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Nexus Building
Schedule
Three days of knowledge, creation and connection
Plenary keynotes, scientific papers, hands-on workshops, visits and an awards gala.
Overview
Understand the rhythm before the details
The schedule combines reference keynotes, scientific sessions, capacity-limited workshops and visits to manufacturing spaces in Valencia.
Keynotes
Opening, plenary and closing lectures shape the three days of the congress.
View detailWorkshops
Hands-on activities with prior registration and limited places.
View detailPaper sessions
Six sessions aligned with the congress thematic areas.
View detailVisits and networking
Manufacturing spaces, exhibition and gala dinner to connect with the community.
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Agenda by day, type and moment
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1 July
Wednesday 1
7 sessions
Logistics
Poster set-up and exhibition
Nexus Building
Social
Acierta Retail visit
Acierta Retail, Paterna
PlenaryCREFAD
Congress opening
Auditorium, ETSIADI
Presented by: Manuel Martínez Torán
KeynoteCREFAD
Inaugural lecture
Auditorium, ETSIADI
Speaker: Dr. Ronan Bolaños Linares, UNAM · México
Logistics
Horchata break
Nexus Building
Social
Exhibition opening + welcome drink
Fantastik Lab
Hands-on workshops
Six sessions to learn by making
Workshops take place on 2 and 3 July at ETSIADI. They require pre-registration, have limited capacity and each participant should review the requirements before attending.
The workshop starts from the basic elements of a microcontroller board and moves towards programming small automatic responses. It is designed for beginners without prior electronics or programming experience.
Requirements
Own laptopArduino IDE installedBasic computer fluency
What you will work on
- Set up the Arduino IDE
- Read simple buttons and sensors
- Control LEDs, buzzers, servos or small motors
- Build a basic automatic system
The session covers loading medical data, using manual and semi-automatic tools, reviewing the model and exporting geometry for planning, teaching or digital fabrication.
Requirements
Own laptop3D Slicer installedInterest in biomedical design or anatomical fabrication
What you will work on
- Load and review CT data
- Use Segment Editor effects
- Combine manual and semi-automatic segmentation
- Export models for printing or fabrication
The workshop connects Amazonian ancestral knowledge with digital fabrication to create innovative and sustainable materials. Participants will explore natural fibres, textile techniques and the creation of a composite biomaterial.
Requirements
Main materials providedOptional: participants may bring local fibresInterest in sustainability and material experimentation
What you will work on
- Recognise Amazonian biomaterials and their uses
- Handle fibres and natural latex
- Assemble and use a digitally fabricated teaching loom
- Create a textile piece and a biomaterial prototype
A practical introduction to documenting, verifying and fabricating electronic circuits with KiCad. The session covers the flow from schematic design to the files needed to produce a board.
Requirements
Own laptopKiCad 10 installedInterest in electronic design
What you will work on
- Create a project and a basic schematic
- Assign footprints and run electrical checks
- Route a PCB with layers, vias and copper zones
- Prepare manufacturing documentation
The session introduces robotic system definition, TCP tools, target generation and trajectory simulation. Advanced experience is not required, but a basic understanding of parametric algorithms in Grasshopper is recommended.
Requirements
Rhinoceros 8 with active licence or trialRobots plugin installedVisose Robots extension installed
What you will work on
- Define a robotic system in Rhino and Grasshopper
- Configure a TCP tool
- Turn geometry into targets and trajectories
- Simulate, detect collisions and explore variations
Aimed at creatives, engineers and maker profiles, the workshop covers parametric modelling and file preparation for FabLab environments, 3D printing and laser cutting.
Requirements
Own laptopAutodesk Fusion installedInterest in rapid prototyping
What you will work on
- Navigate the interface and manage projects
- Create 2D sketches with constraints and dimensions
- Model solids with extrusion and revolution
- Export to STL, 3MF or DXF for fabrication
Complete workshop dossier
The dossier brings together the full information, contents, prerequisites and extended details for every workshop.
Visits
Visits to manufacturing spaces
Three visits to see how experiences, prototypes and objects are made in professional settings around Valencia: advanced retail, shared industrial workshop and design-factory studio.
Visit to Acierta Retail
Acierta is an international design and production house specialising in advanced retail, brand spaces and physical experiences. From Valencia, it connects creativity, technical development, production, logistics and installation to turn demanding brand concepts into precisely built environments.
- Date and time
- Wednesday, 1 July 2026 · 11:00
- Place
- Acierta Retail
- Address
- Carrer Ciutat de Sevilla, 42, 46988 Paterna, Valencia
Visit to Generador Coworking
Generador Coworking works as a shared industrial workshop for projects that need to prototype, fabricate and test with real tools. Its model combines workspace, machinery and maker community so hardware, design and fabrication ideas can move from sketch to physical object.
- Date and time
- Thursday, 2 July 2026 · 18:00
- Place
- Generador Coworking Workshop
- Address
- C/ Cami a la Mar, 46, 46120 Alboraia, Valencia
Visit to Archicercle
Archicercle brings creative studio and factory together: it designs products, identities and spaces, then materialises them through laser cutting, CNC, 3D printing and manual processes. The visit shows how design judgement meets real materials, machines and finishes.
- Date and time
- Friday, 3 July 2026 · 17:00
- Place
- Archicercle Factory Studio
- Address
- Plaça Pere Maria Orts i Bosch, 18, L'Olivereta, 46014 València, Valencia
Exhibition opening
CREFAD 2026 Exhibition: dialogues between matter and code
The exhibition brings together projects developed through digital fabrication and opens a transversal journey through architecture, design, engineering, health and education.
The display keeps its focus on the passage from bit to atom: prototypes, objects, processes, numerical control, 3D printing and new ways of thinking about matter.
Fantastik Lab
- Date and time
- Wednesday, 1 July 2026 · 19:30
- Place
- Fantastik Lab
The space: Fantastik Lab
Fantastik Lab works as a place for production, knowledge, relationships and shared cultural activity. The opening places the exhibition in a context of visual culture, contemporary creation and local community.
Welcome drink
Alhambra beers and Casa LaCurra
Multidisciplinary selection
Research projects and professional applications using digital fabrication technologies.
New venue
A creative setting in L'Olivereta prepared for exhibitions, cultural encounters and experimental work.
Informal gathering
The opening includes drinks and catering to keep discussing the talks and exhibited pieces.
Social event
Gala Dinner & Pérez de Lama Awards
Thursday 2 July at 20:30. The gala dinner will take place at La Marítima, on level 0 of the Veles e Vents building, by La Marina de Valencia. The dinner is charged separately from registration.
Restaurante La Marítima · Veles e Vents Building · La Marina de Valencia
- Date and time
- Thursday, 2 July 2026 · 20:30
- Venue
- Restaurante La Marítima · Veles e Vents Building · La Marina de Valencia
Sunset at the Marina
The dinner is set on Valencia’s waterfront, in an emblematic building overlooking the harbour. La Marítima combines Mediterranean cooking and local produce in a more relaxed setting to close the second day.
View Restaurante La MarítimaJosé Pérez de Lama Awards
During the dinner, awards will be presented to the most outstanding papers across the congress’s six thematic areas.