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Value Conference Program

12:00 • Doors open & lunch

Registered guests only.

13:00 • Welcome

Frederik Dehing – VP Sales Europe, Agfa ⇒

13:10 • What does evolution look like?

Kevin Jackson – CEO & Founder, The Experience is the Marketing ⇒
Are the trend coming over the horizon closer than they seem or farther away than we thought?
Lessons we can learn, some insights as on where businesses need to get to.
And a vision of how we are all going to get there.

13:35 • Go robotics!

Iris Bogunovic – Product Manager Plate & CTP Systems, Agfa ⇒
One of the most important transformations of industrial production over the past 40 years has been the introduction of automated equipment. Labor-intensive and repetitive tasks that once slowed down production processes and sometimes led to injuries are today handled by automated systems that run 24 hours a day. This is now also a reality in prepress.

13:50 • Color knowledge brand owners don't want you to know

Eddy Hagen – Independent Mind, Insights4Print ⇒
Brand colors are important. Some companies spend vast amounts of money to find the right color that fits their business best. And when they pick the ‘right’ color, they want it reproduced within a tiny tolerance. But is that really necessary? Let’s take a look at some interesting research on this topic.

14:15 • First time right

Andy Grant – Head of Software, Agfa ⇒
As the head of all Agfa software development teams, Andy Grant is in a unique position to share a broad perspective on the challenges of creating print standardization solutions that guarantee color consistency and ensure that printing jobs meet ISO, G7, and even client-specific standards.

14:35 • Brand owners set the bar

Sue Tait – Global Head of Governance & Sustainability, Tag ⇒

14:55 • What the EU Green Deal means for packaging printers

Laetitia Reynaud – Policy Advisor, INTERGRAF ⇒
The European Green Deal, the environmental policy framework of the EU, is impacting the packaging printing industry in 2022 and beyond. The Green Deal addresses areas that go from the sourcing of raw materials to design requirements of the printed packaging product. With the increased legal and customers’ requirements on assessing the carbon footprint of printed products, this presentation will highlight the approach of the European printing industry.

15:15 • Break

15:45 • Offset packaging futures – will digital prevail?

Sean Smyth – Print Consultant & Analyst, Smithers ⇒
Dr. Smyth shares the forecast for litho and digital printed packaging across Europe over the next five years and he reviews the mega-trends and drivers for the packaging industry. The topics covered include sustainability, economics, retail changes & e-commerce, the rise of the craft brand, labor availability, new consumer preferences and supply chain changes.

16:10 • Innovation paves the way to sustainability

Els Van Cauwenberghe – QA Engineer & Rudi Bartels – Manager Color Technology Center, Agfa ⇒
Objective print evaluation impacts more than quality.

16:35 • SPIR@L and SolidTune meet SolidBoard

Filip Peeters – Senior Specialist Digital Prepress, Solidus Solutions ⇒
Introducing a new screening technology in a traditional packaging environment is a challenge…. a challenge that Solidus accepted, tested and started to implement.

16:50 • Why offset will continue to dominate

Sascha Fischer – Head of Product Management, Koenig & Bauer ⇒

17:15 • One size does not fit all

Guy Desmet – Head of Applications & Marketing, Agfa ⇒

17:35 • We team up. We implement and grow. Together!

Alex Puggioni – Head of Presales Software Europe, Agfa ⇒

18:00 • Reception

19:10 • Dinner

The evening dinner is in the capable hands of Master Chef Vincent Tibau. Check out ‘When food becomes poetry‘ for more information.

We also provide food for the mind, with an in-between keynote by Sarah Parent, CEO of Go Forest ⇒

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Speakers

Sascha Fischer
Head of Product Management
Koenig & Bauer

Sascha Fischer concluded his studies of Business Administration in Wiesbaden, Germany, in 1995. He joined Koenig & Bauer in 2010 as VP of Sales. From May 2014, he headed up the newly founded department of KBA Complete Services, which comprised process consulting and integration. Since May 2015, he heads up the worldwide Product Management for sheetfed offset products of Koenig & Bauer.

Eddy Hagen
Independent Mind
Insights4Print

Innovation is the keyword that best summarizes the career of Eddy Hagen. Most of it was spent in the printing industry, working as a trend watcher and General Manager for VIGC, the Flemish center for innovation in graphic communication. Nowadays he works as an Innovation Advisor but old loves never die: Eddy is the independent mind behind Insights4Print, a print-centric blog where he shares strategic insights, best practices and product analyses.

Filip Peeters
Senior Specialist Digital Prepress
Solidus Solutions

After finishing his studies in Graphic Arts, Filip Peeters worked in offset printing for a few years and then changed his focus to digital printing and print-on-demand applications. He lead production teams in two prominent Belgian printing companies, before joining Solidus Solutions in 2021. At Solidus, Filip is in charge of preproduction, including the implementation of new digital prepress solutions.

Kevin Jackson
CEO & Founder
The Experience is the Marketing

A long-standing disruptor and thought-leader, Kevin Jackson has been an influential player with some of the world’s most respected marketing services groups. Working with a vast range of brands, from Adidas to Zumba, and everything in between he has explored every discipline within the marketing mix. Kevin’s passion has always been for harnessing the power of the business and brands he works for and helping them to achieve their true growth potential.

Laetitia Reynaud
European Policy Advisor
INTERGRAF

Laetitia Reynaud represents the interests of the European graphic industry in Brussels, working as a Policy Advisor on economic and environmental issues at the European Federation for Print and Digital Communication (Intergraf). Before joining Intergraf, she held a similar position at the European Federation of Waste Management and Environmental Services (FEAD).

Sarah Parent
Co-founder & CEO
Go Forest

Sarah Parent is Co-founder & Chief Ecological Officer at Go Forest. Go Forest wants to restore nature by planting the right kind of trees in environments where they have the most positive effects on biodiversity, carbon storage, employment, livelihood, and the local economy. Each of us can have a positive impact on tomorrow’s world. Just like a lot of different trees make up a forest, a lot of single actions can bring about a huge change.

Sean Smyth
Print Consultant & Analyst
Smithers

Sean Smyth acts as a consultant and analyst in print and packaging for Smithers. He has spent over 30 years in the industry in senior technology positions for a variety of businesses across print and packaging. He has written many market studies for Smithers on future print and packaging markets and technologies, including The Future of Global Print to 2026 that was published in 2021. He regularly speaks and chairs conferences on print markets and technology and acts as a journalist.

Sue Tait
Global Head of Governance &
Sustainability, Tag

Sue Tait heads Tag’s sourcing network in EMEA, delivering print-related supply chain solutions across 1000+ vendors. She manages over 250 category and procurement specialists in the UK, Poland, France, Spain, Turkey, MEA, Russia, Germany and India. Sustainability and governance play a key role in the solutions that Tag offers to its customers in FMCG retail, telco, publishing and financial services.

Alex Puggioni
Head of Presales Software Europe
Agfa Offset Solutions

Andy Grant
Head of Software
Agfa Offset Solutions

Els Van Cauwenberghe
QA Engineer
Agfa Offset Solutions

Frederik Dehing
Head of Sales & Service
Agfa Offset Solutions

Guy Desmet
Head of Applications & Marketing
Agfa Offset Solutions

Iris Bogunovic
Product Manager Plate & CTP Systems
Agfa Offset Solutions

Rudi Bartels
Manager Color Technology Center
Agfa Offset Solutions