Emphasis on knowledge sharing and business relevance
Finat, the international association for the self-adhesive
label industry, has reshaped and rebranded its annual congress to reflect
greater industry collaboration and cooperation. Under its new name, the
European Label Forum (ELF) will take place June 11-13 2015, Amsterdam, The
Netherlands.
“The annual congress has historically presented key industry
updates and insight,” explains Kurt Walker, Finat President. “However, we want
to enhance the value of our annual event for business and opinion leaders from
around Europe and beyond. This is why we have chosen to ‘re-brand’ the
conference as The European Label Forum. The new format will provide insights to
attendees on items of relevance for strategic decision making, by connecting
different areas of interest and expertise through dialogue and interaction.
Sessions will also map the key transformations reshaping the industry, and in
doing should help them to identify the opportunities and challenges. In other
words, the ELF will offer a unique source of knowledge, experience and networks
key to the strategic success of label businesses in an international business
environment.”
The panel of keynote presenters will furthermore include:
- Herman van Rompuy, former EU President and Belgian Prime Minister;
- Rasmus Ankersen, entrepreneur and bestselling management author;
- Ramses Dingenouts, Senior Packaging & Identity Design Manager at Heineken;
- Gordon Crichton, Director of the French Procurement Management Institute (MAI).
There will also be a first-hand preview of the 3rd edition
of the Finat RADAR, the association’s half-yearly market overview to be
published after the ELF.
Parallel Business
Streams
One of the novelties in the ELF will be the series of three
parallel programme streams on the first day of the conference, offering a
choice of top level expert speakers on three areas of expertise: ‘sales and
marketing’, ‘technology and manufacturing’ and ‘management and corporate
affairs’. Also new will be a plenary workshop that will take the shape of a
‘lean manufacturing game and exercise’ during the closing session of the event.
“Presenting trends and underscoring market influences is the
key role of this event, but the value is in truly understanding how they will
impact day-to-day business and shape the future. With topics like ‘the new
reality of retailing’, ‘label design that makes products sell more’, ‘competing
product decoration technologies’, ‘3D printing business models’, ‘succession
planning’ and ‘how to sell your business?’ we are aiming to offer direct
business value to a variety of label industry audiences and we are therefore
encouraging label printers to consider participating with multiple members of
staff to take advantage of this opportunity”, adds Mr. Walker.
“There will be ample opportunity to network so that
delegates can share ideas amongst themselves and leave with a clearer idea of
how they can make a difference when they return to their operations. We also
believe the ELF will help attendees build new relationships that will enable
them to interact with like-minded business leaders beyond the conference,
collaborating on new ways of working to ensure a long-term profitable future.”
The forum will be the stage for presentation of Finat’s
annual awards, too, including the Finat Label Awards and Recycling Award.
Complete details about the awards, congress
programme, registration and other arrangements can be downloaded
from www.EuropeanLabelForum.com
