Speakers will address the fundamental question of how to build a business around you, your staff and your customers. What portion of your business will be focused on print? Where do you get objective consulting to transition your offset and digital printing business into a well run profitable enterprise?
Sponsored by HP, Barb Pellow, Chair of the School of Print Media at Rochester Institute of Technology, has recently joined the conference. She will moderate a panel discussion by industry leaders, Doug Lord , President and CEO of Xerox Canada, Charlie Corr, Managing Director, CAP Ventures and Roger Gimble, President of the XRC Corporation. Barb's presence will ensure a lively exchange by panel members on the topic, "The Future of Profitable Printing – What the Major Players Are Doing From Research to Manufacturing to the Printer."
The many advantages of attending the conference can be seen in our full program of offerings which is listed below. We look forward to seeing you at the OAQP Conference and also in the exhibition halls for the Graphics Canada 2003 trade show. Don't forget to visit our booth, #2412.
OAQP Conference Program 6:30 – 8:00 am - Registration 7:00 am - Breakfast 8:00 - 9:00 am - Breakfast Speaker - Suzanne Stevens, President, Ignite Excellence Inc. Effective Communication to Win New Business
In preparation for the changes that lie ahead, we need to be prepared to change ourselves. Suzanne's workshop will focus on how people react to change, why people are resistant to change and how to communicate to overcome resistance to change. The audience will participate in an exercise that will uncover personal resistance to change and why we resistant it. The consequences of adaptation or not adapting to change will be discussed. The tools provided will assist organizations in communicating, implementing and achieving personal and corporate objectives.
9:15 am - Panel Discussion moderated by Barb Pellow
The Future of Profitable Printing – What the Major Players Are Doing From Research to Manufacturing to the Printer
Hear different viewpoints on where the printing industry is headed and how to prepare for it.
• Where are people making profit today?
• What do the users want?
9:50 am - Question and Answer period 10:05 am - Break 10:20 am - Roger Gimble , President, XRC Corporation From Photocopies to the IGEN 3
Hear how one printing company in the most competitive market in the world (New York) built their business one customer at a time.
• History of copying
• Copying to the DocuTech
• Lessons learned
• Profit in digital colour
• 2060 to iGen3, the future of tonography
11:05 am - Roman Stevenson , Ashburnham Group,
In-Plant Operations - Is There A Future in Canada?
• Survival of the in-plant
• How to create a knowledgeable and inspired in-plant team
• How do you educate your entire team on their importance to the overall Document Management Process?
• Partnering with outside vendors to deliver leading-edge solutions
11:30 am - Break
11:45 am - Harry Miller, Business Manager, Adobe Corporation Adobe Vision for Print and PDF Transit
• 1993, the birth of PDF
• Is PDF the death of print?
• Content management and opportunities for printers
• PDF transit, managing your client's workflow and how it is revolutionizing the creation and delivery of reliable and predictable print documents
• Profitable opportunities in managing Digital Content
12:30 pm - Lunch 1:00 pm - Luncheon Address - Charlie Corr, Managing Director, CAP Ventures
The Future of Paper - Results and implications of CAP Ventures' recent white paper on the future of paper
• What industries are driving paper consumption
• Pending legislation that may affect future paper consumption
• Assessment of market opportunities for B/W and colour production devices
• Variable data: the panacea or bust
• Each participant will receive valuable data from this hallmark study!
1:45 pm - Summary, Thanks and Closing
