We talked with Stephen Buchanan who is Inkjet Business Manager for FuturePrint Partner Kao Collins Inc based out of Cincinnati Ohio in the US. In this interview, we catch up with him to gain his insight and opinion on inkjet development and how inkjet demand has changed in line with COVID.

The FuturePrint Virtual Summit took place on 2-4 June. All sessions are available on this site until the end of June 2020! So please do register and gain FREE access until the end of June 2020. Register here The summit was a not for profit event that was free to attend and participate and is designed to help the print community during the COVID-19 Crisis. 73 speakers from Europe and the US took part in 39 different sessions and presentations with over 1,500 people from 65 countries attending, engaging in over 3,255 individual sessions

Our recent FuturePrint Survey highlighted that virtual events are now one of the only ways to connect. And this is expected to grow as social distancing, business travel restrictions and health and commercial concerns continue. The impact on live events, and in particular large international trade shows is huge.

In this article, Marcus Timson looks at how obstacles can provide opportunity.

As we get older, become more experienced, more competent, respected, expert even, we become one the one hand better, but on the other hand more limited.

Tomorrow (2 June), the first FuturePrint Virtual Summit will take place, and it is FREE to all. If you have not yet seized this opportunity then check out the website here and click on 'book my place'. And if you have already registered then please forward the website link to people in your network and share on LinkedIn!

We spoke to FuturePrint Virtual Summit speaker Paul Jenkins, Managing Director of ThePackHub, about the impact of COVID-19 on shopping behaviour, how the pandemic is affecting sustainability, and how his business is adapting.

Don’t miss Paul’s session, Insight in Packaging: New ideas and Key Issues, with Sihl’s Steffen Ohr on June 4th.

Check out the full schedule here.

We spoke to FuturePrint Virtual Summit speaker Mark Hanley, I.T. Strategies, about the restructuring of the commercial and PSP landscape, how COVID-19 has brought his business closer to its clients, and the heaviest hit sectors.

Don’t miss Mark’s session, Digital Print Production Markets: Financial Models for The Coronavirus Recession, on June 2nd.

Check out the full schedule here.

We spoke to FuturePrint Virtual Summit speaker Jonathan Malone-McGrew, Chief Engagement Officer, Solimar Systems, about how Solimar is supporting clients and partners, the way the pandemic is changing demand, the sectors seeing the most significant impact and more.

We spoke to FuturePrint Virtual Summit speaker Colin McMahon, Senior Editorial Analyst, Keypoint Intelligence, about the significant impact of COVID-19 on promotional signage, how the pandemic is boosting our digital dependence, why consumers might view print differently in the aftermath.

We spoke to FuturePrint Virtual Summit speaker Simon Biltcliffe, Chief Executive, Webmart UK, about the profound effect COVID-19 is having on marketing, the seismic change we’ll see in consumer trends as a result, and how print will need to adapt to recover.

We spoke to FuturePrint Virtual Summit speaker Dorinda Gibbons, Director and Owner of digital inkjet focused recruitment company Profile Recruitment. Dorinda gives FuturePrint her thoughts on how COVID-19 is changing recruitment, the sector-dependent impact of the pandemic, and which businesses are increasing sales.

We spoke to FuturePrint Virtual Summit speaker Roland Biemans, Founder and Owner of LMNS, about how the pandemic will boost local production, how his company is shifting its business model, and the markets most affected by COVID-19.

Today, speed is a fact of life: the world moves and an ever-increasing pace. I first wrote these words Pre-COVID-19 crisis, but as we make our way through this unprecedented event, the words still feel even more accurate. Change, it seems, happens on a daily, if not hourly, basis. In this article we talk to Arnaud Linquette from Memjet about what this means for inkjet and the market it operates in.

Industrial inkjet is innovating, it is open for business and while of course, things have changed, in the medium term, we expect to see green shoots of innovation. I recently spoke with Dave Varty at Ricoh who has observed some changes in the way we operate which could provide long-lasting value to society when a new normal is established.

The first in a series of interviews with FuturePrint Virtual Summit speakers, we spoke to Francois Martin, Global Marketing Director at Bobst, about the overall impact of COVID-19 on print and packaging, what the post-COVID industry might look like, and how consumer demand will be altered by the pandemic. Don’t miss Francois’ session, ‘A Vision for the Future of Print & Packaging Production’,  on June 2nd.

The FuturePrint Summit Schedule Launches today with nearly 70 speakers and over 30 sessions across three days 2-4 June. Check out the schedule here.

The event is free to attend and designed to help the print sector during this difficult period of uncertainty and stress. The website enables delegates to easily navigate and build a schedule of sessions and the system enables replays but only for registered delegates.

For anyone who didn’t catch the ‘Future of Events’ Webinar, here is an Interview we did with one of the contributors Stephen Brooks. Stephen Brooks was formerly Chairman of the Mack Brooks Exhibitions Group one of Europe's largest privately-owned exhibition business with 45 trade shows per year in 4 continents in predominantly industrial sectors from rail, to print, to converting to metal manufacturing.
After leading its significant growth, Stephen exited the business in 2019 as Mack Brooks Exhibitions was acquired by RELX.

In this article, Sunil Gupta, Memjet’s President and CEO talks about the challenge of transition and leadership after the very sad and sudden loss of Len Lauer in April.

In this article, we talk to Richard Romano of WhatTheyThink and get a view of the story behind WhatTheyThink and the inside track on how the US market is coping during the COVID-19 Crisis.

The inaugural FuturePrint Virtual Summit, taking place from 2-4 June, continues to gather support from across the print spectrum as the concept of a ‘not for profit’ event platform proves popular. Comprising of more than 20 unique sessions, with 30 plus speakers from Europe and the US, the summit will bring together global experts and thought leaders from the world of commercial, packaging, wide-format, and industrial printing.