Name: Cevisama 2022
Start: 2022-06-13T9:00-05:00
End: 2022-06-17T19:00-05:00
Location: Feria Valencia

What are EXCO Technical Days?

The EXCO conference cycle constitutes a fundamental pillar of Cevisama’s activities, since many renowned designers and architects come to share their vision and experience in the world of design and construction.

These conferences are promoted by the Polytechnic University and the Higher Technical School of Building Engineering of Valencia.

Activity Programme

Discover all the EXCO’25 programme, at the XXXIX Cevisama 2025 Construction Technology Exhibition.

Location: North Forum, Conference Hall.

Wednesday, 26th February

9:00h. – 9:20h. Welcome to EXCO’25 opening Ceremony with Fernando José Cos-Gayón López, Chair of ETS de Ingeniería de Edificación UPV, Spain, and José Ramón Albiol Ibáñez, Director EXCO’25. Deputy Director Digital Transformation, Business Chairs and Entrepreneurship ETS de Ingeniería de Edificación, UPV. Spain.

9:30h. – 9:50h. “Industrialized Housing in Chile: Savings, quality and sustainability” (Chile). Sebastián Donoso Lüer, Project Manager at Construction Company “J.M. Garcia”.

10:00h. – 10:20h. “3D Printing concrete and additive intelligent construction technology: Material design, digital fabrication and engineering application” (China). Sun Xiaoyan, Prof. Zhejiang University. Director of Building Materials Branch of China Architectural Society; Hangzhou, CHINA and a 151 talented person of Zhejiang Province.

10:20h. – 10:40h. Break.

10:40h. – 11:00h. “Proposal for actions for the creation of a network for monitoring groundwater levels in the municipality of Bétera” (Spain). Elía Verdevío Escribá, Mayor of Bétera, Lucía Belenguer Espinosa, Bétera City Council, and Javier Rodrigo Ilarri, Associate Professor at the University Institute of the Environment, UPV.

11:10h. – 11:30h. “Can we predict the future of a project early on? and do something to build a better future” (Chile). Luis Fernando Alarcon Cardenas, Director of the Center of Excellence in Production Management GEPUC, Chile.

11:40h. – 12:00h. “Avintia Group: Case of study Ávita” (Spain). José Ignacio Esteban Gil, General Director of Ávita.

12:00h. – 12:20h. Break

12:20h. – 12:40h. “Ferroli Group: Different fuels for the air conditioning market” (Spain). Víctor M. García Gil, Technical Trainer, Product Management, FERROLI Group.

12:50h. – 13:10h. “Generative AI in Architectural Design teaching: A creative revolution with algoritms” (Uruguay). Gastón Boero Falcini, Dean of the Faculty of Architecture, ORT University of Montevideo, Uruguay.

13:20h. – 13:40h. “COAT Valencia: The value of the Building Engineer in the company” (Spain). Borja Nebot Huerta, Manager of the Official College of Technical Architecture of Valencia, and José Vicente Espí Navarro, General Director of Building, Bertolín Group.

13:40h. – 15:40h. Lunch Break.

15:40h. – 16:00h. “Project Management in BIM environments” (Spain). Begoña Fuentes Giner, Technical Architect and Building Engineer. Professor at the School of Building Engineering, Universitat Politècnica de València.

16:10h. – 16:30h. “Territorial planning with Big Data: Prediction of informal settlements in Ecuador” (Ecuador). Miriam Guillén Vivas, Architect, Research Professor at San Gregorio University of Portoviejo, Manabí, Ecuador.

16:40h. – 17:00h. “Production and supply of ACS in Open Control Volumes in Dynamic Regime” (Spain). Antonio Romero Sedó, Professor and Engineer at the School of Building Engineering, Universitat Politècnica de València and Paloma Arrué Burillo, Technical Architect and Professor at the School of Building Engineering, Universitat Politècnica de València.

17:10h. – 17:30h. “Industrialized construction: From theory to practice” (Spain). Milagro Iborra Lucas, Technical Architect and Professor at the School of Building Engineering, Universitat Politècnica de València.

Thursday, 27th February

9:00h. – 9:20h. “Competence levels of building design in Finland according to the new construction act and their impact on the curriculum at Turku University of Applies Sciences” (Finland). Tapio Keiramo, Architect Conservation/reconstruction Turku, professor Turku University of Applied Sciences, Finland.

