Discover key highlights from the upcoming 11th FESPA Southern European Congress in Porto. Learn how speciality print leaders from Portugal, France, Italy, Spain, and Greece are collaborating to tackle AI, automation, sustainability, and workforce challenges. Get the full event agenda, speaker lineup, and registration details. Speciality print leaders from five Southern European countries will meet in Porto next month for the eleventh FESPA Southern European Congress, taking place on 11–12 November at HF Ipanema Porto, Portugal. The two-day event, which is organised by five FESPA member associations – FESPA France, FESPA Italia, FESPA España, APIGRAF (Portugal) and the FESPA Hellas Association (Greece) – gives members of the community in Southern Europe the opportunity to benchmark their own strategies against peers facing similar conditions, as well as compare notes with neighbouring markets on customer expectations, workforce shortages, investment and new technology.
Owners, CEOs, senior managers, suppliers and technology leaders from screen, digital, textile and signage printing are expected to attend. Paulo Dourado, Director of Communications at APIGRAF, said “Portugal is proud to host the Southern European Congress in Porto. Our markets face many of the same challenges – from AI and sustainability, to finding skilled people. Ultimately, we’re stronger when we discuss and tackle these challenges together.” The programme will commence on 11 November with a speed networking session that pairs print companies, suppliers and associations for structured introductions. On the second day, business leaders from across the five associations will share examples of how their companies are adapting, under the banner Innovation best practices.