Training and Education

Graphic of the Americas (GOA) 2009 in Miami Beach is the place to be for art directors, creative and prepress professionals from Feb. 26 to 28, 2009. The Printing Association of Florida (PAF), GOA host, is partnering with Aquent Graphics Institute (AGI) to offer a state-of-the-art series of educational conferences and tutorials developed specifically for art directors, creative and prepress professionals. Aquent is the world's leading design staffing agency and provider of training, consulting, and support services.

The Graphic Arts Education and Research Foundation (GAERF®) is pleased to announce that, for the first time ever, a prison inmate has been awarded a PrintED® certification. John Phillips, 41, an inmate at the Northern Regional Jail and Correctional Facility in Moundsville, WV received a certification in Offset Press Operations after passing an online standardized PrintED examination.

RESTON, VA—November 13, 2008—Shelly Manley, a copy editor at a New Jersey design firm, was named the lucky winner of the Designer's Dream Office Giveaway at GRAPH EXPO® 2008.

HURST, TX—Nov. 11, 2008—A new report from EDSF, the international, non-profit organization dedicated to the document management and graphic communications industries, investigates color preferences in Web design within a diverse sample population. Results from this research found that among the over 200 participants, in excess of one third of the group preferred a white Web site background with black text. The report, titled "Color Preferences in Web Design," is available now as a free download at www.edsf.org.

CHICAGO—11/10/08—Dr. Jerry J. Waite, president of the Accrediting Council for Collegiate Graphic Communications, Inc., presented Rick Clendenning, President & CEO, INX International Ink Co. with a plaque acknowledging that INX had become an ACCGC Sustaining Corporate Affiliate this past year.

Printing Impressions' Digital Printing and Workflow News for November 2008

RIDGEFIELD PARK, NJ—October 22, 2008—Agfa Graphics announced today that Tom Saggiomo, president and CEO, will be giving the keynote presentation on Sunday, October 26, from 9:00-10:00 a.m. at the GASC/PIA/GATF Teacher's Conference at GRAPH EXPO® 08. The three-day program is being held October 25-27, 2008 at McCormick Place in Chicago, Illinois during Graph Expo. The conference is jointly presented by the Graphic Arts Show Company and the Printing Industries of America/Graphic Arts Technical Foundation.

RIDGEFIELD PARK, NJ—October 21, 2008—Agfa Graphics announced today that the :Apogee Users Group (AUG) is holding its annual meeting at Graph Expo. The AUG meeting will take place at 5:30 pm on Monday, October 27th. Graph Expo runs October 26th through October 29th at McCormick Place in Chicago.

Several pavilions on the show floor highlight the industry’s hottest product categories. Whether your interest lies in RFID, wide-format technologies, mailing and fulfillment, or another area of graphic communications, you’re sure to find a show floor feature tailored to your interests.

PITTSBURGH—10/10/08—PIA/GATF (Printing Industries of America/Graphic Arts Technical Foundation) will be among the top organizations exhibiting at GRAPH EXPO, October 26-29, 2008 at McCormick Place South in Chicago, IL.