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What is the IFS Conference?
The IFS is an international conference that takes part in numerous European countries and for the first time it takes place in Zagreb on 6th of November.
IFS stands for International Featured Standards and it is a joint project of the French retail association FCD and the German retail association HDE that develops globally recognised product safety and quality standards and programs for companies within the food and consumer goods supply chain.
IFS conference facilitates the meeting of specialists in the field, meeting partners, collaborators, customers, suppliers, and certifiers.
It is a day when IFS conference team and speakers together with manufacture, retail, logistic and export professionals pause the daily routine and challenges to exchange opinions, learn cutting-edge information from all areas of the supply chain, as well as from related industries, new practices, innovative solutions on automation and digitization of processes, records, processing technologies, packaging, logistics, testing, product quality control and safety assurance supply. The conference gives the opportunity to find new business partners. as well.
Monday, 6 November
08:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Sheraton Zagreb
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What we talk about at the conference
IFS Food 8 and IFS HPC 3 - officially released!
The IFS Food 8 standard aims to deliver reliable products. Its vision is cooperation within the supply chain to improve product integrity.
IFS HPC 3 is the standard for evaluating the safety and quality management system and production processes of household and personal care products.
Both standards come to increase consumer confidence in purchased products – on the one hand for food, on the other for household and personal care products. Consumers need it, retailers want to make sure they are giving consumers what they want. If you are a manufacturer and you want to export your products and to be present in the big retail networks, you need these standards.
With the transition to new standards, new requirements appear! During the conference, we discuss what the transition to the new version entails, for maintaining and developing commercial relations both with large retail chains and for the expansion of export partners!
IFS Food 8 and IFS HPC 3 - officially released!
The IFS Food 8 standard aims to deliver reliable products. Its vision is cooperation within the supply chain to improve product integrity.
IFS HPC 3 is the standard for evaluating the safety and quality management system and production processes of household and personal care products.
Both standards come to increase consumer confidence in purchased products – on the one hand for food, on the other for household and personal care products. Consumers need it, retailers want to make sure they are giving consumers what they want. If you are a manufacturer and you want to export your products and to be present in the big retail networks, you need these standards.
With the transition to new standards, new requirements appear! During the conference, we discuss what the transition to the new version entails, for maintaining and developing commercial relations both with large retail chains and for the expansion of export partners!
ESG – environmental, social and governance – or more simply, sustainable development – focused on transparency, reducing pollution, creating a healthy development framework for the planet and all its inhabitants.
Who is ESG for? Any company has the duty to align itself with the principles of sustainable development. And IFS came up with a suitable solution, by creating this self-assessment tool to determine the degree to which a company is already prepared or adopts ESG principles.
It is essential to emphasize that ESG is not only the responsibility of large companies. That’s why the IFS ESG Check tool allows all companies, including small and medium-sized ones, to start the process of aligning with sustainable principles and operating mode.
During the conference we will discuss in detail how the IFS ESG Check works, how it is implemented, who are the parties involved – following a parallel with the European perspective that captures the local, regional, national and European approach to ESG adoption.
IFS ESG Check - the newest ESG readiness self-assessment and assessment tool
IFS ESG Check - the newest ESG readiness self-assessment and assessment tool
ESG – environmental, social and governance – or more simply, sustainable development – focused on transparency, reducing pollution, creating a healthy development framework for the planet and all its inhabitants.
Who is ESG for? Any company has the duty to align itself with the principles of sustainable development. And IFS came up with a suitable solution, by creating this self-assessment tool to determine the degree to which a company is already prepared or adopts ESG principles.
It is essential to emphasize that ESG is not only the responsibility of large companies. That’s why the IFS ESG Check tool allows all companies, including small and medium-sized ones, to start the process of aligning with sustainable principles and operating mode.
During the conference we will discuss in detail how the IFS ESG Check works, how it is implemented, who are the parties involved – following a parallel with the European perspective that captures the local, regional, national and European approach to ESG adoption.
Efficiency, Efficiency, Efficiency
In an increasingly competitive local and regional market, with consumers more and more attentive and demanding in terms of what they buy and consume, the only directions in the medium and long term are compliance with quality standards and increased efficiency.
In this context, during the conference we will discuss how this increase in effectiveness and efficiency can be achieved in 3 steps:
- Identifying processes and establishing performance indicators for processes and products
- Constant monitoring and measurement of processes and products
- Analyzing and acting on monitoring to continuously improve the effectiveness and efficiency of processes and products
We will discuss optimization and control in production costs but also with labor. We will review a series of software solutions that can contribute decisively to the optimization of processes in the FMCG/Retail field.
Efficiency, Efficiency, Efficiency
In an increasingly competitive local and regional market, with consumers more and more attentive and demanding in terms of what they buy and consume, the only directions in the medium and long term are compliance with quality standards and increased efficiency.
In this context, during the conference we will discuss how this increase in effectiveness and efficiency can be achieved in 3 steps:
- Identifying processes and establishing performance indicators for processes and products
- Constant monitoring and measurement of processes and products
- Analyzing and acting on monitoring to continuously improve the effectiveness and efficiency of processes and products
We will discuss optimization and control in production costs but also with labor. We will review a series of software solutions that can contribute decisively to the optimization of processes in the FMCG/Retail field.
