• Top professionals Shuichi Kobari of Toyo Ito, Héctor Ruiz, Jose María Tomás, Ramón Esteve, Daniel Solves, Juan Blázquez and César Ruiz-Larrea will all be speaking as part of a programme of talks about design, architecture and the new materials available for contract projects.

 

Valencia, 19^th January 2018.- The use of wood in contract projects as an element that is versatile and sustainable and the search for new materials that are more innovative and have been adapted technologically are the key issues to be addressed in the packed programme of talks being given within the upcoming FIMMA – Maderalia fair, which runs from 6th to 9th February at Feria Valencia. The fair organizers have put together an impressive line-up of world class international specifiers who will be taking part in the various forums and seminars taking place over the four days of the fair.

One of the key events is the Sustainable Contract Seminar that is scheduled for the afternoon of Thursday 8th and will be taking place in the Foro Maderalia lecture room (N3P7). At the seminar a group of eminent architecture, design and interior design professionals together with companies including Häfele, Faus, Ica, Emedec, Sonae Arauco and Alvic will be demonstrating how wood is an essential material in sustainable architecture, with its combination of beauty and cost efficiency being a winning argument for it to be used in the growing contract sector. The seminar is being organized by Grupo Vía and speakers include architects José María Tomás, Juan Blázquez, Daniel Muñoz, Daniel Solbes, César Ruiz Larrea, Héctor Ruiz Velázquez and Ramón Esteve.

The Valencian architect has in fact put his name to another of the great highlights of this next FIMMA – Maderalia; the ‘Easy Contract’, exhibit for which, in the centre of Pavilion N3P6, Ramón Esteve will be creating different spaces and rooms from an urban hotel in an unique architectural style and using the most innovative materials and processes that can be found in the marketplace right now. A number of exhibitors are collaborating with him on this project, namely Sonae Arauco, Grupo Alvic, Faus, Viters, Bariperfil, Emedec, Puricelli, Thyssen Krupp Plastic Ibérica, Arkos Light and Revert Contract.

As well as these architects, there are also other very prominent names from the international arena in the line-up who do not want to miss this next FIMMA – Maderalia, such as Japanese architect Shuichi Kobari, from Pritzker prize-winning Toyo Ito who will be giving a talk on design and architecture on the afternoon of Wednesday 7^th February as part of Italian sponsor Olivari’s programme of lectures.

On the same afternoon and reflecting its increasingly close ties with the contract world, Andalusian firm Alvic will be heading a workshop themed on design and how the company’s products can be used in different types of project. Sub-titled ‘Inspiring Ideas’, Alvic’s session will be a conversation between Puerto Rican architect Héctor Ruiz Velázquez, Alvic’s sales director Manuel Pizarro and the company’s export director, Julián Ramírez.

The main event for the contract sector will be the APA Contract Forum/FIPA Automatic Door Forum, geared specially to the sector, which is also exhibiting at FIMMA Maderalia 2018. Taking place on the morning of 6^th February the sessions will address a range of issues related to contract projects including maintenance, security and positioning.

The value of “genuine wood”

FIMMA – Maderalia is also the setting for a themed space titled Timber Experience / Espacio AEIM. Presented by AEIM (the Spanish Timber Industry and Trade Association), the space will be used to promote the many different areas in which “genuine wood” can be used: construction, architecture, structures, interior design and design.

The Timber Experience will be in Pavilion N3P6, at Stand C107 and will feature a number of events over the four days of the fair. One of the most interesting, without a doubt, will be the session dedicated exclusively to the new models of sustainable construction using timber, which is on Wednesday 8^th February, with speakers including young architects Sergio Baragaño and María Sánchez Ontín. Both will be showing practical examples of projects in which timber played a major role, such as the innovative Casa Montaña.

The ‘Timber Experience’ zone is also where the AEIM will be giving its presentation on wooden facades on Thursday 8^th and Neil Summers (Technical Consultant at AHEC) will be giving a presentation, also on Thursday, on how to install facades correctly – essential for projects to be completed successfully.

The zone also includes the “Too good to waste” exhibition, stage by AHEC (the American Hardwood Export Council). This is an interactive installation designed by Benedetta Tagliabue of EMBT and made by Benchmark’s artisan carpenters out of American oak, maple, cherry and tulipwood. This daring installation in wood comprises four individual, unique pieces that, as visitors walk through, change to reveal elegant pieces of hidden furniture.

AEIM’s Timber Experience ‘classroom’ is also where the Course on ‘applying the EUTR required standards’ and ‘certification in the timber value chain’ will be given by PEFC España. Attendants will include representatives of national and regional governments along with forestry experts.

The packed programme of events at FIMMA – Maderalia is being complemented by a programme of themed talks given by companies exhibiting. They include Sugimat, which is giving a presentation at the Foro Maderalia on the morning of Wednesday 7^th February, on the ‘application of artificial sight in automated thermal plants’. Multi-national timber company Garnica is also giving a talk at the Forum, on the new fire-resistant plywood.

All professionals visiting FIMMA – Maderalia will be able to attend to the impressive Cevisama lecture programme, with speakers this time including Pritzkerprize winners Eduardo Souto de Moura and Rafael Moneo as well as Francisco Mangado and Emilio Tuñón.

• Leading interior door manufacturing companies from Villacañas, Ocaña, Murcia, Soria and Valladolid poised to return to the Feria Valencia showcase.
• FIMMA – Maderalia also set to bring together a selection of twenty automatic door manufacturers in a ‘Contract Forum’ geared specifically to this sector.

Valencia, 18^th December 2017.-  The door sector is poised to make a comeback at FIMMA – Maderalia. Almost all of Spain’s manufacturers of interior doors will be at the upcoming edition of the fair at Feria Valencia (6^th-9^th February) for what will in effect demonstrate that a sector that had its golden years during the so-called ‘construction boom’ and almost disappeared during the subsequent crisis, has now recovered. In addition to these exhibitors there will be some twenty manufacturers of automatic doors, grouped together around a ‘Contract Forum’ for this particular sector. These companies are being supported by the Spanish Automatic Door Manufacturers Association (APA) and the FIPA show, which runs every other year, also at Feria Valencia.

The reality is that FIMMA – Maderalia continues to add new sectors, positioning itself as Spain’s foremost platform for all suppliers to carpentry, construction and architecture businesses. In this context, doors have emerged as one of the key segments of Valencian output. The leading manufacturers that managed to survive the crisis unscathed have definitely set their faith in FIMMA – Maderalia and will be exhibiting from 6^th to 9^th next February with the aim of opening new lines of business in areas such as international exports and restoration, refurbishment and new property development projects in the domestic marketplace.

