Footwearise - December 2 & 3 - Barcelona
is sold out!! 

NEW STRUCTURE
NEW FLAVOR
NEW DATES
NEW NAME!
Recently Footwearology went through a profound yet positive change in organization, and for this reason we decided to move the second edition of our Footprint 3D event to December 2 and 3, 2024 AND we also decided to change the name!

Footprint3D is now called Footwearise! This name explains much better what the event is about: stimulating the rise of a better footwear industry by "footwearising" a wide variety of new technologies, not just 3D printing!

The new dates allow many more companies to join, since it is now after Formnext. All exhibitors that had already booked have stayed on, as well as all visitors. We also attracted several new sponsors. 

We thank everyone for their support! Tickets are available again now!

Would you like to exhibit at Footwearise or speak at the conference? Then contact us at info@footwearology.com
WELCOME TO THE SECOND EDITION OF OUR AMAZING EVENT!

Footwearise, hosted by international innovation platform Footwearology, unites all companies that are striving towards a common goal: to produce footwear close to market, on demand, with options for customization, from renewable and regenerative materials, including feasible and profitable retail and end of life systems. The event includes an exhibition, conference and networking opportunities, as well as a curriculum of workshops and demos in the days after.

The focus is NOT just on 3D printing but also on knitting, molding and any other technology or software that aims to improve to way we design, manufacture, use and re-use shoes.

The first edition in September 2023 was completely sold out and a spin-off event in Portland (USA) in January 2024 was so successful that we are now expanding and using even more space in our beautiful location.

Footwearise is not a traditional tradeshow. Instead, we are focusing on sharing knowledge and making effective connections between exhibitors, speakers and visitors that speed up progress for the whole industry. The first edition of the event last year September led to a multitude of fruitful collaborations that we are proud to show this time!

Event Schedule

Monday, December 2, 2024

09:00 - 18:00 exhibition
11:00 - 16:30 conference
18:00 - 20:00 networking event 
Tuesday, December 3, 2024

09:00 - 17:00 exhibition
11:00 - 16:30 conference
20:00 - 22:00 drinks and bites at Footwearology Lab
December 4-7, 2024

Side program with workshops, demos and factory visits together with our partners.

Locations

The Footwearise Event will be held in two main locations around Barcelona and its lively surroundings.

The main event on Monday, December 2, 2024, and Tuesday, December 3, 2024, will be held at Industrial AKROLL.

The side program and courses, from Wednesday, December 4, 2024, through Saturday, December 7, 2024, will be held at Footwearology Lab and other locations within walking distance.

Conference program Monday, December 2

10:30 - 11:15 kickoff keynote - FORECAST 2040

Nicoline van Enter - Founder at Footwearology

Nicoline van Enter shifted from predicting innovation to creating it. Now, for the first time in 15 years, she will return to her former profession as a forecaster to immerse the audience in her vision of the future, fusing the latest developments with various forms of AI, visualizing the footwear industry that we could all create together for 2040.

11:15 - 12:00 interview and live demo

Cornelius Schmitt - CEO at Zellerfeld

We speak with Cornelius about his experiences pioneering not only a new way of producing footwear, but also a new way of selling it directly from factory to consumer using an innovative system of time slots. And... we will demonstrate a new app for designing shoes that can be printed with FDM, creating a shoe together with the audience, which will then be printed at Zellerfeld´s facility overnight!
12:00 - 12:45 FUTURE SOFTWARE workflows

  • Carlos Pérez Albà - Business 3Development at McNeel Europe
  • Daniel Bachmann - Chief Innovation Officer at Spherene
  • Ivan Volchenskov - CEO at Newarc

In this section we speak about future design workflows from a software perspective. How will we combine AI with other 3D applications and how will that affect both our 2D and 3D workflows? Which other developments in software will prove to be key?
12:45 - 13:45 lunch break
13:45 - 14:30 bring it back barcelona

  • Lorenzo van Galen - Co-founder at WEAR
  • Pim Roggeveen - Co-founder at WEAR
  • Theo Nooteboom - Managing Director Erren Reconditioning
  • Sophie van Kol - Innovation Manager Footwear at Fashion for Good

