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TUESDAY 2nd MARCH 2010
Plenary Room

11:00 h Reception and registration.
12:00 h. Official Inauguration of the Congress
12:30 h. Opening conference
               Stone from Spain: Design and Avant-garde.
               Mr. Manuel Sánchez
               President of Spanish National Stone Federation.
13:00 h. Lunch

SESSION 1. EXPLORING AND QUARRYING

15:30 h. Integral and sustainable use of industrial mineral & rocks: natural stone
               Mr. Salvador Ordóñez Delgado
               Rector of Menéndez Pelayo International University
16:00 h. Paper presentations
17:45 h. Roundtable
                Moderated by Mr. Björn Schovenborg. PhD In Mineralogy & Petrology
                Co-ordinator of EU-activities CBI (Swedish Innovation Centre for Rock and Stone in Construction)
18.15 h. End of session

WEDNESDAY 3rd MARCH 2010
Plenary Room

SESSION 2. MANUFACTURING AND PROCESSING
09:30 h. Emerging trends and challenges in the stone processing industry

Mr Luis Guerra Rosa

Professor Materials Engineering, Tech. Univ. of Lisbon

10:00 h. Paper presentations

11:00 h. Coffee Break

11:30 h. Paper presentations
13:00 h. Roundtable

Moderated by Mr. Carlo Montani

Scientific Editorial Manager, Natural Stone Division, Il Sole-24 Ore Business Media

13:30 h Lunch

SESSION 3. ENVIRONMENT
15:30 h. Sustainable development indicators for the stone sector: what really matters,

Mr. Carlos Peiter

Head of Mining Clusters Division, Centre for Mineral Technology Ministério da Ciência e Tecnologia Brazil

16:00 h. Paper presentations

17:30 h. Coffee Break

17:45 h. Paper presentations
18:45 h. Roundtable

Moderated by Mr. Antonio Costa Dieb

General Director CEVALOR - Centro Tecnológico para o Aproveitamento e Valorização das Rochas Ornamentais e Industriais

19.15 h. End of session

Salón Almirante. Parallel Sessions

10:15 h. The Sound of Stone.

Mr. Iván Larrea. Stone Organs Builder

11:30 h. Paper presentations Topic Session 4.- Natural Stone in Architecture

12:30 h. Paper presentations Topic Session 5.- Characterization and New Products

Moderated by Mr. David Beltrá Torregrosa. Secretary Board of Director. Mármol Alicante, Asociación Comunidad Valenciana

13:30 h. Lunch

16:00 h. Paper presentations Topic Session 2.- Manufacturing and Processing

17:00 h. Coffee Break

18.15 h. End of session.

Moderated by Mr. Jesús Domínguez Hernández. Delegate of Professional Association of Mining Technical Engineers of Alicante

THURSDAY 4th MARCH 2010
Plenary Room

SESSION 4. NATURAL STONE IN ARCHITECTURE
09:30 h. Rock, Paper and Scissors

Ms. María José de Blas and Mr. Rubén Picado

Architects and Professors of Projects at UPS-CEU, Madrid

10:00 h. Paper presentations

11:00 h. Coffee Break

11:30 h. Paper presentations
13:00 h. Roundtable

Moderated by Marcantonio Ragone, Architect, IMM Carrara
13:30 h Lunch

SESSION 5. CHARACTERIZATION AND NEW PRODUCTS
15:00 h. The Properties of Natural Stone for Architecture, Some Reflections on its Current Problematic and Approaches of Future
Mr. Fernando López G-Mesones

Dr. Ing. Mining, Professor of Polytechnic University of Madrid
16:00 h. Paper presentations

17:00 h. Coffee Break

17:45 h. Paper presentations
18:00 h. Roundtable

Moderated by Ms. Paola Blasi

Dr. Geologist, IMM Carrara
18:30 h. Official closure
21:00 h. Formal dinner at Santa Bárbara Castle

FRIDAY 5th MARCH 2010

SPECIAL PROGRAMME
MARBLE’S DAY, organized by Asociación Mármol Alicante

10:00 h. Welcome Reception and Coffee, at Pinoso’s Cultural Centre

10:30 h. Opening Ceremony:

- Presentation of Mármol de Alicante and Marble’s Day agenda

- Welcome speech by the Mayor of Pinoso and other authorities

- Delivery of materials

11:00 h. Stone Architectures: from Stereotomy to Skin