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Sunday, October 4 |
| 12:00pm |
REGISTRATION
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| 3:00pm |
FREE PRE-CONFERENCE TUTORIAL ON COLOR THEORY, MEASUREMENT, & TOLERANCING
This pre-conference tutorial provides the perfect way to jumpstart your conference experience. You will leave with a solid understanding of the fundamentals of color theory and color measurement, and you’ll become more familiar with the common terms, definitions and concepts that will be discussed at the conference itself.
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| 6:00pm |
TABLETOP EXHIBITION & RECEPTION
Be sure to attend the Tabletop Exhibition & Reception where food, beverages & networking opportunities will be plentiful. See and experience new, cutting-edge products & services; keep current on industry trends & issues; and network with colleagues & suppliers!
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Monday, October 5 |
| 7:00am |
REGISTRATION/BREAKFAST
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| 8:00am |
KICKOFF ADDRESS
Color consistency and accuracy—when it comes to packaging, nothing is more important to a consumer product company (CPC)! Attend this kick-off address and gain unique insight into what CPC’s want from their print suppliers when it comes to: leveraging existing equipment and resources; buying new equipment; implementing systems and adhering to process control procedures, like those outlined in FIRST 4.0. This address will arm you with critical information, namely, why you need to optimize your operations and how you can meet and exceed customer expectations in a productive and profitable manner.
--Paul France
Principal Engineer, Technology Entrepreneur
Printing & Substrates, Packaging Development
The Procter & Gamble Company
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| 8:30am |
SESSION 1:
"BEST" IS THE ENEMY OF "BETTER": DEFINING & EXPANDING YOUR CAPABILITIES
There is an old adage which states “Those who know it all, don’t grow at all.” To assume you will meet tomorrow’s demands with yesterday’s “best” approaches is a recipe for irrelevancy. In this session you’ll be empowered with “out-of-the-box” ideas that align your organization to meet the demands of the future. You’ll discover the opportunities and capabilities that may lay dormant in your existing equipment, uncover new markets, and establish a game plan to implement innovative approaches.
--Session Chair: Robert Hughes, Hughes Integrated, Inc.
PRESENTATIONS:
WHY TOMORROW'S FLEXO INDUSTRY WILL HAVE UNIQUE DEMANDS, AND DEVELOPING A GAME PLAN FOR RELEVANCY
--Frank Burgos, FlexoExchange
HOW TO OPTIMIZE YOUR EXISTING RESOURCES (EQUIPMENT & PERSONNEL) TO REACH YOUR FULL POTENTIAL, & BENEFITS OF OPTIMIZING YOUR PROCESS FOR RELEVANCY
--Dave Straten, Advance Packaging
--Tom Cassano, MacDermid Printing Solutions
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| 10:00am |
REFRESHMENT BREAK & TABLETOP EXHIBITION
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| 10:30am |
SESSION 2:
DRIVE EFFICIENCIES, ENABLE CONSISTENCY & REDUCE CYCLE TIME WITH SPOT COLOR MANAGEMENT
Use of spot colors in packaging graphics is becoming more complex….Customers are fiercely competing for consumer spending and brand loyalty….Key players in the packaging development chain are continuing to face obstacles in achieving consistent reproduction of all-too-often poorly communicated expectations! This session addresses the active role spot color plays in packaging graphics, and offers insight into how to clearly create, define, and communicate digital color references--both horizontally and vertically--throughout the supply chain.
--Session Chair: Jay Sperry, Clemson University
PRESENTATIONS:
CREATIVE STRATEGIES & TRENDS OF PACKAGING GRAPHICS WITH SPOT COLORS
--Anne Reid, Landor Associates
EFFECTIVELY INTEGRATING SPOT COLOR STANDARDS INTO THE DIGITAL PROOFING WORKFLOW
--Chip Tonkin, Clemson University
CLEARLY DEFINING, COMMUNICATING, MEASURING, & VERIFYING SPOT COLOR ACCURACY THROUGHOUT THE SUPPLY CHAIN
--Richard Black, All Printing Resources
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| 12:15pm |
LUNCH & TABLETOP EXHIBITION
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| 1:15pm |
SESSION 3:
CURVES, GRAYS & PROFILES - THE WAYS TO PROCESS COLOR CALIBRATION
As printers aim to match customer approved proofs or previously printed products, adjustments must be made to the upstream files in order to take into account the unique characteristics of their printing system(s). They have at their disposal multiple ways of adjusting the color output in prepress with different levels of complexity and accompanying benefits. This session will address the three main techniques used to calibrate process color printing along with live demonstrations of each.
