ECTA Conference 2023

Programme

Thursday - 25 May

Welcome Dinner
 

19:30 - 22:00               Cocktail and Welcome Dinner
                                     GU Restaurant

Friday - 26 May

ECTA Conference - Hotel de Londres

 

9:00                Registration - Get-together at Britania room

9:15                Welcome words and introduction of the ECTA President and special greetings
                       Markus Horn, ECTA President

                       Basque Country: Introduction to its economy, manufacturing ecosystem
                       and key competitiveness factors
                       Cristina Oyón, Director of Technology, Innovation and Sustainability – SPRI GROUP

                       Latest data of the national associations
                       Manfred Grimm, VDMA - Association of german machinery and plant manufacturers

                       Situation and prognosis for the precision cutting tool sector - HPO Forecast
                       Josua Burkart, Managing Director - HPO


10:55              Coffee Break
 

11:15              New techologies for special tools manufacturing
                       Iñigo Agote, Head of Materials for Extreme Conditions - TECNALIA

                       Democratization of digitization in small and medium sized workshops
                       Igor Murgiondo, Service Business Director - FAGOR AUTOMATION

                       Artificial intelligence applied to the prediction of machine stops and tool break
                       Dr Xavier Beudaert, Senior Researcher in Dynamics and Control Team - IDEKO

                       Chatter suppression techniques for tool manufacturers
                       Dr Jokin Muñoa, Scientific Director - IDEKO

                       Cutting tool materials and their reciclying
                       José Manuel Sánchez Moreno - CEIT
 

13:00              Lunch Break           
    

14:30              Recovery of complex materials
                       Sandra Montes, COO & Founder - SCRAP AD

                       Cybersecurity in an industrial environment
                       María Penilla, CTO - ZIUR Industrial Cyber Security Center


15:10              Coffee Break
 

15:30              FABRIKA: How to achieve high performance organizations
                       Juan Mancisidor, General Director - FABRIKA

                       A worldwide example of innovation and high end talent generation
                       for the gastronomy sector
                      Joxe Mari Aizega, General Manager - BASQUE CULINARY CENTER
 

16:30             Conclusion by the ECTA President
                      Markus Horn, ECTA President                 

19:00              Reception Cocktail & Gala Dinner
                       Restaurant MUKA

22:30              Return to Hotel

Friday - 26 May

Partners Programme
 

10:00               Departure by bus for the village of Getaria, including a visit of
                        Balenciaga museum, and guided city walk and a light lunch.

15:30               Return to hotel

Who is Cristobal Balenciaga?

Cristóbal Balenciaga Eizaguirre (21 January 1895 – 23 March 1972) was a Spanish fashion designer, and the founder of the Balenciaga fashion house. He had a reputation as a couturier of uncompromising standards and was referred to as "the master of us all" by Christian Dior and as "the only couturier in the truest sense of the word" by Coco Chanel, who continued, "The others are simply fashion designers". On the day of his death, in 1972, Women's Wear Daily ran the headline "The King is Dead".

More information at: Christóbal Balenciaga

Saturday - 27 May

Social Programme
 

09:30               Departure by bus from the hotel

10:00               Chillida Leku Museum

13:00               Lunch in a traditional Cider House

15:30               Arrival at the hotel

Who is Eduardo Chillida?

Eduardo Chillida, (10 January 1924 – 19 August 2002), was a Spanish Basque sculptor notable for his monumental abstract works. Major public works by Chillida are in Barcelona, Berlin, Paris, Frankfurt and Dallas. A large body of his work can be seen in San Sebastián. In the early 1980s Chillida and his wife bought a sixteenth century Basque farmhouse and surrounding land at Hernani near San Sebastián to establish a permanent place to display his work in a natural environment. This opened in the 1990s as Chillida Leku, an open-air museum where visitors could wander among the sculptures.Leku means 'place' in Basque.

More information at: Eduardo Chillida

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