Sean Smyth has spent over 25 years in the industry in senior technology positions for a variety of print businesses across the supply chain, in hands on and consultancy roles. He helps companies make money through the appropriate use of technology.
Sean has a deep knowledge of the global print market, and a key member of the team providing quantitative market data and forecasts for the printing, paper and packaging industry. He authors off-the-shelf market studies and provides strategic consultancy services to a range of clients across the value chain.
Sean has a strong background in appropriate application of technology to print, implementing digital print systems, MIS and workflows to take time and cost out of the print supply chain. In 1994 he became Technical Director of Rexam, where the first colour digital presses in the UK were installed and he has extensive experience of digital printing. He has written many books and market studies on the future, print technology and digital print, including Smithers' flagship title "The Print & Production Manual" and the "Future of Global Print Markets".
I am Co-Founder and CEO in KENTO DIGITAL PRINTING, a company in digital printing for packaging industry.
Prior to a period as independent consultant specialized in packaging, I was Packaging Business Development Director with EFI, a leading software and hardware manufacturer of industrial inkjet printing equipment with headquarters in Silicon Valley. I was in charge of marketing and product development of the industrial inkjet printers for corrugated packaging and displays. This new technology is changing the packaging industry around the world.
Previously I was leading operations of Europac in Morocco as Country Manager: project leader of a greenfield integrated corrugated plant and managing a converting site in Tangier.
Prior to that, as Europac France Packaging Division Country Manager I managed 5 corrugated plants all over France with more than 700 employees and a turnover of 200 million euros.
I have previous experience in the packaging industry since I have worked for Saica group as General Manager of its plant in Valencia and I was owner and CEO of Cartalsa, manufacturer of luxury packaging.
I worked in food industry for 3 years as general manager of Delibreads - Grupo Jose Baringo, manufacturer of ready to cook food and bakery products for the largest retailer in Spain and Portugal.
As a member of the Esko corporate marketing team, Jan De Roeck (°1966) leads a team of marketeers developing outbound messaging and content, manages industry relationships and coordinates market research activities.
With his parents running a local print business, Jan was literally raised amidst ink, paper and printing presses. He holds a bachelor degree in printing and pre-press, and a specialization in graphic design. He complemented his graphic arts education with an Advanced Management Program at the Ghent-Leuven Vlerick Business School in 2007.
Jan began his career in 1989 in the customer services department at Barco, a Belgian technology group at the basis of what Esko is today. Through various product management and product marketing assignments, Jan developed a particular interest, acumen and expertise in prepress solutions for packaging and label production. Jan is highly respected and trusted for his insight in the graphic arts industry and his level of understanding of customer workflows and market requirements. He is a frequently asked speaker and moderator at various international industry events and trade conferences and represents Esko in various trade associations.
Harry Baker has been part of Baker Labels and its flexible packaging division, BakPac, since 2018. Although as a third-generation member of the family business he has grown up surrounded by print and packaging. With a degree in engineering, he combines technical expertise with commercial insight, supporting brand customers as they explore and scale their use of digitally printed pouches sachets and film. Harry is particularly passionate about agility in customer partnerships, innovation in packaging solutions, and the technical precision behind pouch production. He works closely with brands in health, wellness, personal care and beyond, helping them bring sustainable, high-quality flexible packaging to market with confidence.
Carlos Lahoz (Barcelona, Spain) has been working in HP for over 20 years in very different positions. With a technical background in engineering, he started in R&D where quickly became the regulations and environmental manager for Large format and 3D printing business globally. His technical background helped him move to the next role, as global sustainability marketing for all the Industrial and 3D businesses of HP. After a period in a couple of incubation initiatives (Textiles, Creator economy,…), he’s now responsible for the industrial print sustainability strategy, with the ambition of driving industrial printing into reduced emissions and a net positive impact.
Nils Gottfried is Senior Sales Manager for BHS Corrugated GmbH. He holds a degree in Printing Technologies and has over thirty years of experience in the Graphic Arts industry. Before joining BHS Corrugated in 2021, Nils was Product Marketing Manager for Fujifilm Graphics Europe portfolio of Packaging and Wide Format InkJet solutions and worked for GMG Color a leading colour management software company. He worked as well for the Smurfit Kappa Group, as an engineer for print-related projects at the corrugator and converting.
Kerry Sanders is the VP Market Development for EFI and focuses on driving awareness and adoption of EFI digital printing solutions for corrugated packaging in the eCommerce customer segment. Kerry's unique perspectives are informed by his executive experience in business development, operations, and marketing for Fortune 500 companies. Prior to joining EFI, Kerry served as Executive Vice President, Global Business Development at Craft Worldwide, an Interpublic Group (IPG) agency. Prior to Craft, Kerry held key leadership roles in sales and marketing at HP and Xerox, focusing on global new product introductions for digital transformations.
After an internship in packaging, marketing and sales stations at Granini, Bongrain (now Savencia) and Galbani, Peter started his own business in 2001. Since 2008 he has supported clients with a strong focus on sustainability, innovation and differentiation, investing in material, single and reusable options along the entire supply chain.
Lee joined Domino in 2000 and has been a member of the executive management team since 2013 and took on his current role in 2015, the same year that Domino was acquired by Brother Industries. He is leads on strategy at Domino.
Prior to joining Domino Lee has held manufacturing and business development roles in products and services, he is qualified both technically with a Mechanical Engineering Degree from Southampton University and a postgraduate marketing Diploma.
29 years experience in Digital printing markets, from Commercial printing to Label printing and Flexible packaging market. 11 year working in Xerox, 12 years working in HP Indigo and 6 years in Comexi.
Thomas has over 18 years experience in international sales management in mechanical engineering, marking & coding as well as the printing industry. In 2012 he joined Koenig & Bauer Coding In the position of Area Sales Director for Scandinavia, Eastern Europe, Middle East, South-East Asia as well as Asia-Pacific. In 2015 he took over the responsibility of the Key Account department at Koenig & Bauer Coding and has significantly developed the relationship with global brands in several market segments - especially in the FMCG market. Since 2022 he is part of the Group Sales team of the Koenig & Bauer group and he is taking care of major global brands. Together with Global Brands he is elaborating new solutions for packaging the packaging of the future according to the latest market demands. Even more, he is a member of the 2D expert Group of GS1. Thomas’s expertise spans brand development, variable data printing across the whole supply chain, sustainable solutions, digital printing, marking and coding solutions, printing technologies, customer value, traceability, brand protection, digitalization, connected packaging, smart packaging, TCO solutions and customer experience.
Lior Krasnovsky is a Senior Tech Business Development manager at Amazon Transparency. Lior is responsible for integrating Amazon Transparency with partnering solutions. Lior has built his experience in Product, Business Development and Technology over the 18 years of building products and creating partner networks in Digital Print and in Brand Protection.
Lior joined Amazon two years ago where he owns the implementation of Amazon Transparency Interoperability with workflow companies, convertors, and serialization providers. Before that, Lior spent 16 years as a product leader owning the development of workflow tools and digital brand protection solutions at companies like HP Indigo and Press-sense.
