Agenda

    2ND Edition: 4.0 solutions for digital transformation in foundry

    Date

    17 October 2019

    Venue

    TECNALIA, Building 700 - Olabeaga halls

    Time

    -

    Price

    Free

    Once again, TECNALIA invites you to a date with the digital transformation of the foundry sector. Through this edition’s conference we want to go one step further and bring 4.0 solutions closer to the management of the foundries and those responsible for R&D for the real transformation of the sector by the benchmarks in the field, as well as already implemented innovative solutions.

    If you want to broaden your knowledge and learn know to face the challenges that the digitalisation of the industry will bring to your business, do not miss this conference. It will address the necessary reinvention of traditional models to remain competitive, and focus on how Industry 4.0 is the ‘smart’ solution to achieve this. We will show you in which direction the sector is heading and how TECNALIA is undertaking this transformation with technology as a lever for growth.

    Why you can’t miss it

    • You will know first hand specific examples of already successfully implemented solutions in companies in the sector that can inspire you.
    • Leading professionals of the sector will speak about their experience and commitment to these technologies and how they are allowing them to stay one step ahead.
    • With an innovative format, this time we are opting for a dynamics that allows us to know the main concerns, commitments and challenges of the sector in order to co-create the best way to successfully face them.
    • In essence, it is the sector's annual forum where you will be able to exclusively learn about the best solutions and exchange experiences, in a limited environment.

    Aimed at

    • General managers of companies in the Foundry sector and direct suppliers
    • Intermediate positions of decision-makers regarding innovation strategies in their companies
    • R&D and innovation managers with an interest in the implementation of 4.0 technologies

    Programme

    Time Topic
    09:00 Registration of attendees
    09:30 Introduction
    ► Marcial Alzaga, FEAF
    ► Alberto Abuin, TECNALIA
    09:40 High value digital innovation for foundry
    ► Mikel Niño, TECNALIA
    10:00 Keynote speech 1: Future Industry 4.0 Trends
    ► Jose Angel Martín, ACCENTURE - Iberia Cybersecurity Lead
    10:45 Presentation of Case Studies

    • CASE STUDY 1: Present and immediate future of artificial vision in casting inspection, Antton Melendez, BETSAIDE & TECNALIA
    • CASE STUDY 2: Present and future of smelting furnaces, Adriana Torres, GUINEA Hnos
    • CASE STUDY 3: The Digital Transformation in the Lost Wax Smelting, Carlos Olabe, EICF
    11:30 Coffee - Break
    12:00 Workgroups: Sharing the general needs of the sector
    ► Xabier Uriarte, TECNALIA
    13:30 Keynote speech 2: The importance of software in Industry 4.0
    ► 
    Jaume Rey, NEXIONA CONNECTOCRACS
    14:15 Closing speech
    ► Alberto Abuin, TECNALIA
    14:30 Networking Lunch