Organizing Committee
Honor Committee:
- President: H.M. King Felipe VI
- Diana Morant Duque. Minister of Science, Innovation and Universities (MICIU)
- José Carlos Gómez Villamandos. Counselor of University, Research and Innovation
- Francisco de la Torre Prados. Mayor of Malaga
Chair of the Organizing Committee:
- President
Felipe Romera Lubias. President of Spanish Scientific and Technological Parks Association (APTE)
- Vice-president
Eva Alcón Soler. President of CRUE Spanish Universities
Organizers entities:
MICIU – MINISTRY OF SCIENCE, INNOVATION AND UNIVERSITIES
- Teresa Riesgo Alcaide. General Secretary of Innovation
- Francisco García Pascual. General Secretary of Universities
ANDALUSIAN REGIONAL GOVERNMENT OF UNIVERSITY, RESEARCH AND INNOVATION
- Antonio Miguel Posadas Chinchilla. General Secretary of Research and Innovation
MALAGA CITY COUNCIL
- Alicia Izquierdo García. Deputy Mayor. Councillor for Innovation, Urban Digitalisation, Promotion of Technological and Business Investment and Investment Attraction. Councillor responsible for FYCMA
MICIU – MINISTRY OF SCIENCE, INNOVATION AND UNIVERSITIES
AEI – Research Executive Agency
- Domènec Espriu Climent. Director
CDTI – Centre for Technology Development and Innovation
- José Moisés Martín Carretero. Managing Director
CIEMAT – Energy, Environmental and Technological Research Center
- Yolanda Benito Moreno. Managing Director
CSIC – Spanish National Research Council
- Ana Castro Morera. Deputy Vice-President for Knowledge Transfer
CSIC GENERAL FOUNDATION – Scientific Research Council
- Ramón Torrecillas San Millán. Director-General
FECYT – Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology
- Izaskun Lacunza Aguirrebengoa. Managing Director
IAC – Canary Islands Astrophysics Institute
- Rafael Rebolo López. Director
IEO – Spanish Oceanographic Institute
- Javier Ruiz Segura. Director
INIA – National Institute for Agricultural and Food Research and Technology
- Esther Esteban Rodrigo. Director
ISCIII – Institute of Health Carlos III
- Marina Pollán Santamaría. Director
MINISTRY OF DEFENSE
INTA – National Institute of Aerospace Technology
- Julio Ayuso Miguel. Managing Director
MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY AND TOURISM
- Mª Jesús García Martín. Deputy General Director of Digitalisation of the Industry and Collaborative Environments
ENISA – National Innovation Company
- Borja Cabezón Royo. Managing Director
EOI – School for Industrial Organisation
- José Antonio Bayón López. Managing Director
ICEX – Spain Trade and Investment
- Elisa Carbonell Martín. Managing Director of Internationalisation
OEPM – Spanish Patent and Trademark Office
- Aida Fernández González. Director
SEGITTUR – State Company for the Management of Tourism Innovation and Technology
- Enrique Martínez Marín. President
COTEC – Foundation for Technological Innovation
- Jorge Barrero Fonticoba. Director
ECA – European Clusters Alliance
- Antonio Novo Guerrero. President
EIT CLIMATE – KIC – Knowledge and Innovation Community
- Sebastián Bustamante González. Director of the Entrepreneurship Programme
EIT HEALTH – European Institute of Innovation & Technology
- Izabel Alfany Fernández. Spain Managing Director
EIT MANUFACTURING WEST – European Manufacturers Together
- Antoni Pijoan Buqueras. Managing Director of EIT Manufacturing West
IASP – International Association of Science Parks and Areas of Innovation
- Ebba Lund. Managing Director
INATBA – International Association for Trusted Blockchain Applications
INL – International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory
- Sonia Pazos Álvarez. Department of Intergovernmental Relations and Special Projects
PTA – MALAGA TECH PARK – Andalusian Technology Park
- Sonia Palomo Das Neves. Deputy Director of Technology Transfer and International Relations
SOLVERE CAPITAL
