Credit: INGSCI
The 64th Engineers’ Day, organised by the Luxembourg Association of Engineers and Scientists (INGSCI), took place on Wednesday 4 March 2026 at the Spuerkeess headquarters in Luxembourg-Gare.
Held on the occasion of the “World Engineering Day for Sustainable Development”, as designated by UNESCO, the event welcomed Luxembourg’s Minister for Research and Higher Education, Stéphanie Obertin, who emphasised that Luxembourg faced a significant shortage of engineers, even though their role was crucial, as they represented the essential link that transformed research results into practical achievements.
Thierry Flies, President of the Luxembourg Association of Engineers and Scientists said: “Beyond strategic orientations or statements of intent,” Luxembourg had to preserve “its capacity to design, plan, build, operate and adapt.”
He added: “Engineering is the capacity to deliver. It is what transforms a vision into infrastructure, a strategy into an operational system and an idea into a practical solution. In a dense, interconnected and internationalised country, this capacity constitutes a genuine strategic asset.”
INGSCI noted that it was difficult to promote technical professions and the sciences without the support of figures and detailed that the IDEA Foundation used the opportunity of Engineers’ Day to produce an analysis of study choices in Luxembourg. Ioana Pop, an economist, remarked that the share of women in STEM fields (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) rose over eight years from 28% to 33% per cent, but parity remained far from being achieved. More generally, these fields were still not sufficiently prioritised. IDEA suggested specific scholarships to encourage more students to pursue these paths.
At the event, INGSCI announced that it had decided to retain the date of 4 March for organising future editions of The Engineers’ Day.
