Foro Latinoamericano de Calzado
FORO LATINOAMERICANO
DE CALZADO
August 13th, 14th, and 15th, 2025
9am to 8pm
SAPICA | Guanajuato / México
The next edition of the Forum will be held in Mexico together with SAPICA.
This is one of the most important fairs in the footwear sector in Latin America. It brings together more than 380 exhibitors, 2,000 brands, 14,000 visitors and generates more than 6,600 business meetings.
About the Foro
Foro Latinoamericano de Calzado
The Foro Latinoamericano de Calzado is an initiative of the Agrupación de Cámaras de Calzado de América Latina (ACCAL), which comprises the following countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela.
The event takes place with the aim of promoting integration between footwear entities in Latin America; bring knowledge through expert lectures; share practical success stories from companies in each country.
The Foro has a history of 26 editions, each year being held in a country selected as the host. And for the XXVII edition, ACCAL chose the city of León, Guanajuato, Mexico, with CICEG and CANAICAL as hosts.
ACCAL - Agrupación de Cámaras de Calzado de América Latina
We are the Latin American group, made up of associations and chambers, integrated by footwear and component factories, along with its entire leather and footwear value chain, with the objective of producing and generating work in Latin America.
13 countries are participating: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador,
El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay
and Venezuela.
With more than 50 years of experience, we represent 13 countries from Mexico to Argentina, with more than 2 million workers and more than 100,000 companies.
CICEG / CANAICAL
The Footwear Industry Chamber of the State of Guanajuato (CICEG) has 99 years of history dedicated to promoting the Mexican footwear and leather goods industry, offering its members world-class services that generate added value and strengthen their national and international competitiveness.
The National Footwear Industry Chamber (CANAICAL), founded in 1942 in Mexico City, has since acted as the business representative body for the national footwear sector.
Speakers
Meet the speakers of the 27th edition of the Foro
Daniel Risafi
CIC (Argentina)
1st Vice President
Shoe stylist technician, has worked in the sector for over 30 years. He is 1st Vice-President of the Argentine Footwear Industry Chamber and Vice-Coordinator of the Foreign Trade Department. President of ACCAL and President of the Argentine Chamber of Defense Security Industries. Member of the admin board. of the Argentine Chamber of Security, and of CAME.
Priscila Linck
Abicalçados
Market Intelligence Coordinator
Priscila Linck holds a Bachelor's degree in Economics and a Master's degree in International Economics. In 2018, she received 1st place in the COFECON Brazil Economics Award in the monograph category. With over 10 years of experience, she specializes in market intelligence and trade defense and serves as the Market Intelligence Coordinator at Abicalçados.
Horacio Moschetto
CIC (Argentina)
General secretary
Horacio Moschetto has served as General Secretary of the Argentine Shoe Industry Chamber since 2003 and has been Director of the Chamber since 2001. He coordinates the Department of Foreign Trade and owns an SME that produces casual shoes. He has been actively involved in the footwear industry for 30 years.
Miguel Gutierrez
CALTU (Equador)
President
Miguel Gutierrez é Presidente da CALTU - Camara Nacional de Calzado do Equador.
Alejandro Biasiolli
CAMCUNIC (Nicarágua)
Presidente
Alejandro Delgado is president of CAMCUNIC - Cámara de cuero y calzado de Nicaragua
Edwin Reyes
Grecalza (Guatemala)
Vice President
Edwin Reyes is Vice President GRECALZA Guatemala. CEO of Industria de Calzado Reyes S.A
Haroldo Ferreira
Abicalçados
Executive president
Haroldo Ferreira holds a Bachelor's degree in Administration, a postgraduate degree in Production Management, and a Post-MBA in Leadership. He has over 30 years of experience in the Brazilian footwear sector as an executive in industry and sector entities. In 2019, he assumed the executive presidency of Abicalçados.
Ricardo Espinoza Chauca
CEIMD (Peru)
Presidente do Conselho
Ricardo Espinoza has more than 25 years of experience. He is president of the Chamber of Entrepreneurs of machine inputs and derivatives in the leather and footwear sector and director of Expo Detalles Peru. He also runs Revista Detalle Empresarial, a leader in the sector and distributed throughout South America.
Héctor Antonio Ramos Castro
ASPCA (El Salvador)
Presidente
Héctor Antonio Ramos Castro is president of ASPCA - La Asociación Salvadoreña de Productores de Calzado y Afines
Maurício Battaglia
CICEG | CANAICAL (Mexico)
President of the Board of Directors
Industrial and Systems Engineer, with a specialization in Business. With more than 30 years in the footwear industry and 26 years as General Director of the Mexican footwear brand Bambino. President of the Board of Directors of the Footwear Industry Chamber of the State ofGuanajuato and of the National Footwear Industry Chamber, since 2023.
German Gonzales
ACICAM (Colombia)
Executive president
Business administrator with more than 17 years of experience at a managerial and international level. German is Executive President of ACICAM- Colombian Association of Footwear, Leather and Manufactures Industries.
Alejandro Biasiolli
CICU (Uruguay)
Presidente
Alejandro Biasiolli is president of CICU - Cámara de la Industria del Calzado del Uruguay
Lucas Feltes
WT.AG
CEO and Founder
Graduated in Business Administration and MBA in branding. CEO and Founder of WT.AG, a communications agency with offices in São Paulo and Novo Hamburgo/RS. Serves clients such as Unilever, Vicenza, Assistcard, Via Marte, Arezzo & Co, Unicred do Brasil, Abicalçados, Multiplan, Nomad Global, Supper Rissul, Macromix, Saccaro and Nurnberg Messe Brasil.
