Program

Three days of conferences, discussions and experiences that address the major challenges and opportunities of artificial intelligence.

Monday, October 26

  • Sala Manuel de Falla at the Congress Palace
  • 09:00 - 14:00

Within the framework of IV Congress of Artificial Intelligence of Andalusia, On Monday, October 26, the divulgative day will begin. Talking About Artificial Intelligence (TAI Granada), an initiative promoted by the newspaper IDEAL. It will be held at the Manuel de Falla Auditorium at the Congress Palace, It combines talks, debates and demonstrations that revolve around artificial intelligence applied to language, culture, music, creativity and ethics.

See the TAI Granada program

Tuesday, October 27

  • Sala Manuel de Falla at the Congress Palace
  • 09:00

Cafe Networking

Cafe | Networking

Duration: 30′

  • 09:30

Opening speech

Metamorphosis

Pilar Manchón Portillo | Director of Engineering and research strategy applied to conversational systems at Google AI.

Duration: 40′

  • 10:15

Institutional opening

José Antonio Nieto Ballesteros | Andalusian Minister on Artificial Intelligence, Digital Development and Public Administration of the Junta de Andalucía. President of the Digital Agency of Andalusia.

Marifrán Carazo Villalonga | Most Excellent Mayor of the City of Granada.

Duration: 40′

  • 12:00

Mathematics to save the world

Clara Grima Ruiz | Doctorate in Mathematics and full professor of Applied Mathematics, University of Seville.

Duration: 40′

  • 12:50

DISCUSSION TABLE: EUNOMIA.AI - Building European Public AI

Moderator: Manuel Escobar Montes | Deputy Director of Digital Services and Data Analytics, Digital Agency of Andalusiaa

Speakers:

  • Panos Louridas | Director of Research and Development, GRNET, Greece
  • Szymon Łukasik | NASK, Poland
  • Gabriel Maciá Fernández | Vice Rector for Digital Transformation, UGR, Spain
  • Jānis Ziediņš | KISC, Latvia
  • Stefan Thalmann | Uni Graz, Austria
  • GRNET, Greece

Duration: 60′

  • 14:00

Break for lunch

Break for lunch  14:00 – 15:30

Duration: 90′

  • 15:30

The revolution is not AI, it's you

Patricia Leal Freire | Clara de Minsait (Indra Group), responsible for the Social Services and Communication areas, for the Public Administrations market

Jorge Martos Pardo | Head of IA Business Development, Minsait

Duration: 25′

  • 16:05

DISCUSSION TABLE: WomanDigital Table

Moderator: María Luisa Ulgar Gutérrez | Coordinator of the WomANDigital Initiative in the Junta de Andalucía

Speakers:

  • Pilar Manchón Portillo | Director of Engineering and Applied Research Strategy for Conversational Systems, Google AI
  • Gloria Álvarez Benito | PhD, Tenured Professor, University of Seville

Duration: 40′

  • 16:55

When AI Takes Control: Intelligent Agents in Action

Olivier Perard | Distinguished ACE, Oracle

Duration: 25′

  • 17:25

DISCUSSION TABLE: The revolution of AI in the telecommunications sector

Moderator: Sergio Gómez Rojas | CEO and Managing Director, Sandetel

Speakers:

  • Pablo Soto Rodríguez | AI and Innovation Director, Vodafone
  • Íñigo Polo González | National Manager of Public Sector and Digital Services, MásOrange
  • Juan Delgado Díaz-Pache | Director of Artificial Intelligence Project Strategy, Telefónica
  • José Muñoz Escobar Head of Sales Local and Regions Government, T-Systems

Duration: 50′

  • Sala Andalucía I of the Congress Palace
  • 09:00

Cafe Networking

Cafe | Networking

Duration: 30′

  • 12:00

How to address the human component in the Agentic Era of Artificial Intelligence

Julio César Gómez Martín | Advisor Solution Arquitect, Dell Technologies

Duration: 25′

  • 12:35

Guidelines for a Safe AI

María Concepción Labao Moreno | Head of the Transparency, Open Government, 2030 Agenda and Information Security Service, Diputación de Málaga