- Juan Álvarez de Lara. Co-Founder & General Partner
AEC2 – Scientific Communication Spanish Association
- Marcos Pérez Maldonado. President
AEDIVE – Association of Innovative Companies Infrastructure Recharge Electric Vehicle Companies
- Arturo Pérez de Lucía. Managing Director
AMETIC – Association of Electronics, Information and Communications Technologies, Telecommunications and Digital Content Companies
- Luis Pardo Céspedes. Managing Director
ANCES – National Association of Spanish EBN
- Álvaro Simón de Blas. President
APTE – Spanish Scientific and Technological Parks Association
- Soledad Díaz Campos. Managing Director
ASEBIO – Spanish Bioindustry Association
- Ion Arocena Vélez. Managing Director
ASEFMA – Spanish Association of Asphalt Mix Manufacturers
- José Luis Peña Ruiz. Managing Director
BSC-CNS – BARCELONA SUPERCOMPUTING CENTER | NATIONAL SUPERCOMPUTING CENTER
- Mateo Valero Cortés. Director
CEOE – Spanish Confederation of Employers’ Organizations
- César Maurín Castro. Director of the Digitalisation, Innovation, Trade and Infrastructure Department
CEOE – Committee of Research, Development, and Innovation – R+D+I
- Pedro Mier Albert. President
CEPE – Spanish Coordinator of Business Parks
- Alejandro Rubia Ortiz. President
CESGA – Galician Supercomputing Center
- Lois Orosa Nogueira. Managing Director
CRUE R+D+I – Sectoral Committee Spanish Universities
- Ángela González Moreno. Executive Secretary of sector commission R+D+i
CRUE SPANISH UNIVERSITIES – Conference of Rectors of Spanish Universities
- Julián Garde López – Brea. President of the R+D+i sector commission
FEDIT – Spanish Federation of Innovation and Technology Entities
- Laura Olcina Puerto. President
FENAEIC – National Federation of Innovative Groups and Clusters
- Daniel González Bootello. President
FENIN – Companies and Associations of Healthcare Technologies
- Jorge Huertas. President
FIAB – Spanish Federation of Food and Drink Industries
- Eduardo Cotillas Provencio. R+D Director
FORO ADR – Spanish Association of Regional Development Agencies
- Rafael Escamilla Domínguez. Secretary-General
FEI – INNOVATIVE COMPANIES FORUM
- Francisco Marín Pérez. Vice-President for Innovative Enterprises FEI
CIRCLE FOUNDATION OF TECHNOLOGIES FOR DEFENSE AND SECURITY
- Silvia Gamo Perucha. Director
CRE100DO FOUNDATION
- Rafael Vaquero Martínez. Managing Director
MARGARITA SALAS FOUNDATION
- Lucía Viñuela Salas. President
I+E FOUNDATION
- Sergio Rodríguez Márquez. President
INEUSTAR – Spanish Science Industry Association
- Erik Fernández Escudero. Managing Director
INSTITUT CERDÀ
- Carlos Cabrera Massanés. Managing Director
ITH – Hotel Technological Institute
- Álvaro Carrillo de Albornoz. Managing Director
RED OTRI – Research Results Transfer Offices Network
- Salvador Coll Arnau. President
FOOD, AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES SECTOR
Spanish Technological Platform for Plant Biotechnology – BIOVEGEN
- Gonzaga Ruiz de Gauna. Managing Director
Spanish Technological Platform for Fishery and Aquaculture – PTEPA
- Rebeca Lago Garza. Technical Secretary
Spanish Technological Platform for Wine – PTV
- Victoria Humanes Rivero de Aguilar. Communication Director
Spanish Technological Platform for Water – PTEA
- Félix Francés García. President
ENVIRONMENTAL SECTOR
Spanish Technological Platform for the Coast and the Marine Environment – PROTECMA
- Marisa Fernández Cañamero. Coordinator of the Area of Control and Management of the Marine Environment and Resources
Spanish Technological Platform for Sustainable Chemistry – SUSCHEM
- Cristina González Alonso. Technical Secretary
Spanish Technological Platform for R+D+i in Radiation Protection – PEPRI
- Elvira Romera Gutiérrez. President
Spanish Technological Platform for Advanced Technologies for Pollutant Detection, Safety Prevention and Environmental Monitoring – SENTIATECH
- Pablo Ibáñez Aparicio. Manager
Spanish Technological Platform for Forestry and its Derived Industries – PTFOR
- Vicente Sales Vivó. President
ENERGY SECTOR
Spanish Technological Platform for Hydrogen – Pte H2
- Antonio González García-Conde. President
Spanish Technological Platform for Electrical Grids – FUTURED
- Anabel Soria Esteve. Technical Secretary
Spanish Technological and Innovation Platform in Biocircularity – BIOPLAT
- Margarita de Gregorio Rodríguez. Secretary-General
Spanish Technological Platform for CO2 – PTECO2
- Pedro Mora Peris. President
Spanish Technological Platform for Energy Efficient – PTE-ee
- Guillermo José Escobar López. Technical Coordinator
Spanish Technological and Innovation Platform for Geothermal Energy – GEOPLAT
- Margarita de Gregorio Rodríguez. Secretary-General
Spanish Technological Platform for Solar Thermal Energy Concentration – SOLAR CONCENTRA
- Sandra Cubero Rosado. Technical Secretariat
Spanish Technological Platform for Nuclear Fission Energy – CEIDEN
- Javier Dies Llovera. President
Spanish Technological Platform for Energy Storage – BATTERYPLAT
- Francesco Gramendola. Technical Secretariat
Spanish Technological Platform for Photocatalysis – AIF
- David Almazán Cruzado. Secretary General of the PTF and President of AIF
Technology Platform for Wind Power Sector – REOLTEC
- José Manuel Melendi García. Technical Secretariat
Spanish Technological Platform for Photovoltaics – FOTOPLAT
- José Donoso Alfaro. President
Spanish Technological Platform for the Decarbonization of Industrial Sectors – GREEN FUTURE PLAT
- Mª Eugenia Díaz García. Director of Sector Strategy
Spanish Technological Platform for Low Temperature Thermal Solar Energy – SOLPLAT
- Pascual Polo Amblar. Coordinator
TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION SOCIETY SECTOR
Spanish Technological Platform for Disruptive Technologies – DISRUPTIVE
- Soledad Díaz Campos. Technical Secretary
Spanish Technological Platform for Home Automation and Smart Cities – SMARTLIVINGPLAT
- Susana Prieto Burgos. Technical Secretariat
Spanish Technological Platform for Blockchain ALASTRIA
- Miguel Ángel Domínguez Castellano. President
TRANSPORT SECTOR
Spanish Technological Platform for Railways – PTFE
- Ángeles Táuler Alcaraz. Manager
Integrated Logistics, Intermodality and Mobility Technology Platform – LOGISTOP
- Tomás de la Vega Fernández. Managing Director
Spanish Technological Platform for Automotive and Mobility – Move to Future M2F
- Cecilia Medina Marín. Coordinator
Spanish Technological Platform for Aerospace – PAE
- Andrés Catalán Armengol. Secretary-General
Spanish Technological Platform for Carbon Neutral Gas for Transport – NEUTRAL TRANSPORT
- Eugenia Sillero Mate. Secretary-General
INDUSTRIAL SECTOR
Spanish Technological Platform for Steel – PLATEA
- Milena Ferrari. Technical Secretariat
Spanish Technological Platform for Photonics – FOTONICA 21
- Santiago Royo Royo. Technical Secretariat
Spanish Technological Platform for Traditional Manufacturing Sectors – PLATECMA
- David Monllor Jiménez. Technical Secretariat
Spanish Technology and Innovation Platform for the Science Industry – INDUCIENCIA
- Eric Fernández Escudero. President
Spanish Technological Platform for Packaging – PACKNET
- Mª Belén García Fernández. Director
Spanish Technological Platform for Construction – PTEC
- Carlos Martínez Bertrand. Managing Director
Spanish Technological Platform for Tourism – THINKTUR
- José Guillermo Díaz Montañés. President
Spanish Technological Platform for Advanced Manufacturing – MANU-KET
- Joseba Bilbatua Pérez. Director of Innovation and Technology Programmes
Spanish Technological Platform for the Adoption and Dissemination of Electronic, Information and Communication Technologies – PLANETIC
- Dolores Ordóñez-Martínez. President
Spanish Technological Platform for Robotics – HISPAROB
