Programme

WES 2025 Opening Ceremony Programme

Morning Session

Date 22 October 2025 (Wed)
Time 9.00am – 12.30pm
Venue Grand Ballroom (Level 3)
Orchard Hotel Singapore

Date	Time	Programme
22 October 2025 (Wed)	8.00am	Registration
	8.45am	Guests to be seated
	9.00am	Arrival of Guest-of-Honour Mr Desmond Tan Senior Minister of State, Prime Minister’s Office Deputy Secretary-General, National Trade Union Congress
	9.05am	Welcome Address by WES 2025 Conference Chair Ms Jasmine Foo
	9.10am	Speech by IES President, Er. Chan Ewe Jin
	9.15am	Speech by Guest-of-Honour, Mr Desmond Tan
	9.25am	Launch of World Engineers Summit (WES) 2025
	9.30am	JAPAN’s Smart and Sustainable City Initiatives by His Excellency Hiroshi Ishikawa Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to Singapore
	10.00am	Morning Tea Break
	10.20am	Engineering Urban Systems by Mr Richard Lim Cherng Yih Deputy Chairman, Land Transport Authority Immediate Past Chairman, Energy Market Authority
	10.50am	Navigating the Future: How Maritime Digital Twins Can Enable Innovation in Sustainable Port Operations by Mr David Foo Deputy Chief Executive (Operations & Technology) / Chief Data Officer. Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore
	11.20am	Technological Solutions for a Climate-Resilient and Greener Future by Prof Liu Bin Deputy President (Research and Technology) Tan Chin Tuan Centennial Professor National University of Singapore
	11.50am	Panel Discussion Moderator: Prof Lee Poh Seng Head of Department NUS Mechanical Engineering College of Design and Engineering National University of Singapore Panelists: 1. His Excellency Hiroshi Ishikawa 2. Mr Richard Lim Cherng Yih 3. Mr David Foo 4. Prof Liu Bin
	12.30pm	Networking Lunch

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