The new EPR legislation forces companies in the EU to take responsibility for the waste management of their products even after the consumer has discarded them. In this special Barcelona edition of WEAR´s Bring it Back events - which are held each month in Rotterdam - we discuss how both worn shoes and excess stock can be kept in the market and maintain their value, which is not only much more sustainable, but also more profitable.
14:30 - 15:30 the tool twisters

  • Janne Kyttanen - Founder and CPO at What the Future
  • Ferran Navarro - CEO at Siocast
  • Rene Medel - Senior Digital Creation Engineer at Framas
  • Hélder Maias - Sales Director at ForEver® | Procalçado

Tooling has historically been one of the most expensive parts of footwear, but now we see a wave of innovation in this field, from using compostable compounds to completely new molding systems that enable local-for-local manufacturing setups. In this panel we do not only talk about these innovations as such, but also focus on how to get companies to embrace disruptive systems and reshore production.


15:30 - 16:30 resizing the future

  • Ales Jurca - VP Footwear Research at Volumental
  • Charles Held - CEO at Shoefitr.io
  • Fabrizio de Lucia - Founder at Future Footwear Department
    Jared Fiorivich - Founder at Future Footwear Department
    Jesse Gabriel - Founder at Future Footwear Department

This will be a very thought provoking deep dive on the future of shoe sizes. How can we combine information from big data sets of footscans like Volumental has, with information from automated shoe scanning like Shoefitr does, so we can better compare people´s actual size with their personal fit preference? And how can we then apply that information in innovative open source algorithmic last design and grading systems like Future Footwear Department´s New World Grade? How will technologies like printing and knitting reshape our thinking about sizes?
17:30 - 19:00 NETWORKING EVENT
only accessible with startup or vip ticket

Conference program Tuesday, December 3

10:30 - 11:00 OPENING KEYNOTE - PRINTING 360

  • Tim Downing - Footwear veteran & 3D printing expert

Tim is one of the few people the has in-depth knowledge of both the footwear industry and the 3D printing industry, having worked for many years at New Balance and Stratasys. He came to give a lecture on 3D printing for one of our 3D printing courses and we felt it was so informative that we asked him to repeat it at Footwearise. He will address the full range of printing technologies and explain their pros and cons from a footwear perspective.
11:00 - 11:30 KEYNOTE - HILOS ON-DEMAND MANUFACTURING MODEL

  • James Carnes - Head of Wearables at Hilos

James is the former VP of Global Brand Strategy and Sustainability for Adidas and is now a venture partner in promising footwear startups. He will talk about the on-demand and AI assisted design and manufacturing system that Hilos launched recently and how they are implementing this in a groundbreaking collaboration with Steve Madden. 



11:30 - 12:30 PRINTING FOR PURPOSE

  • Andrea Barchi - department lead 3D Printing at Prototek
  • Elia Schiavi - Co-founder at PUNTOZERO
  • Don Albert - Co-Founder Something Added
  • Nikolay Yudin - Co-founder NeoFoam

In this segment we discuss 3D printing with four very different companies, but they all have in common that they are using advanced, automated 3D design technologies and various kinds of printing to create functionality and performance that can only be achieved through additive manufacturing. 
12:30 - 13:15 future farmers

  • Stefan Weyrich - Sales Director EMEA at Ultimaker
  • Kuba Graczyk - CEO at Koobz
  • Alexander Zar - CEO at Lalaland

In this segment we talk about the challenges and opportunities of setting up 3D print farms for FDM with three companies that are involved in this in different ways: from building machines and software, to scaling up full FDM print farms by tweaking existing machines, to combining 3D pellet printing with traditional footwear manufacturing.
13:15 - 14:15 lunch break
14:15 - 15:00 looping back manufacturing

  • Garrett Gerson - CEO at Variant3D
  • Patrick Silva Szatkowski - Director of Marketing at Santoni Spa
  • Pedro Felix - General Manager at Cosmiknit

