LABoral Centro de Arte will host the 7th Citech Congress on October 17. Under the slogan ‘Innovation and sustainability, the basis for the future of Asturias’, more than 120 professionals will discuss the challenges and opportunities that the region has to position itself as a reference in innovation and sustainability.

Full program:

9.00-9.15 / Reception of assistants

9.15-9.30 / Welcome

• Nieves Roqueñí – Regional Minister of Ecological Transition, Industry and Economic Development
• María Calvo – President of FADE
• Juan M. Baragaño – Founder of Conecta
  

9.30-9.45 / How can we use innovation to boost the territory?

• Jorge Barrero – Director COTEC Foundation
• Eva Pando – Director Caja Rural de Asturias Foundation
• Ramón Rubio – Director Medialab Chair
  

9.45-10.30 / New technologies as a driver of social and economic development

• Javier Fernández – General Director of Digital Strategy and Artificial Intelligence of the Government of Asturias (Moderator)
• Luis Meijueiro – Quantum Computing Lead at CTIC Technological Center
• Antonio José Parra – Partner and CTO of PixelsHub
• Sergio Álvarez – Head of Innovation at Seresco
• Tomás Borja – Director Asturias at Ricoh Spain
  

10.30-11.00 / The great challenge of Asturias: increasing the size of its companies

• Marla Nieto – Content Manager at Conecta (Moderator)
• Ángel Rodríguez – General Manager of Asturgar
• Emilio Ovies – Managing Partner at Grupo Autecnia
• Pablo García – President of AJE Asturias
  

11.00-11.15 / Innovation in technology, industry and society stimulated by the arts

• Patricia Villanueva – Coordinator of European Projects at LABoral Centro de Arte y Creación Industrial

11.15-12.00 / Coffee break & Networking

12.00-12.45 / Towards environmental and economic sustainability

• Carlos García – General Manager of FAEN (Moderator)
• Marcos Montes – Director of Corporate Development of Bosquia
• Victor J. Martinez – Operations Director of IDESA
• Clara Rodríguez – Business Development and Internationalization of SotySolar
  

12.45-13.00 / Internationalization: in search of new markets

• Bruno López – General Manager of ASTUREX
• Carlos Vega – Business Development Director at Conecta
  

13.00-13.45 / Business ecosystems, startups and collaboration

• Marla Nieto – Head of Content at Conecta
• Claudio Hidalgo – CEO of Microviable Therapeutics
• Javier Labrada – CEO of Seerstems
• Tamara Fernández – Founder and partner at Ingeniacity
• Fidel Delgado – CEO of Neoalgae
  

13.45-14.30 / Asturias’ bet on emerging sectors

• Carlos Vega – Business Development Director of Conecta (Moderator)
• Isaac Pola – Vice-Minister of Industry and Just Transition
• Paz Orviz – Manager COGERSA
• Rocío Cachero – Managing Partner of Dogram
• Pablo Suárez – CEO of Masnorte Renovables
• Sofía Fernández-Gala – Head of Open Innovation projects at CAPSA FOOD
  

14.30 / Closing and conclusions

14.35 / Picapica & Networking

REGISTRATIONS

Citech 2024 is supported by Gijón Impulsa, Caja Rural de Asturias, Seresco, AJE Asturias, Avilés City Council, Bosquia, IDESA, Consejería de Transición Ecológica, Industria y Desarrollo Económico, Asturex, FAEN, Hunosa, COGERSA, Asturgar, CTIC and Merkle España, and the collaboration of FADE, Medialab, LON&BOC, Agencia SEKUENS, Estudio Flechazu, LABoral Centro de Arte y Creación Industrial and Laboratorio Biomimético.