Conferences & Activities Program

Don’t miss the intense agenda of conferences, lectures, round tables, presentations, debates … that we have prepared on the stage of the Ágora nude. Participate in the exclusive presentations of our exhibitors and visit the exhibitions that are deployed throughout the spaces of Feria Valencia.

ÁGORA

NUDE

LEVEL 3 HALL 4

10:00 H. – PRESENTATION OF THE EXHIBITION ‘BEYOND THE PLASTIC WAVE‘. (At the exhibition area)

  • Carmen Baselga, interior designer.
  • Héctor Serrano, designer.
  • Ernesto Belloch (Andreu World).

11:00 H.- CONFERENCE ‘THE GRAVITY WAVE. FROM OCEAN PLASTIC WASTE TO DESIGN PRODUCTS‘.

  • Vicente Varella (The Gravity Wave).

12:00 H. – CONFERENCE ‘CONTEMPORARY MATERIALITY FOR INTERIOR SPACES‘.

  • Natalia Ojeda, CMO Matter and director The Grey Matter Agency.

13:00 H.- CONFERENCE ‘HOW TO IMPROVE SUSTAINABILITY IN THE TEXTILE-HOME SECTOR WITH OEKO-TEX® CERTIFICATION’.

  • Consuelo Carbonell, head of OEKO-TEX® laboratory at AITEX.

15:00 H.- ESTUDI{H}AC PRESENTS A RETROSPECTIVE OF PRODUCTS DESIGNED DURING THE LAST 20 YEARS.

  • José Manuel Ferrero, Creative Director Estudi{H}ac.

16:00 H.- LECTURE ‘SOMETHING CALLED DESIGN…

  • Gabriel Teixidó, designer.

17:00 H.- THIS IS THE NEW IMAGE OF FERIA HÁBITAT VALÈNCIA 2023.

  • Odosdesign, design studio.

10:00 – 12:55 H.- CONFERENCE ‘CONTRACT AND REPOSITIONING OF HOTEL INDUSTRY‘.

10:00 a.m.- Dialogue ‘Design as a differentiating factor in the contract channel’

  • Kike Sarasola (Room Mate and Be Mate).
  • Tomás Alía (Studio Caramba).

10:45 h.- ‘Design as an element of sustainability for the hotel industry’

  • Raúl Téllez (NH Hotels).
  • Marian Vázquez (Melia Hotels International).
  • Ainhoa Hernández (RH Hotels)
  • Javier Vallés (Hosbec and SH Hotels)
  • Moderator: Alberto Galloso (Hosbec)

11:45 a.m. – ‘Industrialization as added value for the hotel’ Round Table

  • Fernando Oiza (Bewoodville).
  • José Martí (Erre Arquitectura).
  • Gorka Álvarez (Ruiz Larrea)
  • Antonio Peláez (Yugenarchitects)
  • Sergio Baragaño (Room 2030)
  • Moderator: Rubén Pons

12:30 h.- Closing of the day

  • Nuria Montes (‘Consellera’ of Innovation, Industry, Commerce and Tourism)

13:00 H.- ROUND TABLE ‘SINCE 2001 SUPPORTING EMERGING TALENT. 22ND ANDREU WORLD INTERNATIONAL DESIGN COMPETITION’.

  • Carmen Baselga, interior designer.
  • Inma Bermúdez, designer.
  • Ernest Belloch, Andreu World.
  • Moderator: Xavi Calvo, Fundació del Disseny.

14:00 H.- CONFERENCE ‘PROMOTION OF SPANISH DESIGN BY THE MINISTRY OF CULTURE AND SPORTS

  • Carmen Páez Soria (General Director of Cultural Industries, Intellectual Property and Cooperation of the Ministry of Culture and Sports).

15:00 H.- PRESENTATION OF THE EXHIBITION ‘SCENARIOS OF A NEAR FUTURE‘.

  • Tachy Mora, curator of the exhibition.
  • Alejandra Gandía Blasco, promoter of the 8′ 33” project.
  • Jordi Iranzo from Clap Studio, designers of Missana’s Tape System project.
  • Gabriel Moragas, promoter of the Pey Superligera project of Mobles 114.
  • Ester Pujol from the Nahtrang studio, designers of the Mood project by Estiluz.

16:00 H.- CONFERENCE ‘TEXTILE DESIGN AND INNOVATION: DRT TEAM AND CUATRO CUATROS SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCE‘.

  • Arantxa Porter, Marketing Manager of Equipo DRT.
  • Adrián Martínez Almonacid, head of Cuatro Cuatros studio.

17:00 – 18:00 H.– RENOWNED BRANDS FORUM. ‘DESIGN IN SPAIN: DESIGN BRANDS SPAIN AS A TOOL OF COMPETITIVENESS’.

Presentation of the first edition of the ‘Spain Design Index’

  • Pepa Casado and David Gobert (Futurea).