With these three companies we talk about two subjects that go hand in hand for them: how to bring back manufacturing to the USA and Europe and how to push the boundaries of knitting technology, from making it more accessible through innovative 3D design software for knitting, to creating shoe constructions that can be manufactured locally using flat knitting and circular knitting.
15:00 - 15:45 the automaters

  • Florian Pfeffer - Partner at Ito Ito
  • Maximilian Bock - COO and Co-founder at Eekual Bionic
  • Daniel Hambleton - CTO at Metafold 3D

In this section we look at how to automate manufacturing workflows from various angles, combining all the different technologies we have discussed throughout the conference. Ito Ito and Desma have developed an automated system that creates a knitted and molded shoe in a minimum amount of time, while Metafold specializes in automating workflows for additive manufacturing using data.
15:45 - 16:45 THE NEW LEAGUE

  • Rasoul Sarvehoveyda + Dani Mayolas - Computational designers at Footwearology
  • Shelly Levitte - Designer/consultant/researcher
  • Jesse Gabriel - Independent designer
  • Yael Joyce Vantu - CPO at Balena
  • Helen Wiehr - Founder and CBO at Hezo Sports

We are ending the conference with a very inspiring session that features several young designers that each have a passion for new design and manufacturing technologies.  They are also previous participants in courses or other Footwearology events. They will take us through their process, opening up our eyes to entirely new workflows, thought concepts, materials and manufacturing methods.
this closes the conference
and starts the side program of footwearise
your are welcome for DRINKS AT FOOTWEAROLOGY LAB

from 20:00 - 22:00
Carrer d´espronceda 103, barcelona

Footwearise Side Program Wednesday, December 4

Note: The side program is exclusively reserved for Footwearise attendees.

10:30 - 12:30
Excursion to SiOCAST injection molding factory
The excursion to SiOCAST offers an exciting glimpse into innovative silicon molding techniques that are transforming the industry. Discover a cutting-edge molding space where traditional methods are replaced with a new, efficient approach to silicon molding. Experience how SiOCAST achieves stunning textures and intricate designs, all while significantly reducing the cost of molds. It’s a game-changer for creating high-quality products with both style and affordability.

You’ll have the opportunity to tour the SiOCAST facility, located in the stunning, modern DFactory. This excursion is designed for those eager to expand their knowledge of innovative molding techniques that have the potential to revolutionize the footwear industry.

The excursion is free of charge with a maximum of 20 participants. Use the form below to register.
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14:00 - 16:00
Demo of LOOP knitting software by Variant 3D

We are so happy to have the footwear industry premiere of the LOOP software made by Variant3D. This program will make design for knitting so much easier and faster! LOOP allows you to draw your knitted upper directly on a 3D last and then simply drag and drop the knitting patterns that you want. The software then automatically makes the flat pattern and exports it to the machine. If you change the yarns and colors, the program automatically adjusts for that.

The Variant3D team will demonstrate the software and knit the upper straight away on our Stoll ADF machine!

This demo takes place at our own lab and is free of charge, but we have only 20 seats available, so please use the form below to register!

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16:30 - 17:30
Excursion to La Maquina Advanced Manufacturing

Barcelona is a real hub for new manufacturing. In walking distance of our lab you find La Maquina, a spectacular manufacturing facility that specializes in printing large objects - such as full store interiors - using enormous robot arms. During our visit we will not only witness the printing, but we will also visit the other departments of the company:

Noumena Data: A tech company that uses computer vision and machine learning towards more sustainable and efficient spatial solutions.

PURE.TECH: A company committed to driving sustainability and environmental conservation through the use of exceptional materials that have the extraordinary ability to absorb and eliminate CO2 from the air. 

This excursion is also free and allows a maximum of 15 participants. Please use the form below to register! 
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Free Spherene Workshop

December 4, 19:00 -20:00 & December 5, 16:00 - 18:00

online or on location (Footwearology lab and Mcneel Europe)

Spherene is an API and a plugin for Grasshopper that helps to minimize material and maximize strength. It allows designers to create optimal material properties for a variety of 3D printing methods, whilst minimizing the need for supports and speeding up your CAD workflow.

