Paula QUEIPO
Director of Business Area
Idonial
Gijon, Spain
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About me
Director of the Business strategy and development Department at Idonial Technology Center. Coordination of the business development team.
Identification of new business opportunities and market niches for the Company, strategy elaboration, customer management, institutional representation, networking and communication .Project manager of international collaborative projects and management of multicultural working teams. Main areas are Advanced Manufacturing, additive manufacturing , Digital transformation and materials.
PhD degree in Materials Science and Technology in 2003 from the University of Oviedo (Spain). Professional experience in several European entities such as Abo Akademi, VTT and Technical University of Technology (Finland), University of Leeds (UK), and CSIC and University of Oviedo (Spain).
Since 2015 linked to the defence sector for the development and applications of new technologies and materials. She belongs and actively participates in EDA and NATO working groups mainly related to additive manufacturing, disruptive technologies and materials development.
She is a founding member and current secretary of the Asturias Defence Hub, which brings together more than 50 companies in the sector. She has also promoted and participated in projects in defence R&D&I programmes (EDF, Coincidente (Spanish defence programme), SPS...) and national and European tenders.
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Speaker sessions (1)
Thursday, 22 May 2025
10:25 - 10:55
What's next? Funding opportunities
LIFE Programme, European Defence Fund, Cat. B projects - Opportunities and requirements