Enrique Rando González | Minister Technician, CIAN, Digital Agency of Andalusia

Duration: 30′

  • 13:15

Monaka, the next-generation processor for the era of AI

Juan Antonio García Carrasco |  Senior Consultant HPC/IA/Quantum, Fujitsu FSAS

Duration: 25′

  • 14:00

Break for lunch

Break for lunch  14:00 – 15:30

Duration: 90′

  • 16:00

How we are working at the Digital Agency of Andalusia to develop AI software in a controlled manner

Manuel Rodríguez Sáez | Head of Government IT and Quality Service, Digital Agency of Andalusia

Daniel Martínez Sevilla | Chief Architect, NTT Data

Duration: 25′

  • 16:30

MISSION - Startups

Open Innovation Gates

Duration: 120′

  • Sala Andalucía II of the Congress Palace
  • 09:00

Cafe Networking

Cafe | Networking

Duration: 30′

  • 12:00

Debate panel: From AI Factories to Gigafactories: building Europe's sovereign AI infrastructure

Moderator: María José Escalona | Professor at the University of Seville and Director of the ES3 group

Speakers:

  • Carlos Rabazo | Manager of Digital Transformation and Innovation Ecosystems, Telefónica
  • Amalio Francisco Nieto | Head of Infrastructure & Cloud Section, GMV
  • Panos Louridas | Director of Research and Development, GRNET, Greece

Duration: 40′

  • 12:50

Debate Table: From co-workers to agents: is the Administration prepared to delegate tasks to AI?

Moderator: Juan Luis Ceada | General Director of Digital Transformation, City of Seville

Speakers:

  • Rocío Tortosa  | Regional Vice President, Salesforce
  • José Luis de la Fuente Palacios | Head of AI & Data, Devoteam Spain
  • Alfonso Martínez Cuadrado | Director of AI and Data Analytics, by logistics, Guadaltel

Duration: 40′

  • 14:00

Break for lunch

Break for lunch  14:00 – 15:30

Duration: 90′

  • 15:30

Video games: an exciting field for Artificial Intelligence

Pablo García Sánchez | Professor of Computer Engineering, Automation and
Robotics from the University of Granada, PyData.

Duration: 60′

  • 16:30

Workshop: Evolution and improvement of product with AI

Alberto Donaire Ávila | Engineer and specialist in artificial intelligence, ColoquIALab.

Javier Sacristán Fresneda | Specialist in UX/UI design and innovation, ColoquIALab.

Duration: 90′

Practical and gamified workshop where participants, in multidisciplinary teams, will learn to integrate AI into projects. Using a visual board and card decks (AI capabilities, risks, resources, interfaces), each group will build a product proposal. The session concludes with a cross-team analysis to assess feasibility and creativity, followed by a «digital brooch» consisting of a real demonstration of AI applied to the context of the room.

  • Target audience: eBusinesses, researchers, teachers and interested individuals.
  • Technical level: None.
  • Sala Andalucía III of the Congress Palace
  • 09:00

Cafe Networking

Cafe | Networking

Duration: 30′

  • 12:00

Without context, there is no scale. Data, semantics, and control for reliable AI

Carlos Rodríguez Abellán | AI Practice Lead, DXC

Duration: 25′

  • 12:35

Safe Implementation of AI: Securing from Design to Production

David Galdrán Álvarez | SE Team Leader Enterprise, Check Point

Duration: 25′

  • 13:10

DISCUSSION TABLE: AI and Quantum Computing: The Leap to a New Technological Frontier

Moderator: Francisco Luis Benítez | Director of Innovation and Prospectivity, Fidesol

Speakers:

  • Pilar Gil Jaldo | Engineering Manager, Safran
  • Pedro María de la Peña Tejada | Chief Inno Emerging Tech Officer Global Group, Ayesa
  • Ramón Canelo Gil | Head of Strategy and Innovation, Cenit

Duration: 40′

  • 14:00

Break for lunch

Break for lunch  14:00 – 15:30

Duration: 90′

  • 15:30

DISCUSSION TABLE: From Lab to Market - The eDIH's Journey

  • Arturo Collins Rivera | Manager, Business Consulting, Government, Public Sector & Defence, EY
  • José Luis Dessy | Manager, AI Granada Foundation, eDIH AirAndalusia
  • AI EDIH Hungary, DKF
  • Antonio Collado González | Coordinator eDIH CIDIHUB, Canary Islands

Duration: 40′

  • 16:20

DISCUSSION TABLE: Where will the senior of 2032 come from?