9:30h. – 9:50h. “Digital Twin in Asset Management” (Italy). Fulvio Recceconi, Eng. Prof. Politecnico di Milano, ABC Dept. Milano, Italy.

10:00h. – 10:20h. “3D Printing’s contribution to responsible consumption and production (SDG12)” (Dubai). Salman Pervaiz, Vice Chair ASME Professional UAE-Section, Rochester Institute of Technology DUBAI. Expert in design & manufacturing sustainable manufacturing. Dubai. Among Top 2% Scientists.

10:20h. – 10:40h. Break.

10:40h. – 11:00h. “ITERCON: Smart planning of efficient and technologically advanced projects” (Spain). Teresa Pous Chiarri, Planning Manager at ITERCON, Spain.

11:10h. – 11:30h. “Modern methods of construction in Chile: Emerging technologies and methodologies revolutionizing the industry” (Chile). Carolina Briones Lazo,Executive Director of the Technological Center for Innovation in Construction (CTEC).

11:40h. – 12:00h. “Tuning a User-centred approach to evaluate visual comfort” (Italy). Tiziana Poli, Arch. Full Professor Politecnico di Milano, ABC Dept. Milano, Italy.

12:00h. – 12:20h. Break

12:20h. – 12:40h. “Research on the impact of work efficiency at office space based on visual and olfactory perception” (China). Tao Yiqi, Architect. Prof. Department of Architecture, Shenzhen University / Deputy director Center for Human-Oriented Environment and Sustainable Design, Shenzhen, China.

12:50h. – 13:10h. “Artificial intelligence-based design of reinforced concrete structures” (Poland). Patryk Ziółkowski, Chief Technology Officer for Artificial Inteligence for Building (CTO AI) at iLMS . Prof. Gdańsk University of Technology, Poland.

13:20h. – 13:40h. “Infrastructure planning: Drainage design approach and complexity of local solutions” (Germany). Sonia Almagro Pastor, Head advisor for Volkswagen, Audi y Mercedes construction building factories worldwide. Sellhorn Ingenieurgesellschaft mbH, Hamburg, Germany.

13:40h. – 15:40h. Lunch Break.

15:40h. – 17:40h. Cevisama Guided Tour.

Friday, 28th February

9:00h. – 10:20h. CHAIR OF HOUSING OBSERVATORY: ROUND TABLE. “From Data to action: Proposals to address the housing emergency” (Spain). Fernando José Cos-Gayón López, Director of the School of Building Engineering, Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain.

10:20h. – 10:40h. Break.

10:40h. – 11:00h. “China’s architecture higer education and green development: XI’AN University of Architecture and Technology and its specialities” (China). Wilson Youqun Wang, Dean of School of International Educatio. Xi’An University of Architecture and Technology. China

11:10h. – 11:30h. “Implementation of LEAN residential construction” (Spain). Javier Marchesi Alcober, Civil Engineer and Director of Clásica Urbana S.L.

11:40h. – 12:00h. “Bertolin Group: Optimization of construction systems and improvement of productivity” (Spain). José Vicente Espí Navarro, General Director of Building, BERTOLÍN Group.

12:00h. – 12:20h. Break

12:20h. – 12:40h. “An experimental Human-Oriented design” (China). Stephen Lau, Honorary Professor HK University, Chair of the Center of Advanced Study in Architecture, Carbon Auditor China GBL Assessor and Vice Chair of the China GBC – Hong Kong.

12:50h. – 13:10h. “Lifetime assessment of reinforced concrete structures usign sensors” (Spain). José Manuel Gandia Romero, Professor and Deputy Director of Research, School of Building Engineering, Universitat Politècnica de València.

13:20h. – 13:40h. “Professional practice on designing a sustainable, liveable compact city – Case study of Hong Kong” (China). Sunnie Lau, Architect. Prof. School of Architecture, The Chinese University of Hong Kong and Department of Urban Planning & Design, Faculty of Architecture, HKU. Hong Kong.

13:50h. Closing Event. José Ramón Albiol Ibáñez, Director EXCO’25. Deputy Director Digital Transformation, Business Chairs and Entrepreneurship ETS de Ingeniería de Edificación, UPV. Spain

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