Papers - Basque Open Industry

Conference programme

08.00 Accreditations in main lobby. Pavilion 2

Monday<br/>November 13th
Tuesday<br/>November 14th

12.30 to 14.15 | Opening session [Auditorium]

12:00 – 12:30
Opening

Aitor Urzelai
General Manager of the SPRI Group

Bonifacio Garcia
Head of Unit - Small and Medium Enterprises, DG GROW, European Commission

Iñigo Urkullu
Basque Government's President

12:30 - 13:15
Keynote speaker Energy transformation and decarbonization as an opportunity for technology and industrial development. The US perspective.

The efforts for a sustainable energy transformation and decarbonization are not confined in Europe but are part of a broader global movement. The United States are seeking to address critical environmental concerns, ensure energy security, and fortify supply chains. EPRI plays a key role in this mission, collaborating with the energy industry and international stakeholders. How will initiatives like IRA/BIL going to impact CO2 reduction and energy demand? This transformation requires active participation from industries, leveraging on innovation and international collaboration. The choices made today will significantly impact the role of the future energy landscape on the environment and the economy.

Tom TerBush
EPRI’s vice president of Member & Technical Services and serves as President of EPRI International

13:15 - 14:15
Panel: Challenges of European Advanced Manufacturing Ccosystems from the Point of View of European Regions

Introduction

Arantza Tapia Otaegi
Basque Government Minister for Economic Development, Sustainability and the Environment

Colloquium

Moderator: Bonifacio Garcia
Head of Unit - Small and Medium Enterprises, DG GROW, European Commission

Linkedin de <b>Moderator:</b> Bonifacio Garcia

Participants

Katarzyna Matuszak-Dzierżyńska
Head of Entrepreneurship Development Department at Pomerania Development Agency

Mark Andries
VLAIO -Flanders innovation & Entreprenership

9.00 to 16.45 | Talent [Room 2]

TALENT SPOT - BT&I Basque Trade & Investment
Space to reflect on the growing importance of talent and its many aspects in organisations:

Fostering professional vocations linked to industry.
Personal performance capability in international settings.
Deploying public-private talent attraction policies.

9:00 – 10:15
Keynote speech and talent strategies.

Conferences, talks and panels to analyse talent from different local and international perspectives.

Opening

Mikel Amundarain
Deputy Minister for Industry and Chair of Basque Trade and Investment

Keynote Paper: Talent and Future

José María Peiró
Professor of Social Psychology in Organisations at Valencia University

Colloquium: Talent management strategies in the Basque Country

Moderator: Juan Gamboa
Researcher at Orkestra

Linkedin de <b>Moderator: </b>Juan Gamboa

Participants:

Leyre Madariaga
Digital Transformation and Entrepreneurship Director. Ministry for Economic Development, Sustainability and the Environment – Basque Government

Jorge Arevalo
Deputy Minister for Vocational Training, Education Department – Basque Government

Eduardo Arechaga
CONFEBASK General Manager

10:15 – 11:15
Corporate Policies for Attracting and Recruiting Talent

Deployment of public programmes in the Basque Country

Opening

Ainhoa Ondarzabal
General Manager of Basque Trade and Investment

Symposium for companies on attraction/development strategies

Keynote Paper: The INGETEAM Experience

Daniel Mikolta
HR and Management Systems Manager at Ingeteam

Colloquium: Challenges and Results.

Moderator: Juan Gamboa
Researcher at Orkestra

Linkedin de Moderator:</b> Juan Gamboa<b>

Participants

Silvia Soto del Rio
VIVEbiotech Director of Personnel

Sonia Garai Moreno
Global HR Manager ARTECHE GROUP

11:15 – 12:15
Overview of the 21st-century Professional

Session for students and young professionals with the goal of pinpointing skills linked to internationalisation, and sharing the existing training programmes and the results of the BEINT and Global Training programmes from the opinion of users.

