A Young Managers Club (YMC) workshop has been added
to the programme of this year’s Finat European Label Forum (ELF). The 4th
edition of the annual ELF takes place in Dublin, from 6-8 June. The workshop
comes 10 years after the YMC was established in 2008, at the occasion of Finat’s
Golden Jubilee congress in Paris, to meet an increasing need for up-and-coming
managers in small to medium-sized, and often family-run, enterprises. These
young professionals wanted help in becoming tomorrow’s leaders and to expand
their knowledge about self-adhesive labels. The club helps develop emerging
management talent by providing needed educational and vocational opportunities.
Taking place on Wednesday afternoon prior to the start of ELF, the workshop
will include a competition that will see young versus old battle it out in a
business simulation workshop, which should prove to be both educational and
entertaining.
Keynote speaker addresses the generation question
During the main ELF programme, the opening keynote
speaker on the 2nd day of the event, Sarah Sladek – best-selling author,
speaker and CEO of XYZ University will also address the generation question.
Her company has helped hundreds of organizations grow membership and reduce
turnover among younger generations. She will discuss her experience in helping
organizations engage future generations of members and talent and share ideas
about best practices.
The future
of our workforce and leadership debate
10 years after the foundation of the YMC, the
challenge for our industry and our association is not only to activate a new
generation of industry leaders, but also to attract and retain talent in
technical and commercial functions. At the occasion of this anniversary year,
the ELF Industry debate that will follow Sarah’s keynote presentation will take
stock of where our industry is and will be going in terms of succession,
consolidation, ownership, technology innovation, leadership, skills, know-how,
resources etc.
Dynamic
change
“We are very pleased that YMC will have its own
workshop as part of the ELF,” states YMC President Chris Jones. “There is a lot
of dynamic change happening in the industry; and we need focused, dedicated and
inspiring leaders that will continue to drive all the positive change currently
underway far into the future. The ELF will give our members the opportunity to
learn more from their peers while our own conference will help them address
some of the more specific day-to-day challenges they face.”
Broader
topics tackled
The YMC will also be able to benefit from the
forum’s broader programme which will cover a wide range of issues pertinent to
labels and packaging solutions providers across Europe including.
- The European label industry after Brexit;
- Diversification of the labels and narrow web industry into short-run packaging;
- Intelligent labels and packaging;
- Recruitment and retention of talent;
- The state of affairs in digital label printing (based on Finat commissioned research);
- The total cost of ownership (TCO) of different label printing technologies;
- The latest innovations in brand protection;
- Branding your company via online marketing;
- Managing food compliance regulations; and
- Preparing for upcoming legislation on serialization and tamper evidence.
“The YMC workshop is just one element of what will
be a truly outstanding programme this year,” Jones concluded. “There is
something for everyone in this conference that each will be able to bring back
to their companies and implement to future-proof their businesses. We encourage
YMC members to invest in this special programme as a career advancement
opportunity in addition to the advantages they receive from ELF as a whole.”