In this free workshop you will learn what Spherene can do and how to apply it to footwear through two use cases taught by expert teachers: René Medel (Senior Digital Creation Engineer at Framas) and Jesus Marini Parissi (Computational Design Engineer at Moon Rabbit Adaptive Lab).

This workshop is stream lived online, but if you are in Barcelona for Footwearise then you can join in person. The first part of the workshop takes place at our Footwearology lab and the second part at the European HQ of McNeel, the company behind Rhino and Grasshopper.

The Spherene workshop is meant for design professionals with at least a basic to intermediate knowledge of Grasshopper.

Program:
Wednesday, December 4, 19:00 - 20:00
Introduction to Spherene by Daniel Bachmann and Ralph Baertschi 

Thursday, December 5, 16:00 - 18:00
- 30 minutes demo of SubD Modeling for footwear parts by René Medel
- 1 hour practical workflow to apply ADMS in footwear geometry by Daniel Bachmann
- 30 minutes footwear parts analysis with Intact Solutions in Grasshopper by Jesus Jesus Marini Parissi.

Register for free with the form below. You will receive the Zoom links for the classes soon.
Thank you!

Footwearise masterclasses 4-7 December

Making Modular Footwear


Learn how to completely rethink the construction of footwear with a dream team of teachers and walk away with your prototype!
In this course we merge digital design, 3D printing and 3D knitting to create shoes that are ultra-versatile, so they can easily be customized, altered, resold and recycled.

We have teamed up with footwear innovation collective Nicer to assemble a dream team of expert teachers for this course who each bring a unique set of knowledge to the table. 

If you are joining the Footwearise conference and exhibition on December 2 and 3, you get a 10% discount on this course with code FOOTWEARISE. Only 6 spots available!

3D Printing Parametric Textiles


One way to 3D print footwear really fast is to create the upper as a flat textile and then stitch it together.
In fact, 3D printing offers options for textiles that are not possible with any other technology, especially in combination with parametric design software such as Grasshopper.

Combining this with different slicer settings and a variety of materials opens up an endless range of design opportunities, both in terms of aesthetics and performance. This course allows you to explore these in-depth and is suitable for all kinds of designers, not just footwear designers.

If you are joining the Footwearise conference and exhibition on December 2 and 3, you get a 10% discount on this course with code FOOTWEARISE. 
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EXHIBITOR PROFILE

Suppliers of:

  • Digital Design and CAD/CAM software
  • AI, AR and VR applications
  • Computational design services
  • Biomechanics and foot scanning solutions
  • Software and platforms for on-demand retail


  • Machines for digital manufacturing technologies such as 3D printing, digital printing, knitting, molding, welding and after-processing


  • Materials for all these types of manufacturing
  • Biofabricated materials


Manufacturers with automated, local manufacturing facilities

Providers of take-back, repair, resale and recycling systems

Research and training institutes for the footwear industry

VISITOR PROFILE

Footwearise has successfully captivated an high´-level international audience of influential decision-makers and early adopters of cutting-edge digital technologies, representing both established multinational corporations and innovative startups.

The first edition of Footprint 3D attracted brands from all segments, such as Nike, Puma, Gucci, Louis Vuitton, Dr. Martens, Decathlon, Alohas, Reef, Ecco and many more.

CEOs and founders of footwear brands and factories, including the orthopedic industry

Directors of design and innovation departments of footwear brands

CSR managers and material buyers

Retailers (physical and ecommerce) with an interest in ondemand systems and/or take back systems

Technology investors

Partners in Footwearise 2024

Footwearology is the only academy for footwear professionals. We enable you to gain the knowledge that will get you, and the companies you work for, ready to create and embrace a better future. All our courses take place online and/or in our LAB in Barcelona, Spain.

Besides teaching, we do research and consulting, focusing on redesigning the entire footwear supply chain by directly connecting technology suppliers, creatives and social media platforms.

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