CONFERENCE PROGRAMME
16:00 - 20:00 Registration of participants at the Huerto del Cura Hotel Handing over of documents.
THURSDAY, 16 OCTOBER
09:00 - 18:00 Visits to factories. Lunch on route
16:00 - 20:00 Registration of participants at the Huerto del Cura Hotel Handing over of documents
20:30 - 22.30 Welcome Cocktail
FRIDAY, 17 OCTOBER
08:00 Registration of participants at the Congress Centre. Handing over of documents
09:00 OPENING SESSION
Welcome speeches
Trends, technologies and business models: looking towards the Future.
- Local, Regional and National Authorities
- President of the European Confederation of the Footwear
Industry- INESCOP President
- UITIC President
Ana Morato, Observatory for Industrial Technology Foresight. Spain
11:00 SESSION I – CONSUMER
Chair: F. Schmel
Standardisation of Footwear Sizing (ISO/TC137)
Monika Richter, PFI, Germany
Customised Footwear: How to select and implement the right solutions
Sergio Dulio, Consultant-Shoe Technology expert, Italy
The importance of brands: how to protect, strengthen and add value to the
brand
Jean-Marc Lehu, University Panthéon-Sorbonne, France
Practical measures to protect the footwear desingn
Ignacio Alamar, Consultant of CAVEX Export Group, Spain
Discussion
15:00 SESSION II – PRODUCT INNOVATION
Chair: F. Nicolas / M. Khelil
Application of biomechanical studies on sports footwear to town footwear
Peter Brüggemann, Sport University of Cologne, Germany
Anti-counterfeiting systems
Rafael H. Stark, INESCOP, Spain
Material innovation from fashion, technology and performance point of view
Paolo Marenghi, ARS SUTORIA, Italy
The bio-shoe and the active-shoe
Maria Jose Ferreira, CTCP, Portugal
Discussion
17:00 Coffee-Break
17:30 UITIC General Assembly (only members)
18:00 Press Conference. Only Media and UITIC Executive Committee
21:00 OFFICIAL DINNER
Chair: M. Cantella / L.Melo
Measurement of the inside volume of a shoe to improve comfort
Térence Coudert, CTC, France
Flexible manufacturing systems for assembling and finishing of footwear, CEC-made-shoe
Rui Rebelo, INESC Porto, Portugal
Will the virtual reality catch up the shoe industry?
Uwe Thamm, ISC, Germany
Discussion
11:00 SESSION IV – MANAGEMENT
Chair: R. Maes / L. Torreblanca
How to manage technical data of a collection and how to shorten time of design in a global environment
Jean-Pierre Pedeboy, Stratégies, Francia y Pierre Bonet, Lectra, Francia
Paperless office. The PIKOLINOS’ experience
Ramón Plá, ITEM, Spain
Present and future situation of education and training in the footwear industry
Andrea Castrovinci, ICIMSI-SUPSI, Switzerland
Discussion
12:15 SESSION V – SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Chair: D. Papakonstantinou
Concrete examples of eco design approach and analysis of the life-cycle in the leather industry Advantages for companies
Régis Léty, CTC, France
Social corporate responsibility in the footwear industry
Susana Gómez, FICE, Spain
Discussion
13:15 CLOSING SESSION
César Orgilés, UITIC President
13:30 CLOSURE OF THE CONGRESS
The forthcoming Congress, organised by INESCOP on behalf of UITIC, will take place at the Congress Centre of Elche, Alicante.
Simultaneous translation into at French, English and Spanish is guaranteed by the organisers Organisers.
Thursday, 16th October. Visits to shoe and component industries will be organised for
those interested, and who submit the corresponding registration. In the evening, a Welcome
Cocktail will be held for all congress participants.
Friday, 17th October. During the Official Dinner, the UITIC Awards in the Managerial,
Technical and Scientific categories will be delivered. In addition, the special UITIC Award
for the Press will also be granted.
Saturday, 18th October. In the afternoon, interested congress participants will be able to take part in the sightseeing tour.
Furthermore, an optional sightseeing programme will be available for accompanying people.
Contact:
INESCOP, P.O. Box 253, 03600 – Elda (Alicante) - Spain
Tel. (+34) 96 539 52 13; Fax: (+34) 96 538 10 45
