II CONGRESS
Sustainable Business
27 October 2022
Keynote Speakers
Ángel Alloza
Chairman of Excellence Corporate. Centre for Reputation Leadership
Ken Webster
Former Head of Innovation at the Ellen MacArthur Foundation and Director of the International Society for Circular Economy
Tarkan Tan
Professor of Sustainable Operations Management at the University of Zurich
Nektarios Oraiopoulos
Professor of Operations and Technology Management at Cambridge Judge Business School, University of Cambridge
Diane Rigos
Researcher at the MIT Energy Initiative and Director of the MIT Tata Center for Technology + Design
Javier Martí
Professor at the UPV School of Telecommunications. Founder of Das Photonics
Programme
Talks in English will have simultaneous interpretation.
8:30 - 9:00
- Badge collection.
9:00
Opening of the congress by:
- José Capilla, Rector of the Universitat Politècnica de València.
- Jordi Azorín, CEO of Hidraqua.
- José Vicente Morata, President of the Valencia Chamber of Commerce.
- Norberto Martínez, Director of Smart Business: Innovation & Values.
9:15 - 10:00
Ángel Alloza, Chairman of Excellence Corporate. Centre for Reputation Leadership.
Reputation and trust, pillars of future-proof organisations.
10:00 - 10:45
Ken Webster, Former Head of Innovation at the Ellen MacArthur Foundation and Director of the International Society for Circular Economy.
The Circular Economy is an innovation-led business opportunity.
10:45 - 11:15
Coffee / Networking
11:15 - 12:00
Tarkan Tan, Professor of Sustainable Operations Management at the University of Zurich.
Help me help you: how to manage supply chain collaboration to improve sustainability.
12:00 - 12:45
Round Table.
Technological innovation and multimodal logistics to drive sustainable supply chains.
Panellists:
- Ignasi Gómez Belinchón, General Manager of InMove by Railgrup.
- Jorge Meleros, Business Intelligence Manager at Zeleros Hyperloop.
- Jesús Ortiz, CEO of Orbel Grupo.
- Enric Ticó, Chairman of CIMALSA.
- Vidal Roca, Director of PTV Group Iberia.
12:45 - 13:30
Javier Martí, Professor at the UPV School of Telecommunications and researcher at the Nanophotonics Technology Centre. Founder and CEO of Das Photonics.
Science + Innovation = sustainable solutions for organisations.
13:30 - 14:15
Round Table.
Research and innovation: essential drivers of competitiveness and economic recovery.
Panellists:
- Pedro Hernández, General Manager of Zschimmer & Schwarz.
- Jorge Patiño, Director of Product Engineering and R&D&I 4.0 at Frost-trol.
- José Cuenca, Chairman of AVASA.
- Guillermo Berlanga, Innovation Director at Grupo Gimeno.
- José Luis Hervás, Professor of Innovation and researcher, Department of Business Organisation, UPV.
14:15 - 16:00
Networking Lunch
16:00 - 16:45
ONLINE
Angeliki Diane Rigos, Researcher at the MIT Energy Initiative and Executive Director of the MIT Tata Center for Technology + Design.
Sustainable solutions and applications for energy-related business strategies.
16:45 - 17:30
Round Table.
Energy Transition.
Panellists:
- Carmen Picot, Director of Institutional Relations and Sustainability at Consum.
- Francisco Solves, General Manager of the Obremo group.
- José Cabezueló Del Pozuelo, Large Accounts Manager at Naturgy.
- José Luis Muñoz, Director of IVEL and Chairman of AISEAM.
- Pau Pérez Rico, Regional Director of Communication, Sustainability and Institutional Relations at El Corte Inglés.
17:30 - 18:15
ONLINE
Nektarios Oraiopoulos, Professor of Operations and Technology Management at Cambridge Judge Business School, University of Cambridge.
Data analytics as a driver of sustainable businesses.
18:15 - 19:00
Round Table.
Sustainable digitalisation.
Panellists:
- Cristina Baixauli, Transformation Director at Hidraqua.
- Daniel Morales, Director of Corporate Responsibility and the Orange Foundation.
- Daniel Rodríguez, CEO of Occentus Network Big Data-Cybersecurity.
- Adolfo Plasencia, Technology and science journalist.
- Javier Montesa, R&D Project Coordinator at Brainstorm.
19:00
Closing of the Congress.