Round Table ‘Design marks Spain as a competitiveness tool’

  • Moderator: Marisa Santamaría, trend analyst.
  • Jon Unane, Enea Design.
  • Carlos Salazar, Carlos Salazar Architects
  • Angela Montagud, Clap Studio.

Networking cocktail

*Confirm attendance here

10:00 H.- CONFERENCE ‘REBUILD, REHABIT, RETHINK. PRESENTATION OF THE IV INTERNATIONAL BIENNIAL OF ARCHITECTURE OF EUSKADI MUGAK‘.

  • Maria Arana, Curator of the Biennial.

 

10:30 H.- ECOPLEN GEOGRAPHY COLLECTION BY RUIZ VELAZQUEZ “HOW TO TAKE CARE OF OUR HEALTH AND PROTECT OURSELVES THROUGH THE APPLICATION OF AN INTELLIGENT FABRIC

  • Héctor Ruiz Velázquez, architect and designer.
  • Francisco Pérez CEO of attenza

 

11:00 H.- CONFERENCE ‘TRENDS IN TEXTILES FOR THE HOME 2024’.

  • Carmen Jover, director of the Valhabitat 2023 project.
  • Malen Segarra, industrial technical engineer.
  • Paqui Orihuel, fashion designer.

 

12:00 H.- CONFERENCE ‘DESIGN TRENDS 24/25’.

  • Pepa Casado and Lucía Marín, Futurea.

 

13:00 H.- ROUND TABLE ‘HYBRIDIZING THE FUTURE: THE SUSTAINABLE, FLEXIBLE AND HUMAN SPACE‘. ORGANIZES: ACTIU

  • Luke Treasure by Conren Tramway.
  • María Comas, Project Director & Interior Design Expert at Batlle & Roig.
  • Leyre Ortuño, Creative Director of Mil Studios.
  • Miguel Tello, Architecture & Expansion Coordinator at Utopicus.
  • Moderator: Pilar Navarro, specialized journalist.

 

15:00 H.- MEETING ‘WOMEN IN OFFICE DESIGN. RESPONSIBLE, EMOTIONAL AND SENSITIVE DESIGN WITH A FEMININE LOOK’. ORGANIZES: WOD. COLLABORATE: ACTIU

  • Presentation by Harsha Kotak, founder of UK Chapter
  • Anna Q4 Architecture. ‘Sustainability and wellness’
  • Natalia Ojeda. ‘Sustainable materials of the future’
  • Ana Mir, Emiliana Design.
  • Isabel López Vilalta, interior designer.
  • Moderator: Gracia Cardona (Diario Design) and Soledat Berbegall (Actiu).

 

16:00 H.- PRESENTATION OF THE NEW IMAGE OF THE GENERAL COUNCIL OF OFFICIAL COLLEGES OF INTERIOR DECORATORS AND DESIGNERS.

  • Andoni Díaz, Pepe Cosín and Samaruc Estudio (General Council of Official Colleges of Decorators and Interior Designers)

 

17:00 H.- CONFERENCE ‘KAVE HOME: FROM THE MEDITERRANEAN TO THE WORLD. TRANSFORMING THE FURNITURE AND DECORATION SECTOR’.

  • Francesc Julia, Kave Home.

 

18:00 H.- CONFERENCE ‘HORIZON MADRID CONCEPT BUS‘.

  • Héctor Serrano, Joaquin García, Enrique Miñarro and Javier Esteban, designers of the project.

10:00 H.- CONFERENCE ‘KEYS FOR A MORE EFFICIENT MANAGEMENT OF DESIGN STUDIES‘.

  • María Navarro, manager of ADCV.

 

11:00 H.- ‘DESIGN FOR FOOD‘ CONFERENCE.

  • Alberto Arza, Papila Studio.

 

12:00 pm – PRESENTATION OF THE BOOK 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF PET LAMP PROJECT.

  • Alvaro Catalán de Ocón, designer and co-founder of acdo.es and petlamp.

 

13:00 H.- CONFERENCE ‘STRATEGIES FOR THE DISSEMINATION OF INTERIOR DESIGN PROJECTS‘.

  • Mara Pardo, Cristina Rodríguez Goitia and José Lara, #innodesign group.

 

16:00 H. – CONFERENCE THE CONCEPTUAL NEBULA.

  • Miguel Herranz

With the collaboration of Fundació de Disseny de la Comunitat Valenciana.

EXHIBITORS

ACTIVITIES

Every day (19 to 22 September)

10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m.- Training by the designer of #lavieenROS, Martín Geretto, on the new ReLoveution and BAMBOO catalogues.

ROS Stand (Level 2 Hall 4 E29).

Tuesday 19 september

12:00 pm – Presentation of the new furniture collection, Nexo, with the presence of the designer Clara del Portillo and Álex Selma, from Yonoh Studio.

Stand Möwee (Level 3 Hall 1 E25 ).

*ONLY PRESS. Act restricted to accredited media.

12:30 – 4:00 p.m.- Live music. Piano-sax duo by Javier Soriano on piano and Francisco Soriano on saxophone.