--Session Chair: Bill Pope, Flexographic Technical Association
PRESENTATIONS:
CUTBACK CURVES
--Mark Mazur, DuPont Imaging Technologies
G7TM: NEAR-NEUTRAL CALIBRATION
--Catherine Haynes, All Printing Resources
ICC-BASED COLOR MANAGEMENT: PROFILE GENERATION & IMPLEMENTATION
--Gary Russell, Phototype
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| 3:00pm |
REFRESHMENT BREAK & TABLETOP EXHIBITION
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| 3:30pm |
SESSION 4:
TECHNOLOGIES & INNOVATIONS FROM PREPRESS TO PRESS
2008 was a big year with DRUPA, but new technologies and innovations continue to be developed and released on an ongoing basis, many of which can have a profound impact on print quality, productivity, and/or color consistency. Attend this session and discover the latest technologies and innovations since DRUPA and see how well products announced at DRUPA have developed. In addition, there will be special attention paid to plate imaging and screening technologies with perspectives from actual users.
--Session Chair: Jason Barrier, Printpack, Inc.
PRESENTATIONS:
TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION UPDATE: WHAT'S NEW SINCE DRUPA
--Lonnie Robinson, Tension Envelope
ADVANCES IN ON-LINE COLOR MEASUREMENT TECHNOLOGIES
-- Gal Shamri, Advanced Vision Technology, Inc
ADVANCES IN HIGH RESOLUTION PLATE IMAGING TECHNOLOGIES: TECHNOLOGY OVERVIEW & THE USER'S PERSPECTIVE
--John Anderson, Eastman Kodak Company & Bill McKnight, Ellis Packaging
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| 5:30pm |
TABLETOP EXHIBITION & RECEPTION
Be sure to attend the Tabletop Exhibition & Reception where food, beverages & networking opportunities will be plentiful. See and experience new, cutting-edge products & services; keep current on industry trends & issues; and network with colleagues & suppliers!
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Tuesday, October 6 |
| 7:00am |
BREAKFAST
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| 8:00am |
SESSION 5:
EXPANDING CAPABILITIES WITH EXPANDED COLOR GAMUT (ECG)
Standardizing production systems for producing packaging graphics can have real economic and quality improvements for the printer and customer alike. Presentations are organized to address key learning’s, roles and responsibilities, and technology support for each step of the packaging workflow; Creative, Prepress, and Production, as it relates to incorporating Expanded Gamut printing for packaging applications.
--Session Chair: Jay Sperry, Clemson University
PRESENTATIONS:
DESIGNING FOR SUCCESS WITH EXPANDED COLOR GAMUT
--Matthew Azzam, Tri-media Integrated Marketing Technologies
PREPARING & PROCESSING THE ECG DESIGN FOR PRINT: WORKFLOW DYNAMICS & CONSIDERATIONS
--Don Harvey, Schawk, Inc.
REPEATABLE & PREDICTABLE PRINTING WITH ECG
--John Hite, Bryce Corporation
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| 9:45am |
REFRESHMENT BREAK
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| 10:00am |
SESSION 6:
PRINT SUPPLIER QUALIFICATION - FOLLOWING THE STEPS OF THE PROCESS FOR THE PRINTER & CPC
The task of qualifying a print supplier can be a daunting one for the Consumer Products Company (CPC), the printer, and the various tertiary suppliers. Properly identifying the key performance indicators and generating the proper type and amount of data and reports to accurately represent a printer’s performance are critical aspects to any program. This session will focus on the key aspects of a print supplier qualification program and review the various interrelationships between the various parties.
--Session Chair: Robb Frimming, Schawk, Inc
PRESENTATIONS:
THE DYNAMICS OF A SUPPLIER QUALIFICATION PROGRAM
--Robb Frimming, Schawk, Inc.
THE CPC'S PERSPECTIVE ON PRINT SUPPLIER QUALIFICATION
--Kirk Augspurger, The Procter & Gamble Company
THE PRINTER'S PERSPECTIVE ON PRINT SUPPLIER QUALIFICATION
--Gerry Sondej, SCI Preprint
THE KEY ROLE THE INK SUPPLIER PLAYS
--John Edwards, Sun Chemical Company
BEYOND THE QUALIFICATION PROGRAM -ONGOING REPORTING & CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT
--Robb Frimming, Schawk, Inc.
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| 11:45am |
CONFERENCE WRAP-UP
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