Catena-X Competence Centre Official Launch

Official inauguration of the Competence Center, where the services made available to companies in order to accelerate the development and use of Catena-X solutions will be presented

On May 28, 2026, the official inauguration of the Catena-X Competence Center will take place, promoted by Innovalia and AIC. The event will bring together representatives from the business and institutional sectors and will address key topics such as the digital transformation of the sector, supply chain activation, and the services we make available to companies to facilitate their access to the Catena-X ecosystem and accelerate the development and use of trusted digital solutions. After the talks, there will be a guided tour of the center and a networking cocktail reception.
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Location: AIC

Agenda:

10:30 → 10:40: Welcome

Inés Anitua, CEO, AIC-Automotive Intelligence Center & ACICAE-Basque Automotive Cluster
Oscar Lazaro, Managing Director, Asociación Innovalia

10:40 → 10:50: Catena-X Infrastructure and Digital Ecosystem

Michael Hahn, Managing Director Value Creation & Technology, Catena-X e.V
Shanawaz Sheik, Director Sustainability, FLEX & Lead Internationalization Committee, Catena-X e.V

10:50 → 11:35: Sectorial Vision and Opportunities for the ecosystem

Oliver Ganser, Vice President Procurement & Supplier Network, BMW Group & Chairman Board of Directors, Catena-X e.V
Jean-Baptiste Burtscher, Group External Affairs Sustainable Development and R&D Partnership Director, VALEO & Member of the Board of Directors, Catena-X e.V
Frank Goeller, Programme Lead Catena-X, Volkswagen AG & Chairman of GAMS (Global Activation & Market Steering) Board, Catena-X e.V
Thorsten Huelsmann, CEO International Data Spaces Association (IDSA)

11:35 → 11:45: Plans for the promotion of sectorial Data Spaces

Ander Caneda Jorge, Area Coordinator, Dirección General del Dato

11:45 → 12:10: Competence Centre´s Capabilities

Silvia Rodriguez, Project Manager, Innovalia & Managing Director, Centro de Competencia Catena-X
Daniel Velasco, Project Manager, AIC-Automotive Intelligence Center

12:10 → 12:45: Roundtable (Moderated by Mikel Lorente, Technical Director, AIC-Automotive Intelligence Center)

Juan de la Peña, Vicepresident Innovation Strategies, Siemens Advanta Iberia.
Begoña Laibarra, CEO, Software Quality Systems, S.A. & Director, Catena-X Conformity Assessment Body .
Iñigo León, Product Development & Quality Manager, Arania, S.A.

12:45 → 12:50: Institutional Closing

Ainara Basurko, Deputy for Economic Promotion, Provincial Council of Bizkaia

12:50 → 13:30: Visit to the Competence Centre
13:30 → 15:00: Cocktail & Networking

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