 

Interior and safety doors

Exhibitors in this area that have already confirmed their presence at the fair include Uniarte, Puertas Cuesta, Artevi – exhibiting as Arteviblock –, Carpintería San Rafael and Puertas Castalla. The fair will also be featuring exhibits by the major groups and conglomerates that have formed as a result of the industry’s restructuring such as Grupo Empresarial Dimoldura, which encompasses manufacturers such as Puertas Carsal, Portadeza Puertas, Puertas Dimara and Molduras Dymco and is headquartered in Catalonia.

FIMMA – Maderalia will also be hosting companies such as Puertas Dierre, Norma Doors and Marcos Martínez Minguela next February, which are based in Murcia, Soria and Valladolid respectively and complete the circle of the regional output that will be represented in Valencia.

Joining these companies in the so-called interior doors sector is another important facet of the world of doors: safety doors, which will be represented by manufacturers including SegureStil, Talleres Ruíz López, Imadeco and Puertas Acorazadas Santoyo.

Automatic Door Contract Forum

In another major initiative, the upcoming edition of FIMMA – Maderalia will see the launch of its dedicated automatic doors showcase, which is being staged around a new event titled the ‘Automatic Door Contract Forum’. This is a segment of industry with very distinct features that is highly geared to business channels related to the contract sector and fitting out communal facilities.

This sector does in fact have its own showcase within Feria Valencia’s exhibition schedule: FIPA, the International Fair for Automatic Doors, which was held for the first time in February this year and was a resounding success in terms of both exhibitor and visitor numbers. As it is a biennial event, the next edition of FIPA will be in February 2019.

Before then, the upcoming edition of FIMMA – Maderalia will include a dedicated event titled ‘Automatic Door Contract Forum’. Staged in pavilion N2P6, the event will feature a significant number of exhibitors from the sector, including members of APA and exhibitors at FIPA, namely Geze, EntreMatic, Persax, Portalum, Master Ingenieros, Speed Door, Dormakaba, Metal Blinds, Manusa, Efaflex, Rutalchi, Motion4, Novelforis Automatismos, AGM, MBP Ibérica, Holux, Door System, Valux, Medva and Sésamo.

A working party comprised of members of the Feria Valencia, FIPA, Spanish Association of Automatic Door Manufacturers (APA) and trade publisher PA Ediciones (Puertas Automáticas Ediciones) management teams has been created to co-ordinate the event. These organisations have driven the ‘Automatic Door Contract Forum’ initiative between them and will also be putting together an extensive programme of relevant activities, workshops and lectures to complement the product displays, that will roll out over the four days of the fair.

ECOGASTRONOMICS WORKSHOPS

Ecogastronomic showcooking, the first time in BioCultura Valencia.Three-days, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, 10 uninterrupted hours per day of gastronomic workshops, product presentations, wine tastings, food tastings, etc. And, moreover, in the opened space, foodtrucks and live music to celebrate the organic food party.

The show cooking has become one of the strong points of BioCultura, both in Madrid and Barcelona and other cities where the fair is held. This is so because, according to Angeles Parra, BioCultura´s Director, “people love to attend kitchen shows, tasting workshops, learn new ways of cooking, recipes, new products and producers that are behind them…” In fact, organic cuisine is much more creative and dynamic than the conventional one. Due to BioCultura soy desserts, vegetable milks, algae or quinoa, to give just a few examples, are now in the tables of homes and restaurants everywhere. It is here where the avant-garde trends are born and that, with the pass of the years, are in all kitchens”.

NEW OUTDOOR ECOFOODTRUCKS AREA with ecologic pizzas, ecologic home made pasta, km0 food and live music all day long.

• On Tuesday Feria Valencia hosts the return of its great furniture, lighting and décor fair. An historic event set to showcase the offering of 404 exhibiting brands and companies across more than 45,000 square metres of exhibition space, to thousands of Spanish and international buyers from 45 countries.

 Valencia, 13th September 2017.- Feria Hábitat Valencia is back! Feria Valencia’s great event dedicated exclusively to furniture, lighting and décor returns next week with an edition that will be three times the size of the last one and has sparked interest amongst the leading players in the industry, who have applauded the fair’s return to its natural dates in September and the increased extent of its offering.

The present fair has exceeded expectations in terms of exhibitor numbers, with 404 companies and brands exhibiting, 21% of which are foreign, from the Czech Republic, the Dominican Republic, Germany, Italy, Malaysia, Mexico, Portugal, Slovenia, South Korea, Turkey and the United Kingdom. The most numerous foreign contingent is from Portugal and Italy, with 39 and 11 exhibitors respectively. The Spanish participation has increased with modern, contemporary and children’s furniture joining the foremost brands in the field of design, the avant-garde and décor.

The exhibits are being displayed over an area of more than 45,000 square metres, which means that the exhibition stands will be taking up three times as much space as at the last edition of the fair. The extra space also translates into more products to see in Feria Valencia’s four Level 2 pavilions, with thousands of Spanish and international buyers expected to attend.

On the international front, Hábitat has in fact confirmed that buyers will be arriving from Ukraine, Sweden, Russia, the Czech Republic, the UK, Qatar, Portugal, Panama, Norway, Mexico, Morocco, Malta, Lithuania, Lebanon, Latvia, Kazakhstan, Japan, Italy, Israel, Ireland, Iran, India, Hungary, Hong Kong, Greece, France, the USA, UAE, Denmark, Colombia, Cyprus, China, Canada, Belgium, Armenia, Saudi Arabia, Germany, Vietnam, Chile, Finland, Indonesia, Iran, the Dominican Republic and Azerbaijan. A group of 40 invited members of the press is also due to visit from Austria, Canada, China, Colombia, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Lebanon, Mexico, Morocco, Russia, Sweden, UAE and Ukraine. The press trip has been arranged jointly by Feria Valencia, public bodies IVACE and Icex and trade associations ANIEME and FEDAI.

Spanish industry professionals (retailers, architects, interior designers, decorators and purchasing managers from buying groups) have also shown considerable interest in this upcoming edition of Hábitat. In point of fact, the visitor register that is available via the fair’s website indicates a great increase of the number of visitors had registered to attend .

In this regard the fair undertook a number of promotional initiatives over the last few months and also booked more than a thousand hotel rooms to cater for demand from buyers.

Furniture production and exports rise.

The fair is taking place at a time when Spain’s interiors industry is showing clear signs of recovery. Furniture manufacturing was worth 4,227 million euros in 2016, 5.9% up on 2015, as highlighted by AIDIMME, the Institute for Metal, Mechanical, Furniture, Wood and Packaging and Associated Technology. This growth in the volume of business turned over by the furniture industry in 2016 has had a positive effect on employment figures which, following a decade of adjustment, grew 3.6% over 2015, reaching 59,275 professionals active in the 6,985 companies that make up the furniture manufacturing industry.

