
The current pandemic, the geopolitical tension and the worsening environmental challenges the world is facing, alongside an unprecedented evolution in areas such as Artificial Intelligence, energy and materials, together with qualified workforce scarcity in industrialized nations, all contribute to create both enormous uncertainty and unbridled opportunity for the footwear manufacturing sector in Europe.
The 1st SAFETY FOOTWEAR REVOLUTION WEEK has born to find the answer to these urgent challenges, splitting itself into four revolutions: European industry; DIGITAL; Technical Footwear; and Environmental Challenges. Each morning – from the 23rd to the 26th of November – these topics will be debated in a 1h20 minutes panel, by five experts and a key moderator. Followed by thematic workshops and short Pitch presentations by some of the sector’s leading brands.
AMF SAFETY SHOES, TOWORKFOR and ALOFT - with the support of APICCAPS, CTCP and the European Footwear Confederation – are committed to present an inspirational event, with dozens of interesting speakers, exciting discussions, great new technological solutions and of course many surprises!
ACCEPT THE CHALLENGE. EMBRACE THE CHANGE. THE REVOLUTION IS NOW.
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PROGRAM
23-26 NOVEMBER 2020

INESC TEC Luis Carneiro
DESMA Christian Decker
SANTANDER Rui Constantino
Additive Manufacturing

ECCO Patrizio Carlucci
FOOTWEAR INNOVATION LAB Jens Schmidt
MINHO UNIVERSITY Paulo Novais
RESTAR Shayne Smith
The soul of a sole

MORÓN Antonio Iradier
PITTSBURGH UNIVERSITY Kurt Beschorner
SIMPLICITY WORKS Adrian Hernández
SYMPATEX Rüdiger Fox
Safety shoe development step by step

ANP | WWF Angela Morgado
BASF Felix Willenbrink
COTANCE Gustavo Gonzalez-Quijano
ZOURI Adriana Mano
The footprint and the certification of a product
SPEAKERS

Albano Fernandes
AMF SAFETY SHOES

Pedro Castro
ALOFT

Luis Onofre
EUROPEAN CONFEDERATION OF THE FOOTWEAR INDUSTRY

Pedro Siza Vieira
MINISTRY OF ECONOMY AND DIGITAL TRANSITION

Inês dos Santos Costa
MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE ACTION

António Cunha
CCDR-NORTE

Michiel Van Kempen
ALLSHOES / BUNZL

Patrizio Carlucci
ECCO SHOES

Rui Constantino
BANCO SANTANDER

Maria José Ferreira
CTCP

Rüdiger Fox
SYMPATEX

Carmen Hijosa
ANANAS ANAM / PINATEX

Felix Willenbrink
BASF

Gustavo Gonzalez-Quijano
COTANCE

Roland Rotheneder
BOA FIT SYSTEM

Christian Decker
DESMA

Ângela Morgado
ANC / WWF

Jens Schmidt
FOOTWEAR INNOVATION LAB

João Maia
APICCAPS

José Antonio
MORÓN

Paulo Novais
MINHO UNIVERSITY

Shayne Smith
RESTART

Edson Athayde
FCB LISBOA

Adrian Hernández
SIMPLICITY WORKS

Ambrogio Merlo
MICHELIN

Kurt Beschorner
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH

Adriana Mano
ZOURI

Adriano Di Marti
DESSARTO

Javier Arroyo
MORÓN

António Pontes
MINHO UNIVERSITY

Leandro Melo
CTCP

Lourenço Medeiros
SIC

Luis Carneiro
INESC TEC