GS1 in Europe Regional Forum
The GS1 in Europe Forum is the foundation for cooperation between our 49 Member Organisations. The Forum gathers European business leaders, European Associations, companies wanting to use the GS1 standards for enabling a seamless customer experience. Many topics such as traceability, marketplaces engagement, global data models, innovation, circular economy, the digital journey are among the essential topics that will be discussed during the event.
After organising fully in-person Fora over the last years, and a fully virtual one last year, this year the Regional Forum will take place in a hybrid format! The hybrid Forum will strategically incorporate in-person participation in Warsaw, Poland and virtual elements for online attendees.
We are committed to making this event an inspiring one, with many interesting speakers, exciting discussions and of course a few surprises!
Speakers
Laura Barnac
Director of International Development and Brands
DAROME
Laura Barnac has acquired a multidisciplinary experience on brands, with companies such as Procter & Gamble, Unilever and LVMH. Her last position in LVMH was E-retail international Director for LVMH the Wine & Spirits business in charge of growing the e-retail business across the world and leading the transformation it implies.
A few weeks ago she joined the Darome Group, a family company pioneering and leading the aromatic herbs category, with the mission to drive the change.
Laura Barnac
Phil Booker
Head of Partnerships
Fruugo
Phil has been working with Fruugo since the UK MBO in 2012, initially in a consultancy capacity and then from 2017 as their Head of Partnerships. He manages a partnership portfolio of 100’s of retailers generating circa 60% of Fruugo’s total annual GTV, as well as responsible for developing new partnerships in many of Fruugo’s 46 global territories, most recently China and Turkey. With 92% of all sales on Fruugo being cross border, he is well placed to offer insights on selling internationally and how that can be best supported.
Phil Booker
Callum Campbell
CEO
Linnworks
Callum Campbell is the CEO of Linnworks, a leading SaaS commerce platform that works with brands like Ford, Casio, Belkin and Ten Thousand. As CEO, Callum is responsible for ensuring Linnworks empowers brands to grow their business online. Prior to becoming Linnworks CEO in 2017, Callum founded Autonative, a global automotive ecommerce software and services business, where he currently sits as a board member. Callum earned a first class honors degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Bath. Through Linnworks’ partnerships with leading global marketplaces including Amazon, eBay, Alibaba, Google and Facebook, Callum champions the vision of Total Commerce and the need for brands and retailers to be set-up to sell to their customers wherever they choose to purchase.
Callum Campbell
Melissa Ciardullo
Project Leader for Circular Product Development
IKEA
Melissa is a Product Manager specializing in circular design with 10 years of global, commercial experience across Asia, Europe and North America in sustainability and circular innovation. A future orientated disruptor that focuses on innovative solutions for tomorrow’s design questions.
She is a leader and strategic developer in circular innovation at IKEA of Sweden Center for Design. Researched, developed and embeded businesses cases on clean, care, repair, reuse and product passport. She is a Product developer for IKEA’s first action based range of products and has led the largest strategic customer engagement initiative at IKEA – Live LAGOM. Designed and executed strategy of repositioning IKEA towards customer sustainable living at home – across multiple countries with 1000s of participants, managing a £1.5m budget. Oversight of internal change management processes resulting in $11m in savings, new product and service delivery. Founded a community group, connecting others for social activism, and is a practicing ceramicist.
Using design thinking and agile methods, she help people and brands incorporate positive, conscious and sustainable design in their daily life and business. A strong supporter of making smart decisions that eliminates waste by closing the loop in production and design through collaboration, sustainable business models and exploring consumption patterns. I offer 10 years’ experience, knowledge and insight on how to collaborate, plan and form sustainable and circular business opportunities.
A more holistic approach to the design of products, services and projects is inevitable. We need to work together to implement the circular economy, to find the interconnectedness between humankind, nature and industry. Being process driven is one half, but being open to more is the everything. And in my experience, the systems thinking approach to problem solving has allowed me to deliver very purposeful solutions that produce more successful outcomes across the IKEA portfolio.
Melissa Ciardullo
Rafał Dragunajtis
Category Structure Manager
Allegro
Rafał serves as Category Structure Manager at Allegro.pl, the most popular shopping platform in Poland and one of the largest e-commerce websites in Europe. He has been working at Allegro for over 10 years. Currently, his team is part of the Product Catalogue Services team that focuses on productization of the Allegro platform, which will allow clients to search for specific products rather than browse offers. His main area of interest is building a category and parameters structure that allows Allegro clients to buy products in the most convenient way. Prior to Allegro he worked at Unilever and Jeronimo Martins. He is an Executive EMA graduate of Kozminski University. He is a great believer in the ingenuity of people and the power of teamwork. His leadership stake is: “To do the meaningful and impactful things that are aligned with my values and principles”.
