A multidisciplinary team committed to finding solutions in the field of health

n 1993 he founded Ingeniería y Diseño Europeo, SA., (IDESA) in the middle of the industrial crisis, in order to ensure that the twelve Asturian workshops that formed the company could go together to the international capital goods market. IDESA went from being the coordinating engineer for the work of these workshops to a benchmark manufacturer, with its own staff and workshops. In 2014 IDESA was sold to the Daniel Alonso Group, with more than 500 employees between office and workshop.
His extensive technical and management experience, his capacity for innovation and his positive vision of life, business and people become a luxury adviser who, even though he is already retired, still has a lot to contribute.

He firmly believes in innovation through technology and has advised many health organizations to transform the benefits of technology into positive results and to put in place appropriate ecosystems and business models to make the transformation sustainable. Pilar has been a member of the international management team of companies such as Cisco and Wolters Kluwer and has worked on four continents.
In 2014, Pilar founded i-Expand, a London-based consultancy specializing in helping technology companies in the Digital Healthcare sector expand globally. She actively participates in the global community of technological innovation in health: as a member of various associations, speaker at events, mentor and member of Make it Global, among others. Pilar is fluent in 9 languages.

With an algorithmic approach to problem solving and a fascination with geometry, shapes and optimization processes inspired by nature, Santiago has spent the last 10 years exploring the most innovative technology and design processes for people. He has worked for 2 years as a Design Technician for Additive Manufacturing (3D printing) at Prodintec (Technological Center in Asturias). He founded Vortica in 2010, a business project around generative design (algorithms + geometry) and, since 2018, he has been living in Galway (Ireland) as Prin. Human Factors Design & Engineer at Medtronic, developing more wearable medical devices.
A pair of running shoes, a fishing rod and a beer with friends would complete Santiago's profile.

After studying industrial engineering at the University of Oviedo, in 2000 he was hired as research staff at the University of Oviedo and the following year he became part of the staff of contracted professors at the University of Oviedo in the Department of Construction and Manufacturing Engineering. In 2003 he presented his doctoral thesis on CAD and educational innovation. He is a Master in Social Studies of Science from the U. of Oviedo in 2008.
After fifteen years of teaching and research experience at the University of Oviedo, he has accumulated more than 3,000 hours of teaching, 15 scientific publications in international journals with impact level (JCR), 30 research projects, more than 40 presentations at national and international congresses, 3 books published by prestigious publishers (Pearson-Prentice-Hall), 3 software patents, 40 courses taught and two doctoral theses directed on additive manufacturing and biomimetics. He has directed more than 60 final projects in industrial engineering and industrial technical engineering.
Since September 2015, he has directed the title of the University of Oviedo "Creative 3D Printing" and has participated in the creation of three spin-offs from the University of Oviedo: VORTICA (generative design), PIXELSHUB (serious games) and TRIDITIVE (3D printing). He has carried out several stays at prestigious universities of five weeks duration each (UCL – Bartlett School of Architecture - 2011-2013-2014-2015 and University of Edinburgh 2012) on topics related to teaching and research in ecodesign. He has the C1 - Cambridge English level obtained in 2013.
Currently he has two sections of research recognized by the CNEAI and focuses his research work on generative design and additive manufacturing.
In 2018 launches the MediaLab chair with the support of the Gijón City Council.
It is the organizer of TEDxGijon (www.tedxgijon.com - five editions), TEDxYouth@Gijon (www.tedxyouthgijon.com - four editions), of the BEEADOER education platform (awarded for educational innovation by the COTEC Foundation, Deloitte and the Royal Academy of Engineering in 2017 - www.beeadoer.com) and the AULAECO ecodesign working group (www.aulaeco.com).