BIA Cconference Recap — Class is in Session

Powerful Future

First up was Niall Power, president and CEO of the Printing Industries of Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin (PII and PIW), who opened with a report on association interrelationships and his vision of the future of the BIA.

Next was NPES consulting economist Michael Evans, who delivered a sobering perspective on the economic landscape both now and for the immediate future. A few of his forecasts: There will be a continuing lack of pricing power; increased high- and low-end consumer spending; and an overvalued dollar.