Education Listing by Track: Dscoop Edge Slovenia

Attracting and Keeping the Best: Hiring and Retention Strategies for Print Businesses

Your business is only as strong as the people in it — and in today's competitive labor market, winning the talent game is one of the biggest challenges print businesses face. This session explores what it really takes to attract the right candidates, onboard them effectively, and create an environment where people choose to stay and grow. Come ready to share your own experiences and leave with fresh ideas you can put to work right away.

NextGen Exchange

This is not a panel or a lecture. NextGen Exchange is where next‑generation leaders stop being polite and start being real about work, growth, and family business dynamics. If you want to meet people who actually get what you’re dealing with — and leave feeling less alone and more confident — this is the session you shouldn’t miss.

Who is this session for?
Below 38 years old
Part of a family-owned print business (or future leadership role)
Actively involved in the business and its direction

Young Talent Perspectives

What do the next generation of printing professionals want for themselves, from their employers and for their careers and what do print businesses want from them? Join an engaging conversation with students from Dscoop’s Academia program to hear what they’re looking for and how businesses can create a productive, inviting environment.

Leadership Insights for Building High-Performing Teams

Great teams don't happen by accident. Join a panel discussion featuring accomplished print business leaders who know what it takes to build, train, and retain high-performing teams. Our panelists share practical strategies and real challenges they've overcome across recruiting and developing talent, building effective training programs, and scaling successfully. Hear honest leadership insights on what truly drives results — and leave with strategies you can apply immediately.

Leading Through Change: Managing Your People in Times of Disruption

Change is constant, but that doesn't make it easy to manage. Whether you're adopting new technology, restructuring your business, or navigating market shifts, how you bring your people with you makes all the difference. This session draws on the real experiences of print business leaders who have guided their teams through significant change, sharing what worked, what they'd do differently, and how to maintain trust, momentum, and morale when the ground is shifting beneath you.

Reasons for Optimism in the Commercial Printing Industry

Document printing is a more complex and challenging business than ever before. Electronic competition and rising costs are making document printing a luxury product. This means print will become micro-run, delivered exactly when needed. Print must become frictionless to order, highly relevant, and exclusive. Therein lies the opportunity for the next generation of document printing: multi-site print provider operations, heavily favored over digital production printing, with insanely efficient software that makes ordering and producing print a frictionless operation. It’s a reinvention of the print business, for fewer but more profitable print providers.

Designing Your AI-Ready Organization

In this hands-on follow-up to his keynote, futurist and bestselling author Christian Kromme moves from big-picture vision to practical strategy, giving attendees a clear framework for turning AI awareness into organizational action. Drawing on the natural patterns that underpin his broader work, Christian will help leaders identify where their organization sits on the disruption curve, how to put people at the center of technological change, and what concrete next steps look like for their teams. You'll leave with sharper thinking, a fresh perspective, and the confidence to move forward.

Growth Plays in Labels & Packaging

Demand is shifting. Brands want shorter runs, faster turnaround, and more versions, while regulation tightens and sustainability moves from nice-to-have to non-negotiable. In this session, an industry expert examines where the real growth opportunities lie: flexible packaging, smart labels, sustainable materials, value-added finishing, and automation that protects margin. Learn how leading converters are moving from price pressure to value creation, what to invest in, what to stop doing, and how to position your business for profitable growth.

Global Trends & 2030 Projections

The print industry is evolving at an accelerating pace, driven by advancing printing technologies, automation, sustainability demands, and explosive ecommerce growth. This session examines how these changes are unfolding in real time. What's changed in the past year? How are new printing technologies reshaping production capabilities? Which market shifts are happening faster than expected? Our expert panel will share the latest data, technology projections, and real-world examples of successful adaptation. Whether you're evaluating new technologies or transforming your business model, you'll leave with a clearer picture of where print is heading and how to position for success.