Colloquium: The International Component in Professional Careers of the 21st Century

Moderator: Iñaki Ezkurra
Director of Business Internationalisation at Basque Trade & Investment

Linkedin de <b>Moderator:</b> Iñaki Ezkurra

Participants:

Tinus Van der Pas
Founder and CEO at T TALENT

Juncal de Lucas
Director of Personnel at SALTO SYSTEMS

Ainhoa Dorronsoro
Former GT Fellow

Iñaki Sánchez
Former BEINT Fellow

The innovative TALENT of startups incorporated into business projects. Startup acceleration program for industry 4.0

15:00 – 15:45
BIND 4.0 success stories

Innovation projects between startups - trailblazing companies

The session will showcase the key aspects of collaborative projects between startups and large trailblazing companies participating in the BIND 4.0 Programme; the aim is for the most innovative solutions to inspire future projects of other companies.

CASE 1: II40 SERVICES - MERCEDES BENZ

Ibon Goikoetxea
Founder and CEO of II40Services

Juan José Vitoria Tejado
Engineer at Mercedes Benz Vitoria

CASE 2: MADIT METAL - VIDRALA

Javier Díaz Gutiérrez
Founder and CEO of Madit

Eduardo Albaizar Menchaca
Head of Mould Design at Vidrala

CASE 3: INALIA - GH CRANES

Ainhoa Jausoro
Business Development Manager at Inalia

Iñigo Antia Gómez de Segura
Manager of the R&D&i Product Development Area at GH Cranes & Components.

15:45 – 16:15
BIND 4.0 SME Connection Panel

SME connection: "Innovating with startups from the SME"

This panel will be an opportunity for companies participating in the BIND 4.0 Programme to share their experiences, recommendations and highlight the advantages of incorporating a startup in their innovation projects

Moderator:

Ignacio Azpiazu
Managing Partner en Hub Advisory Partners

Participants:

Rubén Fernández Luna
FHIMASA Business Development and Innovation

José Lens
R&D&i Director at Daisalux

Borja Gárate
Metrología Sariki Managing Director

16:15 – 16:45
Paper on Open Innovation

Open innovation, innovating with startups

A session to discover the key aspects and necessary skills to incorporate startups in your innovation projects, which will clarify any doubts about the greater likelihood of success from doing so.

Ignacio Azpiazu
Managing Partner en Hub Advisory Partners

18:00
BIND networking party

9.00 to 16.30 | Smart industry trends [Auditorium]

BAIC - Basque Artificial Intelligence Center
Challenges of artificial intelligence, now and in the future

9:00 – 9:30
Paper: European initiatives for new business models through AI

AI Pilot of the Vanguard Initiative with the Baden-Württemberg region.

Sebastian Große Puppendahl
Policy Officer to Commissioner for Europe of the Minister of Economic Affairs, Labour and Tourism Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany - Steinbeis Europa Zentrum

9:30 – 9:50
Paper: From Business Case to Use Case

Pointers to identify opportunities for improvement or business needs that allow AI to be used to identify and define the challenge to be addressed.

Iñaki Suárez
Technology Manager at the Basque Artificial Intelligence Center, BAIC

9:50 – 10:30
Panel: State of Applicability of AI in the Basque Country, challenges and opportunities.

Different stakeholders will showcase a benchmark case with a compendium of AI good practices applied to industry.

Moderator: Laura Marrón
General Manager at BAIC

Linkedin de Moderator:</b> Laura Marrón<b>

Participants:

Nerea Aranguren
DANOBATGROUP Innovation Manager | IDEKO Managing Director

Eunate Ramirez De Miguel
Assistant to the CEO, Versia

Pedro Estevez
Manager of the R&D Project Management Area, CAF

Agustín Zubillaga Rego
Director Vicomtech Bilbao

Industrial Cybersecurity
Strategic initiatives and challenges of cybersecurity

10:30 – 11:15
Panel: Trailblazing projects in the cybersecurity value chain in the Basque Country

Space dedicated to Basque Country's leading and innovative cybersecurity projects, with new ideas for the delegates and their developments.

Moderator: Xabier Mitxelena
CEO Cibertix

Linkedin de Moderator:</b> Xabier Mitxelena<b>

Participants:

Ainara Garcia
Project Manager PMO at Barbara IoT

Cristobal Arellano
Industrial Cybersecurity Researcher at Ikerlan

Etxahun Sánchez
CINO at Perseus Ciberseguridad

11:15 – 12:00
Post quantum and cybersecurity

Session bringing quantum computing to the company. The challenges and advantages of computing power in the field of cybersecurity and reflections shared by experts in the field.

Moderator: Eduardo Jacob
Manager of the I2T Telematic Engineering and Research Group at the UPV/EHU

Participants

Román Orús
Chief Scientific Officer at Multiverse Computing

Voica Radescu
IBM Quantum Innovation Centers | EMEA Lead

BRTA - Basque Research & Technology Alliance
Strategies and trends for the industry of the future
Session to explore strategies to strengthen local industry, discover the impact of digitalisation and learn how green industry is leading the path to a sustainable future.

12:00 – 12:20
Paper: Strategic Autonomy in Industry: Role of Research and Technology

Eva Arrilucea Solachi
Think&Do strategy group leader at TECNALIA

12:20 – 12:40
Paper: What will New Digital Technologies Bring to Industry?

Josu Bilbao Ugalde
Director of the Electronics, Information and Communications Unit at IKERLAN

12:40 – 13:00
Paper: The Green Transformation of Industry: From Challenge to Opportunity

Rafael Miguel Fernández
Leader of the market activities of the GAIKER Circular Economy and Recycling Group.

13:00 – 13:30
Panel: What do these trends mean for SMEs and can they harness them with BRTA's support?

Moderator:</b> Garbiñe Manterola Agirrezabalaga<b>

Moderator: Garbiñe Manterola Agirrezabalaga
BRTA Transfer area manager

Linkedin de Moderator:</b> Garbiñe Manterola Agirrezabalaga<b>

Participants:

Eva Arrilucea Solachi. TECNALIA
Josu Bilbao Ugalde. IKERLAN
Rafael Miguel Fernández. GAIKER
Jon Mabe Álvarez. TEKNIKER

Eva Arrilucea Solachi
Think&Do strategy group leader at TECNALIA

Josu Bilbao Ugalde
Director of the Electronics, Information and Communications Unit at IKERLAN

Rafael Miguel Fernández
Leader of the market activities of the GAIKER Circular Economy and Recycling Group.

Jon Mabe Álvarez
Market Director at Tekniker

BDIH - Basque Digital Innovation HUB
Space to learn about success stores of companies that have opted, tested and developed sustainable and digital technologies of the Basque Digital Innovation Hub, and have thus improved their productive processes.

15:00 – 15:20
BDIH Presentation

Susana Larrea
Strategic Transition Department – SPRI

15:20 – 16:30
BDIH Konexio success stories in technologies

Additive Manufacturing
Advanced Materials
Flexible Robotics
Smart and Connected Machines
Medical Devices and Digital Health
Cybersecurity

Cyber Surgery CASE: Flexible and Collaborative Robotics

Ainitze Mendizabal
Head of Innovation at Cyber Surgery

Alvaro Bertelsen Simonetti
Senior Researcher at the Vicomtech Biomedical Technology and Digital Health Department

Hispavista Labs CASE: Additive Manufacturing

Eva Mª Domínguez
Operations Director at Hispavista Labs.

Lexuri Vázquez
Researcher of the Additive Manufacturing Technologies Group at LORTEK

Savvy Data Systems CASE: Cybersecurity

Fernando Sáenz
Savvy Data Systems Managing Director

David González
Manager of the Industrial Cybersecurity Area at IKERLAN

Linqcase CASE: Connected and Smart Machines

Ibon Iribarren
Linq CEO

Kizkitza Gurruchaga
CEIT researcher

Igestek CASE: Advanced Materials

Nerea Romero
Innovation Manager at Igestek

Sonia Flórez
Project Director / Industry & Mobility - Tecnalia

Insulcloud CASE: Medical devices and digital health

Ignacio Boguña
Key Account Manager – Insulcloud

Jesús Alonso
Medical Device Development Coordinator - TEKNIKER

9.00 to 16.50 | Environmental-energy and Digital-technological Rransitions [Room 2]

BASQUE MICROELECTRONICS HUB (BMH)
Regional Microelectronic Strategy

9:00 – 9:15
Opening session. BMH Origin and Vision.

Oscar Fernández de Retana
R&D Director at the Arteche Group

9:15 – 10:00
BMH panel. Basque microelectronic strategy

How can our microelectronics strategy foster new high-value economic activity? What will be the impact of the photonic and quantum technologies and of the new materials on the competitiveness of our main industries? What could our regional positioning be in terms of international agents or organisations?

Moderator: Xabier Alberdi
BMH General Coordinator and Strategic Design Manager

Participants

Participant-1: Amaia Zurutuza
Scientific Director at Graphenea

Linkedin de Participant-1: Amaia Zurutuza

Participant-2: Mikel Choperena
Kliskatek CEO

Linkedin de Participant-2: Mikel Choperena

Participant-3: Iñigo Arizaga
Director of the Quantum Technologies Team at Tecnalia

Linkedin de Participant-3: Iñigo Arizaga

Participant-4: Iñigo Adin
Researcher at CEIT

Participant-5: Ainara García Gallastegui
Technology Transfer Director at nanoGUNE

Linkedin de Participant-5: Ainara García Gallastegui

9:40 – 10:20
Presentation of stand-out CASES in microelectronics:

We will explore specific and outstanding examples that show the impact and innovation of different microelectronic projects and initiatives in the pipeline.

CASE 1 - BURMUIN SILICON PROJECT: The project is driving research into emerging neuromorphic architectures. Aimed at executing computer vision and AI algorithms more efficiently and effective than the CPU/GPUs generally used in Edge devices.

Xabier Iturbe
Senior research engineer and EU project coordinator at Ikerlan

CASE 2 - SOC4CRIS PROJECT: The project focuses on the contextual opportunity of designing semiconductors for industry in order to gain autonomy and sovereignty in the design and manufacture of semiconductors.

Armando Astarloa Cuéllar
Full professor in Electronic Technology at the Bilbao School of Engineering

CASE 3 - PROMOTING A REGIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE FOR TESTING AND PACKAGING SEMICONDUCTORS: The project focuses on the contextual opportunity of designing semiconductors for industry in order to gain autonomy and sovereignty in the design and manufacture of semiconductors.

Oscar Fernández de Retana
R&D Director at the Arteche Group

10:20 – 10:30
Roadmap and closing session.

Basque Energy Cluster
Technological development opportunity for smes as part of the energy transition. Collaborative tools in the european framework.
Space to delve into the key roles of SMEs in the energy transition process and showcase the alliances selected by the European Commission as Euroclusters, whose aim is to coordinate financing for SMEs in the fields of marine renewables and decarbonising energy intensive industries.

10:40
Cascade funding: A worthwhile and streamlined system for SMEs (SPRI)

Cristina Oyón
Director of Technology, Innovation and Sustainability.

10:55
Offshore wind Power: A critical opportunity for European industry (Siemens Gamesa)

José Ignacio Hormaeche
Basque Energy Cluster General Manager

11:15
ELBE Eurocluster: Financing offshore renewable energy (Energy Cluster)

Marcos Suárez
Director of Strategic Areas.

11:40
INGENIOUS Eurocluster: Financing the decarbonisation of energy-intensive industries (MetaIndustry4)

Azucena Jiménez Pérez
Project Manager in the Advanced Manufacturing Cluster of the Metal Industry of Asturias -MetaIndustry4

12:00
Q&A

IHOBE - Basque Government's Environmental Management Agency
Circular Economy: a production and consumption model for a new economy

12:00 – 12:10
Presentation of the Circular Economy trend report. 10 Pointers for the Circular Economy for 2024.

