SPEAKERS

EXPERTS AT FITECU 2025


Carlos Raúl de Pablos

Secretary General, Department of Family and Equal Opportunities, JCYL

> Roundtable Discussion: Challenges in Promoting Personal Autonomy as a Transformative Element in the Sociosanitary Sector

Eduardo García Brea

General Director of Older People, People with Disabilities, and Dependency Care at the Department of Family and Equal Opportunities of the Junta of Castilla y León.

> Roundtable Discussion: Integration of Cognitive and Social Robotics, Voice Assistants, and AI Applied to Health and Care

Karen Wee Siew Lin

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Lions Befrienders Service Association Singapore

Director of Lions Befrienders Service Association Singapore, a leader in preventive care for the elderly, particularly in digitalization and the rapid implementation of innovative programs. Karen is a strategist, innovator, and implementer with 33 years of volunteer experience and 13 years of professional experience in the non-profit sector.

> Inspirational Talk: The Society of the Future, Key Aspects for Preventive Care.
> Roundtable of reflection and experiences: Living Lab as reference spaces for the promotion of social and technological innovation in the socio-health sector and the territorial ecosystem

Gorka Espiau

Director of the ALC laboratory (University of the Basque Country) and coordinator of the group of experts promoting the new EU Social Innovation Competence Centres

Gorka Espiau, PhD, is the director of the “Agirre Lehendakaria Center for Social and Political Studies” (UPV-EHU), Scientific Director of the Work4Progress program (Fundación Bancaria La Caixa), a member of COTEC’s 100, and coordinator of the group of experts accompanying the launch of the new Social Innovation Competence Centers promoted by the European Commission in all Member States.

> Roundtable Discussion: Challenges and Trends in Innovation in the Sociosanitary Sector, a Global Perspective (USA, Europe and Asia)

Karen Hedge

Deputy Executive Director of Scottish Care and representative on the Global Reference Sites Network for Active Aging (RSCN).

> Roundtable Discussion: Challenges and Trends in Innovation in the Sociosanitary Sector, a Global Perspective (USA, Europe and Asia)
> Roundtable Discussion: Where Public Care Policies are Headed

Mónica Mizuno

Director at HOCHIKAI Social Welfare Corporation Gunma-Japan

Director at HOCHIKAI Social Welfare Corporation Gunma-Japan, a certified caregiver with extensive experience in comprehensive care services for the elderly and people with special needs in Japan.

> Roundtable Discussion: Challenges and Trends in Innovation in the Sociosanitary Sector, a Global Perspective (USA, Europe and Asia)
> Roundtable Discussion: Where Public Care Policies are Headed

Mohamed Farouk Bin Mohamed Ismail

Director, IT, Innovation, and Digitalization Division, Integrated Care Agency (AIC) Singapore.

> Roundtable Discussion: Challenges and Trends in Innovation in the Sociosanitary Sector, a Global Perspective (USA, Europe and Asia)
> Roundtable Discussion: Where Public Care Policies are Headed

Pilar Armero Martínez

Vice President, SIVI Cluster

> Roundtable Discussion: Challenges and Trends in Innovation in the Sociosanitary Sector, a Global Perspective (USA, Europe and Asia)

Pablo Gómez

President, SIVI Cluster

> Official Inauguration and Institutional Welcome

David Garrido Jaén

Institute of Biomechanics of Valencia

José David Garrido Jaén, PhD in Industrial Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPV) and currently Director of Innovation in Smart Health in the Health Area of the Institute of Biomechanics of Valencia (IBV). He is a specialist in R&D&I, technological development in the field of health, functional assessment, active and healthy ageing, as well as improving quality of life.

> Roundtable Discussion: Technological Challenges in Long-Term Care, Personalized Attention, and Technological Humanization – Ethics.

Ane San Martín

Tekniker & MIT

PhD candidate in Human-Robot Interaction, specializing in the personalization of interactions at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Her research focuses on improving two-way communication using AR and AI technologies. She has previously worked on developing assistive robots to support therapies for children with autism.

> Roundtable Discussion: Technological Challenges in Long-Term Care, Personalized Attention, and Technological Humanization – Ethics.

Nuria Ordóñez

Telefónica eHealth & Social

> Roundtable Discussion: Technological Challenges in Long-Term Care, Personalized Attention, and Technological Humanization – Ethics.