High-Speed Labels, End-To-End Control

High speed label presses unlock new capacity. But speed alone does not guarantee results. In this panel session, industry leaders share what really happens after you increase print speed and volume. Where do bottlenecks appear first. How do you secure materials on time. How do you prevent file processing from slowing production. How do you align finishing with higher output. Panelists will discuss practical lessons from the field. What worked. What failed. What they changed in workflow, data preparation, and total production flow to keep up with demand. You gain a clear view of how to manage the full production ecosystem and turn high speed capability into stable, profitable growth.

Ecommerce: How AI is Creating Opportunities and Accelerating Growth

AI is opening new doors in ecommerce, from personalized customer experiences and dynamic product recommendations to automated order management. This panel brings together brands and service providers to discuss how they're leveraging AI to drive growth, improve efficiency, and create competitive advantages in the ecommerce space. Hear real examples of AI applications that are working today, the challenges they've navigated during implementation, and where they see the biggest opportunities ahead.

Optimizing Processes With Autonomous Robots: What’s New in 2026

This session examines what's new in robotics and what to consider before investing: how AI is transforming robotic automation, critical pre-investment factors like ROI and facility readiness, and what early adopters have achieved with their robotic deployments and where they've struggled. Following a brief industry update, print leaders will discuss their robotic implementations, share measurable outcomes, and address the practical realities of planning for and deploying robots in manufacturing environments.
What actually works? What unexpected challenges have surfaced? We'll have a frank conversation about the current state and future direction of robotic automation in print manufacturing.

Navigating PPWR and EUDR: What the New EU Regulations Mean for Your Print Business

The Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) sets new requirements for recyclability, packaging design, and labeling. The EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) requires traceability of forest-risk materials throughout the supply chain. This session explains what each regulation requires, how they affect your business and your clients, and what you should be doing now to ensure compliance and stay competitive.

Automation and Process Optimization Roundtable

Most of us have similar equipment, but how we use it makes all the difference. Join fellow Dscoopers for an open brainstorming session in small groups where we share how we're automating workflows, batching jobs, and maximizing the technology we already own. This isn't a panel, it's a peer-to-peer discussion where you can ask questions, share what's working, and learn practical approaches others are using. Come ready to share your wins and struggles. Leave with actionable ideas you can implement right away.

The Price Perception Problem: How To Sell Value, Not Discounts

If customers keep asking for discounts, it’s not a pricing problem; it’s a positioning problem you have. In this session, I’ll show you how to confidently communicate value, so clients see you as a partner, not a commodity. We’ll look at how to reframe price conversations, how to handle objections, and how to make buyers feel that working with you is worth paying more for. This is the same practical approach I teach print companies who’ve raised prices, grown margins, and strengthened client relationships without losing business.

If you’re tired of “can you do it cheaper,” this session will help you shift the conversation and take back control of your margins.

Attendees will learn:

How to build confidence in your pricing and value
Proven scripts and examples for handling price objections
How to position your expertise before the quote ever comes up

Your Storefront is Becoming Invisible: AI Use Cases Along the New Print Customer Journey

Your next customer might never visit your website. Instead, they'll describe what they need to an AI agent. That agent will find, configure, and purchase the right print product on their behalf. This shift is called Agentic Commerce, and it's rewriting the rules of the customer journey. Visibility, discoverability, and conversion might no longer happen on your website, they happen inside AI conversations you're not part of yet. In this hands-on, interactive session, we map out the new customer journey together, working through real-world use cases to identify what Agentic Commerce means for your business and where to focus now.

Your Storefront is Becoming Invisible: AI Use Cases Along the New Print Customer Journey (Cont'd)

What Brands Want Today And How To Drive Their Demand

Brand owners are raising the bar — and the print service providers who win their business are the ones who truly understand what's driving decisions on the other side of the table. In this candid panel conversation, brand representatives and PSPs share what brands actually look for in a print partner today: speed, personalization, sustainability, and creative problem-solving. Panelists will discuss how buying decisions are made, what makes a PSP stand out, and how to move from vendor to valued partner.

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