Moderator: Manuel Muñoz Megías | CTO, Cívica

Speakers:

  • Isabel Fernández Martínez | Director of Exponential Technologies, Babel
  • Grupo Solutia
  • Diego Hueltes | CEO and founder, Tadia

Duration: 40′

  • 17:10

Transformation of the roles of software engineering: specification-based development.

José Chamorro |DATA & Artificial Intelligence Lead, Accenture

Duration: 25′

  • 17:40

How to professionalize the use of AI, an agent-based platform for process execution

Esteban Morillo Baro | Head of Intelligent Automation, Servinform

Duration: 25′

  • Technological tables
  • 09:00

Cafe Networking

Cafe | Networking

Duration: 30′

  • 12:00

Technological Table 01

From sketch to hand-drawn design to interactive prototype with AI (oriented towards Granada Capital Cultural 2031)

Adrián Rivas | Web developer

Tomorrow: from 12:00 to 14:00
Late: from 16:30 to 18:30
(Session continues every 30 minutes)

Workshop 100% is a visual-oriented workshop aimed at reducing the time between an idea for a business and a digital product. It will be demonstrated live how to go from a schematic drawn on paper to a functional web interface. The process includes camera capture, reading with multimodal models, formulating a structured business prompt, and code generation, culminating in live iteration of styles and adaptation for mobile devices.

  • Target audience: non-technical profiles with business ideas and companies.
  • Technical level: initial / without code.
  • 12:00

Technological Table 02

Modifying and creating modules for Odoo with OpenCode

Nacho Cabrero | Organizer and producer of cultural and leisure events. Vértigo Apps

Tomorrow: from 12:00 to 14:00
Late: from 16:30 to 18:30
(Session continues every 30 minutes)

A technical session focused on demonstrating the capabilities of OpenCode applied to corporate environments. Through a practical case centered on the ERP Odoo, attendees will witness how custom modules can be quickly modified or created. The goal is to break the fear of technical implementation of AI, demonstrating tangible and direct benefits in management software.

  • Target audience: Python/Odoo developers, ERP consultants, support, and entrepreneurs.
  • Technical level: initial.
  • 12:00

Technological Table 03

NotebookLM: your AI research and reporting center

Daniel Romero | Specialized web developer and applications related to Artificial Intelligence

Tomorrow: from 12:00 to 14:00
Late: from 16:30 to 18:30
(Session continues every 30 minutes)

Training to exploit NotebookLM, Google’s research-assisted tool. You will be taught how to load and structure your own document sources (PDFs, regulations) and perform cross-references without the risk of hallucination (grounding). Participants will learn how to generate executive summaries, timelines, work schemes, and transform texts into explanatory audio.

  • Target audience: non-technical profiles with business ideas and companies.
  • Technical level: iInitial / user.
  • 12:00

Technological Table 04

Automation of tasks for small businesses and retail stores

Students of the I.E.S. P. Hermenegildo Lanz

Tomorrow: from 12:00 to 14:00
Late: from 16:30 to 18:30
(Session continues every 30 minutes)

A «no-code» session specifically aimed at solving bottlenecks in small businesses and local shops. It will teach how to audit critical processes (such as appointments or orders) and build flows that connect forms with messaging and dashboards. Essential privacy and legal handling of customer data guidelines will be included.

  • Target audience: Companies that are eager to integrate AI.
  • Technical level: initial / without code.
  • 12:00

Technological Table 05

Practical workshop on assisted design: Claude Design (Granada Culture 2031)

Marina Muñoz Cano | Full Stack Developer at Aircury.

Tomorrow: from 12:00 to 14:00
Late: from 16:30 to 18:30
(Session continues every 30 minutes)

Training to use advanced language models in the design and refinement of digital interfaces. The course will discuss how to translate business needs into architectural instructions, generating interactive mockups based on natural language. Attendees will learn how to quickly adjust visual styles, colors, and mobile responsiveness.

  • Target audience: non-technical profiles with business ideas and companies.
  • Technical level: initial / middle.