- Jorgina Díaz Torres. President
BIOTECHNOLOGY AND HEALTH SECTOR
Spanish Technological Platform for Biotech – ASEBIO
- Ion Arocena Vélez. Managing Director
Spanish Technological Platform for Innovative Medicines
- Amelia Martín Uranga. Manager
Spanish Technological Platform for Animal Health – Vet + i
- Santiago de Andrés Juárez. President
Spanish Technological Platform for Nanomedicine – NANOMED
- Josep Samitier Martí. Director of IBEC and Scientific Coordinador
Spanish Technological Platform for Technologies for Health, Active and Independent Living – eVIA
- Raquel Jiménez Alcalá. Technical Secretariat
NANOTECHNOLOGY SECTOR
Spanish Technological Platform for Advanced Materials and Nanomaterials – MATERPLAT
- Miguel Ángel Rodiel Moros. General Coordinator
Spanish Technological Platform for Advanced Printing – 3NEO
- Susana Barasoain Arrondo. Technical Secretary
FOOD AND BEVERAGE VALUE CHAIN SECTOR
Spanish Technological Platform Food for Life – Spain
- Eduardo Cotillas Provencio. R+D+I Director
TRANSPORT SECTOR
Spanish Technological Platform for Maritime – PTME
INDUSTRIAL SECTOR
Spanish Technological Platform for Industrial Safety – PESI
- Javier Larrañeta Ibáñez. Secretary-General
TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION SOCIETY SECTOR
Spanish Technological Platform for Multimedia Technologies and Digital Content – eNEM – AMETIC
- Belén Piorno de Nicolás. Technical Secretary
BIOTECHNOLOGY AND HEALTH SECTOR
Association for Food Industry Association of Castile and Leon – Innovative Business Cluster – VITARTIS
- Cristina Ramírez de Lara. General Director
Spanish Technological Platform for Innovation in Healthcare – FENIN
- Sergio Muñoz Lezcano. Director of Innovation, Digital Health and Emerging Technologies and Coordinator of the Spanish Platform for Innovation in Health Technology
DESIGN TRANSFERS
- Javier Fernández Verde. General Coordinator
ANDALUSIAN REGIONAL GOVERNMENT
CUII – University, Research and Innovation Department
- Loreto Del Valle Cebada. Director General for Research Planning
ANDALUSIA FOUNDATION TRAINING
- Daniel Escacena Ortega. Managing Director
ANDALUSIAN PRESIDENCY, INTERIOR, SOCIAL DIALOGUE AND ADMINISTRATIVE SIMPLIFICATION DEPARTMENT
TRADE – Business Agency for Economic Transformation and Development
- Antonio Castro Jiménez. Managing Director
REGIONAL MINISTRY OF HEATLH AND CONSUMPTION
FOUNDATION FOR PROGRESS AND HEALTH
- Gonzalo Balbontín Casillas. Managing Director
REGIONAL GOVERNMENT OF MADRID
SCIENCE, UNIVERSITIES AND INNOVATION DEPARTMENT
- Marina Pilar Villegas Gracia. Director General for Research and Technological Innovation
SMART CITY CLUSTER
- Miguel Ángel Romero Martín. President
CEA – Andalusian Confederation of Businesspeople
- Javier González de Lara y Sarria. President
COITAOC – Official College of Telecommunications Engineers of Western Andalusia and Ceuta
- Manuel Ortigosa Brun. Dean
CTA – Technical Corporation of Andalusia
- Elías Atienza Alonso. Managing Director
INNOVA IRV – Ricardo Valle Institute Foundation
- José Manuel Leceta García. Managing Director
ON TECH INNOVATION
- Antonio Alcántara López. Secretary-General
MALAGA PRESS ASSOCIATION
- Elena Blanco Castilla. President
PROMALAGA – Local Development Agency
- Francisco Salas Márquez. Managing Director
CEM – Confederation of Businesses of Malaga
- Javier Fernández de Lara y Sarria. President
PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT OF MALAGA
- Sagrario Molina García. Deputy Delegate for Technological Development
UMA – Malaga University
- Antonio José Morales Siles. Vice Rector for Research and Scientific Dissemination
- Enrique Márquez Segura. Vice Rector for Transfer, Business and Digital Transformation
LINK BY UMA – ATECH
- Juan Carlos Rubio. Vice Rector for Students, Employability and Entrepreneurship
ADIF – Rail Infrastructure Administrator
