On Tuesday, March 25th, we will hold a new #CAFÈdelpackaging, a conference to network and share knowledge between business people and managers related to the industrial field through face-to-face sessions with special guests.

On this occasion, which will take place from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. at the Hotel Qgat (Sant Cugat del Vallès), we will have the participation of Mr. Pau Relat i Vidal, President of the Board of Directors of Fira de Barcelona and CEO of the company MAT Holding.

Relat studied pharmacy at the University of Barcelona and did his MBA at IESE. He began working at Industrias Químicas del Vallés, a company that would become MAT Holding after merging with Regaber. He has been CEO since 2004. In December 2018, he was the consensus candidate to preside over Fira de Barcelona and was re-elected in 2024.

Martina Font, president of the Packaging Cluster, will talk to Pau Relat, through a conversation called “Centuries of trade and 100 years of fairs in Barcelona: 2029 the great transformation”, where they will talk about the remodeling of the Fira exhibition spaces, where new works will begin next year for a volume of €300 million to update the Montjuïc area, 100 years after the 1929 International Exhibition that inaugurated the space. Also about the role that the Fira plays in the dynamization of the country's business fabric.

The meeting will also serve to talk about the role of the Mediterranean Sea in the role of its commercial function and how Barcelona has been a reference in international trade for centuries. Finally, they will discuss the future prospects for the industry and which economic model we are heading towards, in addition to the success of Hispack as a reference show for a strong, growing industry that is deeply rooted in our territory.

PROGRAM

9:00 – 9:30h Welcome coffee and networking among attendees.

9:30 – 9:40h Welcome by Mr. Eduard Barcons, Director of Institutional Banking in Catalonia and the Islands of Caixa d’Enginyers.

9.40 – 10.20h Conversation on “100 years of fairs in Barcelona: 2029 the great transformation”, Martina Font, President of the Packaging Cluster talks with Pau Relat, President of the Board of Directors of Fira de Barcelona and CEO of MAT Holding.

10.20 – 10.30h Question and answer session and debate by attendees.

10.30 – 11.00h Networking coffee.

11.00h End of the day.

Join us in this session. Exclusively for members.

Event sponsored by  Caixa Enginyers