Rafał Dragunajtis
Torsten Freund
Head of Project Management “Battery Passport”;
Global Battery Alliance And BASF SE
Dr. Torsten Freund leads the program to develop the GBA Battery Passport as a digital twin of an Electric Vehicle Battery reporting all relevant ESG performance KPIs of the supply chain. Moreover, the GBA Battery Passport Ecosystem will be designed to become the key instrument fostering a sustainable and circular battery economy.
Since July 2020, Torsten has been delegated to GBA from BASF where he serves in Corporate Technology strategic management.
Torsten joined BASF in 1996 developing chemistry driven sustainable solutions by leading teams in various functions from research through product and business development.
Torsten Freund
Joanna Mieszkowicz
CEO
Aeris Futuro Foundation
Passionate creator and supporter of sustainable innovative solutions for businesses, cultural institutions, NGOs and local communities. Co-founder of the Aeris Futuro Foundation and a creator of the first CO2 Calculator in Poland that enables to estimate carbon footprint and compensate it through offset actions, such as planting trees. Fascinated by traditional and contemporary dances, a fan of forest trekking and biking.
Joanna Mieszkowicz
Paweł Motyl
Leadership expert
Author/Consultant
One of the leading European experts in leadership, decision-making and talent management. Pawel passionately combines these topics with the perspective of technology revolution and its impact on the effectiveness of organizations, teams and individuals. He is the only Pole in the Global Gurus’ ‘TOP30’: in March 2021 he was recognized as world’s no. 5 in Startups and world’s no. 16 in Organizational Culture categories.
His book, “Labyrinth. The Art of Decision-Making”, was published in Polish in 2015 and became Harvard Business Review Poland all-time bestseller in just 4 weeks. The book was published in English (2019), Russian, Chinese and Greek (2020). His latest book, “Schrödinger’s World: The Chronicle of an Unpredictable Future” was published in November 2020.
In 2016 he was selected from over 16,000 candidates for the elite global group of Marshall Goldsmith’s “100 Coaches” initiative, alongside people such as Dr. Jim Kim, former President of the World Bank, Alan Mulally, former president of the Ford Motor Corporation, Aicha Evans, Vice President of Intel Corporation, or David Peterson, head of coaching at Google. In November 2019 Pawel was recognized as one of the Leading Global Coaches during Thinkers50 Gala in London.
Pawel completed Train-the-Trainer program at the McClelland Center in Boston (2005), and in 2015 he obtained an executive coach certificate at Stakeholder Centered Coaching. He has also completed The Executive Program at Singularity University in Silicon Valley in 2018 and ‘Minds and Machines’ course at MIT in 2021.
He is a valued inspirational speaker, consultant and advisor to the management boards of leading companies in Europe, North America and Asia, conducts numerous workshops and training programs for senior managers. He has delivered keynote speeches at conferences and conducted workshops with speakers such as Dr. Marshall Goldsmith, Prof. Dave Ulrich, Prof. Andrew McAfee, Neil Rackham, Prof. Joseph Badaracco, and Prof. Heike Bruch.
He worked for over eight years at the Hay Group consulting company, initially as a consultant, then as a leader in the Diagnostics team for Central and Eastern Europe. From 2007 to 2014 he was the CEO of the ICAN Institute, publisher of the Harvard Business Review Poland magazine.
Paweł Motyl
Angelique Schriever
(Policy) Project Lead in Platform Quality
Bol.com
Angelique Schriever joined bol.com, the biggest e-commerce platform in the Benelux, in 2019, in a pilot team set up for the quality of its assortment (which counts over 38 million products). The past years Angelique has worked on topics such as corona, illegal products, product safety, sustainability, and recalls. She is currently head of the quality theme Risk of Poisoning, Illness and Allergic Reaction. This includes projects such as Food & Drinks, and Medical Devices, and reaches over a million products. Next to creating and implementing policies under this theme, she also manages the product information innovation, and is lead on the GS1 connection project. To improve the scalable enforcement of the policies, she is taking the first steps in connecting the assortment of bol.com to data from GS1.
Angelique aspires to make bol.com a safe and reliable marketplace with a qualitative assortment together with its external sellers.
Angelique Schriever
Ignacio Sanchez Recarte
Secretary General
CEEV (Comité Européen des Enterprises Vin)
Dr Ignacio Sánchez Recarte was named Secretary General of CEEV, the association representing the interests of European wine companies, in June 2015.
Before that he served as Director for Internal Market & Sustainability at spiritsEUROPE, the European representative body for spirit producers, and as Director of Environment affairs and Innovation, at Bodegas Chivite, a Spanish wine group.
For the previous 7 years, Ignacio worked for the International Organization of vine and wine (OIV), the scientific and technical intergovernmental organization in the field of wine, first as Head of the Viticulture Unit, then as Head of the Economy and Law Unit.
