The shortage of skilled professionals in the printing industry is a recognized and pressing challenge across Europe, not only in Romania.
How can we build the future together?
We invite you on October 1, 2025, starting at 2:30 PM, to join us at the Polygraphic Education Conference, organized by the Transylvania Printers Association (ATT), under the theme The Education and Skilled Workforce Crisis in the Printing Industry, hosted at the All2Print Show.
The conference will bring together leaders from education and the printing sector to discuss the industry’s current challenges, explore initiatives in vocational and higher education, and identify sustainable solutions to address the skills shortage of tomorrow.
Welcome speech from the organizers
The scale of the skilled labor crisis in Romania and Europe
How companies are experiencing the labor shortage and what solutions they apply
How we prepare specialists for a changing industry
From crisis to common strategy
*Speakers list subject to updates.
“The Romanian printing, advertising production, and packaging industries are facing a major challenge: the acute shortage of qualified personnel. This crisis impacts not only company performance and service quality but also the capacity to innovate and adapt to new demands from the European and global markets. With digitalization, sustainability, and new EU regulations requiring increasingly advanced technical and managerial competencies, the lack of a well-prepared workforce poses a strategic risk for the entire sector. This conference aims to create an open dialogue between business leaders, academia, and policymakers to identify common solutions: tailored professional training, educational partnerships, youth attraction and retention programs, and funding mechanisms for skills development.”
The conference is open to high school students, university students, and professionals from the printing industry. Admission is free, based on an online invitation.
