Agenda
Enjoy a curated agenda featuring insightful panels, speakers, experiences, and leisure time
Take a look to an outline of the agenda. More exciting confirmations to come!
ALL DAY | Arrivals
Check in at Cabogata Beach Hotel, El Toyo, Almeria.
Enjoy a wellness experience offered by C.O.D.E.
ALL DAY | Optional Activities
- Shuttle every hour from the hotel to discover Almeria City Center:
- Visit the most important historical sites of Almeria
- Try authentic tapas in a local atmosphere!
- Walk our Mediterranean sea promenade
- Get inspired by a hands-on experience with local craftmen and women at the hotel lobby.
20:00 | Mediterranean Sunset
Welcome to Almeria. A hidden gem located between the desert and the sea.
Natuzzi invites you to an opening dinner with a Mediterranean-infused menu, connecting with our roots and local flavours.
07:00 | Breakfast at the hotel
08:00 | Departures by bus
Transfer to the Cosentino factory traversing the Tabernas desert, movie set of the most famous films from Sergio Leone.
09:15 | Arrivals at Cosentino & Sustainability Tour
Panoramic visit to the Cosentino factory featuring one of Europe’s largest self-consumption solar panels
10:00 | Keynote by Tom Dixon
World-renowned designer, Tom Dixon, will enlight us with an inspiring presentation featuring Metamorphic, the installation that challenges bathroom conventions and that was presented at Milan Fuori Salone as a collaboration with Cosentino.
11:00 | Keynote by Claudia Afshar
Claudia Afshar, renowned designer from the UK, along with Valentin Tijeras, Product and Research and Development VP at Cosentino, will explore Ukiyo, a new take on wall cladding with Dekton material and the exciting possibilities on luxury bathroom spaces.
11:30 | Cosentino Factory sessions
Hand-on immersive activities at the Cosentino labs, Dekton factory and Inspira Lab, including the following keynotes:
- The new Outdoor room, by Ryan Bloom, CEO at Urban Bonfire
- Material Bank: the fastest and most sustainable way to search and samples materials, by Philippe Brocat, Head of Europe
- C·Top Design, by Jorge Lope, Commercial Director Europe and Juan Francisco Campos, Europe Design Sales Europe at Cosentino.
13:15 | Lunch at the Cosentino showroom
Gancedo invites you to a quick meal at the heart of the Cosentino factory.
14:30 | Cosentino Factory sessions (continuation)
Hand-on immersive activities at the Cosentino labs, Dekton factory and Inspira Lab, including the following keynotes:
- The new Outdoor room, by Ryan Bloom, CEO at Urban Bonfire
- Reinventing Architectural Samples Delivery in Material Bank, by Philippe Brocat, Head of Europe
- C·Top Design, by Jorge Lope, A&D Director Europe and Juan Francisco Campos, Europe Design Sales Europe at Cosentino.
16:00 | Transfer back to the hotel
17:00 - 19:00 | Time to rest
19:00 | Transfer to Surprise Location
20:00 | Arabian Stars
Once in a lifetime experience at a historical heritage spot in Almeria, featuring a unique dinner with Arab flavours and a special show, sponsored by Pattio.
07:00 | Yoga
Recharge your batteries with an optional yoga practice by the beach sponsored by Simon.
08:00 | Breakfast at the hotel
09:00 | Trip to the Future: Meet the Design Consumer of 2025
Tamara Leguia, Senior Trend Consultant at WGSN, will take us on a journey to 2025 and the profile of consumers of the design industry based on reseach.
09:40 | Success Story: Tétris + Cosentino
Meet Tétris, an expert company in turnkey projects that has helped grow the Cosentino City network around the globe.
9:50 | Inspiration Discussion Panel
Maite Sebastiá, Head of Editorial Content AD Spain, is moderating an exciting discussion panel bringing some of the best names in interior design:
- FormaFantasma
- Kar-Hwa Ho
- Ramon Esteve
- Claudia Afshar
10:30 | Meet Vibia: Emotional Atmosphere Design
Bárbara Ventosa, CCO at Vibia, will present a leading lighting company bringing a new take on sustainable and design-oriented fittings.
10:45 | Break
11:15 | Dornbracht Recrafted: a Best Case in Sustainability
Jordi Galiana, Global Key account Manager at Dornbracht, will present ReCrafted: a new and sustainable way pf designing the best quality faucets.
11:30 | Technology as a Symbol by Andres Reisinger
Andres Reisinger, one of the world's most sought-after digital artists, is going to go over one of the most excruciating topics for design in the upcoming years: Artificial Intelligence.
12:10 | Planika: the future of the fireplaces is now
Get warmed up with the most exclusive and innovative fireplaces, coming all the way from Poland, with Edyta Nowak and Katarzyna Maciejak.
Planika will also reveal the winner of their contest to design the best Wall Fireplace featuring Dekton.
12:25 | Innovation in its purest form
Discover a new technology by Gaggenau, displayed in a Poggenpohl kitchen.
13:00 | Lunch time
Quick bites with the most typical Spanish flavours
15:00 - 18:30 | Networking
- Meet & great at the Platinum product corners
- Get a private moment to interact with brand partners and other designers
- Visit the C.O.D.E Oasis for a wellness experience
- Learn more and register at C·Top Design booth
- Rest by the pool
18:30 | Transfer to the Cabo de Gata natural park
19:00 | Desert & Sea Dinner
You are invited to an unforgeable closing dinner at a private estate overwatching the Natural Park of Cabo de Gata.