{"id":16391,"date":"2026-08-05T16:53:07","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T14:53:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arsutoriastudio.com\/the-aec-is-focusing-on-ai-to-drive-growth-in-the-sector\/"},"modified":"2026-08-05T16:53:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T14:53:07","slug":"the-aec-is-focusing-on-ai-to-drive-growth-in-the-sector","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arsutoriastudio.com\/en\/the-aec-is-focusing-on-ai-to-drive-growth-in-the-sector\/","title":{"rendered":"The AEC is focusing on AI to drive growth in the sector"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"articleWrapper _hero-content-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"articleContent _hero-content-body\">\n<p class=\"text body\" doc-editable=\"text\" data-component-id=\"doc-1ddala6tn0\">The specialised training programme in Artificial Intelligence, aimed at professionals and companies in the sector, is organised in collaboration with 3DSoul School and funded by the Valencian Regional Government\u2019s Department of Industry, Tourism, Innovation and Trade, with the aim of accelerating digitalisation, automation and business innovation in the footwear components sector. The initiative has been designed to integrate Artificial Intelligence into the day-to-day operations of companies, through highly practical content and use cases relating to management, design, production, logistics, sales, e-commerce, technical documentation and customer support.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text body\" doc-editable=\"text\" data-component-id=\"doc-1jv96h5420\">The programme comprises 72 hours of face-to-face teaching and will take place between September and October 2026 at the 3DSoul School campus in Elche (Avenida de la Libertad, 136), with a maximum of 15 participants per course. The training will be free of charge for participants, as it is funded by the Generalitat Valenciana.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text body\" doc-editable=\"text\" data-component-id=\"doc-1jv96h54b0\">\u201cWith this programme, we aim to help companies in the sector integrate artificial intelligence in a useful, secure and results-oriented way, boosting their productivity, their capacity for innovation and their competitiveness,\u201d says \u00c1lvaro S\u00e1nchez, Director-General of the AEC.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text body\" doc-editable=\"text\" data-component-id=\"doc-1jv96h54k0\">FIVE COMPLEMENTARY TRAINING COURSES<\/p>\n<p class=\"text body\" doc-editable=\"text\" data-component-id=\"doc-1jv96h54s0\">As part of the 72-hour training programme, participants will be able to choose the courses best suited to their professional needs:<\/p>\n<p class=\"text body\" doc-editable=\"text\" data-component-id=\"doc-1jv96h5560\">1. Introduction to generative AI applied to the business world, lasting 21 hours.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text body\" doc-editable=\"text\" data-component-id=\"doc-1jv96h55d0\">2. Automation of business activities and processes using AI, lasting 15 hours.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text body\" doc-editable=\"text\" data-component-id=\"doc-1jv96h55t0\">3. Digitalisation of business processes using AI and Vibe-Coding tools, lasting 18 hours.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text body\" doc-editable=\"text\" data-component-id=\"doc-1jv96i4vq1\">4. AI agents, agent-based AI, risks and security in the workplace, lasting 12 hours.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text body\" doc-editable=\"text\" data-component-id=\"doc-1jv96h56n0\">5. Research and development in generative AI applied to the footwear sector, lasting 6 hours.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text body\" doc-editable=\"text\" data-component-id=\"doc-1jv96h5760\">The activities will combine basic technological concepts with sector-specific workshops, including the creation of content and visual resources, the automation of orders and documents, the creation of dashboards, the prototyping of no-code solutions, the implementation of virtual assistants, and the analysis of risks related to cyber security and the protection of business information.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text body\" doc-editable=\"text\" data-component-id=\"doc-1jv96h57e0\">Info: www.3dsoulschool.es\/acciones-formativas-calzado-aec\/<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Spanish Association of Footwear Component Manufacturers is launching a free specialist training programme to accelerate digitalisation, automation and business innovation within the sector.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16394,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[148],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-flash-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arsutoriastudio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16391","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arsutoriastudio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arsutoriastudio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arsutoriastudio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arsutoriastudio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16391"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arsutoriastudio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16391\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arsutoriastudio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arsutoriastudio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arsutoriastudio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arsutoriastudio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}