Keynotes

keynote 1

Stuart Campbell

Director and CEO Information Catalyst, Chair DMIS

Stuart has been involved in the field of e-Business, Software and Data (Commercial, Sales, Marketing, Technical, Research, Standards and Voluntary Organisations) since 1989. Stuart has held notable positions in large and SME organisations, commercial and non-profit. Including: ICL (now Fujitsu) as eBusiness Manager, eBusiness/EDI Workshop manager in the EDIFACT Board (within the European Commission and the European Standards Institute (CEN)), and SME eBusiness consultancy and solutions providers CMASS/Riverland/Vintura and as CTO of listed company TIE Kinetix. He was lead editor of the Big Data Value Association (BDVA) PPP formation proposal and was appointed as inaugral Secretary General before leaving to run his own company Information Catalyst (ICE) based in the UK and Spain

keynote 2

Alessandro Liani

CEO at Video Systems

Alessandro Liani is a co-founder of Video Systems, a company that has been involved in edge computing, machine vision, AI, and IoT for the last 30 years. He is an active member of many associations such as IEEE, ACM, AIOTI, SPIE, EMVA, AIdAM, and others, where he has held various roles such as chair or co-chair. Nowaday he is highly engaged in AI implementation in manufacturing and study the ethical aspects of AI. Alessandro hopes to make significant contributions towards the advancement of technology in the manufacturing industry.

keynote 3

Büryan Turan

CEO at Simularge

Buryan Turan is an exceptional CEO and entrepreneur, leading Simularge, a top-tier deep-tech company. She's one of the top 50 women in deep-tech entrepreneurship in the EU, recognized for her innovation and expertise. Buryan's background in mechanical engineering and years of experience at GE Aviation are highly regarded, with a specialization in thermal systems design and optimization. Now at Simularge, Buryan and her team is focused on plug & play digital twin cloud applications with Physics-informed AI technology. Under Buryan's leadership, Simularge is set to drive significant change in the industry and contribute to a more sustainable future.

keynote 4

Isabel Fróes

Service Designer and Assistant Professor at Copenhagen Business School

Isabel Fróes has a Masters in Interaction Design from New York University and a PhD in Digital Design from the IT University of Copenhagen. In the past 5 years, she has worked at Copenhagen Business School (CBS), where, as an Assistant Professor, she teaches on Strategic Innovation, Design Thinking and Service Design towards sustainable development. As part of her research work, she has successfully participated in 6 European Funded projects focusing on bringing together stakeholders from various fields and developing novel and sustainable business models towards long term social and economic impact.

keynote 5

Željko Pazin

Executive Director at EFFRA

Željko Pazin is the Executive Director of the European Factories of the Future Research Association (EFFRA). EFFRA is an industry-driven association, promoting the development of innovative manufacturing technologies in Europe. EFFRA brings together the European manufacturing stakeholder community composed of companies, industry associations, research institutes, technical university, clusters and national manufacturing initiatives. Moreover, EFFRA is engaged, as the official partner, in the European Union’s ‘Made in Europe’ Partnership under Horizon Europe. Prior to EFFRA, Željko Pazin worked among others at a technology industry association, at the European Commission, at a Chamber of Commerce and at an Economic Policy Department of a German University.

keynote 6

Mayte Carracedo

Partner & Chief Development and Partnerships Officer at FundingBox

Mayte Carracedo is one of the Co-Founders and Chief of Development and Partnerships Officer at FundingBox. She is currently coordinating the FundingBox Clustering Initiative, gathering a total of 49 projects around specific thematic areas in order to improve their value within the company and also for their ecosystem of partners and stakeholders. These areas are: 1) Trailblazers, that connect projects around AI, Blockchain, Data and Next Generation Internet; 2) TechTransfer; 3) Manufacturing and 4) Digital Innovation Hubs. She is also responsible for enlarging the FundingBox network through the establishment of collaborations with new partners.

keynote 7

Raquel Hernansanz

4.0 Engine Project Manager at Renault Motores, Valladolid

Raquel Hernansanz is the Industry 4.0 Project Leader for Motores Renault plant in Valladolid Spain. During the past 5 years, Raquel has led a team dedicated to transform the Motores Factory into the benchmark of the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance on Digitalization.Her work applying her technichal knowledge combined with both interpersonal skills and agile methodologies has allowed Motores Factory to succesfully implement a breakthrough in Digitalization, working in different axes as IoT, product an process traceability, bigdata, AI, Virtual Reality and Digital Agenda.

keynote 8

Inmaculada Montesinos

Senior Program Manager at Microsoft (FastTrack for Azure EMEA)

Inma Montesinos is the Program Manager of the FastTrack Program of Azure, dedicated to helping organizations with their Azure Cloud deployments, providing Microsoft engineering expert guidance and help to accelerate business execution. She is passionate for Cloud, AI, and IoT, and has vast experience in helping companies implement efficient digital transformation strategies.

keynote 9

Carlos Moliner

Innovation and Transformation Manager at Ford Valencia

Carlos Moliner is the Innovation and Transformation Manager at FORD Valencia. He has a deep knowledge of the automotive industry, having held positions in production, logistics and business development at OEM and at Tier1 level. Through his position at FORD, Carlos is leading a highly efficient team that is fostering and accelerating innovation within the company. Before joining Ford, he was managing a R&D network within the technology institutes of the Valencia region, being involved in European, national and regional R&D projects.

keynote 10

Rositsa Georgieva

Project Officer at European Commission - HADEA

Project officer and policy analyst in the domains of digital policies, with keen interest in innovation, technologies and business trends in the digital domain.

keynote 11

David Guedj

Head of Sector HaDEA-HE Digital at European Commission

David Guedj is a Head of Sector at HaDEA-Horizon Europe Digital , covering areas such as Industrial leadership in AI, Data and Robotics, development and uptake of Digital tools for Manufacturing, Extended Reality, Photonics, Human in the Centre. He has over 28 years of experience at the European Commission, in European-funded Research Programmes.