Alexander Boto Bastegieta
General manager. Ihobe, Public Environmental Management Company. Basque Government

12:10 – 12:20
Paper: From key metals to fundamental raw materials for Basque industry. Outlook and challenges for action.

Macarena Larrea Basterra
Researcher at the Energy and Environment Lab of Orkestra - the Basque Institute of Competitiveness

12:20 – 12:50
Panel: Towards Zero Waste to Landfill: Waste management and closing the loop, a key strategy for a circular economy.

5 sectoral clusters showcase the new business projects underway to progress towards zero industrial waste to landfill in the Basque Country.

Moderator: Javier Agirre Orcajo
Director of Environmental Quality and the Circular Economy - Ministry of Economic Development, Sustainability and the Environment. Basque Government

Participants:

Amaia Arzadun
SIDEREX Energy & Environment Manager

Jon Ander Egaña
Director of the Basque Food Cluster

Olga Martín
ACLIMA General Manager

Iñaki Ugarte
Manager of the Basque Paper Cluster

12:50 – 13:20
Panel: Beyond Waste: Circularity as a Business Competitiveness Strategy

4 leading companies of the Basque economy, members of the Basque Ecodesign Center, will analyse the role of circularity in their respective sectors, as a new linchpin for business competitiveness.

Moderator:</b> Jose María Fernández Alcalá<b>

Moderator: Jose María Fernández Alcalá
Circular Economy Director at Ihobe, Environmental Management Agency. Basque Government.

Linkedin de Moderator:</b> Jose María Fernández Alcalá<b>

Participantas

Ainhoa González Láinez
Environmental Strategy Manager at the Campezo Group

Alejandro Martínez Berriochoa
Health, Sustainability and Quality Director at Eroski

Linkedin de Alejandro Martínez Berriochoa

María Elisa Arroyo Olaizola
ESG Director at Kutxabank

13:20 – 13:30
Conclusions and closing

BT&I Basque Trade & Investment
The Basque Country: An economy open to the world

15:00 – 15:10
Introduction

Ainhoa Ondarzabal
Basque Trade & Investment Managing Director

15:10 – 15:25
Presentation: Basque Business Internationalisation: Performance in 2023 and Challenges in 2024

This paper will allow Basque companies to discover the main challenges, opportunities and target markets of Basque industry in 2023, along with the international geographical and sectoral outlook for 2024.

Eduardo Sisti
Orkestra

15:25 – 15:40
Rebuild Ukraine: Building partnerships between Ukrainian and Basque companies

Olena Bilobrova
Entrepreneurship and Export Promotion Office - (Ukraine)

15:40 – 16:50
Panel: Context, Outlook and Critical Aspects on Strategic Markets for the Basque Country

Goals

To learn about the 2024 outlook for the main international markets.
Inform Basque companies about the main challenges and themes of interest on each market and which will affect Basque companies
Showcase the initiatives to be launched on each market and which may be of interest for Basque companies

Block 1: Beyond Europe: International opportunities and challenges (40 min)

This panel will be made up of BasqueTrade & Investment office directors who will describe the outlook and opportunities on less traditional markets for our companies, but which will account for much of the world's economic growth in coming years. The speakers will be:

Jurdana Izagirre, Director of the US Office.
Hemant Agarwal, Director of the India Office
Iñaki Gambus, Director of the Brazil Office
Pablo Huidobro, Director of the Singapore Office

Jurdana Izagirre
Director of the US Office

Hemant Agarwal
Director of the India Office

Iñaki Gambus
Director of the Brazil Office

Pablo Huidobro
Director of the Singapore Office

Block 2: Europe: Main Opportunities on European Markets

This second block will be an opportunity for the delegates to learn firsthand from our directors about the outlook and challenges facing European markets, which are traditionally our companies' main export destinations. Speakers: