11 - 13 October 2023

Frankfurt, Germany

World Printers Summit 2023

The World Printers Summit is the annual meeting point for the global print community within WAN-IFRA. It addresses all print related questions and brings together printers, materials suppliers and equipment manufacturers for the print production value chain from pre-press to press and to product finishing and delivery.

Why you should attend?

The World Printers Summit brings the industry professionals together for a dynamic transfer of knowledge, information and business ideas. We welcome renowned speakers from around the world to address the most relevant industry specific topics.

Network: Join the unique community of industry professionals. Expand your network and meet with the industry leaders.

Inspire: Be fresh on new technologies, innovations and latest practices. Learn from the best world-renowned speakers and leaders.

Share knowledge: A rare opportunity to discover valuable content, share and expand your knowledge.

Sustainability: In the newspaper production community every director is thinking about to work in more sustainable ways. Increasing utility and material costs have for increased the pressure of working on more sustainable ways.

Speakers

Andreas Gierth

Head of Production and Strategic Procurement, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Germany

Almut Reichart

Senior Scientist, German Environment Agency

Benoît Moreau

General Manager and Consultant, Ecograf, France

Carsten Knop

Publisher of FAZ Digital Products, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Germany

Christian Staab

VP Global Purchasing and Global Supply Chain Drivetrain and Battery Systems, BorgWarner, Germany

Christian Siebert

Managing Director FUNKE Medien Hamburg

Christian Wilms

CEO of Styria Druck, Austria

Christin Keil

Head of Sustainability BILD Media Group

Christoph Migotsch

Sustainability Manager and Head of Maintenance & Procurement of the SV Zeitungsdruck GmbH

Gundula Ullah

Chief Procurement & Sustainability Officer, Funke Mediengruppe, Germany

Jürgen Schulze

The Head of Customer Service and Production Planning, Süddeutscher Verlag Zeitungsdruck GmbH, Germany

Lars Peters

Head of Energy Management, Bertelsmann Printing Group, Germany

Lennert Van Mens

ESG & Sustainable Finance for Corporate Clients, Commerzbank, Germany

Laya Menon

South Head, IPG Media

Max Garrido

Managing Director, Bermont, Spain

Dr. Michael Has

Partner, Monopteros GmbH, Germany

Mohit Jain

Chief Operating Officer and Member of the Board, Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd., India

Nigel Wells

Editor, OPHAL & Associate, Ecograf, France

Paul Huybrechts

Manging Director, Coldset Printing Partners, Belgium

Paul Verwilt

COO, Mediahuis, Belgium

Philipp Stolper

Head of Department Materials & Environment, Fogra

Sally Pirri

Vice President - Print Operations, The Globe and Mail, Canada

Seheno Ratsimbazafy

Ecodesign Director, CITEO, France

Thomas Isaksen

Managing Director, Den Danske Presses Faellesindkøbs-Forening

All Speakers

Testimonials

“The EPS 22 was a great event, again!

I had great meetings, got very interesting news and, of course, great discusscions with colleagues and suppliers.

The keynotes were very interesting and great perfomed by the speakers. Thanks to Dr. Stausberg and Mrs. Ullah as well.”

Niels Rohrsen

Senior Projectleader Operations, Madsack Markt & Media Service GmbH

“A very well organised event, with many constructive and interesting discussions…We will certainly be there again next year.”

Thomas Kurz

Manager Strategic Business Development Newspaper Europe

“..Two days with personal meetings with our valued customers and business colleagues…Thanks to those who have been there and all the others, please make sure you join next time!”

Stefan Beke-Bramkamp