Iván Franco

IMATIA

> Roundtable Discussion: Technological Challenges in Long-Term Care, Personalized Attention, and Technological Humanization – Ethics.

Jaume Saltó

Saltó Group

Founder and Director of Saltó Group, technology at the service of people.

> Roundtable Discussion: Technological Challenges in Long-Term Care, Personalized Attention, and Technological Humanization – Ethics.

Juan Manuel Corchado

Rector of the University of Salamanca

> Moderator of the Roundtable Discussion: Technological Challenges in Long-Term Care, Personalized Attention, and Technological Humanization – Ethics.

Marc Bournisien de Valmont

OECD

Marc Bournisien de Valmont is a Policy Analyst in the Regional Development and Multi-level Governance Division at the OECD Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions, and Cities Centre. He coordinates several OECD projects on demographic change, such as “Shrinking Smartly and Sustainably” and the case study on Castilla y León as part of the Talent Boost Mechanism.

> Inspirational Talk: Reflections on Demographic Aspects and Experiences in Attracting and Retaining Talent.

Gisela García-Álvarez

LEX GLOBALMINDS

Co-Founder & CSO of LEX GLOBALMINDS, an international consultancy driving health and care innovation worldwide.

> Day’s Recap

Darío Samaniego

Synergy Tech Robotics

> Inspirational Talk: The Future of Social Robotics in the Provision of Sociosanitary Care.

Angel Barrera Nieto

Director of Organizations of the Ibero-American Network for Active and Healthy Aging.

> Roundtable Discussion: Where Public Care Policies are Headed

Esperanza Vázquez

Social Services Manager, JCYL

> Roundtable Discussion: Where Public Care Policies are Headed

Guillem Alenya

Institute of Robotics and Industrial Informatics

> Roundtable Discussion: Integration of Cognitive and Social Robotics, Voice Assistants, and AI Applied to Health and Care

Andrés Pazos

Country Manager for Alexa (Amazon Spain)

> Roundtable Discussion: Integration of Cognitive and Social Robotics, Voice Assistants, and AI Applied to Health and Care

Javier Pascual Soriano

Director of the Technology, Innovation and Applied Sciences Campus at UDIT and CEO of Singular Things, expert in Human-Centered Robotics.

> Roundtable Discussion: Integration of Cognitive and Social Robotics, Voice Assistants, and AI Applied to Health and Care

Eduardo Zalama

Professor, School of Industrial Engineering, University of Valladolid. Scientific Advisor, Cartif Technology Center.

> Roundtable Discussion: Integration of Cognitive and Social Robotics, Voice Assistants, and AI Applied to Health and Care

Harry Van Goor

Personalized Medicine at Home, Virtual Reality

> Peer Reflections: Challenges of Technology in Prevention, Diagnosis, and Intervention in the Sociosanitary Sector

María López Valdés

Bitbrain

> Inspirational Talk: What the Future Holds for Neurotechnology in Comprehensive Care.

Javier Parro Betanzos

Director, Bihar Home

> Roundtable Discussion: Challenges in Promoting Personal Autonomy as a Transformative Element in the Sociosanitary Sector

Leticia Pedraz

Asprodes

> Roundtable Discussion: Challenges in Promoting Personal Autonomy as a Transformative Element in the Sociosanitary Sector

Jordi Cerezuela

Institute for Robotics for Dependency

> Roundtable Discussion: Challenges in Promoting Personal Autonomy as a Transformative Element in the Sociosanitary Sector

José Manuel Ramírez

President of the State Observatory for Dependency and Director of the Research and Innovation Strategy in Social Services of the Junta of Andalusia.

> Roundtable Discussion: Challenges in Promoting Personal Autonomy as a Transformative Element in the Sociosanitary Sector

Raquel Losada

Mindlab Fundación Intras. Director of applied research and knowledge

> Roundtable of reflection and experiences: Living Lab as reference spaces for the promotion of social and technological innovation in the socio-health sector and the territorial ecosystem

Mariano Barbero Martínez

CEO & founder of DINAMIZA

> Roundtable of reflection and experiences: Living Lab as reference spaces for the promotion of social and technological innovation in the socio-health sector and the territorial ecosystem

Rosa Maria Resende De Almeida

Member of the Board of Directors of the European Network of Living Labs (ENoLL)

> Roundtable of reflection and experiences: Living Lab as reference spaces for the promotion of social and technological innovation in the socio-health sector and the territorial ecosystem