* Provisional Programme

Official Start -Transfer of Attendees from Oviedo to Avilés

Transfer of all attendees by bus from Oviedo to Avilés.

• Time: 16:15h (meeting point: entrance of Hotel de La Reconquista, Oviedo).
• Route: Oviedo – Avilés (by bus).
• Location: Bus stop C/Conde de Toreno.

Institutional Opening

Inauguration.

• President of the Port Authority of Avilés.
• President of the SEPIDES Group.
• Representative of Avilés City Council.
• Representative of the Government of the Principality of Asturias.

• Time: 16:45h.
• Location: Port Authority of Avilés.
• Address: Travesía de la industria, 98.

Visit to the Port Authority of Avilés, right bank of the estuary and the future business park at the Cok Battery site, developed by SEPIDES.

Port Authority of Avilés.

• Time: 17:45h – 18:45h.
• Location: Port Authority of Avilés – Former Cok Battery Park facilities
• Address: Travesía de la industria, 98.

End of Visit – Port Authority of Avilés facilities

Panel Discussion at the Port Authority of Avilés.

Business Parks Sustainability Challenges.

• Time: 19:00h – 20:30h.
• Location: Port Authority of Avilés, Travesía de la Industria, 98.
• Speakers:
  * Ger Corbbet: CEO of Sandyford Business District, Ireland
  * Vicente Seguí Picó: General Director of Employment, Business Development and New Economy, Alicante City Council
  * Silvia Solanellas: Representative of the Unió Polígons Industrials Catalunya and moderator of the discussion.

End of Panel Discussion.

Return Transfer to Oviedo.

• Time: 20:45h Travesía de la industria, 98.
• Route: Avilés – Oviedo (by bus).

Networking Espicha.

An informal networking event to foster the exchange of ideas and professional networking.

• Time: 21:15h.
• Location: Tierrastur El Vasco, C/ Victor Chávarri, Gran Bulevar El Vasco.

Opening of the Day.

Opening.

• Time: 09:30h.
• Location: Hotel de la Reconquista – Reconquista Hall.
• Address: Calle Gil de Jaz, 16, Oviedo.

PANEL I

When Public Administrations Become Leveraging.

• Óscar Hernández Suárez (Mayor of Agüimes, Gran Canaria.)
• Aidan Blighe (Director of Planning and Economic Development at Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council, Ireland).
• Isaac Pola Alonso (Deputy Minister of Industry and Just Transition, Principality of Asturias).
• Jordi García Brustenga (Director General of Industrial Strategy and SMEs, Ministry of Industry and Tourism).
• David González Fernández (Executive Director of the Agency for Science, Business Competitiveness, and Innovation of the Principality of Asturias (SEKUENS)).

Coffee Break.

PANEL II

From Users to Managers: The Private Sector Role in Business Parks Management.

• Rob Ten Bok (Manager, KG ParkManagement Haarlem Business Park Waarderpolder, Amsterdam).
• Miguel Ángel Cuartero Monsalve (ADECA – Association of Entrepreneurs Pol. Ind. Campollano, Albacete) (50th anniversary).
• Pablo García-Vigón González (ASEMPOSIL – Association of Entrepreneurs Pol. Ind. Silvota) (40th anniversary) – Participant and moderator.

Keynote Speech.

Keynote on Sustainability and Industrial Parks.

Delivered by Dr. Bharti Chhibber (Professor of International Relations and Foreign Policy at the University of Delhi, expert in Environment, EU, Indo-Pacific, and USA).

Closing of the Congress.

Closing of the Congress

• Representative of the Government of the Principality of Asturias

• Time: 14:15h.
• Location: Hotel de la Reconquista.
• Address: Calle Gil de Jaz, 16, Oviedo.