As for international trade, the value of sales of Spanish furniture outside Spain soared above 1,048 million euros in the first half of this year, equivalent to a 4.5% rise in the volume recorded for the same period last year, according to a report by the National Association of Furniture Manufacturers and Exporters of Spain (ANIEME) that highlights “the increase in sales of Spanish furniture in a number of markets that includes the United Kingdom, the United States, Morocco and Mexico.” Spanish imports of furniture, on the other hand, rose by 1.2% during the same period to a total value of 1,509 million euros.

Lighting – another of the sectors of the industry represented at Hábitat – also performed well on the export front, with sales abroad during the first six months of the year valued at 389.9 million euros, 6% up on last year. Imports were up too, by 12.2%, to a value of 444.4 million euros.

Design is central to the programme of events

As well as the substantial commercial offering, Hábitat 2017 has enhanced its content with a number of parallel events. The most notable are the

Salón nude for young designers, which this year features 26 participants including an international contingent (from Mexico, Korea and the Dominican Republic), and the fifth National Meeting of Associations of Designers (5ENAD), which will bring design professionals from all over the country together in the Events Centre on 21^st and 22^nd September. The Meeting is being hosted by the Association of Designers of the Comunitat Valenciana (ADCV), which is also the driving force behind this year’s Valencia Disseny Week, set to fill the city of Valencia with a whole variety of activities during the week of the fair.

The fair’s venue is also to be the setting for lectures and presentations such as those on the Ágora nude programme, which is sponsored by manufacturers Sancal and Porcelanosa. Speakers include National Design Prize-winning designers Miguel Milá and Mario Ruíz. Another attraction is the Actiu Meeting Point. Actiu also won this major prize recently and, along with the RED platform, will gather together all the companies that have won the award in recent years.

Taken together, as the event’s director Daniel Marco explains, all these elements comprise “a fair that reflects what the industry wants and we have created a very attractive, powerful showcase that will bring highly qualified buyers from both Spain and the international markets that are of most interest.” Hábitat’s director adds that “it was very important for us to bring back what had for many years been the major fair for the industry in Spain and one of Feria Valencia’s flagship events. The city and the industry deserved to have the great furniture fair back in September”. Marco has highlighted the “union” of all sectoral organizations around Habitat and especially “the strong support of the Valencian government and institutions such as IVACE International.”

Feria Valencia hosted the 7th European Microbiology Congress (FEMS2017), one of the top meeting point for scientists in this field, leading microbiologists around the world. This event brought together 2700 attendees from more than 100 different countries.

This Congress, organized by the European microbiology societies Federation(FEMS) and the Spanish Microbiology society(SEM) had presentations and activities led by relevant international microbiologist. The aim of this biennial event is to serve as a forum for ideas exchange and to define trends in research among members of the international scientific community dedicated to microbiology. This means the definition of the State of science and technology in areas of social interest as clinical microbiology and resistance to antibiotics, the Human Microbiome, food microbiology, environmental sustainability, or the latest advances in molecular biology techniques. Dedicated to young researchers, were held special sessions on the development of technology-based or training and professional development strategies.

Some of the most relevant speakers of this FEMS Congress edition are the French researcher Emmanuel Charpentier or the  Spanish ( Alicante) microbiologist Francis Mojica. Both are in the pools for the Nobel prize for their pioneers researches in biology and application in gene Edition of CRISPR-Cas9 system. These big names co-existed with the universities talent of young researchers and research centers, who showed and discussed the results of their work in the thousands of scientific communications at the Congress.

About Microbiology

Too small to be seen at a first sight, but with a huge impact in our lives, microorganisms are part of our daily lives. Microbiologists are looking for solutions to problems such as infectious diseases or ensuring the availability of healthy aquatic resources, but at the same time, explore the possibilities of use of the resources and positive qualities of micro-organisms, making progress in areas such as biofuels products, bioremediation of contaminated environments or the new bioactive compounds production.

About the Organization

FEMS is a Federation composed by 51 member societies from 36 European countries, connecting around 30,000 microbiologists in Europe, including the 2,000 members of the SEM. To promote scientific knowledge, both SEM and FEMS are responsible for the publication of scientific journals, organize and promote the development of this and other specialized conferences in different microbiology areas. In addition, FEMS and SEM grant prestige awards, as the prize Lwoff or Jaime Ferrán, respectively, provide funding for young researchers for the development of their scientific careers and support congresses organizers, microbiological issues courses and conferences at national or regional level.

• Madrid venues posts “no vacancies” for trade fair showcasing next season’s trends and textile collections from foremost Spanish and Portuguese manufacturers.

València, 10th July 2017.- All the indictors point to this being the most multi-faceted of the three editions of Home Textiles Premium by Textilhogar that have taken place so far. From 7^th to 9^th September this year the fair will be staging what is poised to be its biggest showcase to date at Madrid’s Caja Mágica with 98 manufacturers and brands confirmed as exhibitors.

The exhibition venue will as a consequence be posting that there are “no vacancies” and, although the number of exhibitors has risen by around 7%, the space available for the exhibits has increased significantly, to 34% more than at the last edition of the fair. This growth is due to the nature of La Caja Mágica as an exhibition venue, with many exhibitors having been able to take more space for their stands and thus improve the way they present their products.

At just three editions old, the fair has already established itself as the country’s leading trade fair for the industry and as a meeting point for all the various players that make up the home textiles, décor and upholstery business in the Iberian Peninsula.

Home Textiles Premium by Textilhogar will be showing a very select, quality offering from the leading Spanish and Portuguese manufacturers in the home textiles, décor and upholstery sectors, and textile and home linens designers amongst others. These companies will be showing over two hundred new collections and products ahead of the 2018 season.

As well as the main exhibition, the fair will also feature a trends space which will showcase the four main style trends set to mark the industry’s output in the coming season. Named ‘De Rerum Natura’, ‘Farbenlehre’, ‘Lux Perpetua’ and ‘PanOikos’, all will be on display in a dedicated area within the La Caja Mágica exhibition venue itself.

The event is organized jointly by Feria Valencia and the textile industry’s trade association ATEVAL – Home Textiles From Spain and has already opened its online ticket booking facility for professionals wanting to visit, with tickets purchased via the website priced at 10 euros each as against 15 euros when purchased at the ticket office at the venue.

Professionals coming to La Caja Mágica by car will also  able to use a supervised car park at the entrance on Calle Embajadores, whilst for those travelling by public transport the nearest underground station is San Fermín-Orcasur (Line 3) and the venue is served by city bus numbers 23, 78, 123, 180 and T32. The fair will be open from 10.00 to 19.00 on Thursday 7^th and Friday 8^th and will close an hour earlier on Saturday.

FOUR TOP TRENDS IN TEXTILES FOR 2018

• Fabrics are becoming more technological, more environmentally friendly, are being made in colours of many subtly different shades and are reflecting their ethnic roots more deeply.  Four trends that will be showcased at the upcoming Textilhogar. 

