Programme
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All times are in Central European Time (CET)
13:00 - 13:50
Plenary sessions
Plenary: Opening plenary
More information to come later..
Who should attend: Everyone may attend
Speakers: To be announced
14:00 - 15:15
Community engagement
Construction session
Demonstration of the power of standards to support industry stakeholders to comply with requirements of upcoming regulations and environmental challenges.
Who should attend: Everyone may attend
Session leader(s): Ildikó Lieber, GS1
Industries impacted: Technical industries
14:00 - 15:00
Community engagement
Implementing next generation barcodes powered by GS1
This is a unique opportunity to learn from leaders from a range of industry sectors and business functions as they share their experiences in implementing next generation barcodes powered by GS1.
Who should attend: Everyone may attend
Session leader(s): Tania Snioch, GS1
Industries impacted: Retail - Apparel; Retail - CPG Retail - Fresh foods; Retail - General merchandise
16:00 - 17:00
Standards Development
Introduction to the Global Standard Management Process (GSMP)
Are you new to GS1 standards development? Are you uncertain of how the Global Standards Management Process (GSMP) works? Learn more about the standards process from GSMP experts. This is the place to bring your GSMP questions to be answered.
Who should attend:
Session leader(s): Andrew Hearn, GS1
Industries impacted: All industries
16:00 - 17:30
Training & Education
Next generation barcodes powered by GS1 - Implementation 'nuts and bolts'
Learn from GS1 Global Office subject matter experts Steven Keddie and Phil Archer as they walk through the practicalities of implementing next generation barcodes powered by GS1 and using these to access associated data. As well as discussing key implementation questions, Phil and Steven will address common misconceptions and the solutions to these.
Who should attend: Everyone may attend
Session leader(s): Albert Ang, GS1
Industries impacted: Retail - Apparel; Retail - CPG Retail - Fresh foods; Retail - General merchandise
11:00 - 12:30
Training & Education
Customer service: learn from your peers
GS1 Member Organisations (MOs) continuously seek new ways of improving the Customer Experience at GS1. Learn from your peers by discovering their success stories and how they overcome their challenges.
Who should attend: Everyone may attend
Session leader(s): Sara Cavallucci and Tom Knapen, GS1
Industries impacted: All industries
Standards Development
Enhanced EPCIS sandbox - now featuring an EPCIS event repository!
More information to come later.
Who should attend: Everyone may attend
Session leader(s): Craig Alan Repec, GS1
Industries impacted: All industries
13:00 - 13:50
Plenary sessions
Plenary: Value-led industry transformation: Meeting emerging sustainability needs
Today, companies face the challenge of delivering value to customers and remain competitive while addressing pressing sustainability needs.
Accenture This session will present an analysis of industry’s sustainability requirements, exploring how GS1, can play a pivotal role in supporting companies’ emerging needs.
Join us to discover how we can work together to help shape a more sustainable future for industries worldwide.
Who should attend: Everyone may attend
Session leader(s): Patrik Jonasson, GS1
14:00 - 15:30
Standards Development
GSMP ID-AIDC Standards Maintenance Group (SMG)
More information to come later.
Who should attend: Opted-in only
Session leader(s): John Ryu, GS1
Industries impacted: All industries
Training & Education
GS1 Global Training Network
Join this session to discover how training is managed across GS1, globally and locally. GS1 Member Organisations (MOs) will present new training initiatives, best practices, and success stories to inspire each other!
Who should attend: GS1 MO and GO only
Session leader(s): Simona Scaringi and Sara Cavallucci, GS1
Industries impacted: All industries
Standards Development
A view on EDI future strategies: EDI Advisory Team open session
In this session the future EDI strategies and priorities, as well as the market evolutions, will be analyzed also with the contribution of external speakers:
- API infrastructures for data sharing
- JSON and JSON-LD formats
- Digital Receipts
- New regulations at local and regional level, impacting the need for data sharing
Who should attend: Everyone may attend
Session leader(s): Piergiorgio Licciardello, GS1
Industries impacted: All industries
16:00 - 17:00
Standards Development
Increase RFID efficiency with the new (Gen2v3) air interface protocol
RAIN technology has proved highly effective and is increasingly used in many sectors. Consequently, the number of RAIN tags in circulation increases significantly every year. During inventory, it's not uncommon to capture RAIN tags that don't belong to your application. While this can be easily managed today, it will become a real problem over time. These unwanted “clutter” tags slow down inventory and, more problematically, prevent the capture of some interesting tags. At the same time, we are seeing more and more RAIN applications requiring RAIN tags to carry not only a unique identifier, but also additional information. How to focus on these tags and effectively capture this data is becoming a challenge. Based on lessons learned from over 10 years of deploying RAIN applications, a new air interface protocol has been designed and recently released. Come and find out how this new GS1 standard can help meet today's RAIN challenges.
