Professor Doctor Michael Braungart is among the specialist speakers confirmed for EcoPrint

Organisers of specialist sustainability event EcoPrint have confirmed a number of key global brands that will be in attendance.

The event makes its debut this year, taking place in Berlin from September 26th to 27th with Ricoh being the latest major manufacturer coming on board.

Alongside these, buyers and sustainability managers from the likes of Coca-Cola, Toyota and Nike will also be present as part of the conference, keynote and seminar programme.

The ‘green issue’ is a key area in any modern business environment, but print is obviously particularly effected. The seminar programme will aim to educate on best practices in this niche area.

Keynote speeches will also be delivered from two key names in European sustainability; co-author of sustainable production book Cradle to Cradle, Professor Doctor Michael Braungart, and founding director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Professor Hans Joachim Schellnhuber.

Director of EcoPrint, Frazer Chesterman, says the expertise of these speakers is invaluable and will help provide an ‘immersive and engaging’ experience for visitors, explaining: “Some of these speakers represent the very people who are increasingly raising the issue of sustainability with print businesses—can anyone afford not to hear what they’ve got to say?”

With nearly 50 events taking place in total, the content programme will take place on the main central stage, under the banner ‘Think!’ and in ‘The Round’ debating area, under the heading  ‘Talk!’.