WED 2025: CRDGL Highlights
Recorded Streaming for WED 2025: CRDGL
OVERVIEW of World Engineering Day 2025: Charles Rudd Distinguished Global Lectures (WED 2025: CRDGL)
For more information:
worldengineeringday.net
As part of the World Engineering Day (WED) celebrations, The Institution of Engineers, Singapore (IES) and Singapore Polytechnic have partnered for the third consecutive year to organise the Charles Rudd Distinguished Lectures series.
Held annually, the Charles Rudd Distinguished Lecture Series is a key initiative of IES designed to promote a greater appreciation of engineering. This series honours the late Er. Charles Rudd, a distinguished engineer and IES Member, whose remarkable generosity included a bequest of over $1 million to IES.
Building on the success of last year’s inaugural Charles Rudd Distinguished Global Lectures (CRDGL), WED 2025: CRDGL aims to unite leading experts, innovators and thought leaders from the global engineering community. The event will serve as a platform to share insights, explore emerging technologies and address engineering challenges shaping our future.
Focusing on the theme ‘Towards a Sustainable World: Engineering the Way Forward’, WED 2025: CRDGL will spotlight two key areas: Circular Economy and Resilient Future. This theme underscores the critical role of engineering in advancing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Highlights of WED 2025: CRDGL will be recorded and broadcast globally to celebrate engineering achievements in support of WED 2025’s goal of ‘Shaping Sustainable Future through Engineering’. Featuring a three-hour hybrid lecture on 11 February 2025, the event is expected to attract more than 1,000 local and overseas participants.
Associate Professor
Dr Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim
Minister of State
for Home Affairs and National Development
Ms. Tita Yowana Alwis
Minister Counsellor, Head of Economy
Indonesia Embassy
Mr. Kelvin Wong
Chief Executive Officer
Building and Construction Authority
Moderator
Prof Seeram Ramakrishna
Professor of Mechanical Engineering, NUS
&
Chair of Sustainability Cluster, IES
Panellist
Ms Suzy Goulding
Head of Sustainability APAC, MSL, Publicis Groupe, Salterbaxter
&
Vice President, British Chamber of Commerce, Singapore
Panellist
Mr Loh Yew Chiong
Deputy Principal, Academic,
Singapore Polytechnic, Singapore
Panellist
Ms Kate Drews
Regional Head,
Australia and New Zealand
Surbana Jurong Group
Panellist
Ms Karina Cady
Chief Executive Officer
Nandina REM
Panellist
Ms. Violet Chen
Director, Energy Capabilities Development Department
Energy Market Authority (EMA)
Panellist
Mr. Gan Boon Jin
Group Chief Sustainability Officer
SMRT Corporation
Endorsed by World & Regional Engineering Organisations
ASEAN Federation of
Engineering Organisations (AFEO)
Federation of Engineering Institutions of Asia and Pacific (FEIAP)
World Federation of Engineering
Organizations (WFEO)
In Support of
