Michael Fairley has been writing and speaking about label and packaging materials, technology and applications since the 1970s, both as the founder of Labels & Labeling and other print industry magazine titles and as an international consultant writing label industry market and technology research reports for the likes of Frost & Sullivan, Economist Intelligence Unit, Pira, InfoTrends and Labels & Labelling Consultancy. He now works as a consultant to Tarsus Exhibitions & Publishing - which organizes the Labelexpo shows, Label Summits and publishes Labels & Labeling magazine - as well as regularly speaking at industry conferences and seminars. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Packaging / Packaging Society, Fellow of IP3, a Freeman of the Worshipful Company of Stationers, an Honorary Life Member of FINAT and a Licentiate of the City & Guilds of London Institute. He was awarded the R. Stanton Avery Lifetime Achievement Award in 2009. Tony White has been involved with the label industry since the late 1980s. He has a technical background in printing, specializing in flexography since 1980. A senior flexographic consultant for PIRA for nine years, Tony has also held senior management positions within the flexo industry dealing with photopolymer and laser engraving products. Tony has written numerous articles for well-known trade publications and written several books on the printing industry including as co-author of the FINAT 50th Anniversary book 'United in Labels'. He became self-employed as an independent consultant in 1994 and since then he has been a consultant editor for NarrowWebTech and Flexo & Gravure Global magazines. He has been on the FINAT label competition judging panel since 1992 and Chairman of judges since 2001 and Chairman of the World Label Awards since 2003. He has also been the Chairman of the judging panel for the Turkish Label Association since 2002. Tony has given many technical presentations throughout Europe since 1989 and has carried out several in depth marketing intelligence reports for international companies. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Packaging / Packaging Society, Fellow of IP3 and an Honorary Life Member of FINAT.