Bernd Zipper is a consultant, speaker and founder and CEO of zipcon. His focus is on e-business print, web-to-print, online print shops, mass customisation and interdisciplinary media projects. He develops concepts and strategies for the players involved in the print production process in a wide range of industries. He gained practical experience as a print stage manager and managing director before founding zipcon in 1998. From 2008 to 2014, he was a lecturer at the University of Wuppertal in the Department of Print and Media Technology. Bernd Zipper is highly regarded as a hands-on and critical technology and strategy consultant, industry innovator, speaker and moderator. The trendsetter’s visionary lectures are regarded as trend-setting management recommendations for the print and media industry worldwide.