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
Inés Ferguson, EFCA President
Kerim Orhon, ATCEA President
Cultural performance
10.30-11.15 Keynote Speeches: “Our Changing World: Europe’s autonomy, security and resilience”
  Jurgis Vilčinskas, Head of EU Delegation (Acting) to Türkiye
  Prof. Dr. Ömer Bolat, Turkish Minister of Trade (TBC)
11.15-11.30 Coffee Break
11.30-12.30 Panel Session 1-Greater Europe’s biggest challenges and implications for consulting engineers
  Inés Ferguson, EFCA President
  Kerim Orhon, ATCEA President
  Dr. Bülent Özcan, Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, GD of EU Affairs
12.30-14.00 Lunch
14.00-15.00 Panel Session 2– Restructuring of Ukraine
  Adam Bialachowski, CEO, B-Act S.A, FIDIC Vice President
  Wolfgang Gomernik, DELTA
  Yulia Dvorakovskaya, CBM Forum
  Cem Aker, DOLSAR Engineering
15.00-16.00 Panel Session 3 - Engineering services for security
  Liv Kari Hansteen, RIF -Re-thinking resilience – scenario planning for preparedness
  Kadi Metsmaa, CEO, Esplan - New opportunities for civil emergency infrastructure projects
  Klaus Winther Ringgaard, Senior Vice President, Renewable Energy, Cowi - Addressing the disruption of energy supplies
  Nele De Smet, CEO Evolta, EFCA Board member and Chair - EFCA’s Water Resilience Working Group
16.00-16.30 Conclusions and close
17.00-18.30 B2B Sessions