Wednesday, October 28

  • Sala Manuel de Falla at the Congress Palace
  • 09:00

The Age of Agential Security. Defending Machine Speed with Palo Alto Networks

José Antonio Lorenzo | Solutions Consultant Manager, Palo Alto Networks

Duration: 25′

  • 10:20

DISCUSSION TABLE: Culture versus Artificial Intelligence — Towards shared criteria from Granada 2031

Duration: 40′

  • 11:00

Cafe Networking

Cafe | Networking

Duration: 30′

  • 11:30

DISCUSSION TABLE: From experimentation to transformation. The challenge of deploying AI in the public administration

Moderator: Manuel Perera Domínguez | General Director of Development and Digital Strategy, Digital Agency of Andalusia

Speakers:

  • Antonio de la Prieta Antoli Managing Director Lead at Advanced Technology Center, Accenture España
  • Marian Aradillas Bejarano | Director of Business Development for AI, Data and Digital Experience, Ayesa
  • Francisco José Quirós Gómez | Head of Data and AI Governance & Management in Spain – NTT Data

Duration: 40′

  • 12:20

DISCUSSION TABLE: Alhambra Living Lab and the future of digital twins for Andalusia's heritage

Moderator: Rafel Mata Sánchez | Head of Innovative Digital Transformation Service, Digital Agency of Andalusia

Speakers:

  • Rodrigo Ruiz-Jiménez Carrera | Director of the Patronato de la Alhambra y el Generalife
  • Aurora Villalobos Gómez | General Director of Museums and Cultural Complexes, Ministry of Culture and Sports, Junta de Andalucía
  • Agustín Moreno | Canonigo Obrero of the Cathedral of Córdoba

Duration: 40′

  • 13:10

SOPRA STERIA TFG-TFM Award Ceremony

Delivery: Manuel Perera Domínguez | General Director of Development and Digital Strategy, Digital Agency of Andalusia

Duration: 30′

  • 13:50

Presentation - Podcast recording

Monos stochastic

Duration: 30′

  • Sala Andalucía I of the Congress Palace
  • 09:00

DISCUSSION TABLE: Justice, Mediation and Human Rights in the Digital Society: Can we do better justice with AI?

Speakers:

  • Verónica Quirós Blanco | Judge and PhD student at the University of Granada on new forms of cyberbullying and image modification using Artificial Intelligence
  • Eva María Ávila Becerra |Teacher Training Advisor, Junta de Andalucía

Duration: 30′

  • 09:35

DISCUSSION TABLE: Misinformation

Moderator: Fernando Trujillo | Director of the UGR-Ciudad Autónoma de Ceuta Chair in AI and Emerging Technologies for Well-being

Speakers:

  • Leticia Rodríguez Fernández | Full Professor and Director General of Strategic Communication, University of Cádiz
  • María Teresa Martín Valdivia | Professor of Languages and Computer Systems, University of Jaén

Duration: 25′

 

  • 10:10

Neuro-symbolic AI: Conversational systems

José Quesada | Co-Founder and Director of R&D, Lekta AI

Above Steria

Duration: 25′

  • 10:35

Nexyro Agents: Towards a unified government of AI

  • Miguel Ángel Núñez Sabín | Director of Technology, Architecture and AI in Territories, Sopra Steria
  • Ramón Serrano Valero | Architect of Solutions & AI, Sopra Steria

Duration: 25′

  • 11:00

Cafe Networking

Cafe | Networking

Duration: 30′

  • 11:30

AI: Augmented Intelligence. From Artificial Intelligence to Applied Intelligence

Ramón González Sánchez | Founder and Director of Technology, Mentomy Artificial Intelligence

Duration: 20′

  • 12:00

Chat VS AI Agents: The keys to turning AI into real value for companies

Joaquín Peña Siles | CEO of People1.ai and Director of Digitalization and AI at the University of Seville

Duration: 20′

  • 12:30

DISCUSSION TABLE: The Smart Administration: the impact of AI in the public sector

Moderator: Rosa María Torres de Paz | Senior Project Manager-Data leadership, Soltel

Speakers:
  • Alberto Céspedes Valero | Account Manager, Public Administration, Esri Spain
  • Oscar Fraile | Senior Solutions and Services Executive, Lenovo
  • José Juan Nebro Mellado | Founder, Gecor System

Duration: 40′

  • 13:20

DISCUSSION TABLE: How will we purchase technology in the Administration of the future?

