08 - 09 October 2024
Vienna
Austria

World Printers Summit 2024

Registration

Programme

Here are some highlights to look forward to:


Stay tuned for more details on the full program schedule, including session topics, speakers, and timings. In the meantime, you can also check out the program from our previous event, World Printers Summit 2023 here, as a reference.

Programme

October 8 Tuesday

08:00

Registration and Networking Coffee

09:00

Conference Session - Opening

Speakers
CEO, WAN-IFRA, France
Ingi Rafn Olafsson
Director of World Printers Forum, WAN-IFRA, Iceland
Managing Director, Bermont, Spain
09:30

Keynote - New York Times' Successful Print Strategies

Moderator
Chief Procurement & Sustainability Officer, Funke Mediengruppe, Germany
Speakers
Senior Vice President, New York Times, USA
10:00

Supplier Meetings

11:30

Conference Session - German Discussion and Panel: How will technology change the industry?

Moderator
Head of Production and Strategic Procurement, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Germany
Speakers
Managing Director, Mediaprint, Austria
Managing director of the Süddeutsche Zeitung printing plant
Managing Director of Print Operations, Funke Mediengruppe, Germany
12:30

Networking Lunch

13:30

Supplier Meetings

15:00

Conference Session - Distribution Challenges in Germany

Speakers
CEO, Boxit, Germany
15:30

Conference Session

Sponsored by UPM
16:00

Supplier Meetings

17:30

Award Ceremony - Sustainability and Print Innovation, ICQCC

The Sustainability and Print Innovation Awards recognise the companies that stand out in Print Innovation and Sustainability.

Entry Round: 20 June – 30 August 2024
Jury Evaluation: 
1 – 10 September 2024
Awarding Ceremony: 
8 October 2024 at World Printers Summit in Vienna

Submit your entry

19:00

Social Event - Viennese Night

October 9 Wednesday

08:00

Registration and Networking Coffee

08:30

Conference Session - World Press Trends

The session will provide an indication of what is coming up, the priorities of news media executives as they plan for a sustainable future for news media.

Speakers
Director of Insights & Editor-in-Chief, WAN-IFRA, Germany
09:00

Conference Session - Smart Working or Working Smartly? with Q&A

Speakers
CEO, Rodi Groep, Netherlands
10:00

Supplier Meetings

11:30

Conference Session - Roundtables with Executives

Moderated by Sally Pirri and Sanat Hazra.

12:30

Networking Lunch

13:30

Supplier Meetings

15:00

Conference Session - Preventing Greenwashing in Carbon Footprint Reporting in Newspaper Printing

Speakers
Policy Advisor
16:00

End of Summit

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