Business partnerships in a sustainable world
Publishers and printers are increasingly concentrating on issues related to sustainability in print production. Carbon neutrality, energy consumption and mineral oil free inks are among the topics they are tackling. This year’s World Printers Summit will focus on sustainability and how to emphasise it when building partnerships with suppliers and other publishers.
Well known speakers will address these issues.
Programme Committee
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WAN-IFRA CEO Vincent Peyregne and World Printers Forum Chairman Max Garrido will officially open the World Printers Summit.
The World Printers Summit will begin with keynote presentations from two outstanding speakers – Christian Siebert and Mohit Jain – who will discuss the financial sustainability of printed newspapers. A Q&A will follow the presentations moderated by Gundula Ullah Chief Sustainability and Procurement Officer of FUNKE Medien and board member of World Printers Forum.
Newsprint availability and price volatility have been critical issues since COVID-19 and the war in Ukraine. Is the market now returning to “normal” or will the future look different? Have paper volumes risen or declined? In this session Paper experts Oliver Derville and Thomas Isaksen will discuss these matters. Moderator is Ingi Rafn Olafsson. A Q&A session will follow.
These awards recognise the companies that stand out in Print Innovation and Sustainability.
Es gibt einen wachsenden Trend in der Zeitungsproduktion in den DACH-Ländern: die Konsolidierung. Zeitungen werden an immer weniger Orten gedruckt. Die Verleger stehen vor der Herausforderung, die wachsenden Distanzen zwischen Druckhaus und Leserschaft zu bewältigen. Früherer Eindruck, Transportkosten, sinkende Stückzahlen und Logistikprobleme machen die Suche nach Lösungen nicht leicht. Zugleich gibt es kaum noch realisierbare Alternativen, falls eine Druckanlage ausfällt. Was tun? Wie manövriert man einen Zeitungsverlag durch diese Phase der Umstrukturierung?
Darüber diskutieren wir beim World Printers Summit in Frankfurt im Oktober speziell für unsere Gäste aus der DACH-Region in deutscher Sprache. Unsere hochkarätige Expertenrunde besteht aus Jürgen Schulze, Leiter Verkaufsservice und Produktionssteuerung bei der Süddeutschen Zeitung, Christian Wilms, Geschäftsführer Druck bei der Styria, und Christian Siebert, Verleger des Hamburger Abendblatts. Moderator ist Andreas Gierth, der Leiter der Abteilung Produktion und strategische Beschaffung bei der Frankfurter Allgemeinen Zeitung. Das Publikum hat die Chance, den Experten Fragen zu stellen.
Dr. Has will discuss achieving carbon neutrality by balancing the life cycles of products such as raw materials, supply chain, product design, use, disposal and second life.
Case Study
Christoph Migotsch from Suddeutsche Zeitung will discuss their journey and the main challenges and roadblocks they’ve experienced.
The World Printers Forum is excited to announce this session where the Special Report on Mineral Oil Free Inks will be released. This is a co-publication between WAN-IFRA and CITEO and will present the results of French and German research. The editor, Nigel Wells, will introduce the report, and the results of extensive print trials will be presented by Carole Berrand, CITEO, France and Philipp Stopler for Germany trials by AGRAPA and UBA.
This will be followed by a panel discussion where the speakers will be joined by Martin Drews, Managing Director of AGRAPA, Almut Reichart from the Federal Environment Agency UBA, and Benoit Moreau from Ecograf France.
Case 1 – Christian Staab – BorgWarner
Staab will present a Case Study of BorgWarner as a spare part supplier for the automotive industry. With the arrival of the electric car the supplier field has been disrupted quite a bit. Staab will discuss the challenges his company is facing and how they plan to respond to them.
Case 2 – Lennert Van Mens – Commercebank and Sustainability a Case study
Van Mens will present a case where he explains the role of sustainability in modern day banking. Commercebank has transformed after disruption in the banking sector. How will sustainability be both a challenge and opportunity for companies to do better both environmentally and financially?
Lars Peters, Director of Energy management Bertelsmann Marketing Services, will present the case of energy saving at Bertelsmann. The group aims to reduce consumption year by year and has methodically worked towards that aim. The work presented many challenges and obstacles that needed to be resolved. Q&A will follow, moderated by Andreas Gierth.
Enjoy an evening in a typical Frankfurt restaurant with apple wine, beer and Frankfurter Schnitzel.
In the closing session Mr. Paul Verwilt, Chief Operating Officer of Mediahuis will discuss the print strategies of Mediahuis for the coming years. Mr. Carsten Knop, the publisher of digital products at the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, will discuss how the printed newspaper can co-exist with digital products.
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.
