Connect Print - World Cup Print Strategy
Join Connect Print for a fun in-person dive into winning print strategies - Wednesday 10th June • 10 AM - 4 PM
Join Connect Print and Konica Minolta for a unique World Cup-themed event designed to help print businesses become truly match ready for 2026 and beyond.This isn’t a typical manufacturer open day. It’s a practical, insight-led day focused on the real challenges and opportunities facing the UK print industry - from AI and automation to production efficiency, workflow, profitability, and future growth.
Hear from industry experts, see the latest production technologies in action, and gain honest, commercially focused insight into how forward-thinking print businesses are adapting and winning.Whether you’re exploring AI, reviewing your production strategy, or simply looking for fresh ideas and competitive advantage, this event promises practical takeaways, valuable networking, and a clear game plan for the future.Get your business match fit for what’s next.
Agenda
Turnstiles Open | 09:00 | Arrival and Refreshments |
Team Talk | 10:00 | Jason Bryant – Connect Print Jon Hiscock – Konica Minolta |
Kick-Off | 10:30 | Andy Skarpellis – Chief Operating Officer, Precision ProCo ‘The manufacturing challenges facing a UK print business in 2026’ |
Pause in Play | 11:15 | |
Tactical Switch | 11:30 | Carl Carter – Connect AI ‘From Gutenberg to GPT: The AI Print Business Reinvention Nobody's Talking About’ |
Half-Time | 12:15 | LUNCH BREAK |
Second Half - Tech Squad Reveal | 13:00 | Konica Minolta Customer Experience Centre Technology Overview: • New AccurioPress 5000 series – the latest digital production press • AccurioPress 14010S Series of 5 Colour, flagship digital production presses • AccuroPress C84hc Chroma Press • AccurioLabel Press’s • AccurioShine and MGI Jet Varnish embellishment solutions • AccurioJet KM1e Inkjet Press • An array of inline and nearline finishing solutions from Plockmatic and Morgana Partners • Vpress Web-to-Print • Young People in Print & Packaging (YPIPP) |
Drinks Break | 14:30 | |
Managers’ Panel | 14:45 | • Kelvin Bell – Vpress • Andy Skarpellis – Precision ProCo • Carl Carter – Connect AI • Jon Hiscock – Konica Minolta • Warren Beard – Connect Print • Paul Stead – YPIPP (Young People in Print & Packaging) |
Final Whistle | 15:30 |
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Once Registered
On registering, you will be provided with a log in for our marketing portal where you will be asked to complete a number of products for the event. These products will ask a range of questions and need to be ordered to enable the items to be available for your attendance.
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Where To Find Us
Konica Minolta Client Engagement Centre
Unit 1B,
Holla Park,
Thorn Road,
Houghton Regis,
Dunstable
LU5 6TZ
Phone number: 01268 644402
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Experience Innovation in Action
Our CEC provides customers with a single, immersive environment to engage our experts around their needs and challenges, and then to experience practical solutions to these challenges and needs, leveraging the complete breadth of Konica Minolta’s solutions for the digital workplace through to the professional and industrial print portfolio.
Talk to a solutions expert before your visit to ensure your session focuses on the outcomes that matter most to your organisation.