Conference Program

08:00 - 10:00

Exhibition opens

  • Refreshments
  • Conference registration

10:00 - 10:05

Welcome

Speaker:

10:05 - 10:55 Session 1

Overview and trends in the labeling market

  • Global label technology trends
  • Brazilian consumption per capita and major labels growth sectors
  • Global market forecasts and trends

Speakers:

11:00 - 11:45 Session 2

Focus on labeling materials

  • Understanding thin film materials – press handling characteristics and benefits for the end user
  • Film liners – recyclability and latest developments in silicone coating and gauge reduction technologies
  • Co-extruded film technologies – matching press performance and conformability
  • New developments in paper face and liner materials
  • Understanding shrinkable film characteristics

Speakers:

11:50 - 12:30 Networking coffee break

12:35 - 13:20 Session 3 Technical Panel

Interactive panel of label experts discusses questions submitted on-line by delegates.

  • Ink migration
  • HD Flexo
  • Color management
  • Global accreditation standards – ISO1400 and BRC/IOP hygiene standards

*For interactive panel discussion: submit your questions online before the show.
 

Speakers:

13:25 - 14:00

Live technology demo - Stand 61

HP Indigo will show the WS6000 roll-fed digital press, which targets high-volume, medium-run labels and flexible packaging production. The press operates at 30 meters per minute for 4-color jobs and supports repeat lengths of 317 x 980 mm, using each frame of the substrate and reducing waste. AB Graphic, HP Indigo's converting machines partner, will also be on hand to discuss the benefits of the Digicon Series-2 finishing line when used in conjunction with HP's digital presses.
 

Speakers:

14:00 - 15:30 Lunch

Stream 1

15:30 - 16:15 Session 4

Business management stream

Partnerships and knowledge sharing in a global industry

  • Developing global partnerships
  • Which applications are most likely to require global alliances?
  • Mergers and Acquisitions strategy

    • (brief presentation followed by debate)

Speakers:

Stream 2

15:30 - 16:15 Session 4

Technology stream

Intelligent labels and interactive labels

  • Radio Frequency Identification labeling for retail use
  • ‘Smart’ coatings and sensors
  • 2D and matrix barcode developments.
  • Interactive labels



Speakers:

16:15 - 17:00 Session 5

Business management stream

Improving efficiency and reducing waste

  • Setting up a quality control regime
  • Where to inspect – press or rewinder?
  • Production planning strategies
  • Reducing waste on shorter runs
  • Web control technologies   

Speakers:

16:15 - 17:00 Session 5

Digital technology

  • Enhancing a brand with digital technology
  • Update on digital printing technologies
  • The use of inkjet in digital technology
  • Use of the internet to market digital printing
  • The importance of pre-press
  • Digital press in a flexographic workflow

Speakers:

17:00 - 17:45 Networking coffee break and live technology demo

17:45 - 18:30 Session 6

Security and brand protection

  • Measuring the scale of counterfeiting in Brazil and Latin America
  • Multi-layer security systems including
  • Securing the supply chain
  • Understanding security inks
  • Understanding optical security technologies

Speakers:

18:30 - 19:30

Evening networking drinks reception

09:30 - 10:00

Exhibition opens

  • Refreshments
  • Conference registration

10:00 - 10:10

Welcome

Speaker:

10:10 - 11:00 Session 7

Environmental priorities and practices to save money and energy

  • Cutting through the jargon – what does ‘green’ really mean?
  • The business case: profitability through sustainability
  • Sustainable raw materials
  • Dealing with matrix and liner waste

Speakers:

11:00 - 11:45 Session 8

CEO Analysis on leadership

  • Brazilian management in an emerging market
  • Developing an entrepreneurial company culture
  • Investment strategies
  • Retaining and training employees
  • Identifying growth opportunities for small businesses

Speakers:

11:45 - 12:30 Networking coffee break

12:30 - 13:20 Session 9

New products and opportunities: a preview of Labelexpo Europe and the last word from editors

  • Product development making an impact in Brazil
  • Preview of Labelexpo Europe
  • Review of products launched at Labelexpo Americas 2010
(Panel discussion)

Speakers:

Stream 1

13:20 - 14:05 Session 10

Technology stream

The use of integrated Management Information Systems (MIS) - case study

  • Setting strategic goals
  • How to implement an MIS
  • Using JDF to integrate graphics and plant management systems
  • Measuring the results
*For interactive panel discussion: submit your questions online before the show.

Speakers:

Stream 2

13:20 - 13:45 Live technology demo

Live technology demo

HP Indigo will show the WS6000 roll-fed digital press,
which targets high-volume, medium-run labels and flexible
packaging production. The press operates at 30 meters per minute for 4-color jobs and supports repeat
lengths of 317 x 980 mm, using each frame of the substrate and reducing waste.
AB Graphic, HP Indigo's converting machines partner, will also be on hand to discuss the benefits of the
Digicon Series-2 finishing line when used in conjunction with HP's digital presses.


Speakers:

14:05 - 15:15 Lunch

15:15 - 16:00 Session 11

Regulation: the new growth opportunity

An outline of the latest food and pharmaceutical  regulation & guidelines 

  • Regulations affecting the pharmaceutical labeling sector
  • Hygiene certification standards for label converting plants
  • Factors affecting the production of labels for the food sector

 

Speakers:

16:00 - 16:45 Session 12

Brand owner requirements - Brazilian beverage market focus

  • Perspectives for digital technology
  • Partnering with designers and printers to deliver brand innovation
  • Reducing the design and approval cycle
  • Innovation in ‘Green’ packaging

Speakers:

16:45 - 17:05 Live technology Demos / Coffee Break

Stand 61

HP Indigo will show the WS6000 roll-fed digital press, which targets high-volume, medium-run labels and flexible packaging production. The press operates at 30 meters per minute for 4-color jobs and supports repeat lengths of 317 x 980 mm, using each frame of the substrate and reducing waste. AB Graphic, HP Indigo's converting machines partner, will also be on hand to discuss the benefits of the Digicon Series-2 finishing line when used in conjunction with HP's digital presses.
 

Speakers:

17:05 - 18:15 Session 13

New market opportunities: flexible packaging

  • Understanding flexible packaging as a market
  • Adapting narrow web technology to handle unsupported films
  • The role of digital printing in flexible packaging
  • New materials developments for sachets, pouches and bags

Speakers: