Congress Start Date: June 4, 2026 | Congress End Date: June 5, 2026 |

CONFERENCE PROGRAMME

9.30-10.00 Registration
10.00-10.30 Opening Ceremony
Conference Moderator: David Eades
President EFCA Inés Ferguson, President ATCEA Kerim Orhon
Cultural performance
10.30-11.15 Keynote Speeches: “Our Changing World: Europe’s autonomy, security and resilience”
  Biggest challenges facing Ukraine
Oleksii Kuleba, Deputy Prime Minister for Restoration of Ukraine (TBC)
  Biggest challenges facing Türkiye and South-Eastern Europe
Turkish Minister of Trade (TBC)
  Biggest challenges facing Turkiye and South Eastern Europe
Turkish Ministry of Trade (TBC)
11:15-11:30 Break
11.30-12.30 Panel Discussion to develop above opening speeches: “Greater Europe’s biggest challenges and implications for consulting engineers”
  President EFCA Inés Ferguson, President ATCEA Kerim Orhon,
Head of EU Delegation to Türkiye and representative from Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs (both TBC)
12:30-14:00 Lunch
14.00-15.00 Panel – Ukraine
  Adam Bialachowski, EFCA Ukraine Support Group
  Wolfgang Gomernik, DELTA
  Yulia Dvorakovskaya, CBM Forum
  Cem Aker, DOLSAR Engineering
15.00-16.00 Panel Session - “Engineering services for security”
  Re-thinking resilience – scenario planning for preparedness
Liv Kari Hansteen, RIF
  New opportunities for civil emergency infrastructure projects
Kadi Metsmaa, CEO of Esplan
  Addressing the disruption of energy supplies
(TBC)
  Water and security – protecting water infrastructure from security risks
Nele De Smet, CEO of Evolta, EFCA Board member and Chair of EFCA’s Water Resilience Working Group
16.00-16.30 Conclusions and close