PVCA EOY event in Melbourne a great success

The Print & Visual Communication Association (PVCA) recently hosted its EOY Event in Melbourne with great success with its merged members and industry stakeholders following its amalgamation with The Real Media Collective.

“Coming together as one and uniting all that we do as well as sharing our vision for the year ahead was a great opportunity and with the support of Konica Minolta and Roy Morgan, we all were able to celebrate in style,” PVCA CEO Kellie Northwood said.

Almost 100 attendees were present, with 93 members in the room including PVCA board president Matt Aitken from IVE, treasurer Rodney Frost from The Lamson Group and board member Kevin Pidgeon from Lithocraft.

The room played on the PacPrint theme of the united associations, with each attendee receiving a personal message box, believed to have been individually written by Northwood, demonstrating the importance of each member and showcasing the personalisation of print.

Northwood thanked the members for their support through the merger period, providing a firm commitment that the united industry bodies would be increasing their activities and support for industry with key priority pillars – skills and training, promotion and protection, environmental, social, governance (ESG) and business cost reduction.

“Over the past six months, Kellie and the board have been looking to building a clear strategy for the organisation that is committed to delivering value and real outcomes to members. The team will continue to refine this in the coming months with the Board, however the formal appointment of Kellie as CEO, Charles Watson as general manager for IR, policy and governance, as well as working with our supply partners to secure deliverables for the 2023 year, has been critical in providing solid foundations and confidence for members,” Aitken said.

Watson will lead skills and training, with a call for members to engage in the Skills Survey, as well as the IR Legislation Member Briefing next month and the Employer Advisory Committee that will be launched in the new year.

Northwood also outlined the VoPP, Love Paper and Two Sides campaigns will continue to promote and protect as well as begin a program into primary schools exploring the importance of paper and print activities across learning, recall and comprehension.

She said the Sustainable Green Print (SGP) program will remain with a stronger engagement across government and customers to have the standard as a common requirement across print procurement.

In addition, the association also said it will look to carbon reporting tools for industry and a certification co-operative to reduce the cost of managing certifications for industry.

Northwood advocated for the importance of the Association to work on programs to assist members reduce operational costs for businesses and to provide strong industry-specific protections.

“Our commitment to members from IR Legislation to promotional VoPP campaigns, building partnerships to reduce costs of business from auditing costs to implementing renewable energies, is that we will be your insurance policy and support at all times as well as reduce costs and offer training to assist your businesses be more profitable,” Northwood said.

Aitken also issued special thanks to the supporters of the event – Konica Minolta and Roy Morgan – and called on greater support from key vendors across the industry to support the programs that the industry desperately needs to focus on.

Here are some pictures from the event: