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MAY 14^th	EXTRA VISITS TO FACTORIES
08.30 am	Start from the Sheraton Hotel
	Visits TO FACTORIES Eureka / ISI / Nobrand
06.00 pm	Arrival at the Sheraton Hotel

Each participant will visit 4 companies per day
Check-In 7.30 am - 8.30 am / 5.30 pm - 8.00 pm

MAY 15^th	EXTRA VISITS TO FACTORIES
08.30 am	Start from the Sheraton Hotel
	Visits TO FACTORIES Centenário / CTCP / Evereste / Helsar / Luís Onofre / Sanbrusapatos / Procalçado
06.00 pm	Arrival at the Sheraton Hotel
07.30 pm	Welcome Cocktail at the Sheraton Hotel

Each participant will visit 4 companies per day
Check-In 7.30 am - 9.00 am / 5.30 pm - 8.00 pm

MAY 16^th	VISITS TO FACTORIES
08.30 am	Start from the Sheraton Hotel
	Visits TO FACTORIES AMF / Anjonel / Atlanta / Bolflex / Celita / Joia / Kyaia / Ricap
06.00 pm	Arrival at the Sheraton Hotel
08.30 pm	Welcome dinner at the Sheraton Hotel

Each participant will visit 4 companies per day
Check-In 7.30 am - 8.30 am / 5.30 pm - 9.00 pm

MAY 17^th	CONGRESS 1^st DAY - Sheraton hotel
09.00 am	Opening session
09.30 am	Introductory lectures: Exponential technologies and emerging business models Maarten Oonk \| Deloitte Center for the Edge Worldwide Footwear Industry Vasco Rodrigues \| Catholic University and World Footwear - Portugal Portuguese Footwear Industry Alberto de Castro \| IFD - Instituição Financeira de Desenvolvimento - Portugal
10.30 am	Discussion Panel - Exploring Emerging Design & Development Technologies with global footwear brands Moderator: Matt Priest \| FDRA - USA Chris Hillyer \| Deckers Brands - USA Andreas Tepest \| Deichman - Germany Nicoline Van Enter \| Footwearists - Netherlands
11.20 am	Coffee Break
11.50 am	Session 1 - New products, new services Chairman: Sergio Dulio \| Atom Lab - Italy Introductory lecture: Main evolutions for the footwear sector Claude Eric Paquin \| French Footwear Federation - France How fashion trends can be integrated into product development Sara Andrade \| Vogue - Portugal Sustainable Fashion Shoes 4 All - A new consumer and retail driven fashion shoes business model Maria José Ferreira \| CTCP - Portugal Individual Fitting for Virtual Footwear Retailing: Building a link from 3D CAD to Industrial Made to Measure Andrey Golub \| ELSE Corp - Italy Personalized Digital last(a Women's Example), the tool required to enable mass customization Carol Mc Donald & Andrey Golub \| Gneiss Concept and ELSE Corp - USA and Italy
1.00 pm	Lunch
02.15 pm	Session 2 / Part 1 - Intelligent development and manufacturing Chairman: Eugenio Di Maria \| Shoe Intelligence Last analysis and modification software Christophe Cumin \| CTC - France 3D printing is just one click away for footwear designers Miguel Davia \| INESCOP - Spain Virtual fitting room based on augmented reality Javier Cortés Cameros \| CTCR - Spain
03.40 pm	Coffee Break
04.00 pm	Session 2 / Part 2 - Intelligent development and manufacturing Chairman: Bhabendra Nath Das \| CLRI - India Shoes made without stitching and no lasting processes Pedro Carvalho \| AMF - Portugal Direct Injection Process Excellence Klaus Freese \| DESMA - Germany Robot assisted manufacturing system Sergio Dulio \| ATOM lab - Italy The Road towards Mass Development and Manufacturing of Custom Made Footwear Linli Cao \| BM Technology - China
05.20 pm	First day closure
07.30 pm	Departure for the gala dinner by bus - Meeting point is at Sheraton Hotel
11.30 pm	Return to the Sheraton Hotel

Check-In 8.00 am - 8.30 am

MAY 18^th	CONGRESS 2^nd DAY - Sheraton hotel
08.45 am	Opening session UITIC General Assembly Report Yves Morin \| UITIC President
08.50 am	Session 3 - Sustainability, regulatory trends impacting on factories Chairman: Miguel Martinez \| INESCOP - SPAIN Introductory lecture: The Brazilian example - Leather Sustainability Certification Alvaro Flores \| CICB - Brazil An integrated approach for a more sustainable footwear world Vera Pinto \| CTCP - Portugal Functional Leathers by laser plasma technology Francisca Aran Ais \| INESCOP - Spain Injection Molded Biodegradable Polyurethane Shoe Soles Gnanasundaram Saraswathy \| CLRI - India A new way for the end of life of leather shoes: Disassembling, sorting and valorization as new materials and energy Régy Lety Soex \| CTC - France CADS - A successful initiative for sustainable conditions in the shoe sector Andreas Tepest \| Deichman - Germany
10.30 am	Coffee Break
10.45 am	Session 4 - New way of training and knowledge management Chairman: Françoise Nicolas \| CTC - France Introductory lecture: Addressing the challenges of recruitment and skills provision in the global footwear industry Christine Powley-Williams \| SATRA - UK Knowledge Platform for Transferring Research and Innovation in Footwear Manufacturing Aura Mihai \| Gheorghe Asachi Technical University - Romania Human Resources Management 4.0 and Work-Based Learning: A Great Match Elisabeth Rouiller \| ISC - Germany Learn2Work: a new approach to train factory workers Matteo Pasca \| Arsutoria - Italy How to transfer its knowledge to start-ups in the footwear industry: ADC the French example Sophie Viot Coster \| ADC Au-Delà Du Cuir - France
12.15 pm	Closure Ceremony
01.00 pm	Lunch

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