{"id":14433,"date":"2026-06-08T20:50:31","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T11:50:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.labelforum.jp\/?page_id=14433"},"modified":"2026-06-09T10:02:48","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T01:02:48","slug":"conference-program","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.labelforum.jp\/?page_id=14433&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Conference Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row content_aligment=&#8221;center&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1778978489474{padding-right: 13% !important;padding-left: 13% !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;30px&#8221;]<div class=\"edgtf-title-section-holder\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"edgtf-title-with-dots\" >\n\t\t\tSponsorship\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t<span class=\"edge-title-separator edge-enable-separator\" ><\/span>\n\n\t<\/div><div class=\"edgtf-carousel-holder clearfix\"><div class=\"edgtf-carousel edgtf-slick-slider-navigation-style\" data-items=\"5\" data-auto-slide=\"yes\" data-arrows-navigation=\"yes\" data-dots-navigation=\"yes\"><div class=\"edgtf-carousel-item-holder\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.livasta-labels.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"edgtf-carousel-first-image-holder edgtf-has-hover-image edgtf-image-change\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.labelforum.jp\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Sponsor_Platinum_Lintec.jpg\" alt=\"16lintec\">\n\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"edgtf-carousel-second-image-holder edgtf-has-hover-image edgtf-image-change\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.labelforum.jp\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Sponsor_Platinum_Lintec.jpg\" alt=\"16lintec\">\n\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div><div class=\"edgtf-carousel-item-holder\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.epson.jp\/products\/surepress\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"edgtf-carousel-first-image-holder edgtf-has-hover-image edgtf-image-change\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.labelforum.jp\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Sponsor_Gold_Epson.jpg\" alt=\"15epson\">\n\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"edgtf-carousel-second-image-holder edgtf-has-hover-image edgtf-image-change\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.labelforum.jp\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Sponsor_Gold_Epson.jpg\" alt=\"15epson\">\n\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div><div class=\"edgtf-carousel-item-holder\">\n\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.seal.gr.jp\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"edgtf-carousel-first-image-holder edgtf-has-hover-image edgtf-image-change\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.labelforum.jp\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Sponsor_Kouen_JFLP.jpg\" alt=\"14jflp\">\n\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"edgtf-carousel-second-image-holder edgtf-has-hover-image edgtf-image-change\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.labelforum.jp\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Sponsor_Kouen_JFLP.jpg\" alt=\"14jflp\">\n\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div><div class=\"edgtf-carousel-item-holder\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.loupe-global.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"edgtf-carousel-first-image-holder edgtf-has-hover-image edgtf-image-change\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.labelforum.jp\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Sponsor_Kouen_LOUPE.jpg\" alt=\"13LOUPE\">\n\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"edgtf-carousel-second-image-holder edgtf-has-hover-image edgtf-image-change\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.labelforum.jp\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Sponsor_Kouen_LOUPE.jpg\" alt=\"13LOUPE\">\n\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div><div class=\"edgtf-carousel-item-holder\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.labelsandlabeling.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"edgtf-carousel-first-image-holder edgtf-has-hover-image edgtf-image-change\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.labelforum.jp\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Sponsor_Kouen_LL.jpg\" alt=\"12Labels &#038; 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