The Congress of Conaif goes back to innovar in his 24ª edition
A total of 314 congressmen has assisted in Madrid to the XXIV edition of the Congress of
The result leaves fully satisfied to Conaif, that sees fulfilled his expectations. The congress, organised by this National Confederation of Associations of Installers in collaboration with his provincial association of Madrid,
Following the line initiated in Lleida the past year, the congress headed to the creation of value in the companies. It fulfilled the aim to arouse interest in autonomous, micropymes and SMEs so that they evolve to a new model of management of service companies, necessary in some surroundings like the current in continuous change and development.
Likewise, turned into the meeting point of all the members of the sector of the installations without exception, where generated contacts and collaborations between companies installers, manufacturers, distributors, energetic and professional companies of other fields.
José Luis López of Silanes, president of CLH-Logistical Company of Hydrocarbons.
In the inauguration, José Luis López of Silanes, president of CLH-Logistical Company of Hydrocarbons, had a memory for Ángel Olive grove, ex president of Conaif recently died, with the one who collaborated closely in his stage of adviser delegated of Natural gas. In his speech encouraged to the companies to plant face to the crisis with measures like the innovation and the conjoint effort, and pleaded for a return to the future to recover the confidence of the citizens in the business world, bringing to the present values like the ethical and the leadership. It said that the ethical has to be the true engine of the company and the people that commission to direct them, and awarded particular importance to that the leaders are “good people”.
The closure ran to charge of the general director of Professional Learning of the Ministry of Education, Ángel of Miguel Marry. In the same act took part the president of Confemetal, Javier Ferrer, and the one of Conaif, Esteban White, that announced that Málaga will be the city that will receive the Congress of Conaif in 2014 and Aefo, therefore, the host association.
Big speakers
The content of the Congress covered six thematic areas (motivation, illusion, reality, innovation, future and power) in which they deepened the speakers, all they of the maximum level and big recognition in Spain, to which was presenting Javier Captain, moderador of the Congress.
- Dr. Mario Alonso Puig: “The second opportunities exist”
Moving report, supported in videos and explanatory images of big impact, that in any of his phases caused the tears to the congressmen. As it posed the surgeon Mario Alonso Puig, “the world happened does not go to go back, now there is a new world that we have to build between all”.
XXIV Congress of Conaif.
Therefore it bet by the change, for raising to begin again and transform the problems in opportunities since, as it signalled of way convincente, the second opportunities exist. To be able to generate them recommended to keep the illusion in the future, value the cooperation and the work in team, act with determination, be inasequibles to the desaliento, focus in the essential and keep the faith in the success of what propose us.
- Andrés Pérez Ortega: “A mark is a footprint in our market”
In some competitive surroundings and homogéneo like the current where the installers have a professional profile more or less seemed, gave a series of guidelines to stand out by means of a personal mark and attain, in this way, that the customers consider us the most valuable professionals of the sector to which is worth it to hire. It treats to leave to be invisible and turn us into professionals of reference, associating our name to that that, as professional, can contribute to the market.
Develop a personal mark consists in identifying and communicate the characteristics that do us project, be notable, different and visible in our surroundings.
- Pilar Jericó: “The confidence is the key to surpass the fear to the change”
Spoke of the economic crisis that, between other consequences, is affecting emotionally to many and causing loss of illusion. It mentioned that the change is nowadays compulsory for the SMEs but the fear to initiate it us atenaza.
Pilar Jericó.
The talent, fundamental for the companies and the employers, can not develop with fear and this is the big enemy of the happiness. To surpass it, the confidence is the key. It signalled that it is necessary to have confidence in our own capacities and transform the challenges in opportunities to grow like people and professional.
- José Luis Izquierdo (Magician Dwell): “Or you change or they change you”
Signalled that everything is changing to a rhythm endiablado. The business, the surroundings, the distribution, the products, the competition and the customers no longer are as before, to such an extent that arrived to speak of a change of radical period to the that the companies –said- have to know adapt. “Those that have survived are those that have attained to adapt to the half”, puntualizó.
Doing gala of a fine sense of the humour and with a confident tone, the actor and screenwriter of the Hour of José Mota (TVE and TV 5) pleaded for to step, go out of the circle of comfort in which we find us and feel comfortable, and face a change to the that generally are used to to put multiple excuses.
José Luis Izquierdo.
“Change is a question of attitude”, aimed this speaker that gave big importance to the social networks like tools of contact with the customers and recommended his utilisation.
- José María de la Fuente / Marcos Hernández: “it does not be necessary to fear to the relief generacional”
Both installers, Madrilenian of Asefosam and with familiar companies to his charge, were interviewed by the Magician Dwell. They coincided in recommending to the children of installers that purchase firstly experience out of the familiar company and afterwards incorporate to her, avoiding like this the distortion of the reality that a sobreprotección of the family could generate.
José María de la Fuente encouraged to encarar the relief generacional indicating that “anybody better that the children to integrate in the company of the father and give continuity to the work of the founder” and insisted in the need that the new generations form properly.
Marcos Hernández by his part, successor of José Aurelio Hernández in Propano thermal sensors sensors, mentioned how had been chosen by his father to be at the top of the company in spite of being the small of three brothers. His university learning (economist, six years in EE UU) and the command of languages were keys in the decision.
Through this interview lived the day in day out of so many and so many companies installers that have to pose the succession generacional. “I am more installer and my son is more employer that I” – said José María de la Fuente-, a reality that is the one of a lot of familiar companies of the community of Conaif.
- Emilio Lasted: “The happiness resides in one same”
The “overdose of power” of which did gala in his report supposed an example of motivation for the assistants. It went up and low of the stage in reiterated occasions speaking of illusions, optimism, effort and happiness, without which is difficult to face the day in day out and attain put.
Said that this, the happiness, resides in one same and that there are four factors that can help in his research: keep fit, develop the mind (study, read, learn, etc.), cultivate the spirit (technicians of relaxation and breath, etc.) and manifest the emotions (sing, embrace, etc.).
Commented that to direct our life have to, first know us, afterwards know where want to go and, finally, want to undertake the way that mark us.
- Day of afternoon, of butano and propano: 'Your present with Repsol'
Like novelty of this edition, the first day of congress in the afternoon Repsol gave a series of brief talks on the distinct forms that the installers have to generate business jointly with the energetic company. They celebrated in two distinct rooms devoted, respectively, to the butano and propano. 'Your present with Repsol' was the catchword with which spread this day.
Parallel acts
The Congress had a series of parallel activities for the enjoy of the congressmen and his companions. The day 18 celebrated a cocktail of welcome offered by Natural gas in the Palace of the Stock exchange of Madrid, the 19 a breakfast offered by Repsol and this same day also, a dinner of confraternización sponsored by Tuvain in the Real Coffee Bernabéu. And the day 20 took place a dinner of gala with show, offered by Baxi, to charge of Leo Harlem in the finca The Alquería.