Who should attend: Everyone may attend
Session leader(s): Claude Tetelin, GS1
Industries impacted: All industries
Training & Education
How to leverage the GS1 e-Academy for your users
Join our session to learn more about engaging your staff and your members by leveraging the GS1 e-Academy. Hear inspiring stories from other MOs that have successfully set up the GS1 e-Academy to meet their learning needs.
Who should attend: GS1 MO and GO only
Session leader(s): Jeanette McVeigh, GS1
Industries impacted: All industries
16:00 - 17:30
Community engagement
Unlocking new capabilities in fresh foods with GS1
Digitalisation, transparency and sustainability reporting are global megatrends that matter to the industries that GS1 serves. Navigating these megatrends can seem complex but collaborating across the GS1 community and using the GS1 system of standards can help simplify the journey. Attend this session to learn best practices and to begin or progress your company’s journey with industry leaders and GS1 Member Organisations across the world.
Who should attend: Everyone may attend
Session leader(s): Elena Tomanovich, GS1
Industries impacted: Retail - Fresh foods
Standards Development
GSMP Global Product Master Data (GPMD) Standards Maintenance Group (SMG)
Join our regular Global Product Master Data (GPMD) Standards Maintenance Group (SMG) meeting to discuss and maintain key product data standards.
Who should attend: Opted-in only
Session leader(s): Bernard Faibella
Industries impacted: All industries
13:00 - 13:50
Plenary sessions
Purpose-driven sector engagement with GS1 Registries/Verified by GS1
Join this session to learn how your GS1 Member Organisation (MO) can benefit from the latest developments in the Registries and Verified by GS1. We'll cover:
- Use case-driven approach towards more purposeful sector engagement. This vision is to enable users to access one source of trusted data about GS1-issued identity that is enriched with deeper information about products, locations or entities to solve the most pressing industry challenges over time.
- How to continue to grow the number of Global Trade Item Numbers (GTINs) available, getting to Global Location Number (GLN) Activate-grade and sharing GLNs, what to keep in mind when gathering and starting to share links to other sources of data.
- Verified by GS1: how (and why) to offer Verified by GS1 in your local marketmation about products, locations or entities to solve the most pressing industry challenges over time.
Who should attend: GS1 MO and GO only
Session leader(s): Joe Horwood & Naoki Van Acker, GS1
Industries impacted: All industries
14:00 - 16:00
Community engagement
GSMP Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) Standards Maintenance Group (SMG)
This GSMP Standards Maintenance Group processes all work requests impacting EANCOM, GS1 XML, GS1 UN/CEFACT XML or any other transactional messages.
Who should attend: GS1 MO and GO only
Session leader(s): David Buckley, GS1
Industries impacted: All industries
Training & Education
GSMP Global Product Classification (GPC) Mission-specfic Work Group (MSWG)
The GPC Standards Maintenance Group maintains and improves the GS1 Global Product Classification (GPC) standard.
The GS1 Global Product Classification (GPC) standard helps global trading partners to group products in the same way, everywhere in the world. The resulting common business language is clear and instantly understandable. More information about the GPC Standard can be found here: https://www.gs1.org/standards/gpc.
The business benefits of using GPC gives buyers and sellers a common language for talking about their products – within countries and regions as well as across the world, improves data accuracy and integrity, speeds up the supply chain responsiveness to consumer needs and simplifies reporting across product categories.
Who should attend: Opted-in only
Session leader(s): Eileen Harpell, GS1
Industries impacted: All industries
Community engagement
GSMP Co-chairs meeting (Co-chairs and invited guests only)
This session is for co-chairs of GSMP work groups only. GS1 will provide an update on key priorities. The GS1 Global Office Leadership Team will attempt to answer your questions.
