Artificial intelligence, blockchain, intellectual property and negotiation and market opportunities in Poland, are the new topics that this sixth edition will address, led by the Enterprise Europe Network.
BBVA, CaixaBank and Globalcaja are committed to supporting this program for another year, already a reference in the province in terms of internationalization, innovation, digitalization and negotiation.
FEDA has presented to the media its sixth edition of the IN-FEDA Program. This program is organized by the Confederation as a node of the Enterprise Europe Network, with the support of CECAM CEOE-CEPYME Castilla-La Mancha and Institute for Foreign Promotion of Castilla-La Mancha, IPEX, and like every year, under the technical direction of the Association of Importers and Exporters of Albacete, ADIEX. In addition, it has the collaboration of financial entities such as BBVA, CaixaBank and Globalcaja, who maintain their commitment for another year to internationalization, innovation, digitalization, and international negotiation in the business fabric of the province.
The presentation included Artemio Pérez Alfaro, president of FEDA; Iván Torres, president of ADIEX and Javier Rosell, general director of Companies of the JCCM, together with Samuel García Eslava, director of Business Banking of the province of Albacete, BBVA; Manuel Fernando Gutiérrez Aragón, specialist in Foreign Trade for Albacete of CaixaBank and Ciudad Real of CaixaBank; and Mª José Olmeda, Head of the International Business of globalbox.
The IN FEDA program was born 6 years ago, with IN-FEDA 2019. Impact Conferences and has been evolving in its format and themes since IN-FEDA 2020. DYNAMIC WORKSHOPS, a IN-FEDA 2021. dynamic seminars, IN-FEDA 2022. dynamic breakfasts, to the past IN-FEDA 2023. A total of more than 250 companies and more than 500 participants have accompanied us throughout these 6 years of the program. This year, we are betting on a new format: in-Feda 2024. Business Rounds: Innovation, Digitalization, Internationalization and Negotiation.
News of this 6th edition
In this edition, we are committed to innovation, technology and the latest digitalization in the context of internationalization, all of them essential today to enhance growth and competitiveness in the business fabric of Castilla-La Mancha: Automation and Artificial Intelligence as tools to save operational costs in international operations, Blockchain- Decentralization of International Operations and its benefits; Intellectual Property: Competitive Advantage in International Markets, and Poland: Market opportunities and negotiation tools.
This year, as a novelty, the sessions will take place in the delegations that FEDA has in different parts of the province (Villarrobledo, La Roda y Caudete) and will end with the fourth day in its Work location: from the capital of Albacete.
The program, with CaixaBank, will begin on Wednesday, March 13 with the business round in the FEDA delegation in Villarrobledo, in which a highly topical topic will be addressed: artificial intelligence. In this round, companies will be able to see in a practical and grounded way different AI tools that can contribute to obtaining great savings in operating costs in international operations, having a clear impact on the company.
In the second business round, with the collaboration of BBVA, to be held at the FEDA Delegation in La Roda, participants will have the opportunity to learn in depth what the technology consists of “Blockchain” and to see first-hand how this innovation can offer a new way of managing international commercial transactions, based on decentralization, transparency and trust; allowing better traceability and simplification of operational processes.
Another topic that will be covered on the third day of the program is industrial property as an essential tool to protect intangible assets abroad, such as brands, designs and patents. This business round will take place in the FEDA Delegation in Caudete, and will be presented by a member of the Intellectual Property Sector Group of the Enterprise Europe Network, European business support network of which FEDA has been an active member since 2008.
The last business round of this edition will be held at the FEDA headquarters in Albacete, with globalbox, hand in hand with the Polish-Spanish Chamber of Commerce and aims to show key trading tools as well as the trade opportunities that Poland offers to companies in the region's business fabric; since a regional multisector trade mission is planned to this neighboring country at the end of October, which will be coordinated by FEDA.
In these business rounds, a speaker will moderate the session and analyze several key and current points in the sector, and several professionals, businessmen and self-employed people will exchange experiences and queries on the topic in a dynamic and relaxed way.
The face-to-face format, with limited capacity, in order for the sessions to be participatory, practical and focused on the exchange of experiences.
