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Webinar Series

June - August 2025

GS1 Ireland Summer School

30-minute drop in sessions with GS1 Experts and Solution Partners

Join us for the GS1 Ireland Summer School 2025

This webinar series will provide you with a taste of what GS1 and our partners have to offer. From barcode overview training to healthcare insights, and sustainability initiatives.

GS1 Ireland Summer School webinars will be 30-minutes in duration, and a recording of the session will be sent to all registrants after the webinar has taken place. All GS1 Ireland Summer School webinars are free to attend and will start at 11am unless the event description says otherwise.

More sessions will be announced throughout the Summer. Please feel free to register for as many sessions as are of interest and be sure to share with colleagues who may not be on our mailing list.

There are also Global GS1 events happening that show the worldwide impact and importance of GS1 standards.

See the full list of events below:

See below past events for more information and access to recordings:

Past Event - Irish Shopper MegaTrends

Join us online and dive into the world of the latest Irish shopper trends and gain insight for what they mean for CX professionals.

The guest speaker on June 18th is Charlotte Buckley, CX Manager at the Musgrave Group.

During this webinar Charlotte will present some of the current Irish Shopper Mega Trends that are underpinning Irish consumer behaviour today and influencing what we buy, how we buy and when.

Together with a panel from CXPA Ireland we will look at those mega trends and discuss what they mean for those focussing on customer experience and engagement in Ireland today, across multiple sectors.

This event took place on 18th June.

Past Event - GS1 Interact

Join us on 25 June 2025 at the iconic Heineken Experience in Amsterdam and online for GS1 InterACT 2025, where industry leaders, European Associations, and innovators come together to shape the future of sustainability and compliance.

With GS1 standards at the core, this event will uncover how businesses can streamline regulatory compliance, enhance operational efficiency, and cut costs while embracing a more sustainable future. Expect expert insights, real-world case studies, and industry showcases on Circularity, Digital Product Passport, Packaging, Deforestation, ESG and CSRD reporting, all powered by trusted data.

One event. One European community. One step closer to a sustainable future.

This is a GS1 in Europe event. Watch the recordings here.

Past Event - Assigning GTINs and Barcode Symbols Across the Product Hierarchy with GS1 Ireland

This webinar offers guidance on the correct assignment of GTINs (Global Trade Item Numbers) and barcode symbols across all levels of a product hierarchy — from individual items to cases and pallets.

Attendees will gain an understanding of how to correctly assign GTINs to base units (consumer items), inner packs, outer cases, and logistic units. It also covers the appropriate barcode symbol to use at each level, such as EAN-13 for retail units and ITF-14 or GS1-128 for cartons and pallets.

This webinar is ideal for anyone involved in product data management, packaging, logistics, or retail supply chain operations who wants to ensure their barcode and GTIN practices align with global standards.

Past Event - Winning Business Through Green Procurement: How SMEs Can Prepare and Comply with ENSO

Sustainability is becoming a core requirement in tenders and B2B supply chains — and buyers are asking more from their suppliers. For many businesses, this means responding to new demands for ESG and sustainability information in order to win contracts and retain clients.

In this 30-minute webinar we’ll explore the drivers behind this shift, introduce the EU’s new VSME sustainability framework, and show you how to take meaningful steps even if you’re just getting started.

You’ll learn:

  • Why green procurement is now a key part of both public and B2B tender requirements

  • What is the EU’s VSME framework, and how it supports compliance with CSRD-driven data requests

  • How to start: mapping what you already do, identifying gaps, and showing progress

Ideal for businesses looking to improve their positioning in tenders and supply chain questionnaires.

Past Event - Safer, smarter care starts with a simple scan – An Introduction to GS1 Traceability Standards in Healthcare, with GS1 Ireland

20 years ago, GS1 expanded its work in healthcare globally - revolutionising how medical products are tracked and identified; extending standards to patients, locations, assets, & more.

Ireland is recognised as a global leader in standards-based healthcare traceability through the design and implementation of traceability solutions, including safe treatment of Haemophilia medication, tracking of the COVID-19 vaccine, and Scan4Safety implementations.

In this 30 minute session, the Healthcare team at GS1 Ireland will provide an introduction to GS1 traceability standards and how they are applied across healthcare, highlighting several local Irish Case studies as we celebrate 20 years of GS1 in Healthcare.

Past Event - Unlocking the Benefits of GS1 Ireland Barcode Manager with GS1 Ireland

In this 30-minute webinar, participants will be introduced to the key benefits and features of GS1 Ireland’s Barcode Manager – a powerful, user-friendly tool designed to help businesses efficiently manage their product identification needs. Whether you're new to barcoding or looking to streamline your existing operations, this session provides clear guidance on how Barcode Manager can support your business.

The webinar begins with how Barcode Manager simplifies the process of creating and managing GTINs, ensuring that each product is uniquely and correctly identified.

Live demonstrations will show how to log into the platform, add product details, generate GTINs, and download barcodes in various formats suitable for packaging and labelling, as well as how to opt into using Verified by GS1.

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Seán Dennison

Seán joined GS1 Ireland in September 2017 bringing a wealth of industry knowledge to the Industry Engagement and Technical Standards role.

Seán has over 30 years experience in IT having worked with many of the big brand names in FMCG manufacturing, distribution and retailing including BWG Foods, Topaz, Statoil and Kerry Foods. He also worked with IBM and Cúram Software in the development of Healthcare Systems.

A member of Engineers Ireland, he has a degree in Civil Engineering from Trinity College, Dublin, a post graduate diploma in Applied Computing from the University of Limerick and a Masters in Management of Information Systems, also from Trinity College.