Wonderful event in Miami , top-notch, 1st class. Inspiring speakers and challenging conversations with our business peers. Can't wait to put new ideas into action and can't wait for the next one."
Joanne Keys, Vice President, Massive Graphics
"Fascinating stuff at the FESPA Global Summit on the meaning of innovation - great delegates and brilliant organisation"
Sophie Matthews-Paul, Consultant
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The 2011 'FESPA Global Summit' took place in Barcelona on the 17th-18th November. 90 leading printers attended this two day event comprising traditional conference sessions, interactive workshops, panel discussions and networking with the objective of agreeing a route to success as the economy and the sector re-builds. The Global Summit 2011 event hosted industry leaders of the digital wide format community in order to address the key issues, challenges, opportunities and threats confronting the modern print service provider.Sessions focused on the following topics: Leadership, Sustainability, Successful Sales, Making the Most of Marketing, Digital Textile Printing, Shared capacity, Social Media for Business, Mergers and Acquisitions, New Technology in Print, Market Trends, as well as case studies from leading print companies and print buyers from all over the world. “The FESPA summit ran very smoothly and offered insightful key speakers as well as workshops with other print professionals. The opportunity to network with our peers was invaluable as it gave us the chance to learn and make some useful contacts. We met some lovely people and made some new friends, as well as getting advice from very successful printers. We will definitely be going next year” Nicole Spencer , Account Manager, RMC Digital Print “I think it’s a really great mix of people from the printers, from the suppliers to the journalists and consultants in the industry. It is very much about understanding where the market is heading what challenges people are facing in business and what opportunities they are finding it is the significant people in the industry who are attending the FESPA events and they are the people we need to speak to.” Steve Knight, Sales and Marketing Director, Sigmajet “I have been to 3 summits so far and for my experience each has been better than the former one. This one in particular is the best I have ever been to” HB Kwee, Managing Director, Omnimark NL “I thought it as a fantastic event, one think I will take back is the diversity of products that have been case studied here today, all the wonderful things that digital print makes.” John Charnock, Director and Owner, Print Research International “I think the Summit has been great, a good mix of Countries, mix of professions we have has PSP’s, brand owners, agencies and industry analysts.” Ronen Zioni, Marketing Director, HP EMEA “The print community here are engaged, they want to see the industry develop and to have a future and evolve and I think that’s great. It has been great, I have met lots of old friends here and lots of new people, who I am really looking forward to keeping in touch with and this has been a great opportunity to do that.” Matthew Parker, Owner, Print and Procurement |
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Steve Bentley honed his leadership skills in the military before taking up a successful career with Coca Cola. His passion for leadership led him to First Ascent, a consultancy specialising in inspiring the confidence of leaders, teams and organisations. |
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Neil Hopkinson is Professor of Manufacturing Engineering at The University of Sheffield and is recognised as one of the top 25 most influential people in the additive manufacturing (aka 3D Printing) industry. |
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Matthew Parker has been buying print for twenty years and has worked in directory, B2B magazine, consumer news stand magazine and agency environments. |
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Mark Cruise was named again this year in the Print Week Power 100 but has worked in the industry for 12 years buying print starting at The Independent Newspaper and then at various other companies before arriving at BskyB to head up their Print Management team. |
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Gyorgy Kovacs became President of FESPA last year at FESPA 2010 in Munich. |
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About FESPA
To serve the interests of the worldwide print industry and its member associations, FESPA organises a range of events and projects across the globe, including exhibitions, conferences and summits.
Go to www.fespa.com for more information