Valencia, 26^th June 2017.- Designs that combine technology and the environment, high performance textiles, technical treatments of colour and ethnic inspiration are the defining features of next season’s textile collections. Home Textiles Premium by Textilhogar, staged by specialist fashion and design consultancy Contexto Comunicación, has identified the four major core concepts that are driving next season’s trends and has put names to them: ‘De Rerum Natura’, ‘Farbenlehre’, ‘Lux Perpetua’ and ‘Pan Oikos’.

As has happened at the last two editions of the fair, these trends will be represented in an exhibition at Madrid’s Caja Mágica that will run for the three days of the fair. Titled ‘Trends 2018’, this exhibition is being curated jointly with Interiores magazine, with which Home Textiles Premium by Textilhogar is running a campaign to promote and publicize the culture of textiles to the design trade.

The four major trends for next season can be broadly described as follows:

• De Rerum Natura: Man’s commitment to his surroundings.

Technological advances are being applied to sustainable solutions that can be seen in the hybrid blends of natural, artificial and synthetic fabrics and are based on organic textures with ‘open’ weaves – intricate, porous surfaces. Science in concert with conscience: a solution that reflects a commitment to survival, with high performance ingredients and breaking the boundaries of technology and textile manufacturing processes. In doing this, the trend offers a strong story regarding sustainability and reduced use of water and energy in the production process, combined with innovative finishes and sustainable dyes.

Technology that can be worn and intelligent sensors combined with decorations and finishes that react to ambient changes boost results and afford unparalleled protection. Wellbeing can also be achieved through smart medical textiles that heal and nourish the body and improve its performance.

• ‘Farbenlehre’ (the theory of colours)

This trend is about colours that are bright and full of life, energetic and hallucinogenic, optimistic and stunning; it is about playing with physiological colours (those that the human eye generates rather than sees – guessed at, imaginary, fantastical, accidental or spectral), physical colours (those that are created by light passing through water, glass or haze) and chemical colours, also called corporal, material or permanent, all to promote a kaleidoscopic, multi-faceted appearance.

High performance textiles tested under conditions of maximum stress, textiles that reflect the strength and fair play of sport, the limits of human endurance. Technical treatments of textiles that seek to create stronger colours by means of semi-lustre, lustre and mega-lustre finishes and combinations thereof.

The starting point for this concept is tension as the epitome of a way of life on the edge of reality, a border that can sometimes be crossed over as if passing through the looking glass, like Alice, to play a game of cards with the Mad Hatter.

• ‘Lux Perpetua’.

Thanks to advances in science and technology, the capacity for research and developing new technological products has benefitted textiles as the industry seeks to remove all trace of handiwork and confer upon fabrics that divine quality that comes from manipulating light – capturing, reflecting and changing it.

Thus the new generation of light-infused fabrics is visually deceptive as it uses super lightweight surfaces that the eye can perceive in slightly different ways. The keys to achieving this effect  are refrigertion technology and iridescent threads.

These are high technology fabrics that are micro-woven – and even nano-woven – so that the weave is almost invisible to the naked eye. They are ultra-lightweight and include natural, fine fibres refined to the ultimate degree and blended with synthetics. The finishes look like something out of science fiction, with reflective, iridescent, prismatic colours.

This is definitely a fresh interpretation of the transparency of light, facilitated by digital processes. Shiny lacquered finishes and gleaming holographic finishes that seem to create the sense of rippling water make the fabrics come alive.

• ‘PanOikos’

The words refer to identifying, recognizing and discovering what different cultures and their artistic and creative outputs have in common and incorporating them in a way that is natural, relaxed and exciting. It is about reviving the pleasure of re-discovery and understanding in order, eventually, to appreciate the richness of diversity and the fun of what to include and what to leave out.

It is also about highlighting imperfection as one facet of beauty (wabi-sabi) or reinforcing the value of the imperfection when it is a fault by embellishing the repair (kintsugi), as intelligent solutions for preserving the shared home.

The next edition of Home Textiles Premium by Textilhogar opens its doors on 7^th September at Madrid’s Caja Mágica, closing on Saturday 9^th September. The fair will be gathering more than 80 Spanish and Portuguese businesses and brands together to showcase a select range of the finest textiles for the home, upholstery and décor.

HÁBITAT TO HOST FIFTH NATIONAL DESIGN ASSOCIATIONS CONGRESS

 Exhibition linked to the National Design Awards, Valencia Disseny Week, the Salón nude and series of lectures organised by Anieme are just some of an intensive programme of parallel events. 

 Valencia, 14^th June 2017.- Feria Hábitat Valencia has started firming up on a large part of the content that will be major attractions of the upcoming fair, which runs from 19^th to 22^nd September at Feria Valencia. Hábitat is thus adding a number of activities and events relating mostly to design and new trends in the built environment to a commercial content consisting of more than 300 exhibitor companies and brands.

One of the most significant of these events will be the fifth National Design Associations Congress (5ENAD). Organised by the Spanish Network of Design Associations (READ) and taking place on 21^st and 22^nd September at Feria Valencia, the congress will bring together more than 300 representatives of a community that comprises 8000 professionals based all over Spain. The gathering has established itself as the foremost event in the world of the culture of design in Spain and is being supported by the Comunitat Valenciana Designers Association (ADCV), which chairs the national association this year and will be making the arrangements for the 2017 Valencia Disseny Week , another of the major attractions associated with the fair.

Design is certainly set to be in the spotlight at Hábitat 2017: an exhibition linked to the National Design Awards is being complemented by the Salón nude’s ‘Ágora’ series of lectures delivered and attended by prestigious established professionals along with young design talent. The Salón nude will be another of the great events linked to Hábitat 2017.  This will be the 15^th edition of the show and will bring together a good number of Spanish and international design studios, universities, design centres and young manufacturers. nude has in fact made the leap into the international arena this year by including exhibitors from Mexico, Peru, the Dominican Republic and South Korea.

Along with this intensive design-centred programme, Hábitat will also be featuring a series of business- and industry-linked activities such as the ‘Anieme talks’ lecture  series and the ‘Technology Zone’ themed on new technologies, virtual reality and, in the ‘GastroHábitat’ area, new apps for arranging furniture and zoning restaurants.

Feria Valencia Convention & Exhibition centre hosted the 7th and 8^th of June the “Go Global “Congress, an internationalization meeting point in which more than 1,200 attendees registered. The second edition of this event provided participants with all support in this matter, the latest trends, seminars, as well as the opportunity to hold interviews with the international IVACE network delegates and different financing and insurance companies representatives.

Among the issues that were addressed in the 17 meetings and scheduled conferences are the public financing instruments for the internationalization of SMEs, brands such as engine of internationalization, e-commerce or the situation of the economic environment, in the hands of Jeffrey H. Bergstrand, specialist in international market , Government of the USA and the European Commission advisor, professor in the  finance department in the business school at the Notre Dame University(Indiana-USA).

“Go Global” is organized by the Valencia Region Chambers of Commerce ,International IVACE and ICEX Spain export and investments, and the main business associations of Valencian exporters, represented as well  a large number of exporter service.