Moderator: Rafael Pastor Sáenz | Head of the Information Technology Service. Directorate-General of Digital Health and Technological Infrastructures of the Andalusian Health Service.

Speakers:

  • Rosa María Martínez | General Secretary of the Andalusian Digital Agencya
  • Vito Epíscopo Solís | Deputy Mayor of the City of Granada
  • Fernando Cornello | Director of Consulting and Corporate Development at Sandetel

Duration: 35′

  • Sala Andalucía II of the Congress Palace
  • 09:00

DISCUSSION TABLE: From the form to the agent: How AI-enabled agents are reinventing access to public services

Moderator: Nacho Cortés Santos | Head of the Digital Administration Service, Digital Agency of Andalusia

Speakers:

  • Rafael Marín Nieto | Director of Citizen Relationship at Region SUR, NTT DATA
  • Enrique Alonso Teruel | Director Territory Andalusia, Salesforce

Duration: 30′

  • 10:10

DISCUSSION TABLE: AI agents in action, real cases and business transformation

Moderator: Héctor Gómez Loizaga | Director of the Advanced Analytics and AI Area, Solutia

Speakers:
  • Ana Tost Abadias | Head of the Data Science line in the Digital Health unit, Eurecat
  • Alejandro Revuelta Bellido | Business Director of Industry and Artificial Intelligence, Future Space

Duration: 40′

  • 11:00

Cafe Networking

Cafe | Networking

Duration: 30′

  • 11:30

DISCUSSION TABLE: Quantum ADA

Moderator: José Luis López | Optional Senior Staff, ANIA (Centre for Artificial Intelligence of Andalusia) – Digital Agency of Andalusia

Speakers:

  • Daniel Manzano Quantum Thermodynamics and Computation Group, University of Granada
  • Antonio Alcántara López | Manager, OnTech Innovation

Duration: 35′

  • 12:15

DISCUSSION TABLE: From hype to reality: protecting yourself in the age of AI

Moderator: Eloy Sanz | Head of the Cybersecurity Service, Digital Agency of Andalusia

Speakers:

  • Miguel Ángel Moreno | Public Sector Account Manager South Spain, Palo Alto
  • Daniel González | Director of Cybersecurity, Innovasur
  • Brais Chousa Arza | Director, PWC Spain

Duration: 40′

  • 13:40

DISCUSSION TABLE: Governance and operational intelligence for the public sector

Moderator: María Dolores Moyano | Chief of the Data Analytics and Government Service, Andalucí Digital Agencya

Speakers:

  • Jesus María Labarra | Division Director & PMP, Alten
  • Jorge Mira Prats | AI & Data Science Manager, Fujitsu
  • Francisco Javier Rodrigo | Head of AI Engineering, T-Systems

Duration: 40′

  • Sala Andalucía III of the Congress Palace
  • 09:00

Secure and Sovereign AI Agents: Risks, Containment, and Domestic Infrastructure Under Human Control

Thomas Endres |General Director, TNG Technology Consulting GmbH

Duration: 25′

  • 10:10

DISCUSSION TABLE: Beyond automation: applying AI to transform processes

Moderator: Alejandro Martínez Marcos | Head of Service of the Intelligent Automation Unit, Digital Agency of Andalusia

Speakers:

  • Jesus Calderón | Sales Director, Public Sector, UIPATH
  • Felipe Serranos Díaz | Head of Automation & Alliance Data-IA, ATOS
  • Rodrigo Barbosa Moreno | Head of Automation & Process Intelligence, Minsait

Duration: 45′

  • 11:00

Cafe Networking

Cafe | Networking

Duration: 30′

  • 11:30

Debate table: The government’s decision: how to govern AI decisions, not just their data

Moderator: Diego González | AI & Data Cloud Technical Manager, T-Systems

Speakers:

  • Juan José Gómez | Analytics and Data Governance Service, Digital Agency of Andalusia
  • Daniel Caro | Head of Andalucía Nexus, Tourism of Andalusia 

Duration: 25′

 

  • 12:00

DISCUSSION TABLE: Where does AI live? Data centers, energy, and territory

Moderator: Roberto Álvarez | Chief Operating Officer, Industry Office

Speakers:

  • Ignacio Cuerva Valdivia | CEO, Cuerva Energía
  • Daniel Hernanz Chiloeches | Director of Electronics, RF & Software Engineering, CT Engineering Group
  • Antonio Guerrero | Director of Technology and Security, Trevenque Group
  • Miguel Pascual Moriche | CTO, Alto Infrastructure