Prior to this, he was a researcher in the Food Technology Department of the Public University of Navarra.
Ignacio is an Agronomic Engineer from the Public University of Navarra and obtained his PhD in Engineering at the University of Lleida. A Spanish citizen, Ignacio is fluent in Spanish, English, French and Italian.
In 2016, he was elected Vice-President of FIVS, the international federation of wine and spirits producers, and Vice-President of CELCAA, the organization representing EU associations and companies active in the sector of agricultural and agri-food trading.
Ignacio Sanchez Recarte
Tilmann Vahle
Associate - Lead, sustainable industrial and mobility strategies
SYSTEMIQ
Tilmann Leads SYSTEMIQ’s work on digital sustainable supply chains and mobility. In this function he has been responsible for developing a large consortium of German automotive industry to contribute to the EU Battery Passport and has lead the publication of multiple reports with World Economic Forum and the Circular Economy Initiative Germany on sustainable and circular strategies.
Before SYSTEMIQ, Tilmann worked with EY Sustainability, Volkswagen Corporate Foresight, GIZ, and the Desertec Foundation. He holds Degrees with distinction from Maastricht and Lund University.
Tilmann Vahle
Jonathan Weitzman
Professor/Director
Université de Paris/Center for Epigenetics and Cell Fate (UMR Epigénétique et Destin Cellulaire)
Jonathan Weitzman is a full-professor of Genetics and Epigenetics at the Université de Paris and the founding director of the Center for Epigenetics and Cell Fate (UMR Epigénétique et Destin Cellulaire). He trained at the University of Manchester and the University of Oxford, UK. He worked at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA and was a faculty member at the Pasteur Institute in Paris. Jonathan has a background in signal transduction pathways and expertise in gene regulatory networks and epigenetic contributions to disease. Jonathan has authored over 70 research articles and reviews and published two books for a lay audience. Jonathan is also passionate about teaching and is heavily committed to training and mentoring young researchers; he directs the European Masters’ in Genetics (Magistère de Génétique) at the Université de Paris and the Ecole Universitaire de Recherche G.E.N.E. Jonathan has led many interdisciplinary initiatives including the Laboratoire d’Excellence “LABEX Who Am I?” a research consortium focusing on questions of identity, the Académie Vivante, an innovative Art-Science teaching initiative and the “Dance Your PhD” graduate project. He is the co-host of the podcast The Lonely Pipette; helping scientists do better science.
Jonathan Weitzman
Martin Willers
CEO and Co-founder
Transparant
Martin Willers is the CEO and Co-founder of Stockholm based consumer electronics brand Transparent. Transparent makes premium home audio products such as the award winning Transparent Speaker range. Martin has previously co-founded the product design consultancy People People that was acquired by EY Doberman in 2018.
Martin has a passion for sustainable products and has served as the editor in chief of the Swedish product sustainability guide and as thought leader for Kickstarter in New York where he helped shape their Environmental Resources and guides for crowdfunding projects thats been implemented over thousands of design and tech projects yearly.
Martin Willers
Marco Evertz
Scientific Consultant
VDI/VDE – Innovation + Technik GmbH
Marco studied chemistry at the Westfälische-Wilhelms University Münster, where he received his Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry in 2018 focusing on the Aging on Lithium Ion Batteries. Since 2019, he is working at VDI/VDE – Innovation + Technik GmbH focusing on the implementation of the Battery IPCEIs on the national and European level.
Marco Evertz
Jochen Boy
Senior Project Manager
Deutsche Bundesbank
Jochen Boy is a senior project manager in Deutsche Bundesbank`s cash department.
After graduating as a business economist he has been working for nearly 30 years in various cash related positions in the central bank. Since 2006 he is a project manager in the cash department at the Bundesbank’s Central Office, Frankfurt. Jochen has managed various projects to set up and expand a GS1 based communication between the Bundesbank and its professional cash handlers (banks, Cash-in-Transit companies, retail markets).
Jochen is a member of the Central Bank GS1 User Group, an international community of Central Banks using GS1 for their cash processes
Jochen Boy
Lars Christian Fredenlund
Co-founder
Cobuilder
Lars Christian Fredenlund is the CEO and co-founder of Cobuilder, experienced Founder with a demonstrated history of working in the information technology and services industry. Strong entrepreneurship professional with a backgrund as a carpenter, Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) focused in Construction Engineering from Høgskolen i Oslo (HiO).
Next to that he is a member of Construction Products Europe – Task Group Digitalisation (BIM), advisory board of the European project to DigiPLACE, Technical leader of two EU projects on REACH and CPR: ChemXchange and ProductInfoX; a member of buildingSMART International working with open standards, and true supporter of GS1 standards working leading the work on the Digital Supply Chain in Built Environment.
He is advising governments and National/European associations on data aggregation and exploitation. Lars works across Europe with all actors promoting the importance of implementing Smart CE and Data Templates and how this can enable Industry 4.0, Green deal and Circular Economy.
Lars Christian Fredenlund
Marcin Foltynski
Logistics manager
Lina Medical
Experienced Logistics Manager with a demonstrated history of working in the logistics and supply chain industry. He has 20 years’ experience in freight transport and logistics, management of international transport corridors, green transport and city logistics.
Currently, proud to be part of the LiNA Medical a family owned medical device company that has expanded across the globe. LiNA Medical develops innovative, safe and simple to use devices for minimally invasive gynecology, electro-surgery and laparoscopic surgery.
Formerly, project manager and senior consultant at the Institute of Logistics and Warehousing. He works as a trainer in The Higher School of Logistics. Received master degree at the Poznań University of Economics and Business, specialization: transport and logistics. Post graduated studies: Financial and Strategic Analysis and Pedagogy. Member of the Board of the Polish Logistics Association.
Marcin Foltynski
Raluca Marian
General Delegate
IRU Permanent Delegation, European Union
Raluca Marian is the General Delegate of the IRU Permanent Delegation to the European Union. Raluca leads the lRU Brussels team and is in charge of advocacy for the entire commercial transport by road, including freight transport and logistics and mobility of people.
Prior to joining IRU, for over 10 years, Raluca was a competition and regulatory lawyer in Norton Rose Fulbright’s team in Brussels, where she advised on a broad range of competition areas, such as merger control, investigations, abuse of dominance, horizontal and vertical agreements and State aid law. On the regulatory side, her focus has been on transport regulation and market access. She holds a Master of Laws from Vrije University Brussels.
Raluca Marian
Aidan Mercer
Marketing Director
BuildingSMART International
Aidan Mercer is marketing director at buildingSMART with 10+ years of experience in the technology industry.BuildingSMART is the worldwide industry body driving the digital transformation of the built asset industry. buildingSMART is committed to delivering improvement by the creation and adoption of open, international standards and solutions for infrastructure and buildings. The role of Aidan includes the creation and development of thought leadership content on BIM, Going Digital, Big Data, IoT, geospatial, Smart Cities, Reality Modeling, 3D and various other topic areas for the infrastructure industry.
Aidan Mercer
Alekandra Stanek-Kowalczyk
Managing Director
SAPERE
An expert in the field of sustainable business. Specializes in sustainability strategies, sustainability reporting, sustainable finance, managing relationships with key stakeholders, impact management, responsible sales.
The owner of the SAPERE consulting company, and assistant professor at the Warsaw School of Economics.
For almost ten years associated with consulting companies from B4. She has carried out dozens of consulting projects for the largest entities and capital groups in Poland. She worked for Polish and international companies as well as State Owned companies. She has experience in the implementation of projects for companies from various industries e.g. financial, energy, mining, FMCG, logistics, ICT, pharmaceutical.
Member of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Stakeholder Council and Vice President of Responsible Sales Declaration Council. She was a member of the 305 Technical Committee dealing with social responsibility, including the ISO 26000 standard. An expert in the Benefactor of the Year competition and in the Social StartUp competition. She was a member of the Committee verifying the translation of GRI G4 Guidelines into Polish.
The winner of the first edition of the “Man of knowledge and experience” award by the Coalition of the President-Volunteers. A winner of distinctions in the third edition of the Pióro Odpowiedzialności competition for the best expert CSR article. A winner of the second prize in Verba Veritatis contest for the best doctoral thesis on ethics and responsible management.
Graduated in political science and management at the Jagiellonian University, MBA Management for Central and Eastern Europe program (Haniel Foundation scholarship holder, program completed with honors) and an international LEAD-Leadership for Sustainable Future program. Defended with distinction a doctoral dissertation at the Warsaw School of Economics.
Alekandra Stanek-Kowalczyk
Paul Surin
Global Lead Built Environment & EC&O Segment Lead
IBM
Paul Surin is the Global Lead Built Environment & EC&O Segment lead at IBM. He has a highly successful track record in leading both internal teams and external strategies, consultants, delivering innovative and commercially favourable solutions to all subject matters. Paul has an extensive knowledge of digital transformation strategies, BIM, Construction , Manufacturing, design & advice, modern methods of constructions, manufacturing processes, renewable energy technologies & energy performance of existing and new dwellings as well as planning regulations.
He is a chartered member and engineer of both the Institute of Engineering and Technology and the Chartered institute of Building and has degrees in Energy and Sustainable Development, Engineering in Mechanical, Robotics, IT and Architecture, along with further qualifications including a postgraduate diploma in Eco-Building Design.
