FM Future, owner of FuturePrint, is relaunching EcoPrint as a summit, to be held in Geneva, 6-7 June 2023.
The move comes a decade after the first iteration of EcoPrint, launched by Frazer Chesterman and Marcus Timson of FM Future as a tradeshow and conference. The event – 100% focused on sustainable print technology and production – took place in September 2012 in a converted rail station in Berlin and attracted around 1400 people from across Europe.
“While the event delivered against its promise of inspiring, high-quality, thought leadership, it did not run again. The view back then was that it was ahead of its time. The world was not ready for an event of this type, and while sustainability was gaining attention, it was still somewhat of a ‘maybe’ and not such a critical imperative. But now we think the industry must come together again to tackle the big issues in a Summit format – to learn, collaborate and gain inspiration to become more sustainable,” said Timson.
He added: “Right now, the event is taking shape from a concept and format perspective but we wanted to put this news out there as we would like to collaborate with other leading organisations in the world of print to showcase the technological possibilities of sustainable print production, by providing a platform for and access to sustainability experts and discussions for how the print industry can collectively make a difference for planet, people and profit.”
