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| 8:30: Exhibition Floor Opens, Registration and Coffee Delegates arrive, register and explore the event floor ahead of the conference sessions.
10:00 – 10:10: Conference Opening: Building Million-Dollar Print Businesses Welcome remarks introducing FLEX and the day’s central theme: how ambitious print companies can build, scale and protect profitable businesses. The opening will outline the key questions explored throughout the programme, from international expansion and investment to regional opportunity and market resilience.
10:10 – 10:50: Standing Strong Amidst Global Volatility Ahmed Siddiqui, CEO, Zeejprint A successful printer shares how their business has responded to economic uncertainty, rising costs, supply-chain disruption and changing customer demand. The session will examine the decisions that helped protect profitability, retain customers and position the company for continued growth.
10:50 – 11:30: Scaling Beyond the Local Market An exploration of how a print business can move beyond its domestic customer base and establish a presence in new markets. The speaker will discuss market selection, international sales, partnerships, operational consistency and the challenges of delivering work across borders.
11:30 – 12:10: The Decisions That Changed Our Business A candid account of the pivotal decisions that transformed a successful print company. From investing in equipment and entering new applications to restructuring operations or turning down unsuitable work, the session will reveal how major growth decisions were evaluated and implemented.
12:10 – 12:30: Global Printers Q&A The morning’s speakers come together for a moderated discussion examining the similarities and differences between their growth journeys. Delegates will have the opportunity to ask practical questions about investment, leadership, international expansion and building a resilient print business.
12:30 – 13:30: Lunch & Networking
13:30 – 14:10: FESPA Print Census: What Printers are Telling us Neil Felton, CEO, FESPA The latest FESPA Print Census findings reveal how print businesses are responding to changing market conditions. The session will examine business confidence, investment priorities, technology adoption, sustainability, workforce challenges and the applications printers believe will generate future growth.
2:10 – 2:50: FESPA Middle East Market Update A focused overview of the developments shaping print, signage and visual communications across the Middle East. The session will consider regional investment, customer demand, emerging applications and the commercial opportunities created by the continued development of the GCC.
14:50 – 15:30: Regional Success Stories
15:30 – 16:00: Coffee Break
16:00 – 16:30: The Middle East Print Market: A PESTEL Perspective A structured assessment of the political, economic, social, technological, environmental and legal forces influencing the regional print market. The session will help business leaders distinguish between immediate pressures and the longer-term structural changes likely to affect investment and growth.
16:30 – 17:00: Where the Market Goes Next A forward-looking examination of the applications, customer sectors and business models expected to drive the next phase of regional growth. The session will identify where opportunity is emerging, which risks businesses should prepare for and how printers can position themselves to respond.
17:00 – 17:30: Closing Leadership Panel Global and regional print leaders translate the day’s discussions into a practical set of business priorities. The panel will examine where companies should invest, what they should stop doing and which actions can strengthen profitability, resilience and long-term competitiveness.
17:30: Conference Close
18:00 – 20:00: Evening Reception
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