04 October, 2023• With over 100 talks spread over 3 days, this three-fold informative, scientific and security-focused programme is especially designed for advanced industry• A place where professionals from the top companies in the advanced and digital manufacturing sector will collaborate.The 23rd edition of the Advanced Manufacturing and Machine-Tool Congress will take place from 25 to 27 October 2023 at the Gipuzkoa Science and Technology Park in San Sebastian.
The country's first ever technology congress, which was first held in 1976, has become a benchmark event in the area of advanced and digital manufacturing. In addition to the state-of-the-art technical and scientific perspective that has characterised the congress from the start, it has taken on a global vision, tackling matters such as disruptive advanced manufacturing technologies, the factory of the future, robotics and automation, additive manufacturing, attracting and managing talent for manufacturing, the safety of persons and machines in smart industry, the challenges of the main industrial sectors or sustainability.
Moreover, as a new addition this year, alongside the advanced and digital manufacturing congress a machine safety congress will also be held, featuring all the latest in this field. During 23CMH, attendees will have the opportunity to enjoy product exhibitions and service promotions relating to advanced manufacturing and machine tools. There will also be round tables, debates and B2B meetings to promote networking and creating new collaboration opportunities among the participants.
This year we will be joined by top companies such as Microsoft, Telefónica, Cipherbit, Siemens, IBM, Renishaw, Aernnova, Gestamp, Petronor, Renfe, Fagor Automation, Tecnalia, Danobatgroup and Airbus, to name but a few. We will also welcome expert speakers from the main areas of innovation in disruptive technologies, digitalisation, sustainability and talent management.
The opening session on 25 October will be presided by the President of the Basque Government, Iñigo Urkullu, and participants will include prestigious journalist and communicator Iñaki Gabilondo and renowned scientist Pedro Miguel Etxenike, who will share a conversation on the challenges posed by technological advancements for present and future society.
The closing ceremony, to be held on 27 October, will include the awards presentation: one prize for the best project presented by a company; another for the best communication presented by a technical-scientific community; a third for the best technical college thesis; and a fourth for the best presentation made in Basque.
The last edition, held in October 2019, brought together 460 attendees and over 100 presentations were made. In terms of participating companies, key guest companies at past editions include Berger Group, Siemens, ISG Virtous, HP, GF Precicast Additive, Danobatgroup, Loire Gestamp, CAF, Gonvarri or Valeo; and some keynote speakers included Francisco Riberas, Alex Rovira, Luis Montero, Tomas Hahn, and Terry Wohlers, among others.