Speakers
Stephan Tromp
Managing Director IFS
Ionuț Nache
Director General, INAQ Consulting
Marek Marzec
IFS CEE Representative
Chryssa Dimitriadis
Director IFS Standard Management IFS – International Featured Standards
Helga Barrios Vidal
Head of Sustainability & IFS Senior Project Manager
Sybil-Marie Deinhard
HPC Standard Manager, Standard Management
Sorin Petcu
CEO Santinela – Manufacturing Productivity Improvement Experts
Mihai Olaru
Managing Partner, Benefiq HR
Mihai Coliban
Brand Communication Expert | Creative&Design Director , INAQ Branding
Alexandru Bajenaru
Digital Strategy Director , INAQ Branding
Dzhulia Kraleva-Ivanova
Quality Assurance Specialist
Damir Šegović
Technical Advisor, GS1 Croatia
Nikolina Radić
General Manager, Adecco
Iolanda Pancu
Business Development Manager Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Moldova, Sato Europe GmbH
Mihai Mone
Managing Director Global Creative Solutions
Mirela Jambreković
Dipl. Ing. Head of food department, TÜV NORD Adriatic
Mario Schuster
Director Market Developmnet IFS
Silvia Hafner
Dipl. Eng. University specialist in food quality and food safety
Mihai Mone
Managing Director Global Creative Solutions
Mihai Mone
Managing Director Global Creative Solutions
Organizers
Partners
PLATINUM partners
GOLD partners
SILVER partners
SUPPORTING partners
MEDIA partners
Final draft agenda
First part
08.30 – Welcome coffee
09.00 – Official opening of the 1st edition of IFS Conference in Croatia
Ionuț Nache, General Manager INAQ Consulting, IFS Representative in Croatia
09.10 – Retail 4.0: eFood – Development. Trends. Forecast.
Stephan Tromp, Managing Director IFS Management GmbH
09.30 –IFS latest news, projects, Digital business Development, Marketplace Development
Mario Schuster, IFS E-Commerce Food-Non-Food/Digital Business Development/Marketplace Development
09.50 – IFS Food 8 and latest news about IFS Logistics 3
Chryssa Dimitriadis, Director IFS Standard Management
10.20 – IFS ESG Check Program
Helga Barrios, IFS Senior Technical Project Manager, IFS Representative in Spain
10.40 – IFS HPC 3
Sybil-Marie Deinhard, IFS Standard Manager
11.00 – IFS guidelines – why it is useful to understand them
Mirela Jambreković Head of Food Department TÜV NORD Adriatic
11.15 – IFS Logistics certifications in Poland. Case study.
Marek Marzec, IFS CEE Representative
11.30 – 11.45 Coffee break
Second part
Processes optimization means risk reduction, cost reduction, financing solutions
11.45 – IFS Most seen failures
Mihaela Ardeleanu – Lead Auditor, Trainer INAQ Consulting – IFS Training Center
12.15 – Santinela – The solution for solving the productivity problems in factories
Sorin Petcu, General Manager Santinela
12.30 – Professional measurement solutions to reduce costs and ensure food safety BIOKOM
Dzhulia Kraleva-Ivanova, Quality Assurance Specialist Biokom Trendafilov Ltd. & Biokom Plus d.o.o.
12.45 Implementation of verification and validation in the company Pisinium d.o.o.
Silvia Hafner, Dipl. Eng. University specialist in food quality and food safety
13.00 – SATO Europe GmbH solutions for FMCG & Retail Industry
Iolanda Pancu, SATO Business Development Manager Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Moldova
13.15 – GLN – Global Location Number
Damir Šegović, Technical Advisor, GS1 Croatia
13.30 – Be compliant with Global Creative Solutions
Mihai Mone, Managing Director Global Creative Solutions
13.45 – HR Services and Solutions for Croatian Industry
Nikolina Radić, General Manager Adecco Croatia
14.00 INAQ Branding + INAQ Data & Research – new services provided by INAQ Consulting
Alexandru Băjenaru – Online Marketing Director
Mihai Coliban – Brand Communication Expert, Creative & Design Director
14.15 – 15.00 Lunch break
Third part
15.00 – 16.30
Round Table: ESG concept of sustainability. How prepared are we to implement ESG principles in our businesses?
- Miroslav Tașcu-Stavre, Professor of European Studies Department, University of Bucharest
- Trends in the sustainability and ESG landscape. How does SDG impact the business environment
- Helga Barrios, IFS Senior Technical Project Manager
- Mirela Jambreković Head of Food Department TÜV NORD Adriatic
- Krunoslav Boban, TÜV NORD Adriatic Head of System Certification
- Damir Šegović, Technical Advisor, GS1 Croatia
- Martina Petljak, Certification Food Manager, SGS Adriatica
- Ionut Nache, INAQ Consulting, IFS Representative in Croatia
16.30 -17.30 Cocktail & networking
Registration and Partnerships
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Fee valid until September 29
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EARLY BIRD
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