WFEO Task Force on the 3rd UNESCO Global Engineering Report (remote)
  • Triono Junoasmono, Expert Staff of Ministry of Public Works
  • Prof. Philippe Blanc, Head of the Energy and Processes Department, MINES Paris – PSL.
  • Yau Chau Fong, Managing Director, Duriane Professionals Sdn Bhd, Malaysia.

10:30 – 11:00

 Coffee Break & Networking

11:00 – 12:30

Panel 1: “Smart Engineering for Sustainable Infrastructure” 

Moderated by: Bobby Gafur Umar, former president of PII

  • Prof. Ir. Mohammed Ali Berawi, M.Eng.Sc., Ph.D., Director of the Center for Sustainable Infrastructure Development
  • Geng Yong, Chair of WFEO Standing Technical Committee on Engineering and Environment
  • Marie-Line Vaiani, Chair WFEO Committee on Energy (remote)
  • Martin Manuhwa, Chair of WFEO Standing Technical Committee on Engineering Capacity Building
  • Davide Stronati, Chair of WFEO Working Group on Climate Change.
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12:30 – 14:00

Lunch Break / Showcases presentations

12:30 – 13:00 

2nd Steering Committee Meeting for WFEO Engineering Capacity Building for Africa Programme (ECBAP) chaired by Prof. Gong Ke, WFEO Past President, Former President of Nankai University Tianjin, China. [Room Marore, Floor 1]

12:30 – 13:30 

Presentation on the new programme under PSL: The International Bachelor of Environmentally Engaged Engineering (I-EB3), by Prof. Philippe Blanc, Head of the Energy and Processes Department, MINES Paris – PSL. [Room Bras, Floor 2]

13:30 – 14:00

Women Engineers Forum

14:00 – 15:30

Panel 2 : “Integrated Innovative Digital-Green Systems for Economic Growth, Climate Resilience and Disaster Risk Management”

Moderated by: Teguh Haryono, Secretary General, PII

  • Hammam Riza, Artificial Intelligence and Cybersecurity Research Center at the National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN)
  • Prof. Dr. Meyliana, S.Kom., M.M., M.Sc., Ph.D., Vice Chancellor Global Employability & Entrepreneurship BINUS UNIVERSITY

  • Federico Ferrario, Chair of WFEO Standing Technical Committee on Disaster Risk Management

  • Norlida Buniyamin, Chair of WFEO Standing Technical Committee on Engineering for Innovative Technologies
  • Raoul Jacquand, VP Strategic Alliances & External Affairs, Alcatel Submarine Networks (ASN)

15:30 – 15:45

Coffee Break

15:45 – 17:30

Panel 3 : “Digitalization for Productivity and Sustainable Growth”

Moderator: Ir. Dandung Sri Harninto, S.T., M.T., IPU., ASEAN Eng., PII

  • Marlène Kanga, WFEO Past President
  • Enyonam Fafa Kpekpena, Chair of WFEO Standing Technical Committee on Women in Engineering
  • Paul Soegianto, Chief of Group Digital Strategy, PT Astra International, Tbk.
  • Garima Bhatia, Chair of WFEO Working Group on System Engineering
  • Wael Abdulmajeed, Chair of WFEO Standing Technical Committee on Information and Communication (remote)

17:30 – 18:30

Closing Ceremony & Cultural Performance