The upcoming Cersaie 2024 will focus on education and career guidance in a dedicated meeting and seminar space in the Gallery between Halls 21 and 22.
This is an important new thematic area for the Ceramic Tile and Bathroom Furnishings Exhibition due to be held in Bologna from 23 to 27 September.
On the morning of Tuesday, 24 September at 10:30 a.m., Cersaie 2024 will feature a seminar entitled “Human Factors and Safety in Complex Organisations. Procedures for migrating aeronautical models to industry” which will be worth two educational credits for participating engineers. The speakers include will Clemente Ingenito, pilot of ITA-Airways’ Airbus A-320, and Carla Miselli, a chemical engineer with expertise in continuous cycle production processes and a Member of the Board of the Order of Engineers of Modena. The conference is aimed at professionals working in complex organisations and aims to enhance the value of human resources in advanced manufacturing systems and in safety within the context of Industry 5.0.
The following conference, scheduled for the same day at 3 p.m. in the afternoon, is entitled “Decarbonisation, Circular Economy, and Digitalisation in the Ceramic Industry: the CCS4CER and BLOCH4MAT Projects” and will be presented by Centro Ceramico. The themes of decarbonisation, circular economy and digitalisation are fundamental to the ecological transition that will have to be implemented by numerous industrial sectors over the coming years in order to comply with European sustainability goals. Speakers include Maria Chiara Bignozzi (UNIBO/Centro Ceramico), Valentina Scognamiglio (Centro Ceramico), Stefania Albonetti, Alessandro Allegri (both from CIRI FRAME/UNIBO), Roberto Scaccabarozzi (LEAP), Valeria La Torre (Centro Ceramico), Alessandro Bellini (CIRI EC), Fabiana Raco (TekneHUB/UNIFE) and Massimo Stefani (Harpaceas).
A seminar entitled “R&D Cooking Director. Storytelling by Roberto Carcangiu” will be held on Wednesday 25 September at 10:30 a.m., worth two educational credits for participating engineers. The meeting aims to provide a comprehensive technical and organisational framework for tackling issues of sustainability, design and scientific disciplines in the catering industry. The seminar will be led by Roberto Carcangiu, educational director and teacher at Congusto Gourmet Institute in Milan and Chairman of Apci (Professional Association of Italian Chefs) and coordinated by Carla Miselli.
This will be followed at 3:00 p.m. by a conference entitled “Emilia-Romagna Territorial Innovation Ecosystem – PNRR – Mission 4: Case Studies in the Ceramic Sector”. In order to maintain the region’s international leadership role, the project aims to support the ecological transition of the regional economic and social system by engaging all sectors, technologies and skills. It seeks to combine digital transition and sustainability with workforce well-being and environmental protection, aligning with the objectives of the Agreement for Work and the Climate, and integrating with regional, national and European programmes. The speakers will include Riccardo Fantini (DSCG-UNIMORE), Mattia Sisti (DSCG-UNIMORE), Fabiana Altimari (DIEF-UNIMORE), Sonia Conte (CNR-ISSMC), Cristina Siligardi (DIEF-UNIMORE), Giovanni Ridolfi, Benedetta Ferrari (Centro Ceramico), Simone Bandini (CERTIMAC), Letizia Cremonini (CNR-IBE) and Stefania Manzi (DICAM-UNIBO).
On Thursday 26 and Friday 27 September, Cersaie will host the Career Days featuring of a series of meetings between 26 exhibitor companies and students. Thursday’s sessions will be aimed at university graduates and graduating students who are taking part through cooperation with the inter-university consortium AlmaLaurea and the placement offices of the Universities of Bologna, Modena and Reggio Emilia, and Ferrara. Friday’s agenda will focus on high school leavers who are taking part through agreements between the individual schools and Confindustria Ceramica.
