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Pira aims to re-shape printing industry with gathering of experts in Geneva
The world print industry grew by $21billion to $644bn between 2003 and 2009 and is predicted to reach $676bn by 2014, bucking the global downward trend. The steady growth, however, will be characterised by a shift within the industry, with packaging accounting for 31% share of the market by 2014 and the digital print sector rising 6.4% to 19.4% between 2009 and 2014.
On the back of this in-depth analysis, a new Pira event aims to give senior figures in the industry the tools and data to make the right decisions for the future. Executive Print Retreat, which takes place in Geneva from September 29 to 30, will shape a reinvented business model for print, set in the context of a much bigger picture.
After a brief industry assessment from Pira International’s expert consultant Neil Falconer, the morning’s agenda ploughs straight into The Future of Print in a Resource Constrained World with insight from PricewaterhouseCooper’s Director Mark Thompson, followed by Future Foundation’s Head of Global trends Dominic Harrison, outlining the latest consumer trends and how the new “normal” will affect the print industry.
Clive Milner of News International, Beat Noser of Credit Suisse, Patrick Martell and Lloyd Wigglesworth of St. Ives PLC offer valuable insight into how their organisations are leading the future for print. Before lunch, a leadership exchange will provide a platform for all speakers to take part in a debate surrounding the alternative future scenarios for the print industry over the next five years.
Three separate tracks will then explore the following areas: packaging, publishing and transactional/promotional printing. Senior figures from Unilever, IPC media, Direct Brands, Bezier, Mediaware Digital, Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide and Prinovis will present.
On day two, Pira International consultant Sean Smyth will reveal the latest data examining print and printed packaging market developments to 2015, ink and leading consumables, fine paper and board, growth applications and processes, assessing print winners and losers, specific updates on electro photography and inkjet, transactional and transpromo markets.
The afternoon of day two will include the future of print innovation and sustainability with speakers from FESPA, Print Power, Manroland AG, Loughborough Univeristy and Printing Industries of America.
The closing Keynote plenary session will focus on displacement of print by electronic media with talks from Pierre Geslot, Head of e-paper & Digitalisation Project at Orange/France Telecom and Owen Mitchell, Senior Vice President from Pearson. Expert Consultants from Pira International will then forecast the transformation of the global print industry and examine what it will look like in 2020.
The programme will be complemented by social events including a drinks reception and dinner at Lake Geneva.
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