FESPA is delighted to announce FESPA Asia will take place in February 2017 at the BITEC exhibition centre, Bangkok, Thailand.

FESPA’s apex thought leadership forum, The Global Summit, returns for 2015, taking place from 1 – 2 December 2015 at the Andaz Hotel in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Mexican graphic arts trade association Canagraf (La Cámara Nacional de la Industria de Artes Gráficas) has been accepted as FESPA’s national association for Mexico at the FESPA General Assembly, held in Madrid on September 4 2015.

Siotec, the 10-year old trade association representing the Italian speciality print community, has rebranded as FESPA Italia Associazione (FESPA Italy Association).

FESPA, together with its Brazilian partner APS Feiras & Eventos, has announced a new roadshow event – the FESPA Brasil Forum – travelling to six Brazilian cities. The roadshow will be scheduled from September to December, ahead of the next FESPA Brasil exhibition in São Paolo, 6-9 April 2016.

The findings of FESPA’s Print Census – the most far-reaching global industry survey ever conducted by the organisation – expose six overarching trends driving the global wide format and speciality print community.

Yaşar Gűvenen has been inaugurated as the 16th President of FESPA, in a ceremony at the FESPA Awards Gala Dinner at Flora Köln during FESPA 2015 in Cologne, Germany (18-22 May 2015). He accepted the chain of office from outgoing president and fellow FESPA board member Lascelle Barrow, who has served in the role of President since June 2013.

The FESPA Awards 2015 is now closed for entries and FESPA is inviting the print public to vote for their favourite to win the People’s Choice of the Year and Hall of Fame Awards.

As part of its commitment to education and knowledge sharing, FESPA has introduced a new series of technical guides which are available free of charge for members of FESPA’s national associations.

As part of its commitment to funding education and knowledge sharing events for its member community, FESPA has launched its first Nordic Congress, in partnership with its Nordic national associations: FESPA Norway Association, FESPA Finland Association, FESPA Sweden Association and Graphic Association Denmark. The congress titled, ‘Successful Printing – Driving Opportunities’, will take place from 24-25 March 2015 at Axelborg in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Three of FESPA’s national associations are to host a Southern European Congress from 10-11 March, 2015, at the Confortel Barcelona, Spain, with the support of FESPA. FESPA France Association, FESPA España Association (Spain) and SIOTEC Association (Italy) will deliver two days of educational content, networking and knowledge sharing.

FESPA is staging four regional congresses in collaboration with its associations during the first half of 2015, as part of its educational commitment to its global print community. The four congresses will take place in Barcelona, Spain; Copenhagen, Denmark; Mexico City, Mexico and Johannesburg, South Africa.