On October 14, 2025, the Artificial Intelligence Forum of the Global Engineering Conference will be held in Room 616 of the Shanghai World Expo Center.
This forum, themed “Engineering AI for Sustainability: Capacity Building and International Partnerships” is jointly organized by the Chinese Association of Automation (CAA) and the WFEO Committee on Engineering for Innovative Technologies (WFEO-CEIT), aiming to create a high-end exchange platform integrating forward-looking insights, cross-border dialogues, and practical explorations.
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The forum will gather top experts, scholars, industry leaders, and representatives from international organizations in the global engineering and artificial intelligence fields, to jointly explore the key roles of artificial intelligence and engineering in promoting the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), focusing on cutting-edge topics such as new quality productive forces, human-machine collaboration, and intelligent governance, and promoting the formation of AI cooperation paths with global consensus.
By sharing cutting-edge insights and practical experiences, this forum will advance the responsible innovation and application of artificial intelligence technology, contributing wisdom and solutions to the engineering community in addressing global challenges and achieving sustainable development. As one of the parallel forums of the 2025 Global Engineering Conference, this event will further strengthen cooperation and exchange in the international engineering field, helping to build a sustainable AI future.
Hosts
- Norlida Buniyamin – Chair, WFEO-CEIT
- CHEN Hong – Vice President , CAA; Prof., Tongji University
- Martin Manuhwa – Chair, WFEO Committee on Engineering Capacity Building (WFEO-CECB)
Guest Speakers
- Shahbaz Khan – Director and Representative to UNESCO Regional Office for East Asia
- TAN Seng-Chuan – President-Elect, WFEO
- Phuti Joyce Tsipa – Consul-General of South Africa in Shanghai
- HOU Zengguang – Vice President, CAA; Researcher,lnstitute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Keynote Speakers
- Ewe Hong Tat – President, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR); President, ASEAN Academy of Engineering and Technology (AAET)
- Lars Eckerlein – General Manager, ABB (China) Limited
- WU Gansha – CEO, UISEE Technology
- WANG Fei-Vue – Supervisory President, CAA; Researcher, lnstitute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- C. L. Philip Chen – Executive Council Member, CAA; Distinguished Chair Professer, South China University of Technology
- M AShiwen – lecturer, Soochow University
Panelists
- GONG Ke – Past President, WFE0; Chair of the WFE0 Task Force for Engineering Capacity Building for Africa
- WANG Qinglin – Chair, Standing Committee on Emerging Technologies for Professional Developmenrt, The Federation of Engineering Institutions of Asia and the Pacifie (FEIAP)
- Shahbaz Khan – Director and Representative to UNESCO Regional Office for East Asia
- lng Sharon van Rensburg – Member of Future Leaders Panel, South African Institution of Civil Engineering (SAICE); Member ofBig Data & Al W.G., WFEO-CEIT
For more information:
Linkedin page of the “2025 Global Engineering Conference Artificial Intelligence Forum”
Presentation of the “2025 Global Engineering Conference Artificial Intelligence Forum”
The Global Engineering Congress 2025 and the WFEO General Assembly