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Four inspiring days in Copenhagen

22.10.2025
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Lisa Larsen
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The European GS1 community gathered in Copenhagen for four inspiring days filled with insights, networking, and Danish innovation.

“It’s a wrap!”

That was the word as GS1 Regional Forum 2025 concluded after four eventful days in Copenhagen.

This year, 650 representatives from 66 GS1 member organizations participated, collectively completing over 40 sessions and building a strong foundation for collaboration, knowledge sharing, and future innovation across industries and borders.

”We leave Copenhagen with renewed energy, stronger connections, and the shared belief that, together, we are better equipped to face the challenges of today and tomorrow.”

Jan Somers, GS1 in Europe Chair.

Danish perspectives in focus

As hosts of this year's forum, GS1 Denmark had the opportunity to showcase how Danish members translate GS1 standards into tangible business value.

Several presentations clearly demonstrated how Denmark is at the forefront when it comes to implementation and innovation using global standards:

  • Henrik Stilling from the Central Denmark Region shared a powerful example from Aarhus University Hospital, where GS1 standards help staff locate one another – quickly, safely, and without disruption. ‍
  • Sanne Nørgaard from Green Cotton Group, who showed how they have taken the first steps toward upcoming EU requirements for digital product passports, where GS1 standards form the foundation for traceability and transparency.‍
  • Christian Meinhardt from Lyngsoe Systems, who unveiled how GS1 standards are a central part of Novo Nordisk's global supply chain, with examples of how traceability and efficiency go hand in hand in modern logistics.‍
  • Mathias Schlippe-Steffensen from Matas, who explained how Matas works purposefully with high-quality product data via GDSN and GS1Trade Sync. A concrete example of how GS1 standards create value and trust throughout the supply chain.

Thank you for coming and sharing your knowledge and practical experience.

And, of course, a big thank you to all other speakers, participants, and colleagues for the commitment, collaboration, and energy throughout all four (intense) days.

We are already looking forward to next year's Regional Forum – at a new location in Europe.

Watch the atmospheric video from the Regional Forum

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GS1Trade Image

GS1Trade Image provides professional marketing and planogram images that meet retailers' requirements and imaging guidelines.

If you want to create your own product photos, we can also help you get certified.

GS1Trade Sync

GS1Trade Sync is a data pool for product data exchange that your trading partners can access.

GS1Trade Sync streamlines data exchange between trading partners because data only needs to be entered in one place. This increases the quality of product data and creates value for you - and the entire value chain.

GS1Trade Packaging

GS1Trade Packaging is a packaging data system that gathers your packaging data in one place. The system ensures efficient collection, structuring, and declaration of packaging data, and makes it easy to exchange packaging data with other companies.

GS1Trade Exact

GS1Trade Exact ensures the quality of your product data. All physical products are checked against the data registered in GS1Trade Sync.
With this service, you get verified and quality-assured data that benefits the entire supply chain.

GS1Trade Transact

GS1Trade Transact handles the digital receipt of orders and the sending of documents to your customers. You can choose whether to integrate it with your financial system or access it online.

GTIN

GTIN (also known as EAN) stands for “Global Trade Item Number” and is the number sequence shown beneath a barcode symbol.

GTIN (EAN) is a global standard used to uniquely identify digital and physical products, allowing the barcode to be scanned anywhere in the world throughout the supply chain.

GLN

A GLN (also known as EAN) allows you to uniquely identify physical, functional, legal, or digital entities. This can include the sender, receiver, buyer, seller, supplier, manufacturer, delivery location, billing location, store, or internal departments.

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