NAICHE VAN DER POEL
Grupo Oscar
Diretor de Compras e Comercial
Graduated in Economics, PhD in Administration, Master in Retail, MBA in Sustainability, MBA in Marketing, and MBA in Business Management. Career focused on omnichannel retail in the areas of shopping, commercial, e-commerce and operations, with experience at major players such as Walmart.com, Netshoes, Oi Telecom, TIM, RV Tecnologia.
BRAZIL'S CASE GRUPO OSCAR
With more than 40 years of history, the OSCAR Group has e-commerce and a network of +180 multi-brand footwear, clothing and accessories stores that allow consumers to find products for the whole family in one place. Currently, the Oscar Group is made up of the Oscar, Jô Calçados, Carioca Calçados, Gaston and Paquetá chains, with stores spread across the states of São Paulo, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, Porto Alegre and Santa Catarina.
Lorenzo Hernández
Mario Hernandez
Creative Director
Lorenzo Hernández Olarte, creative director of the Mario Hernández brand. Graduated with honors from the University of the Arts London. Designer specialized in branding with more than 6 years of experience in the world of fashion.
COLOMBIA'S CASE MARIO HERNÁNDEZ
What started as a small Colombian leather goods store in 1978 is today a luxury brand of bags, wallets, accessories, belts, shoes, luggage and more. Mario Hernández is named after its founder, one of the most nationally recognized Colombian businessmen, and currently has physical stores in Colombia, Venezuela, Costa Rica and Panama.
JORGE HERNÁN TORNERO
JULIA Y TORNERO (CHILE)
President
His first business was a small textile factory, which opened in 1971. Since 1980, he has been dedicated to footwear companies. It has been distributing since 2001, with Bebece, since 2003 distribution and Ferracini footwear stores. Today it has 46 footwear stores in Chile and distribution of women's footwear from Ramarim, Comfortflex, Via Marte, Terra & Agua and the own brand Chalada.
CHILE'S CASE JULIA Y TORNERO
Distribution, stores and representation of footwear businesses with 46 stores in Chile. In addition to working on its own brand Chalada, it represents Brazilian footwear brands such as Ramarim, Comfortflex, Via Marte, Terra & Agua.
JOÃO PAULO PICOLO
NÜRNBERGMESSE BRASIL
CEO
With more than 20 years of experience in the fair sector, he worked at Transamerica Expo Center, Informa Exhibitions and Reed Exhibitions. After his first stint at NürnbergMesse Brasil, from 2005 to 2009, João Paulo Picolo returned to the company in 2016, now as CEO.
GIANPAOLA PEDRETTI
EXPO RIVA SCHUH
Exhibition Manager
GianPaola Pedretti is Head of the International Business Unit and Exhibition Manager at Expo Riva Schuh and GardaBags. She has 3 years of experience in Russia as an import and export representative. She was also head of the Brixia Expo division and spent 16 years at Veronafiere (one of the Italian exhibition leaders).
William Parrado
ACICAM (Colombia)
Executive vice-president
William Parrado is Executive Vice President of ACICAM - Colombian Association of Footwear, Leather and Manufactures Industries.
Marnei Carminatti
INSPIRAMAIS
Design Management Consultant
Consultant in Design Management at the Inspiramais Research and Design Center. Coordinator of the Preview do Couro project, designer, speaker and specialist in the creative process for product development, content, research and curation of collections in Brazil and Latin America.
LUANA LANZINI AND LUANA SAVADINTZKY
Fashion Directions
Founding members
Luana Lanzini has a degree in fashion design, specializing in fashion trends forecasting and shoes design. She worked on brands such as Schutz, Alexandre Birman and Guess Europe. Luana Savadintsky has a degree in Fashion Business and has worked in the sector since 2007. She has collaborated with Siren PR NY, Wallpaper Magazine, Burberry UK, Anya Hindmarch and Schutz.
Program agenda
Check out the event schedule
August 14 – Panels
09h00
Opening
10h30
Innovation and Technology in the Footwear Industry
11h30
Sustainability and Social Responsibility
12h30
International Trade and Export
16h30
Market Trends and Consumer Behavior
17h30
Regional Integration and Intraregional Collaboration
Info
Where
Poliforum Leon
Avenue. Adolfo López Mateos corner Boulevard Francisco Villa s/n, Oriental, 37510, León de los Aldama, Gto.
When
August 13th, 14th and 15th, 2025 - 9am to 8pm
Strategic Allies
News
Q&A
The Latin American Footwear Forum is an initiative of the Agrupación de Cámaras de Footwear of Latin America (ACCAL), which comprises the following countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela.
With the aim of promoting integration between footwear entities in Latin America and bringing knowledge through lectures by experts, sharing practical success stories from companies in each country, the Forum has had a history of 26 editions and, each year, a country is selected as host of the event.
ACCAL defined that the XXVII edition will be held in Mexico, in the city of Leon, Guanajuato, with CICEG and CANAICAL as hosts.
The 27th edition of the Latin American Footwear Forum will be held on August 13, 14 and 15, 2025, in the city of Leon, Ganajuato. The Poliforum Leon will be the venue for the event. It is located at Avenida Adolfo López Mateos corner Boulevard Francisco Villa s/n, Oriental, 37510, Leon de los Aldama, Gto.
The Forum is open to entrepreneurs, industry professionals, footwear retailers, partners, sponsors, government authorities, and the press. However, places are limited to 200 participants.
The Latin American Footwear Forum will be held at SAPICA August 2025, the most important footwear trade show in Latin America. It will be a strategic space for discussing trends, innovation, sustainability, and competitiveness in our industry. For more information, please visit: 🌐 www.sapica.com.
The event is organized by CICEG and CANAICAL. All inquiries should be sent to [email protected] and [email protected].