- Antonio Berrios Villalba. Coordinating Commissioner of the Asturias and Cantabria Suburban Railway Plans
AERTEC SOLUTIONS
- Pedro Pablo Sánchez. Innovation Director
CPS – INSTER
- María Graña Valera. Innovation Director
TELEFÓNICA
- Sergio Oslé Varona. COO of Telefónica Spain
- María Jesús Almazor Marsal. COO of Spain, Brasil, Latinoamérica and USA
- Ángel Caballero Cuesta. CSIC Researcher
- Luis Cueto Álvarez de Sotomayor. Advisory member; Technical Office of the Secretary of State for Telecommunications and Digital Infrastructures
- Alejandro Klecker de Elizalde. Managing Director of the Royal Tapestry Factory
- Marta Raspall Muntañola. Consultant of Transfiere and CEO of Eumedia
- Francisco Salvador. Advisor at the Malaga City Council
- Juan Manuel Revuelta. Managing Director of the Finnova Foundation
FYCMA – Trade Fairs and Congress Center of Malaga
- Alicia Izquierdo García. Deputy Mayor. Councillor for Innovation, Urban Digitalisation, Promotion of Technological and Business Investment and Investment Attraction. Councillor responsible for FYCMA
- Paula Morales García. Trade Fairs Director – FYCMA
- Yvonne Flores Calvo. Head of Fairs – FYCMA
- Gemma Castaño González. Head of Communication & IR – FYCMA
- Déborah Pastrana Espárraga. Content Manager – FYCMA
- José Antonio Colón Fraile. Trade Fairs Manager – FYCMA
PRESIDES
- CDTI – Centre for Technology Development and Innovation
MEMBERS
- AEI – Research Executive Agency
- Andalusia Training Foundation – Andalusian Public Foundation | Andalusian Regional Government
- TRADE – Enterprise Agency for Economic Transformation and Development
- APTE – Spanish Scientific and Technological Parks Association
- CTA – Technical Corporation of Andalusia
- EIT Health Spain
- ENISA – National Innovation Company | Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Tourism
- European Clusters Alliance
- FENAEIC – Spanish Federation of Clusters
- INNOVA IRV – Ricardo Valle Institute Foundation
- Cerdá Institute
- MICIU – Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities
- OEPM – Spanish Patent and Trademark Office
- Deputy Directorate General for Industry Digitalization and Collaborative Environments| Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Tourism
PRESIDES
- SpainCap – Spanish Association of Capital, Growth and Investment
MEMBERS
- ANCES – National Association of Spanish EBN
- Andalusia Training Foundation – Andalusian Public Foundation | Andalusian Regional Government
- EEN – Enterprise Europe Network | TRADE – Enterprise Agency for Economic Transformation and Development
- APTE – Spanish Scientific and Technological Parks Association
- AXIS – ICO – Official Credit Institute
- BeAble Capital
- Captug
- CDTI – Centre for Technology Development and Innovation
- ENISA – National Innovation Company
- INNOVA IRV – Ricardo Valle Institute Foundation
- Solvere Capital
CO-PRESIDES
- CRUE Spanish Universities
- CSIC – Spanish National Research Council
MEMBERS
- AEI – Research Executive Agency
- Andalusia Training Foundation, Andalusian Public Foundation | Andalusian Regional Government
- TRADE – Enterprise Agency for Economic Transformation and Development
- APTE – Spanish Scientific and Technological Parks Association
- CIEMAT – Energy, Environmental and Technological Research Center
- FEDIT – Spanish Federation of Innovation and Technology Entities
- IAC – Canary Islands Astrophysics Institute
- INIA – National Institute for Agricultural and Food Research and Technology
- INNOVA IRV – Ricardo Valle Institute Foundation
- INTA – National Institute of Aerospace Technology
- ISCIII – Institute of Health Carlos III
- MICIU – Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities
- Red OTRI – Research Results Transfer Offices Network
- UCLM – Castile-La Mancha University | ESI Ciudad Real – Higher School of Computer Science
- UMA – Malaga University