IESTEC Official Program
General Program
Inauguration Program
Technical Scientific Book
Italian Space Day
Closing program
Speakers
Wednesday, October 23, 2024
Keynote lectures
- Area:
Micro and nanotechnologies - Topic:
Sicily as one of the European Hub in microelectronics: the role of the University of Catania in this ecosystem - Organization: Rector of University of Catania and Vice-President of the Italian Rector's Conference
- Italy🇮🇹
- Area:
Semiconductors & Electronics - Topic:
Technology Trends in Analog Semiconductors - Texas Instruments Inc
- USA🇺🇸
- Area:
Semiconductor education development - Topic:
Challenges in Semiconductor Packaging: The CITC Approach - Chip Integration Technology Center & HAN University of Applied Sciences
- Netherlands🇳🇱
Supply Chain Forum
- Area:
Supply Chain - Topic:
Supply chain network design for resiliency: "strategies and methods" - Full Professor for Industrial Facility Design and Logistics at the University of Padua (Italy)
- Italy🇮🇹
- Area:
Supply Chain - Topic:
Impact of AI on Global and Regional Supply Chain - 3h Innovations
- Panama🇵🇦
- Area:
Supply Chain - Topic:
Supply Chain Resilience as a Driver of Nearshoring - Georgia Tech Center for Innovation and Logistics Research
- Panama🇵🇦
Computing Session
- Area:
Computer Vision, Artificial intelligence - Topic:
The impact of Artificial Intelligence on production systems and worker well-being - Institute of Intelligent Industrial Technologies and Systems for Advanced Manufacturing - National Research Council of Italy
- Italy🇮🇹
- Area:
High Performance Computing - Topic:
Broadening our Understanding of Natural Phenomena with Scientific Computing - Colaboratorio Nacional de Computación Avanzada del CENAT
- Costa Rica🇨🇷
- Area:
High Performance Computing, Computer and Network Security - Topic:
Beyond the technology of High-Performance Computing - Institute for Applied Computing part of the National Research Council of Italy Role: Director of Technology
- Italy🇮🇹
- Area:
Computer Science - Topic:
Empowering DDoS Attack Prediction through Machine Learning and Deep Learning - Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Brazil and IEEE ComSoc
- Brazil🇧🇷
Christian Somarriba Prado