Paul is a member of Built Environment Executive at the IET, vice-chair of BIM4HOUSING, co-opted UK expert at European Standardization Working Group for BIM – CEN TC 442 and ISO. Furthermore, he is a chairman of Construction Product Europe Digitalization Task Group where I am involved in strategies around Digital Built Environment and what it means for manufacturers, digital construction and BIM.
Paul Surin
Thibaut Wautelet
Project manager
+ImpaKT
Thibaut is a passionate sustainability leader at the interface of circularity and innovation. As project manager at +ImpaKT, Thibaut contributed to several strategic circular economy projects in Luxembourg, including the national zero-waste strategy and a national guide for sustainable neighborhood development. Since 2018, he is in charge of leading for the initiative called Product Circularity Data Sheet (PCDS) launched by the Ministry of the Economy of Luxembourg, which aims at developing an industry standard for communicating circularity data of product throughout the supply chain.
Thibaut Wautelet
Programme
GS1 FUNdamentals, The core to build the GS1 house!
+New training material available to train the trainers, onboard newcomers on what our GS1 System is about and the building blocks,’ the GS1 House’ story and refresh knowledge of those who need/want to know more on our GTIN and GTIN Management and more: This session is essential for newcomers and is a valuable refresher on our GS1 Standards for everyone. It’s worth waking up for!
Event-based Visibility powered by EPCIS
+Introductory crash course in the What, When, Where, Why and How of EPCIS! Topics that are included are:
- GS1 “Share” standards: the interplay of master data, transactional data and visibility event data
- Traceability and chain of custody
- Inventory Management and Inventory Maintenance
- Aggregation and the practice of inference
- Tracking the Transformation of upstream product ingredients
- Cross-sector deployments gaining momentum
- Interoperable exchange of Pharmaceutical traceability data and Pandemic supply chain
- Rail maintenance repair and overhaul (MRO)
- Breaking ground in new sector pilots
- EPCIS 2.0 support for JSON, REST API, GS1 Digital Link URIs, business-relevant sensor data and integration with GS1 Web Vocabulary
- Online resources and tools: EPCIS Workbench and FREEPCIS
Train the Trainer
+Train the Trainer is a workshop designed to help trainers improve their skills for training others. In this course, you will experience techniques and methods to maintain the interest of your attendees and to motivate them.
Coffee Break
UDI in Europe: work in progress
+The technical rules for Unique Device Identification are available. The requirements for EUDAMED are taking form. Next to an update on these, this session will be hands-on. Together we will work on best practices and create the outline for practical examples on UDI for industry that are easy to use and easy to share. Help us make the right connections, reduce the questions we receive and update our websites.
Transport & Logistics is in our DNA
+Transport, and especially logistics form the DNA of our standards. It is where it all started. Last year the activities around Transport & Logistics have moved from Global Office into one of the Centres of Excellence. During this session you will be updated, amongst others, on the numerous topics and sub-sector activities on:
- Maritime & Ports
- Road Transport/Intermodal transport
- Paperless Transport
- Customs
You better pay! - Insight in e-invoicing
+We are all using online payments, QR codes for invoices and paying with your mobile on a personal level. We are used to it, but what is happening with invoices on a business to business level? How are partners invoicing each other and what is the role of governments?
Lunch
Opening plenary & future of GS1
+Our chair will welcome everyone to the Regional Forum and will explain the strategy for the next years. There will be exciting speakers on various topics and the GS1 in Europe app Picture It! will be launched!
Coffee Break
Training network
+Get inspired by the best training methods and successful projects from the MO Community and get back new ideas to train your employees and industry stakeholders. Connect with your peers and copy trainings that are available throughout Europe to improve your training offer.
Do you hear the ECHO? - data in healthcare
+ECHO, Extending the Collaboration of Healthcare Organisations, was started some years ago. Work was already done on harmonising existing data models throughout Europe on medical devices and pharmaceuticals. The use of GDSN in the (healthcare) market is growing. More and more healthcare institutions and suppliers exchange data via GDSN, so the wish to extend the dataset is growing in different countries. For suppliers to be able to share all the required data and fulfil the wishes of separate countries, it is desired that we as countries align.
The ECHO model is updated based on the latest information. Now it is time to align and connect with the local markets: the hospitals, pharmacies, manufacturers and wholesalers and make data the common denominator!
Flash talks
+Now it is up to you: during the Flash Talks you will be informed on the biggest achievements of your peers, tooling, projects and other MO sharing. Be amazed by what is done throughout Europe! With a different programme throughout the sessions during the week. Never a dull moment.
