VI CONGRESS
Sustainable Tech Solutions – Shaping a better society
11 and 12 June 2026
Keynote Speakers
Josh Entsminger
Research Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center.
Marta Zaratin
AI Marketing Manager at Google.
Mikel Díez
Director of IBM Quantum
Paul Jordan
Consultant at Boston Consulting Group and Project Fellow at the World Economic Forum.
Tanja Collavo
Lecturer at the Institute for Sustainability Leadership, University of Cambridge.
Patrick Slade
Professor of Bioengineering and researcher in Bioinspired Robotics and Computing at Harvard University
Programme
11 JUNE
8:30
- Badge collection.
9:00
Opening of the congress:
Speakers:
José E. Capilla, Rector of the UPV.
Eduardo Pascual, Regional Secretary for Innovation of the Generalitat Valenciana.
Paula Llobet, City Councillor for Innovation, Tourism and Investment Attraction, Valencia City Council.
José Villar, CEO of Nealis.
Alberto Adán, Battery Cell Technical Trainer at PowerCo.
Francisco J. Vea, Director of Organisation and Transformation at Simetría.
Norberto Martínez, Director of Smart Business Lab.
Host: Eva Escuder, Business Development at Invest in Valencia.
QUANTUM ECOSYSTEM TRACK
9:30 - 10:15
Conference: Mikel Diez, Director of IBM Quantum.
The second quantum revolution.
10:15 - 11:00
Round table: Quantum + AI: from promise to the first real business cases.
Moderator: Israel Griol, Ideas UPV.
Panellists: José Luis Amat, Co-Founder and Corporate Affairs at Bluzec; Joaquín Vila, Universitat de València; Unai Antero, innovation expert at Telefónica’s “Javier Echenique” Quantum Talent and Technologies Centre; José Blasco, CEO of recQon; David Moreno, Research Engineer at DAS Photonics.
11:00 - 11:30
Coffee / Networking.
DECARBONISATION AND GEOPOLITICS TRACK
11:30 - 12:15
Conference: Josh Entsminger, Research Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center.
The Geopolitics of Breakthrough Innovation.
12:15 - 13:00
Round table: From industry to the city: accelerating the energy transition.
Moderator: Carlos Sanz, COO of Matteco.
Panellists: Daniel Soler, CFO of Power Electronics; Esteban Perales, Head of Energy Transition at Valencia Port; Germán Galindo, Head of Public and Regulatory Law at Andersen; Carmen López, Head of Smart Cities at Iberdrola.
AUTONOMOUS MOBILITY TRACK
13:00 - 13:45
Conference: Paul Jordan, Consultant at Boston Consulting Group and Project Fellow at the World Economic Forum.
Autonomous mobility at scale: from hype to integration.
13:45 - 14:30
Round table: Autonomous, connected and cooperative mobility.
Moderator: Ignasi Gómez-Belinchón, Director of In Move by Railgrup.
Panellists: Sergio Pérez, Head of Core Technologies at Stadler; Alberto Adán, Battery Cell Technical Trainer at PowerCo; David Llopis, Lecturer and member of the UPV Highway Engineering Research Group; Pau Bares, Lecturer and researcher at the UPV’s CMT – Clean Mobility & Thermofluids.
14:30
Networking lunch.
19:00
Leisure and networking activity: nautical experience.
21:00
Networking dinner at The Terminal Hub.
12 JUNE
SMART BUSINESS
Thirty business leaders, researchers, academics, politicians, public officials and other professionals will present experiences, solutions and visions on the importance of applying sustainable innovation in organisations to tackle society’s great challenges.
DATA & AI TRACK
9:00 - 9:45
Conference: Marta Zaratín, AI Marketing Manager at Google.
How to lead your organisation’s future with generative AI.
9:45 - 10:30
Round table: The AI to come, key to redefining business management.
Moderator: Alejandro Martínez, Product Manager at ITI.
Panellists: Francisco J. Vea, Director of Organisation and Transformation at Simetría; Marcos Rozas, Director of Nealis Tech; Raúl Mir, CEO of ATTRIM Technology Group; Patricia Tamarit, Director of Product Innovation at Nunsys.
10:30
Networking coffee.
MOBILE AND COLLABORATIVE ROBOTICS TRACK
11:00 - 11:45
Conference: Patrick Slade, Professor of Bioengineering and researcher in Bioinspired Robotics and Computing at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.
Personalising human-robot interaction to maximise task success.
11:45 - 12:30
Round table: A step forward in Industry 4.0.
Moderator: Javier Miguélez, Chairman of ARME – Spanish Mobile Robotics Association.
Panellists: Andrés Meseguer, R&D Researcher at ITI; Álex Domínguez, Automation Sales Manager at STILL Iberia; Joan Vendrell, Automation Sales at Toyota; Daniel Rial, Sales Director at Movvo Robotics.
CIRCULAR ECONOMY AND BIOECONOMY TRACK
12:30 -13:15
Conference: Tanja Collavo, Institute for Sustainability Leadership, University of Cambridge.
How social impact affects the transition to sustainability.
13:15 - 14:00
Round table: Circular companies, sustainable cities.
Moderator: Antonio García Belda, Director General of European Green Capital, València City Council.
Panellists: José Ramón Castellar, General Manager of Discomon; an executive from Laberit; an executive from TD Synnex.
14:00
Closing networking cocktail.