Today, 24th September, the starting opening was given at the Palacio de Congresos Fórum Evolución Burgos, for our annual Technology Meeting, a national reference in Industry 4.0, with the support of authorities and collaborators.

The Mayoress of Burgos Cristina Ayala, the Industry General Director of the Junta de Castilla y León, Mariano Muñoz, and the President of DIHBU Mario Pampliega, attended the press on their arrival and officially opened the Technology Meeting, accompanied by other authorities, such as the President of ProBurgos, César Barriada, the Councillor for Industry and Finance of Burgos City Council, Jesús Manzanedo, the subdelegate of the Government in Burgos, Pedro de la Fuente, the president of the employers’ association FAE Burgos, Miguel Angel Benavente, the regional director of ICECYL in Burgos, Virginia Santamaría, representatives of the event’s partners, such as FNMT, RITTAL, FORTINET, EUROFIRMS, NODDO and DIGIS3, and numerous guests.

Mario Pampliega, President of DIHBU, attending to the media at the inauguration of the #4burgosi40
The Director General of Industry of the Junta de Castilla y León, Mariano Muñoz, addressing to the media at the inauguration. The Regional Ministry of Industry, Trade and Employment gives important institutional support to the event every year.
Cristina Ayala, Mayor of Burgos, expressed her great satisfaction at the fact that the city of Burgos is the venue for this event every year, co-organized by the City Council.

The authorities inaugurated the Technology Demonstrators Exhibition with a short tour, where they were able to check the quality of the equipment and solutions on display, working in real time.

After a short stroll around the stands, the Inaugural Session took place in the Exhibition Hall, where, after welcoming the attendees, the current situation of Industry 4.0 in the region was discussed at a round table.

The full video of the opening session, including the panel discussion, can be viewed here:

After the opening session, all the activities of the Technology Meeting began, with a large number of people attending the demonstrators’ exhibition, which presented 40 solutions for Industry 4.0 and 5 information points.

On this first day of the Meeting, in the afternoon session, the Industrial Track 4.0 Technical Conferences began, open to the public, and broadcast live from the Youtube DIHBU channel.

The conference began with two interesting round tables, moderated by Javier Sedano, R&D director at ITCL and scientific coordinator of the conference.

The session ended with the presentation of use cases of the application of Industry 4.0 technologies, which were highly valued by the audience.

The Expo closed to the public at 7.30 p.m., at which point exhibitors and collaborators were able to participate in various social activities in the city of Burgos, promoted by the organisers.