Who should attend: GSMP Co-Chairs or by invitation
Session leader(s): Andrew Hearn, GS1
Industries impacted: All industries
16:30 - 17:20
Plenary sessions
GSMP Circularity Digital Product Passport Mission-Specific Work Group (MSWG)
This session tackles regulations for the circular economy. We are at exciting time in our development to meet the needs of our requirements by creating the standard. Please join us to shape the standards and the future of circularity.
Who should attend: Opted-in only
Session leader(s): John Ryu, GS1
Industries impacted: All industries
16:30 - 17:30
Standards Development
Sustainability workshop session
More information to come later.
Who should attend: Everyone may attend
Session leader(s): Patrik Jonasson, GS1
Industries impacted: All industries
Community engagement
Personalised medicines
As part of the GS1 Healthcare strategy 2023-2027, GS1 Healthcare has been working on determining if and how GS1 standards would apply to emerging technologies and healthcare treatments like smart pills, bioprinting, augmented reality or nano medicine.
One of the product groups that GS1 Healthcare believes should be further explored is personalised / precision medicine. Together with experts from the industry, we are building on understanding of industry needs regarding product identification, data capture and data sharing for personalised / precision medicine to maximise patient outcomes, including improved operational efficiency. During this session we will have industry needs mapped and plan to discuss where GS1 standards apply in the process, potential gaps and next steps to ensure the GS1 standards support a safe and efficient personalised / precision medicine traceability.
Who should attend: Everyone may attend
Session leader(s): Elisa Zwaneveldr, GS1
Industries impacted: Healthcare
11:00 - 12:30
Training & Education
Certifications in the retail journey: Ensuring consumer trust from listing to sale
Certifications and claims are a cornerstone of maintaining consumer trust in today's shopping environment. Many brands and retailers rely on certification schemes to translate their sustainability, product safety, and other commitments across product listings. But how do these certifications follow a product's selling journey, and how can brand owners, marketplaces, and retailers do this with ease? Join this session to get critical insights from Global Office's certifications research study, and learn about the next steps for GS1 Registries, 2D, and certifications.
Who should attend: Everyone may attend
Session leader(s): Nellie Gayle, GS1
Industries impacted: Marketplaces, Retail - Apparel, Retail - CPG, Retail - General merchandise, Retail - Fresh foods
Standards Development
Global Data Synchronisation Network (GDSN) user group meeting
The Global Data Synchronisation Network (GDSN) User Group will meet to focus on the area of data synchronisation and data quality across all sectors to increase the implementation, growth, and adoption of GDSN globally. Everyone is invited to participate.
Who should attend: Everyone may attend
Session leader(s): Nadja Minich, GS1
Industries impacted: All industries
11:00 - 12:00
Community engagement
Closing plenary: Ken Traub Awards, year in review, & the future of trade digitalisation
Join us for an exceptional closing plenary as we honour the incredible individuals who have driven transformation and innovation. We are delighted to present the prestigious Ken Traub Award, recognising outstanding individuals who have played a pivotal role in the creation and implementation of global standards and data services like Verified by GS1, GEPIR, GDSN, and more. Don't miss this special moment as we acknowledge and applaud these trailblazers.
We will also introduce GS1’s “Year in Review” our digital annual report, highlighting the power of GS1 in creating value across industries such as Marketplaces, Retail and Healthcare. Discover the profound impact GS1 has had on these sectors and how it continues to shape their future.
Don't miss this remarkable session that will leave you inspired and excited about what is next.
Who should attend: Everyone may attend
Speakers: Marianne Timmons, Robert Beideman, Andrew Hearn, GS1
Community engagement
GSMP Images Digital and Electronic Assets (IDEAs) Standards Maintenance Group (SMG)
The creation, storage and sharing of GS1 standard-compliant Product Images have become increasingly important in retail supply chains and e-commerce applications. This session will focus on some of the strategic challenges facing image recipients and image providers including:
- Indicating the latest product image provided
- Naming of Product Images of the same product in different settings (e.g., shown on differing skin-tones)
- Addressing divergent usages
- Review usage of the GS1 Product Video Standard
Who should attend: Opted-in only
Session leader(s): David Buckley, GS1
Industries impacted: All industries