Training and Education

ALEXANDRIA, VA—September 3, 2008—Every year, the Print Services & Distribution Association (PSDA) hosts the Printers & Suppliers Executive Conference to advance the education and networking opportunities for trade printers and industry suppliers. The event, typically held during the summer, has been moved this year to co-locate with PSDA’s Print Solutions Conference & Expo. The move is expected to increase the value for industry executives who largely support the national show each October. “Co-locating these events is just good business sense,” said Mike Pramstaller, CAE, vice president of meetings for PSDA. “We have close to 300 trade printers and suppliers exhibiting in the Print Solutions

CAMBRIDGE, MA—09/02/08—The Printed Electronics 2008 conference and exhibition hosted by IDTechEx will be held on December 2-5, 2008 in San Jose, CA. This fifth annual conference and exhibition covers all the applications, technologies and opportunities surrounding printed electronics. Anticipating over 800 delegates and 100 exhibitors, this is the world’s largest event on the topic.  A full range of samples and demonstrations will be available and many subjects will be aired for the first time, making this conference unmissable. Potentially printed electronics is covered as well as printed electronics and market figures will be presented for the full $300 billion opportunity opening up, as well

NORTH BERGEN, NJ—August 22, 2008—Edison Litho & Printing, one of the leading large-format litho printers in the Northeast and the only printer in North America to operate two of the largest presses in the world in the same facility, will be holding a unique seminar on the many new developments in large format printing. The half-day seminar on Tuesday September 16 begins at Edison’s 80,000 sq ft facility in North Bergen, New Jersey where the firm houses its two 81-inch sheetfed presses and continues at the nearby Secaucus (NJ) Hilton where industry experts will present their take on the growth of large format printing,

PITTSBURG—August 19, 2008—The Print and Graphics Scholarship Foundation (PGSF) is pleased to announce that a new scholarship has been named in honor of industry veteran Brian W. Gill. This scholarship is funded through a significant donation from the Employing Printers Education Trust (EPET). The Trustees of EPET, under Chairman Charles Pecher, have elected to honor the group’s long- time advisor, Brian W. Gill. “Brian’s dedication and guidance over the years has helped many printers in their quest for managerial excellence. It is only fitting for Brian to be honored for all that he has given to the graphic communication industry,” stated Pecher. The Employing

RESTON, VA—Creative service professionals will gain new insights into how to add value to client projects through the GRAPH EXPO® Seminar Program, to be held October 26 - 29 in Chicago’s McCormick Place South during GRAPH EXPO 2008. More than 70 educational sessions, as well as hands-on computer labs featuring the latest in software solutions, provide creative service pros with real lessons that can be put to use as soon as they return to the office. “Future success for professionals in creative services lies in knowing how to take advantage of new media on behalf of their clients, including on-demand digital

FSC. SFI. Rainforest Alliance. What do any of these environmental certifications say about your company, your print products and the process used to create them? Learn about the various environmental certifications, what it takes to get authorized to use them and the various operational, branding and financial considerations related to certification.

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PHOENIX—In its quest to help companies with the challenges of integrating Web services and digital printing, PIA/GATF will debut “Converge Conference: Variable, Web Services and Cross Media” this September 20-23 in Phoenix. The program encompasses the content from its former conferences on workflow and variable data and personalization. Visit www.piagatfconverge.com for more information.

RESTON, VA—Enterprise printers will get the inside scoop on how to add value to client projects through the GRAPH EXPO® Seminar Program, to be held October 26 - 29 in Chicago’s McCormick Place South during GRAPH EXPO 2008. More than 70 educational sessions, as well as hands-on computer labs featuring the latest in software solutions, provide in-plant printers with real lessons that can be put to use as soon as they return to the plant. “Now, more than ever, corporations are looking to their in-plant printer to provide more than just a print job-they need a marketing partner who can offer value-added

LAS VEGAS—The acquisition by EFI of MIS and e-commerce competitor Pace Systems Group for approximately $21 million in cash headlined the announcements made at EFI’s Connect 2008 users conference meeting held at the Wynn Las Vegas this week. The browser-based ePace print management solution will be renamed EFI Pace and will eventually replace EFI’s PSI and Logic platforms (which will still continue to be supported by EFI). The new solution is geared toward the mid-market segment. Targeted toward large single and multi-plant printing operations, EFI debuted EFI Monarch, which combines Hagen OA’s MIS toolset, the capabilities of Prograph for production planning and JDF

Conference Creates BIA ‘Resurgence’ SCHAUMBURG, IL—By all accounts, the BIA Mid Management Conference held here April 28-29 was an “overwhelming success,” according to the Binding Industries Association. The meeting, which was extolled as a “critical step in the resurgence of the association,” was attended by more than 117 people. Most of the guests participated in two days of sessions that covered topics ranging from lean operations to environmental requirements to selling fulfillment services—all issues posed to impact bindery operations in significant ways. The conference was hailed as a definitive event for trade binderies, graphic finishers, looseleaf manufacturers and suppliers to those industries. “There