Industry 4.0 Congress

Congress for Industrial Parks Managers

8-10 APRIL 2025 | FIRA BARCELONA - GRAN VÍA

Optimisation and Development of Business Parks

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Advanced Factories will host a new edition of the Congress for Industrial Estate Managers. This is an activity hosted in the Industry 4.0 Congress in which we will have the participation of representatives of different industrial ecosystems in Spain in order to share the main difficulties encountered by each of them, and the most innovative solutions that have been implemented.

 

 

In this new edition, Advanced Factories reinforces the relevance and prominence of this forum, very necessary to boost the digital transformation of the industrial areas of our market, promoting the implementation of good mobility infrastructures for goods, high connectivity and good 5G connections for factories, improving technology transfer between the members of the industrial areas, or promoting collaboration and synergies between the companies that make up a PAE are the main challenges that industrial estate managers have to lead.

 

 

Advanced Factories will host a new edition of the National Congress of Industrial Park Managers. This event is part of the Industry 4.0 Congress and will bring together representatives from various industrial ecosystems across Spain to discuss the main challenges they face and the most innovative solutions that have been implemented.The National Congress of Industrial Park Managers will feature the participation of the Spanish Coordinator of Business Parks (CEPE) as a co-organizing entity in 2025.In this new edition, Advanced Factories strengthens the relevance and prominence of this forum, which is essential to driving the digital transformation of industrial areas in our market. Key challenges for industrial park managers include implementing high-quality freight mobility infrastructure, ensuring high connectivity and robust 5G networks for factories, improving technology transfer among industrial area members, and fostering collaboration and synergies between companies within an Industrial Business Park (PAE).
AUDIENCE

Industrial park managers

Local, regional, and national government administrators

Associations of entrepreneurs and industrial park owners

CEPE members

 

 

 

CONTENT

Strategic Presentations

Roundtable Discussions on Specific Topics

Knowledge Exchange (Know-How Sharing)

Networking Opportunities

Program

9:30 – 10:00 Welcome

10:00 – 10:15 Opening Session

Mr. Alejandro Rubia Ortiz

 

 

10:15 – 10:45 Keynote Speech

“The Draft Industry Law and Strategic Autonomy”
Mr. Jordi García Brustenga – Director of Industrial and SME Strategy, Ministry of Industry, Trade and Tourism

 

 

11:15 – 12:55 Roundtable

“Is Regulation for Business Parks Necessary?”

  • Mr. Alejandro Sáenz de San Pedro – Business, Employment, and Energy Advisor, Balearic Government
  • Mr. Carlos Martín Tobalina – Deputy Minister of Economy and Competitiveness, Junta de Castilla y León
  • Mr. Nicolás Vázquez Iglesias – Secretary-General of Industry and Energy Development, Xunta de Galicia
  • Mr. José Javier Alonso Membrives – Secretary-General of Industry and Mines, Junta de Andalucía
  • Mr. Jaime Martínez Muñoz – Director General of Economic and Industrial Promotion, Community of Madrid
  • Mr. Manuel Rosalén Caparrós – Director General of Industry, Generalitat Valenciana

 

Moderator: Mr. David Giménez Hernández (Executive Director of PIMEC)

 

 

12:55 – 13:55 Roundtable

“Public Management for the Competitiveness of Business Areas”

  • Mr. Miguel Ángel Mendiano Calle – Director General of Extremadura Avante
  • Mr. Iker Bergaretxe Larrea – Deputy Director of SPRILUR S.A
  • Mr. Juan Antonio Pérez García – Barcelona Provincial Council
  • Ms. Esther Pujol Martí – Director of Social and Economic Development, Metropolitan Area of Barcelona (AMB)
  • Ms. Sonia Puente Landázuri – General Coordinator of Urban Planning and Public Space, Getafe City Council
  • Mr. Oscar Romera Jiménez – General Coordinator of Economy, Trade, and Consumption, Madrid City Council

 

Moderator: Mr. Juan Manuel Hernández (Manager of Getafe Iniciativas)

 

 

13:55 – 14:00 Congress Closing and Conclusions

Mr. Alejandro Rubia Ortiz – President of CEPE

 

 

14:00 – 15:00 Lunch // Networking
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