During this block of Flash talks, you will see the following presentations:
- GS1 Poland: Paperless project in cooperation with solution providers by Agata Horzela
- GS1 in Europe: What do you think public policy is? by Francesca Poggiali
- GS1 Germany: We make Supply Chains transparent by Bernd Büker
- GS1 Austria: Raising awareness for GS1 Austria in the agricultural sector by Eugen Sehorz
- GS1 Slovenia: Catch the cash by Roko Stanicic
- GS1 France: Engaging an emerging sector at GS1 – the power of Benchmarking
by Diana de Bernardy
Coffee Break
Coping with the new normal - an HR session
+The fast pace of how we live and work today is driving business into incremental and radical change, as a constant. COVID 19 has accelerated the need to transform and fast-track the must-do’s already on the agenda for the “next normal” (workforce transformation, future-of-work). We will discuss and share how organizations and leaders do that while bringing people along with them.
Get our customer support to the next level
+Customer support is the heart of our operations. But how are we organised? How do we help our customers? How do we answer all questions that come in? What IT systems do we use and how do we monitor the activities? Where is room for improvement and where can we learn from each other? It will be a highly interactive meeting with input from all participants. Come and join and help us get customer support to the next level!
Forum Virgins - for all newcomers
+This session is intended for all the newcomers of the GS1 community to the Regional Forum. Learn about GS1 in Europe, discover which projects are in place, and see how you can engage with the active and vibrant GS1 in Europe community. We will help around and support that you have an optimal Forum experience.
Plenary: Interoperability Forum
+During this next Interoperability Forum the focus will be the product passport (generic and in details for batteries). There will be speakers from associations and regulators as well as from industry.
Coffee Break
Alcoholic Beverages, Get ready for e-label
+Alcoholic beverages is one of the first types of products that will work with an e-label. You will get the latest information about informing consumers online on ingredients and nutritional declaration of alcoholic beverages within European Union and will learn how CEEV’s e-label platform works.
The MO digital journey continues
+GS1 continues to partner with industry to ensure that all products everywhere have a valid GTIN with related product information that can be verified globally and is readily available in the GS1 Registry Platform (GRP). GS1 Member Organisations (MOs) have joined the GS1 Registry Platform as part of their own “digital journeys” and, thanks to this engagement, the GTIN Registry is now filled with more than 100 million GTINs.
Yet, this is just the beginning of our journey. Join us to learn more about our next destinations and the global programmes designed to support MOs and industry partners to make the path smoother and faster. Hear about the latest achievements, plans for the coming year 2022 and the important role your MO can play for making the GS1 digital transformation a sustainable success.
What’s up in Construction – an outlook on the market & standards
+The centre of excellence construction is almost celebrating its first year of existence., This session will have short presentations on markets and standards development for the Construction industry and for other interested people!
Cash handling: Follow the Money!
+The purpose of this group is to work together with European Central Banks to implement and expand GS1 standards for cash supply-chain in the Euro zone and globally. Join us and see what you can do!
Lunch
Plenary: The future of identification
+Identification, possibly the best kept secret of GS1. There is more that meets the eye behind the GTIN and other identification standards. How is it used now and what will change in the future?
There will be specific use cases presented by various speakers.
Coffee Break
GS1's marketing capabilities continue to evolve
+GS1’s marketing capabilities continue to evolve – helping to ensure that our brand experience is seen, heard and felt across all digital channels. The first part of this session will focus on the new GS1 web guidelines and the steps that your MO should take towards implementation:
- Learn how the new web approach can improve the online customer experience in your market.
- Leverage web analytics to gain insights into your website’s strengths and weaknesses and prioritise what you should improve.
- Implement the best technological solutions on your website.
- Collaborate with MO peers to benefit from their experience.
Attendees will also hear how the acceleration of online commerce impacts our business and digital strategy – and how GS1 websites need to evolve and offer inspiring shopping experiences to customers searching for our products and services.
Finally, we will introduce an update to the GS1 Global Brand Manual, including the latest brand assets and templates so that we can all implement the global brand effectively—and consistently.
GS1 in Rail – Using international standards to move into the digital future
+Digitization in Rail is picking up speed: The industry is recognizing and realizing the benefits of automated, standardized processes. Rail operators and their suppliers already use GS1 standards for product identification and traceability in various areas and will continue to do so in the future. Due to the importance of clear, accurate and complete data for their business, but also due to the advancing digitalization, this trend will increase in the coming years. Hear from stakeholders and GS1 experts on how GS1 Standards can support and even push this trend.
Flash talks
+Now it is up to you: during the Flash Talks you will be informed on the biggest achievements of your peers, tooling, projects and other MO sharing. Be amazed by what is done throughout Europe! With a different programme throughout the sessions during the week. Never a dull moment.