Ecus Stand (Level 3 Hall 1 C66)

1:30 p.m.- Presentation of new products with La Granja and ILMIODESIGN.

iSiMAR Stand (Level 3 Hall 2 C65)

5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.- Presentation of the new Outdoor collections by Alfredo Häberli. Then departure and visit Andreu World showroom, tour and cocktail.

Andreu World Stand (Level 3 Pavilion 2 A9).

*ONLY PRESS. Act restricted to accredited media. RSVP press@andreuworld.com

6:00 p.m.- Celebration of the 90th anniversary.

ROS Stand (Level 2 Hall 4 E29).

6:00 – 7:30 p.m.- Presentation of the new VICAL OUTDOOR collection, a door that opens to the universe of natural luxury, creating furniture that goes beyond its features.

Stand VICAL (Pab. N3-P4, Stand D3)

7:00 p.m.- Expormim celebrates the 25th anniversary of the design of Lapala. Public Round Table on crafts, culture and tradition moderated by Tachy Mora. With the participation of Manel Molina and Javier Pastor.

CTAV yard. C/Hernán Cortés, 6. Valencia. Confirmation is requested here

Wednesday 20 september

10:30 a.m.- Press breakfast – Mediterranean breakfast by Rols. Presentation of the Strata collection from the Wallace & Sewell studio (London)

Stand Rols (Level 3 Hall 2 D71)

*ONLY PRESS. Act restricted to accredited media.

11:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.- Radio program Official College of Commercial Agents of Valencia and Play Radio (107.7 FM).

COAC Stand Level 2 Distributor

12:00 pm– Presentation of the latest creations by designers La Mamba, Pedro Feduchi, Studio H, Héctor Ruiz, Mut Design, Omayra Maymó, ADP Studio and Isaac Piñeiro.

Omelette Stand / Ofitres (Level 3 Pavilion 1 C11)

*ONLY PRESS. Act restricted to accredited media.

1:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. – ‘Air and architecture’. Sulion presents the revolution of the ceiling fan in interior design projects and outdoor spaces

Sulion Stand (Level 3 Hall 4 B40)

4:00 p.m.- After dinner with chef Martín Berasategui. Signing of the recipe book ‘El Buen Dormir’ that he wrote with Senttix.

Ecus Stand (Level 3 Hall 1 C66).

6:00 p.m.– Presentation of FIMMA + Maderalia 2024. Cocktail afterwards.

Distributor Level 3

6:30 p.m.- 10:30 p.m.- Get to know the essence of Vondom at an exciting design event in the dome, where creativity reaches new heights. Cocktail and Live Music.

Vondom headquarters. Polígono 6.16, Beneixida, Valencia

* By invitation only

Thursday 21 September

10:00 a.m.- Coffee with chef Martín Berasategui. Signing of the El Buen Dormir recipe book that he wrote with Senttix.

Ecus Stand (Level 3 Hall 1 C66)

11:00 a.m. – Media attention of designer Erico Navazo and his collaboration with ECOcero.

ECOCero Stand (Level 3 Hall 1 E40)

12:00 p.m.- Cevisama Debate Table: ‘New forms of construction. The New Architectonics‘.

  • Rubén Navarro (Inhaus)
  • Jaime Gorgues (Niu)
  • Marta Piqueras (Ubiko)
  • Ángel Alfocea (Wes)
  • Jose Girbes (Peronda)
  • Moderator: Rubén Pons (Industrialization Systems Consultant)

Cevisama Stand Level 3 Distributor

12:30 – 4:00 p.m.- Live music. Violin-guitar duo by French Standard.

Ecus Stand (Level 3 Hall 1 C66)

6:00 p.m.- Presentation of the Point of Sale Innovation and Transformation course, taught by ELLE Education and ROS.

ROS Stand (Level 2 Hall 4 E29).

19:00 h.- Afterwork Party

Stand iSiMAR y WOOP (Level 3 Hall 2 Stands C63 y C65)

Friday 22 September

All day.- Special interior designers day. Come by our stand and have breakfast with us.

Stand Ecus (Level 3 Hall 1 C66)

EXHIBITIONS

– Nude show for young design talents.
Level 3 Pavilion 4

– Retrospective Gabriel Teixidó.
Distributor Level 3

– Shows ‘Scenarios of the near future’
Curator: Tachy Mora
Level 3 Pavilion 4

– Exhibition ‘T{H}E DESIGN ATELIER’, 20 years of estudi{H}ac.
Distributor Level 3

– Tribute to Miguel Milà
Curated by Santa & Cole and with pieces by Trenat and Mobles 114
Level 2 Distributor – Center Forum Access

– Exhibition ‘Beyond the plastic wave’.
Andreu World & Carmen Baselga and Héctor Serrano
Level 3 Pavilion 4

– Exhibition ‘Contemporary Materiality Exhibition’. 
Matter.
Level 3 Pavilion 4

** Agenda of activities and exhibitions subject to last minute changes. **