Duration: 45′

  • 12:50

AI in the disability assessment processes

Carlos Baena Parrado | Digital Agency of Andalusia

Duration: 35′

 

  • 13:30

DISCUSSION TABLE: AI at the service of people. Transforming lives

Moderator: Eduardo Haro Amate | CEO, Nazaries

Speakers:

  • José Manuel Robles Hermoso | CEO, Montevive AI
  • Isabel Vázquez Salmerón |RResponsible for AI, SIDN
  • Francisco Orellana | CEO, Internal·IA

Duration: 40′

  • Technological tables
  • 09:30

Technological Table 01

From sketch to hand-drawn design to interactive prototype with AI (oriented towards Granada Capital Cultural 2031)

Adrián Rivas | Web developer.

Tomorrow: from 09:30 to 14:00 (Session continues every 30 minutes)

Workshop 100% is a visual-oriented workshop aimed at reducing the time between an idea for a business and a digital product. It will be demonstrated live how to go from a schematic drawn on paper to a functional web interface. The process includes camera capture, reading with multimodal models, formulating a structured business prompt, and code generation, culminating in live iteration of styles and adaptation for mobile devices.

  • Target audience: non-technical profiles with business ideas and companies.
  • Technical level: iInitial / without code.
  • 09:30

Technological Table 02

Modifying and creating modules for Odoo with OpenCode

Nacho Cabrero Organizer and producer of cultural and leisure events. Vértigo Apps.

Tomorrow: from 09:30 to 14:00 (Session continues every 30 minutes)

A technical session focused on demonstrating the capabilities of OpenCode applied to corporate environments. Through a practical case centered on the ERP Odoo, attendees will witness how custom modules can be quickly modified or created. The goal is to break the fear of technical implementation of AI, demonstrating tangible and direct benefits in management software.

  • Target audience: Python/Odoo developers, ERP consultants, support, and entrepreneurs.
  • Technical level: initial.
  • 09:30

Technological Table 03

NotebookLM: your AI research and reporting center

Daniel Romero | Specialized web developer and applications related to Artificial Intelligence.

Tomorrow: from 09:30 to 14:00 (Session continues every 30 minutes)

Training to exploit NotebookLM, Google’s research-assisted tool. You will be taught how to load and structure your own document sources (PDFs, regulations) and perform cross-references without the risk of hallucination (grounding). Participants will learn how to generate executive summaries, timelines, work schemes, and transform texts into explanatory audio.

  • Target audience: non-technical profiles with business ideas and companies.
  • Technical level: iInitial / user.
  • 09:30

Technological Table 04

Automation of tasks for small businesses and retail stores

Students of the I.E.S. P. Hermenegildo Lanz

Tomorrow: from 09:30 to 14:00 (Session continues every 30 minutes)

A «no-code» session specifically aimed at solving bottlenecks in small businesses and local shops. It will teach how to audit critical processes (such as appointments or orders) and build flows that connect forms with messaging and dashboards. Essential privacy and legal handling of customer data guidelines will be included.

  • Target audience: Companies that are eager to integrate AI.
  • Technical level: initial / without code.
  • 09:30

Technological Table 05

Practical workshop on assisted design: Claude Design (Granada Culture 2031)

Marina Muñoz Cano | Full Stack Developer at Aircury.

Tomorrow: from 09:30 to 14:00 (Session continues every 30 minutes)

Training to use advanced language models in the design and refinement of digital interfaces. The course will discuss how to translate business needs into architectural instructions, generating interactive mockups based on natural language. Attendees will learn how to quickly adjust visual styles, colors, and mobile responsiveness.

  • Target audience: non-technical profiles with business ideas and companies.
  • Technical level: iInitial / middle.

Community events

Experience Matchmaking

Talent matchmaking – Company

On October 28, 2026, starting at 11:00 a.m., the IX edition of the Talent-Company Matchmaking event will be held in person at the Palacio de Congresos, a professional speed dating-style quick interview meeting integrated into the IV Congress of Artificial Intelligence of Andalusia.

During the event, each participant will meet with several companies in 5-minute shifts to explore employment opportunities and learn about their projects.

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