The first edition, held in 2016, had around 1,000 attendees to the  54 conferences and more than 800 meetings, 35 exporters associations and 20 delegates representatives from the international IVACE markets.

More information :www.congresogoglobal.com/es/index

• The ceramic tile and bathroom event will be occupying an additional hall to accommodate exhibitor demand and the return of the machinery sector

Valencia, 29th May 2017.- CEVISAMA 2018 promises to be an historic edition. The leading event for the ceramic tile and bathroom sectors, which next takes place from 5^th to  9^th February at Feria Valencia, has already begun to market itself, with notable success. So much so that barely a week after CEVISAMA 2018 opened for booking, 35% of the space available to exhibitors next year had already been taken.

This is an unprecedented rate of reservations and demonstrates that the outlook for an event, which is planning to substantially increase the surface area given over to exhibits, is hugely positive. In line with this plan, CEVISAMA is adding Pavilion N2P6 to the eight halls it occupies at Feria Valencia on Levels 1 and 2. N2P6 is a new pavilion that will cater for the growing number of exhibitors, brands and products as well as being able to accommodate the machinery sector, which joins the fair every other year.

Intensive sales drive

 CEVISAMA 2018 will thus be a more attractive event, with even more content and this is being communicated through an intensive sales drive that is taking the fair’s specialist team on a number of sales missions to Portugal and Italy as well as around Spain. As part of the initiative CEVISAMA has this week also given a special presentation to the machinery sector, set to be followed by another, for the marble industry.

As the fair’s director, Carmen Álvarez, explains, “this spectacular start to the sales campaign means the 2018 edition of the fair will be an historic one, with the most comprehensive offering of the last ten years”. For Álvarez, who  is grateful to the companies that have already signed up , “their commitment to the event”, the fact of adding manufacturers of machinery and boosting the number of exhibitors from other sectors such as marble “will confirm CEVISAMA’s position as the world’s foremost fair for ceramic, natural stone, bathrooms, machinery and all other related activities”.

Records for the last edition of CEVISAMA show that 83,896 professionals visited, a 7.3% increase on 2016. As for international visitors, the fair broke its own record, with 12.3% more international buyers attending than at the previous edition.

Feria Valencia Convention & Exhibition Centre is hosting from yesterday Wednesday 17^th until Saturday 20^th of May the National Congress of Oncology Nursing, organized by the Spanish Society of Oncology Nursing (SEEO). This event will bring together a total of 400 specialists who will update their knowledge and nursing skills in the integral attention of the most predominant cancer treatments. The Congress, which also covers all areas of Oncology, will contribute to the development of the new roles of nursing in cancer care, giving visibility to the latest evidence in nursing interventions and clinical management. One of the central themes of the meeting will be the psychological approach in terms of information and communication in the different stages of the disease.

Concentro Events, production responsible of the Oncology Nursing Congress, has bet in event modernization by introducing it into the 2.0 era with a modern web environment (www.seeo.org and www.congresoseeo.org), as well as starting its presence on social networks. In fact, Congress can be followed on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram using hashtag #XVICongresoSEEO.

The Congress Honorary Committee is integrated by Carmen lot Gimenez, Regional Minister for Universal Healthcare and Public Health of the Generalitat Valenciana; José Antonio Avila Olivares, President of the Nursing Council of the Valencian Community (CECOVA); Omar Cauli, Chairman and Director of the Master in Nursing Oncology of the Nursing and Podiatry Faculty of the University of Valencia; and by Julio Fernández Garrido, Chairman of the Nursing and Podiatry Faculty of the University of Valencia.

Further program details can be checked here:

https://www.congresoseeo.org/programa/

The XIX has been visited by 14 000 people between Saturday and Sunday

The nineteenth Edition of the Manga Show will fill up Feria Valencia with young people this weekend. According to the Event Organisers more than 14 000 people have attended the show during the two days that the show has had its doors open.

The attendance of Yusuke Kozaki, character designer of the famous game Pokemon Go, has been one of the main appeals of this Show’s edition. Kozaki will participate in three exhibitor’s sessions apart from having held a conference on Saturday at 18:00 h.

The Manga Show has been a must appointment for every Valencian cosplayer, because they will have the chance to participate in contests, games, sessions and conferences which will also be attended by top player such as the Russian Narga & Aoki and the Madrid player Belify Bel. The Dance Contest has also been a total success with great attendance and was held on Saturday in the main stage.

Another activity which has been really striking was a live concert of the Flekis Band held on Saturday at 11:45, a group of 30 musicians coming from the Valencian town Mislata CIM, with a repertoire based on the melodies of the best-known video games and animated series like Dragon Ball Z, Princess Mononoke, Pokemon, Super Mario, Legend of Zelda, or Word of Warcraft.

You can check the full program here: https://ixjapanweekendvalencia2017.sched.com/

• Feria Valencia has published a study titled ‘Eixida 2027’ that takes a glimpse of the future for the Comunitat Valenciana in ten years’ time whilst also giving the official website a complete revamp.

 Valencia, 11 mayo 2017.- Yesterday King Felipe VI presided over the commemoration of Feria Valencia’s centenary at a major event held at the exhibition venue’s Events Centre. The King was accompanied by the President of the Regional Government, Ximo Puig, the Minister for Energy, Álvaro Nadal, the Mayor of Valencia, Joan Ribó and the Chairman of Feria Valencia’s Executive Committee, José Vicente González.

In his address the Monarch emphasised the point that Spain’s exhibition centres are “the cornerstones of sales promotion as they make the very most of the mechanisms and instruments that have emerged from the revolution in technology and from globalisation”. He also talked about the great value of the “human dimension and personal, face to face contact” that trade fairs provide and that technology “cannot replace.” “Exhibitions are unique events that are difficult to substitute with anything else”, he remarked.

The event recalled the opening on 10^th May 1917, in the concourse of the Estación del Norte and the patio of the San Vicente Ferrer Imperial School for Children in Valencia, of Spain’s first Trade Fair Centre, which launched the trade fair industry in our country. To mark the occasion, Don Felipe gave the Trade Union a memento in acknowledgement of the fact that it had been the Union that, a hundred years ago, had brought into being the institution that as Feria Valencia today looks to the future with optimism, adapting its management and business model to the new challenges posed by competition. Over the last financial year Feria Valencia hosted a total of 31 fairs and 37 events, showcasing products from 4,177 brands and manufacturers, 26.8% of which were international, hailing from 39 different countries. In 2016 Feria Valencia welcomed 5429,820 visitors, including 181,499 trade visitors and 14.2% from 152 countries.

