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the Covid-19 pandemic moves
into an endemic phase, as virol-
ogists expect, there is nothing
standing in the way of a physi-
cal event on 11 and 12 October.

Food for thought
served up by experts
Well-known figures in the sector
from across the globe feature
among the speakers. Dusaˇn
Placˇek, managing director of the the most significant events in the coronavirus. Spacious facilities
Czech pet store company Placˇek international pet sector in recent equipped with the latest tech-
Pet Products, has overseen the years if delegates didn’t know nology will ensure a safe confer-
seamless expansion of the chain that they would always meet ence experience at the Interna-
in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, leading sector players there in a tional Pet Conference in Bologna
Poland and Latvia during the relaxed atmosphere. It will be no even while the coronavirus con-
pandemic. He has now also different in Bologna. Networking tinues to hold sway.
launched operations in Roma- will assume a high priority at this n
nia. Delegates will be especially year’s International Pet Confer-
interested to listen to Polina Ko- ence, too, above all against the AN EVENT JOINTLY
sharna, co-owner and managing background that the personal ORGANISED BY
director of Ukrainian pet supplies contact that is so important in PET WORLDWIDE AND
company Suziria, who will surely the business world has suffered MANAGEMENT FORUM
have plenty to say regarding the badly during the two years of the
fall-out from the war in Ukraine
on the pet sector there, in Rus-
sia and in neighbouring coun- International Pet Conference on
tries. Hubert Wieser, regional 11 and 12 October in Bologna: key details
director for the Central Europe
region at Nestlé Purina, is an- Attendance fee: € 1 390
other speaker in Bologna with (€ 1 190 for registration by 10 June)
extensive experience in the sec- Information & Imke Jürgens
tor who will highlight the myriad registration: Tel.: +49 211/8 87 43-35 99
of opportunities and challenges info@managementforum.com
facing the sector now and in the Topics include:
future. Other high-calibre speak- >>> Megatrends for the future
ers and discussion participants >>> Strategies for further growth in the pet sector
already secured to appear at the >>> Upheavals in the supply chains: where do we go from here?
conference include Heiko Bücker >>> Routes to digitalisation in the pet sector
(Fressnapf), Rolf Hagen Jr (Hagen >>> Sustainability: the mission for the future
Group) and Paul van der Raad >>> How new players in the sector are changing the pet market
(Protix).
The International Pet Conference will open at 10:00 on Tuesday 11 October and end at
14:00 on Wednesday 12 October.
Safe networking
The International Pet Conference You can find other information, which is updated continuously, at www.pet-conference.com
would not have become one of

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