October 23 to 25, 2024 | Porto, Portugal

19.00 Meet & Greet

09.00 Opening by President
Miguel Nogueira, President of the ICDLI

09.15 Keynote: Sustainability challenge for the European economy
Dr. Oliver Balch, Journalist

09.45 Workplace Revolution: Adapting to a Multigenerational Workforce
Joana Castro Pereira, Peppermint & Elvira Cardoso, Soul Temple

10.15 Coffee Break

10.45 Design language of the future
Pilar Paiva de Sousa, PPS

11.15 Requirments for the interior design of cruise vessels
Patrick Ostheimer, P-O-I.Design®

12.00 Lunchbreak

14.00 Functional transfer coatings
Philip Haller & Florian von Kuczkowski, Upco Srl – German Branch

14.30 Polymer fibers
Fernando Cunha, Fibrenamics

15.00 Coffee Break

15:30 Plenary Assembly (Members only)

16.30 End of lecture day

17.30 Evening programm (Tour by bus)

18.30 Visit to a traditional port distillery

19.30 Dinner – both Ferreira Cellars

09.00 International Economics and Trade with a focus on Southern Europe
Rui Henrique Alves, FEP - School of Economics and Management - University of Porto

09.30 ICDLI Market Report
Markus Höchli, ICDLI Market Research Groupe

09.40 The current M&A environment and its impact on the HPL market
Alexander Kubo, MP Corporate Finance

10.10 Coffee Break / hotel check out

10.45 BASF approach to sustainable amino resins
Dr. Ralph Lunkwitz, BASF

11.15 Skis made of HPL
Dano Waldburger, Timbaer GmbH

11.30 Intelligent Laminates
Claudia Costa, SURFORMA

11.45 Closing remarks
Miguel Nogueira, President of the ICDLI

12:00 End of lecture day

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