During this block of Flash talks, you will see the following presentations:
- GS1 Denmark: GS1 Denmark’s newly started Partner Program; why and how by Marie Thea Larsen
- GS1 France: New customer journey for sellers on marketplaces by Anne Gabiron
- GS1 Poland: How GS1 standards support Polish Food Banks? by Hanna Walczak
- GS1 Netherlands: GS1 Digital Link live, a demo of GS1 data sharing future by Frits van den Bos
- atrify: Yes! EUDAMED is live, the initial results are better than expected by Ilteris Oney
- GS1 Germany: How to setup a hackathon by Mayra Castellanos
- GS1 Poland: How to cooperate with marketplaces? by Magdalena Wałęsiak
Board meeting (CEOs only) - Part 1
Coffee Break
An interactive deep dive into innovation (sold out)
+“It’s not about ideas. It’s about making ideas happen” – Scott Belsky
From trends to products: join our crash course on the hottest innovation tools and methods! In this interactive session – organised by the European Innovators Network – we will show you three exciting trends and you will learn how to identify them yourself. You will also experience formats for collaborative working and understand how to transform an idea into a product. So, what are you waiting for? Everyone is welcome to join us on this innovation learning journey.
Fruits & Vegetables: Present & Future!
+Meet the GS1 in Europe Fruit & Vegetable Group, open for all!
Why?
- Learn about the latest developments on GS1 Standards for fresh fruit & vegetables.
- Discuss with us about traceability in this sector.
- Meet nice people from all over Europe, discuss with experts from industry.
In Warsaw we will have a meeting of our working group and invite anyone who is interested in our topics.
Data quality at the source
+How can we improve the data quality in our registries? We need to start at the source. During this workshop, through a series of questions, you can pave the way and decide together on how the data quality can be improved. Continue to enable higher levels of Quality Content in the GS1 systems by applying best practices at the source as well as data analytics models that can be incorporated in the GS1 service offering.
Also you will be updated on several global, regional and local developments on data quality.
Board meeting (CEOs only) - Part 2
Dinner hosted by GS1 Poland
Global Data Model, New horizons
+We are NOT going to update you on everything that has been created for the global data model and was presented in several sessions throughout the last two years.
What we WILL do is update you on hot topics that are related to the global data model:
- Product life cycle and standardised listing sheets
- The deployment roadmap for FMCG
- Lessons learned for new categories (DIY, healthcare)
- Value proposition for healthcare (from industry)
Global Migration to 2D
+Introduction to the Global Migration to 2D programme, description of how MOs can get involved, provide example models for how MOs are engaging their local members in this topic, and a workshop/breakout with attendees to understand messaging, discuss end user benefits, and collect questions and barriers to adoption.
The session will be taylored to the European need and there is room for covering the technical aspects, the use-cases and community engagement.
Standards & Regulations: get set for the future
+The standards & regulation team is to support GS1 in Europe and its member organisations on public policy topics, connecting with associations and new upcoming regulations (within and beyond the European Union). Europe is going green and digital! The team comes together on a regular basis to work on projects, proposals for tenders or calls and on regulatory developments. The best example is how we are joining forces with associations and industry to create the product passport (for batteries and other product categories). Come and join us for more trends and get updated on the European agenda, connect with the team and get set for the future.
Coffee Break
Plenary: Marketplaces & ecommerce
+MThe data excellence plenary is part of the data excellence webinars that are held throughout the year. You will be updated on the latest on global data model, data quality and other topics.arketplaces and sellers are the new oil for GS1. Updates from various speakers on Marketplaces, global and European, and all activities that are deployed around it.
Lunch
Business Intelligence: a trend marketing session for you!
+To better understand our DNA and our European market, GS1 in Europe has been working over the past years on collecting data about the Member Organisations who form GS1 in Europe. We have now a better picture of where we stand as a European platform composed of 49 MOs. Join us to see the results of the last survey and discuss together what are the biggest trend within our EU MOs!
Product passport for batteries, we’re in charge!
+Europe is aiming for zero carbon emissions in 2050 and the movement has already begun. The European Commission and GS1 in Europe are working collaboratively to make future carbon neutral with the new product passport concept. To start with the battery sector.
At this moment the team is just being formed, but during the regional forum a draft guideline on the product passport will be ready to share. You will learn how industry can identify, capture (label) and share the data on traceability, green aspects, sustainability and transactional data through the product passport. The first goal is that industry will be able to ensure reuse and recycling of batteries and the second goal is that the public will be able to ensure the source of the battery is green in terms of CO2 and human rights.
GLN: Going from local to global
+Over the last year MOs have teamed up to work on the development for the standards around GLN and creating the requirements to add GLN to the GS1 Registry Platform. This is all done just in time for the regional forum. During this session you will:
- Be updated on all materials that have been delivered by the GLN Programme
- Know how the GLN Registry will work with other data sources (local registries and sector specific)
- Get insight on the plans of Global Office to build the registry, its components and how you can connect (data IN & data OUT)
Coffee Break
Product images from your phone... Can you Picture It!?