- Area:
Data Storage, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Artificial Intelligence, and Digital Transformation - Topic:
Building AI Ready Data Infrastructure - Huawei
- Panamá🇵🇦
Thursday, October 24, 2024
Keynote Lectures
- Area:
Marine urban ecology, marine restoration and nature based solutions - Topic:
From “grey” to “blue” marine urban areas - Full Professor, Chioggia Hydrobiological Station “Umberto D’Ancona", Department of Biology, University of Padova
- Italy🇮🇹
- Area:
Seasonal prediction to future projections of hydroclimate on seamless time scales - Topic:
Future climate projections and contributions from Japanese researchers - Meteorological Research Institute, Japan Meteorological Agency
- Japan🇯🇵
- Area:
Energetics - Topic 1:
The role of hydrogen in the energy transition
Topic 2:
University technology transfer and the Scientific Innovation System of the Friuli Venezia Giulia region - Industrial Liason Officer, Scientific reference for the North Adriatic Hydrogen Valley-Enginnering and Architecture Dept.- University of Trieste
- Italy 🇮🇹
- Area:
Implementation of multidisciplinary teams and technological tools to respond to social needs. SDG Approach. - Topic:
Between the Worlds of Software Development and Public Health: Interdisciplinarity and Socio-Technical Systems - Centro de los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible para América Latina, Universidad de los Andes
- Colombia🇨🇴
- Area:
Materials Science, Spectroscopy, Optical Diagnosis - Topic 1:
Spectroscopy: a powerful and cheap tool for research from materials engineering to medical biotechnology (from Turbines to cancer screening)
Topic 2:
The proceeding of Science: Possibilities and some (relevant) limits - Full professor of Chemical Foundations of Technology Vice-rector Engineering and Architecture Dept, University of Trieste
- Italy🇮🇹
- Area:
Virology, Immunology, and Biotechnology - Topic
Biotechnological Advances in Virology and Immunology at ICGES - Gorgas Memorial Institute for Health Studies
- Panamá🇵🇦
Infinite possibilities for transforming the future of genomics
- Area:
Genomic Solutions Specialist (GSS) for PacBio - Topic:
A bold future: Third generation sequencing with PacBio - PacBio Field Application Scientist
- USA🇺🇸
Friday, October 25, 2024
Closing Conferences
- Area:
Management Ecosystem and Research and Technology Centers - Topic:
Basque Science, Technology and Innovation Network - a continued commitment to support from knowledge to industries and society - BRTA: Basque Research and Technology Alliance
- Spain🇪🇸
- Area:
Experimental Solid State Physics - Materials Science - Topic:
Elettra Sincrotrone Trieste: an example of large scale research facility - Physics Department Director, Dept. of Excellence of the Ministry of University and Research 2023-2027- University of Trieste
- Italy🇮🇹
- Area:
Liaison with the business sector and technology transfer. - Topic:
Commercialization of technology in the University-Business relationship - CIT UPC, UPC BarcelonaTech Technology Center de la Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
- Spain🇪🇸
- Area:
Fluid Dynamics, Design Optimization, Blue Economy, Sustainable Transport - Topic:
Strengthening Technology Transfer in Italy: focus on maritime techology and biorobotics - National Research Council of Italy, Department of Engineering, ICT and technologies for energy and transportation
- Italy🇮🇹
Italian Space Day
- Area:
Space Cooperation - Topic:
ASI's commitment in Latin America and with the Caribbean countries - Italian Space Agency
- Italy🇮🇹
- Area:
Aerospace Engineering, Systems engineering for satellites - Topic:
Capacity building in the design, development, and operations of nano-satellites: the role of the research group 'S5Lab' in the project of Panama's first satellite. - Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Sapienza Rome University Research Associate
- Italy 🇮🇹
- Area:
Celestial Mechanics and Astrodynamics - Topic:
Space debris dynamics - Department of Mathematics, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Full Professor of Mathematical Physics; since 2020 Member of the Board of Directors and Vice-President of ANVUR
- Italy🇮🇹
- Area:
Cooperation – Scientific and space diplomacy - Topic:
IILA's Space Diplomacy as a Factor for Socioeconomic Development and Regional Strengthening in Latin America - Organización Internacional Ítalo-latinoamericana
- Italy🇮🇹
- Area:
Satellite Services in the Field of Sustainability - Topic:
Sustainable Satellite Services – (smart agriculture – water management – urban planning – deforestation – rural and urban cadastre) - Telespazio S.p.A
- Italy🇮🇹
Special Guest
- Area:
Cognitive Robotics - Topic:
Long-Term Memory in Cognitive Architectures for Autonomous Robots - Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica
- Costa Rica🇨🇷
- Area:
Environment - Topic:
Sediment movements and its impact on the environment, coastal and river facilities, and its impact on nutrition - Head of Radiometric Techniques Unit at the Industrial Application Division in CNESTEN
- Morocco🇲🇦
Important deadlines
Call for papers and posters
March 20thSite opening for submissions
August 12thSubmission deadline
August 29thNotification of acceptance
September 16thFinal paper submission
October 7thLast day of payment
Registration & Participation Costs
- Prices will increase as of September 14, 2024.
- Last day of payment is October 7, 2024.
- Poster authors must register and pay as students or professionals, as appropriate.
If you have one or two accepted papers, you may present the poster at no additional cost. - Registration for the congress is now closed.
Only those who are registered can register for the closing dinner.

Authors
- Registration + First article: $275
- Second paper: $75

Students
- UTP: $60
- External Universities: $70
- International: $70

Professionals
- Nationals: $150
- International: $150

Closing Dinner
- Dinner registration and payment.
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