Feria Valencia’s role as a driver of the economy

In their speeches the authorities acknowledged the key role that Feria Valencia and trade fairs play as economic drivers. Commenting on the subject, energy Minister Álvaro Nadal said that Feria Valencia has played a significant role and managed to devise a process for producing more services and products that ”has got better and better”. He chose to point out that the Valencia exhibition centre is in fact “one of the top 10 venues in the world” and that Spain, “thanks to this venue”, is the world’s fourth largest trade tourism destination, behind only the USA, Germany and the United Kingdom.

For Valencia Regional Government president Ximo Puig, Feria Valencia is “the finest showcase a company could have” , specifying that were it not for the exhibition centre it would be “hard to explain why the  Comunitat has repeatedly contributed a surplus”, which he claimed had been 12,400 million euros during 2015-16, “to Spain’s balance of trade”. This is why, he stressed, the institution’s rebirth would be “a driver for the generation of employment and opportunities”.

Valencia’s mayor, Joan Ribó,  who is also chairman of Feria Valencia’s board of trustees, said that the institution is “a tool that makes the city, the region and the whole of Spain competitive. The aim is for its activity to continue to generate business and employment in the city and the surrounding area, in sectors such as hotels, catering, restaurants, design and communications”. He pointed out that a stronger, global Feria Valencia “will mean bigger profits” for these sectors.

Speaking last the institution’s president, José Vicente González , commented that, whilst we “should remember the past” we should now “look to the future”. “A few pessimists said that the Internet would be the end of doing business at trade fairs, but they were wrong. There is nothing that can take the place of personal contact and touching the product,” González remarked.

From the past to the future: ‘Eixida 2027’

The Valencian exhibition centre has been busy throughout the first hundred years of its history, with the flow of activity only interrupted twice: once in 1921 on account of the period of mourning that was decreed after the Spanish army’s disaster near the Moroccan settlement of Annual, and between 1936 and 1942, the latter being the year in which the premises on the Paseo de la Alameda, which had been destroyed during the Civil War, were rebuilt.

Between 1917 and 1961 just one generic exhibition was organised each year then, in 1962, the venue extended its offering by staging Spain’s first event dedicated exclusively to toys. In 1963 the forerunner of the current Feria Hábitat Valencia, the Spanish Furniture, Wood and Wicker Furniture Fair was launched. The growth experienced in the sixties prompted the search for a new location. A few years later Valencia City Hall solved the problem by granting the institution the land upon which the venue stands today.

Given this background, Feria Valencia has also decided to take advantage of the anniversary to look to the future and has produced a commemorative publication titled ‘Eixida 2027. La Comunitat Valenciana d’ací a deu anys‘ (‘Eixida 2027, the Region of Valencia in ten years time’), in which 40 experts have imagined how this autonomous region will change in terms of demographics, logistics related to consumption, urban models, mobility, education, politics, technology, the production model, health and the role of women.

The prologue to the book explains that two central ideas emerged from different workshops that were held. The first is that the future is in the hands of society as a whole but that a sense of apathy is prevalent at the moment. The second key issue is that the future should be for all or there will be no future. In other wods, all the advances in technology, health, work and politics need to be directed at reducing the chasm that exists between rich and poor, whether these be individuals, communities, provinces, autonomous regions, countries or continents.

Of the propositions put forward the most notable included those to promote equality for women through education in fields such as science, the media, traditional culture and private life; to open education centres up to entities in the immediate area and to new professional profiles so as to create open schools; to use technologies that improve productivity and to continue with the lines of research and development that are already ongoing in areas such as 3D printing, nanotechnology applied to medicine, robotics and augmented intelligence.

The specialists also advocated fostering a vision of demography and migration that would create a plural society, promoting a more sustainable form of mobility, the political classes setting up a “Valencia 2027 strategy”, rationalising cities and making them more welcoming, encouraging intelligent consumption and reviving the values of the Mediterranean diet.

Coinciding with the main event marking Feria Valencia’s centenary, the institution has also launched a

new official website, with a completely fresh design and geared both to the new technological and connectivity requirements and to the needs of users, exhibitors and visitors.

The exhibition facilities have hosted five cinema and adverstisement shootings during the past month, including different scenes of the movie “ Amar”  which will be released next 21^st of April.

The flexibility of the different Feria Valencia spaces is an undeniable appeal to cinema and advertising producers, which have at their disposal locations to recreate the most varied situations comfortably working indoors as well as avoiding the problems generated by other kinds of spaces. A comfort which has resulted in recent weeks in the filming of up to five different, both cinema and advertising productions.

One of the productions has been the film “Amar”, which will be released next 21^st of April, who chose Feria Valencia to shoot a scene inside and another outside, with all the advantages of working in an indoor space and no need to apply for official permission. Speed and efficiency to optimize each shooting day.

Thus Feria Valencia becomes a suitable location to shoot commercials. This way, the international producers have carried out up to four advertising shootings for prestigious brands of the automotive industry and fashion during the months of March and April. These productions joined many others who used our facilities with a spectacular result.

• Event takes place on 22nd and 23rd November, organised by Feria Valencia and the Global Sports Innovation Center and will feature a combined forum and exhibition plus activities specifically for start-ups.

06/04/2017._ This coming 22nd and 23rd November Valencia plays host to the Sport IP Forum 2017, an international event that is set to be a pioneer in the treatment of news and trends relating to the management of rights in the field of sport and the production and distribution of content.
At the Sport IP Forum 2017, the top international experts will be reflecting on the present and the future of intellectual property through a series of lectures that will tackle the sector’s two big challenges in this area: the management of rights relating to competitions and the management of sportsmen’s and sportswomen’s rights. The event will also look at the implications of evolving technology in this field, again with regard to the production and distribution of content.
The event is being organised by Feria Valencia and the Global Sports Innovation Center powered by Microsoft (GSIC) and is the result of a deal struck recently between the two organisations with the overall aim of further promoting the sports industry. An event took place today in which Enrique Soto and Iris Córdoba, Managing Directors of Feria Valencia and the GSIC respectively, took part along with Microsoft Sports General Manager Sebastián Lancestremère.
Sport IP Forum 2017 will include a business-focused combined forum and exhibition that will feature presentations and launches of initiatives, solutions and business ventures along with B2B meetings and networking sessions. The Sport IP Forum programme also includes a session designed to provide opportunities and visibility for the most innovative start-ups in the field of sport.
The programme features four themed sections of prime interest to the industry:
– Intellectual property in sport and entertainment.
– The management of rights in individual sports events and in competitions.
– Intellectual property and sportsmen’s and women’s rights.
– Content production and the digital market.

As for the audience, Sport IP Forum will be exclusively for professionals and will target a very broad spectrum, from sports organisations to content production and distribution companies, along with legal consultancies, branding and sponsorship agencies, the media and sportsmen and women themselves, amongst others.
During the presentation of the Sport IP Forum, GSIC Managing Director Iris Córdoba underscored “the ambition we share both at the GSIC and at Feria Valencia to create a benchmark event for sport that will be stable over time and that adds value to the industry in the field of intellectual property and the management of rights, that is a key part of the economic model and the future for sports clubs and organisations, but also for sponsors, athletes and fans.”

For his part, Feria Valencia’s Managing Director, Enrique Soto, pointed out that the “event will be unique and will address an issue that is totally current, and will cover content that has not been covered at any previous congress. Also, given the highly energetic character that the regulation of the industry derives from sport itself, feedback on content is guaranteed, so the event will always be interesting in the future.”
Sebastián Lancestremère, president of the GSIC and General Manager of Microsoft Sports detailed the major issues that the programme will be focusing on, ranging from the legislation that applies to the management of rights to creating value through intellectual property, models for the management, sale and distribution of rights, the role of big data and the rise of e-Sports.

About Feria Valencia
Feria Valencia organizes more than a hundred exhibitions and events every year, 40% of which are international, and specialises in trade events. As for the exhibition space available, Feria Valencia is one of the world’s top ten venues, offering 231,000 square metres of indoor exhibition space.
Founded a century ago now, in 1917, Feria Valencia was the first exhibition centre to be set up in Spain. Over the last year, it has welcomed visiting professionals from more than 145 countries, all coming to see the products being shown by the 12,000 companies exhibiting at the various fairs.

About Global Sports Innovation Center (GSIC)
The Global Sports Innovation Center powered by Microsoft (GSIC) is Microsoft’s only innovation centre in the world that is dedicated specifically to the sports industry and has been set up as an open facility for applied research, demonstrations of innovative solutions (for both businesses and the consumer), training and networking for business development and job creation. The GSIC is a non-profit association that already works with more than a hundred businesses and organisations linked to sport based in 14 countries around the world.

Preparations for FIMMA – Maderalia 2018 are now under way. The next edition of the biennial trade fair for materials and technology for the furniture, carpentry, decorating and furnishing industry is set to take place from 6^th to 9^th February 2018 at Feria Valencia, coinciding once again with Cevisama (5^th-9^th February).  Prospects for the returning event are better than ever since the last edition, in 2016, fully exploited the synergies of running alongside the ceramic tile and bathrooms fair, increasing visitor numbers by 44% to more than 28,000, all professionals.

Starting the process, the Organising Committees of the two fairs met last week to give the next events the go-ahead and set its objectives. The two fairs, which will be celebrating their 38^th editions in 2018, will seek to consolidate their leading position in the Mediterranean region and, in the words of the committee members, “create major fairs again” by taking advantage of the current economic climate, the industry’s recovery and Feria Valencia’s capabilities.

Another of both FIMMA’s and Maderalia’s objectives will be to extend the range of products featured at the two showcases, both in machinery, technology and solutions for the industry (FIMMA) and in materials and components (Maderalia). Especially in the latter area, where numbers of new materials beyond wood, used in the contract sector for example, have been appearing lately.

New additions to the Organising Committees

The two Organising Committees were officially constituted last week and have both started working in their respective areas.  FIMMA’s organising committee will again be chaired by Santiago Riera (Rierge) whilst new members include Ricardo García (Bar-Gar and president of AFEMMA), Jan Peter Engel (Homag España Maquinaria) and José Sáez (Maquinaria Disber), who join Marc Farrarons (Herramientas Preziss), Roberto de Cecilio (Comercial Cecilio), Fernando Cots (Virutex), Francisco Luna (Biesse Group Ibérica) and Verónica Menoyo (AFEMMA), who were all members of the previous  Organising Committee.

Maderalia’s Organising Committee, for its part, will again be chaired by Francisco Perelló (Valresa) and has two new members: Alberto Santiago (Emedec) and Eugenio Valls (Faus International Flooring). The pair join the members of the previous Committee, who will remain for 2018: Javier García (Indaux) – who acts as vice-president of Maderalia-, Ramón Gabarró (Gabarró Hermanos), Vicente Roselló (Plásiticos Viters – Tarimatec), Manuela Rico (Cantisa) and Jorge Blanquer (Maderas y Chapas Blanquer).

New look for the campaign

A well as setting the dates and objectives for the fairs, the Committee also gave the green light to the new look for the FIMMA – Maderalia 2018 campaign. Created by Feria Valencia’s own Marketing & Communications Department, the new look emphasizes the industry’s technological development and the versatility of the new materials across different applications.

Optan empresas de gestión de accesos, geolocalización, gamificación, redes sociales privadas, inteligencia artificial, análisis predictivo, pasarelas de pagos integradas, tarjeteros virtuales para visitantes, ferias virtuales, realidad virtual y aumentada para expositores o cálculo de la huella de carbono, entre otras propuestas

. Esta semana se realizará la primera fase de la selección y la próxima las entrevistas personales con los que las hayan superado

. La decana del sector ferial en España, que este año celebra su centenario, es la primera en lanzar un reto tecnológico para avanzar en su modelo de gestión

El reto digital lanzado por Feria Valencia ha concluido su fase de captación con 41 empresas startups presentadas hasta el pasado viernes que concluyó el plazo. Se trata de la primera convocatoria de estas características realizada por un recinto ferial, que hace ahora un siglo creó la primera institución ferial en España.

Entre las 41 aspirantes hay propuestas muy diversas, desde geolocalización, pasarelas de pagos, mecanismos de inscripción y control de accesos, análisis de datos y predictivo, realidad virtual y aumentada para expositores, ferias virtuales, comunicaciones inalámbricas, redes sociales privadas, gamificación, inteligencia artificial, tarjeteros virtuales para visitantes, networking digital o eficiencia energética.

Durante esta semana se llevará a cabo la primera selección de los candidatos entre directivos de Feria Valencia y de Innsomnia, la entidad encargada de realizar el scouting y donde se incubará posteriormente a las elegidas. La semana próxima lugar las entrevistas personales y, tras ese proceso, las startups elegidas se incorporarán al programa a lo largo del mes de abril.

Durante un periodo de cuatro meses recibirán en la sede de Innsomnia, en la Base 2 de la Marina de Valencia, un proceso de formación y tutorización con el objetivo de que acaben convirtiéndose en proveedores de Feria Valencia para su proceso de digitalización.

La formación será mixta, impartida por mentores de Innsomnia y tutores de Feria Valencia. Los proyectos elegidos recibirán formación en digitalización de empresas, análisis de los procesos aplicados por otros recintos feriales, validación del plan de negocio y alternativas de financiación. Los tutores de Feria Valencia orientarán a cada proyecto para su aplicación al negocio ferial. Transcurridos dos meses se realizará el partners day, donde Feria y cada startup decidirán si el proyecto acaba convirtiéndose en un contrato de proveedor digital. El objetivo final es contratar el servicio o producto para aplicarlo en Feria Valencia, proponer una comercialización conjunta entre sus clientes o una comercialización individual o conjunta en otras ferias.

