FREE Industry Segment Presentations

Pathways to Profits and Productivity: An Interactive Event

Does your company operate at peak productivity? Would you like to sell more? Get better performance from your employees? Manage your financials more efficiently? Develop a ‘killer’ marketing program?

Collect your pain points and bring them to this interactive problem solving session with the industry experts from Quick Printing, Wide-Format Imaging and MyPRINTResource.com.

Get your questions ready—you can even submit them in advance—to take advantage of this opportunity to mine the experience and insights of the QP columnists. Bring your toughest problems to GRAPH EXPO in Chicago. Among the experts who will be available are: Tom Crouser, Mitch Evans, Dave Fellman, Steve Johnson, Stuart Margolis, Sudhir Ravi, Joe Rickard, and Tawnya Starr. Submit questions to: Karen@quickprinting.com.

NEWSFLASH! Research Data and New Technology Update

As the International Newspaper Group (ING) wraps up its annual conference, held again at GRAPH EXPO, this special session co-produced by NPES and GASC will present the hot trending issues especially related to newspaper production professionals. A special segment of the program will highlight the hottest technologies on the GRAPH EXPO show floor of key interest to newspaper and related print and publishing pros. Compliments of ING, other interested industry groups and GRAPH EXPO attendees are invited to participate in this special pre-show event.

2020: The Future Role of Newspapers

Facilitator: Chuck Moozakis, Editor-In-Chief, News & Tech
Panelists:
Rodd Winscott, president, Newsweb Corp.
Rick Surkamer, president, Surkamer Advisors
Marco Boer, vice president, IT Strategies

The next decade is still almost eight years away, but it’s becoming increasingly evident that the years leading up to 2020 will represent the most dramatic—some would say traumatic—transformation the industry has ever seen. What technologies and strategies will sustain the industry throughout the rest of this decade? What steps do operations executives need to take in order to succeed?

This session will cover both emerging technologies and identify critical actions each newspaper must take to successfully compete in tomorrow's media landscape.

Connecting Customers with Print

Moderator: Barb Pellow, Digital Publishing Expert and Group Director, InfoTrends

Today’s most innovative InPlant Managers are discovering new avenues to connect with customers and build their businesses. During this eye-opening luncheon presentation you will hear from three of our industry’s top suppliers and participating InPlant Managers. Together they will reveal in fast-paced 20-minute ‘snapshot segments’ new opportunities for growth that are guaranteed to spark fresh ideas and open the door to a new world of possibilities!
Featured topics:

• Building Your Business with Web to Print
• Connecting with Your Customers using QR Codes
• Reaching Your Customers through the Printed Piece

This ‘must attend’ luncheon program for InPlant Managers seeking ways to create greater value is FREE, but pre-registration is required. Register here.

Digital Printing Opportunities in Packaging—A 360-Degree View

Explore the trends, opportunities and challenges in the packaging industry for major stakeholders including brand owners, packaging converters, and technology providers. The opportunity for digital printing will be presented based on recent research conducted by Caslon and Company.

Caslon, in partnership with Cal Poly, will examine emerging advancements in digital printing; its fit with converting processes, and what brand owners expect from their packaging partners. Session Content:

• Caslon research report
• A converters perspective on emerging digital technology
• Opportunities for the digital technology providers
• What brand owners want...Now.