FINAT, the international association for the self-adhesive label industry, has been renamed to European Label Forum (ELF) www.EuropeanLabelForum.com, which the annual event will take place June 11-13 2015, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
“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,” says president Kurt Walker.
“The sessions will also map the key transformations reshaping the industry, and in doing should help them to identify the opportunities and challenges.”
The panel of keynote presenters at the upcoming event will include:
• Herman van Rompuy, former European Union president and Belgian Prime Minister;
• Rasmus Ankersen, entrepreneur and management author;
• Ramses Dingenouts, senior packaging and identity design manager at Heineken;
• Gordon Crichton, director of the French Procurement Management Institute (MAI).
There will also be a 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
There will be a new series of three parallel program streams on the first day of the conference on topics such as sales and marketing, technology and manufacturing, as well as management and corporate affairs.
There will also be a plenary workshop on ‘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,” says Walker.
“With topics like ‘the new reality of retailing’, ‘label design that makes products sell more’, ‘competing product decoration technologies’, ‘three dimensional 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.”
The forum will be the stage for presentation of FINAT’s annual awards, too, including the FINAT Label Awards and Recycling Award.