Las startups seleccionadas podrán alojar hasta cuatro personas durante cuatro meses en la sede de Innsomnia, donde compartirán espacio con otras startups internacionales y tendrán servicio de comedor, secretaría, conexión 5G, salas de reuniones y presentaciones, zonas de taller y acceso a las plataformas Inndux500 y tufinaciazion.com, entre otros servicios.

Las startups, Feria Valencia e Innsomnia firmarán un contrato de confidencialidad entre las partes y otro de exclusividad del proyecto presentado mientras dure el proceso de aceleración.

La 5ª edición de Creativa Valencia se presenta con la participación de más de 70 expositores del mundo de la creación manual, de los cuales participan por primera vez en Valencia: Carme Espriu, Casa de Tela, Color Velvet, Colores del Mundo, Marcar y Crear, Patch Creatures, Pegadecor, Reymatex, Silu y TMC Bolillos, entre otros. Más de 200 talleres y 10 exposiciones te esperan en Feria Valencia, con el objetivo de superar los 12.000 visitantes de la pasada edición.

Como novedad, Beapintypluser pone en marcha la iniciativa “Hogar Creativo: dando color a la esperanza“, en beneficio de la obra social del Hospital Sant Joan de Déu con el objetivo de dotar de muebles y objetos las sedes sociales que la Fundación tiene en España. En cada salón Creativa se impartirán talleres solidarios gratuitos bajo una temática. En el caso de Valencia serán el comedor y el estudio de la mano de los bloggers Brico&Deco, Jipijapas y Mi Armario Coqueto.

Encuentros

 El sábado 8 la reconocida Youtuber y didacta Raquel M. Adsuar, ofrece una demostración y masterclass en relación a la técnica del encaje de bolillos, coincidiendo también con el encuentro bolillero en el que se prevén más de 300 participantes de distintas asociaciones de bolilleras de España durante el fin de semana. La Asociación de Bolilleras de la Comunidad Valenciana ofrece talleres gratuitos infantiles de encaje de bolillos, además de juegos y actividades lúdicas; pintacaras, manualidades infantiles, etc., dentro del seminario “Proyecto Bobbin”.

Los amantes del Patchwork también podrán disfrutar de un encuentro organizado por la Asociación Valenciana de Patchwork (AVAPATCH), en el que se donarán las piezas realizadas a causas benéficas en la Feria de la Primavera que se celebra un mes después.

 

Talleres

El espacio de CreativAcademy ofrece una  variada oferta de talleres para aprender técnicas sobre costura, scrap, crochet, goma eva, home deco, pintura y mucho más, de la mano de nuestros expertos talleristas.  Todo el programa de talleres se puede consultar en la web.

• Vuelve el equipo de Carrotcake con sus talleres de scrap pero con una nueva propuesta y con materiales de su nueva colección.
• Esperanzarecicla presenta talleres de costura y diseño de complementos.
• Talleres de técnicas japonesas de pintura y manualidades, goma eva, animales 3D y mucho más de la mano de Imaginarte.
• Julia Sawabona enseña a crear objetos decorativos hechos con telas y cartonaje.
• Reino Fantasia presenta divertidos talleres de títeres y complementos con goma eva.
• The Crafty Room, ofrece talleres sobre técnicas como el bordado ruso, el bordado de tapiz y amigurumis.

 Por otro lado, expositores como Abacus, Antonia Font, Arte 43, Estevid Manualidades, Decoman, Inma Patchwork y Tandy Leather ofrecen talleres y demostraciones de productos en su stand.

Exposiciones

• La Asociación Valenciana de Patchwork (AVAPATCH), expone una colección de laboriosas piezas realizadas cuidadosamente por sus socias.
• La Asociación de Bolilleras de la Comunidad Valenciana (ABSOLCV) y la Asociación de Bolilleras de Paiporta, exponen una colección de trabajos de encaje de bolillos realizados por sus socias.
• Beapintypluser expone los muebles diseñados y costumizados en vivo por distintos bloggers para la Fundació Sant Joan de Déu.
• Carrotcake presenta todos sus trabajos y productos de diseño propio. No te pierdas “Los básicos de Elena” con trabajos para ver cómo sacar el máximo partido, la nueva colección de papel “Bright Life” de Quim Díaz, y “Christmas Scraps”  de Alberto Juárez perfecta para los trabajos navideños.
• Dayka Trade, fabricante de plantillas de estarcido, siluetas DM y papeles para decoupage, ambienta un precioso espacio con sus mejores productos.
• Jejoma Mercería Creativa recrea un cuarto de costura con detalles, utensilios y un montón de ideas para los asistentes. También, muestra videotutoriales gratuitos para aprender a hacer las labores expuestas.
• Manos Maravillosas, tienda online especializada en manualidades, labores y scrap, muestra su creativa y original exposición de fofuchas.
• Marcar y Crear expone un espacio de inspiración con manualidades que se pueden crear con sus productos.
• La escuela-taller Tissora de Valencia expone los magníficos diseños realizados por sus alumnos.

Creativa Live!

Por último, los visitantes también podrán participar en numerosos sorteos para ganar interesantes premios y disfrutar de desfiles y demostraciones en vivo sobre técnicas y productos en la pasarela de Creativa Live.

¡Os esperamos en la última cita de la temporada Creativa en Valencia!

Feria Valencia Convention & Exhibition Centre and Hall 5 were scene of the graduation ceremony of the 2016 European University of Valencia promotion of 2016. This event was attended by students, teachers and family members who celebrated the end of an academic and life cycle and that puts them at the gates of his professional future. During the event medals were given to new PhDs’ as well as they were special mentions to teachers and special prizes to students.

The European University of Valencia is a dynamic institution, oriented to bring value to the society and to actively contribute to its progress. True to its innovative vocation, it promotes applied and useful research for society and sustains its activity in the empowerment of the individual, with an international educational model, connected with the professional world and of high academic quality. Since 1999, it belongs to the Laureate International Universities network, leading institution in higher education that offers degrees to more than 1 000 000 students around the world in 28 countries. The European University of Valencia offers a total of 23 training courses, 220 degrees and double degrees, 127 postgraduate degrees and 5 doctoral schools, in all areas of knowledge.

Last weekend Feria Valencia held  the first edition of the Valencia Sex Festival, a festive and cultural event around the art of sex which gathered during Friday and Saturday in Hall 8 over 3 500 people. The festival, which had its foreword during the past two weeks with various activities in different cultural areas of the city of Valencia, combined the more playful side of erotic shows with lectures and workshops taught by professionals in Sexology and Psychology.

At the same time, the public could enjoy with more than 40 artists who performed nearly 100 live shows. DJ’s like Wise Men Project, Glory Roller or Pau Pérez spiced up the evening while you could see erotic shows in several scenarios such as sex live, Japanese bondage, BDSM, burlesque or pole dance… Liz Dust and La Diva were the speakers in charge of conducting the first edition of a festival that occupied more than 3 000 m² of exhibition area and which was awarded with a great attendance.