+Picture It! is a mobile application that can be integrated with Activate. It’s simple, easy to use and will enable Brand owners to add pictures of their products into the GS1 systems. Get ready to test it and implement it within your MO.
B2B2C working group
+B2B2C is a long-standing working group of GS1 in Europe where GDSN experts from European MOs gather to harmonise GDSN implementation in Europe. In the first part of the session, you will learn about new GDSN guidelines and other deliverables created by this group over the last year. Second part will be dedicated to work on new or not-yet-finished topics.
Coffee Break
Flash talks
+Now it is up to you: during the Flash Talks you will be informed on the biggest achievements of your peers, tooling, projects and other MO sharing. Be amazed by what is done throughout Europe! With a different programme throughout the sessions during the week. Never a dull moment.
During this block of Flash talks, you will see the following presentations:
- GS1 Ireland: Keeping track of the COVID-19 vaccine – Ireland’s story by Amanda Craene
- GS1 Denmark: How GS1 Denmark are working with universities and grade schools to push GS1 2D barcodes against Food Waste by Mads Kibsgaard
- GS1 Italy: GS1 Italy for sustainability: tools and solutions by Sara Manazza,Valeria Franchella, Carolina Gomez
- GS1 Belgium & Luxembourg: One customer journey, one platform. The Brussels waffle by Sara Lard and Jan Somers
- GS1 Sweden: The DQ-program in Sweden by Tobias Granqvist
Networking dinner
Plenary: Data Excellence
+The data excellence plenary is part of the data excellence webinars that are held throughout the year. You will be updated on the latest on global data model, data quality and other topics.
Coffee Break
MO strategy session
+NEW! A session dedicated to the management teams and the directors form our MOs. What are the national strategies per MO? What are the trends? How are we organised? How can we learn from each other? Open for all, but especially C-level is invited to join!
Marketplaces: the new normal
+The disruptive nature of Marketplaces continues to drive change at an accelerating pace, and even more so as a result of the COVID pandemic. Marketplaces are recognised as a top priority for the GS1 community, since 1) they are a key source of membership growth for many MOs, 2) they drive usage of the GTIN while also opening up many opportunities ahead to encourage broader adoption of GS1 Standards and Services in the Marketplace ecosystem, 3) there is a strong ask from the Marketplace community itself to ensure that our Standards and Services are fit for ecommerce.
Join us to learn more about:
- The GS1 Marketplace Programme and its three workstreams – Standards, Services and Education & Awareness
- Global Marketplace engagement to-date
- Developments within Europe and engagement with European marketplaces
Flash talks (cancelled)
+Now it is up to you: during the Flash Talks you will be informed on the biggest achievements of your peers, tooling, projects and other MO sharing. Be amazed by what is done throughout Europe! With a different programme throughout the sessions during the week. Never a dull moment.
Please note: More information will be shared when available.
Lunch
Closing plenary & recap of the week
+You will learn about all that you have missed and possibly already forgot. And you will get some inspirations to last you till the next Regional Forum!
Coffee Break
Site visits (sold out)
+It is the Regional Forum and the MO Open day combined. Join us for site visits to industry partners and locations (like warehouses, hospitals, manufacturers, etc.). See what is actually happening out there and how the GS1 standards are implemented.
Please note: More information will be shared when available.
Hackathon: Green is the new black! (sold out)
+Sustainability is maybe the most important focus area of GS1 for the future. In recent years this trend was already pointed out, but now it’s becoming a reality. New developments are happening all over Europe, for example on the product passport. But also on a global level, people are more and more connected with sustainability, on a personal but also on a business level.
So now is the time to make it more tangible for us! How can our standards help supporting the green use cases? What can they do exactly? What needs to be changed? With this green conceptual hackathon, we will think differently, and will be a part of shaping the future of GS1!
COVID-19 safety measures: multi-layered safety approach
Based on the Polish regulations and the main measures that all the EU countries are adopting we are working on a multi-layered COVID-19 safety approach that includes prevention, protection, mitigation, monitoring and maintaining safety.
Measures include tests, touchless environments, re-vamped catering, meeting rooms occupancy monitoring, upgrades to facility infrastructure and strategies to increase personal commitments like adhering to social distancing.
More information will be shared with the participants before the event.
We are committed to trying to give you a great experience with useful and interesting content for both formats, in-person and online. Beyond the plenaries and sessions that will happen during the week, we will be live 8 hours a day through our GS1 in Europe Radio Station. With this radio station, you will be able to connect with the event in Warsaw from 09:00 to 18:00 CET, from Monday to Thursday, and see what is happening, see interviews with some of the event speakers, have recaps of the sessions, connect with colleagues, listen to good music and much more!