Pat McGrew, Senior Director, will be speaking during 3 sessions at PrintEx 19. Taking place from August 13-16 in Sydney, this event is the leading show for print, sign, display, label and packaging professionals.

Tuesday, Aug. 13th

3:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Big Opportunities in Wide Format Printing: What the FESPA Census Tells Us and How to Use It
This presentation discusses the 2018 FESPA Survey with some analysis of trends, and practical applications for both
strategic and tactical decisions for business owners. What are the growing applications? What equipment do you
need to participate in the market? What digital opportunities can you access to differentiate your product offerings
to the market? This presentation comes with key takeaways to use when attendees return to their shop.

Friday, Aug. 16th

12:00 pm – 12:45 pm

Developing a Workflow Mindset: Picking Up Money from the Production Floor
Every business and every production floor have a workflow. It’s sometimes called other things, but there are
processes, documented and undocumented that move work into the shop and through production, cause billing
to happen, and manage delivery. Even in 2019, many shops still operated with a single team member who is
the source of all knowledge and use a series of spreadsheets and notice boards tracking physical job traveler
envelopes. Today there are processes and tools that can add automation without breaking the bank that are
worth considering, but you need to know what problems that you are trying to solve and what questions to ask.
This is the presentation that gives you the toolset to embark on your next, efficient, workflow process.

2:00 pm – 2:45 pm

How to Create Print Samples That Sell! 
Every sales person knows that a print sample can move the conversation forward, but are your sales people
still carrying last year’s samples? Have your samples been updated to show what you can really do today?
This presentation is the how-to course for building and maintaining a vibrant print sample library – brought to you
by the host of PrintSampleTV!

Come hear Pat McGrew, Senior Director, Production Software and Services speak on: 

State of the Art and Trends in Toner and Inkjet

As mature print technologies, both toner and inkjet solutions are well-established, but they do continue to grow. Today, toner continues to expand its footprint by offering more color and more substrate options, while inkjet offers speed and support for everything from wide-format to packaging, as well as general commercial and transactional printing. This  presentation looks at the current markets for toner and inkjet devices, the workflow software that supports them, and what Keypoint Intelligence research tells us about what printers around the world are buying to grow their businesses.

Join Ron Gilboa, Group Director of Production Technology, Eric Zimmerman, Director of Wide Format Printing, and Masato Atoda, Associate Director of Asia Pacific Research, in a full day of educational sessions.

Guest speaker includes:

• Mr. Hisashi Tada
  Sales Development Manager
  EFI Co., Ltd. EFI
  
  

Conference sessions will focus on:

• Wide Format State of The Industry - New 2018-2023 Wide Format Forecast, Trends and Innovation
• Sign & Display Wide Format Print Market - Voices from the field - JAPAN
• Opportunities for Growth with New Applications
• The Evolution and Possibilities of Soft Signage Fabric Print
• Sign and Display Show Japan News from the Show Floor
• The Growth in Digital Printing in Apparel, Decor - Trends, Forecast and Insights
• China Market Overview
• Exploring Innovation in Textile Printing - ITMA 2019
• Decorative Printing: Innovations in Woodworking - Impressions from LIGNA 2019

Come hear us speak at PRINT 19! Keypoint Intelligence - InfoTrends analysts will present during the following sessions:

Thursday, October 3
10:00 am - 10:50 am

• And Now for Something Really Interesting: Next Big Thing in Print and Mail!
  Speaker: Marc Mascara, Director, Customer Communications Advisory Service

Friday, October 4
9:00 am - 9:50 am

• TransPROMO – Turn up the Volume of Bills, Statements and Marketing Messages
  Speaker: Pat McGrew, Senior Director, Production Technology 

Saturday, October 5
9:00 am - 9:50 am

• Growing Margins Beyond the Page: New Opportunities in Sign & Display
  Speaker: Ron Gilboa, Group Director, Production Software and Services 

11:00 am - 11:50 am

• Vertical Vertigo: The Highest Growth Markets for Your Business and How to Approach Them
  Speaker: Karen Kimerer, Director, Production Services 

PRINTING United is the largest printing-focused expo in North America, with a focus on highlighting the best new technologies, printing convergence and instilling its attendees with latest business-building knowledge.

On October 22, the day before PRINTING United opens, Ron Gilboa, Group Director, will present in a half-day intensive program during the following:

1:00 PM – 4:30 PM

Digital Textile Printing: What, Why and How

Digitally printed textiles have literally changed the "playing field" in numerous sectors, including graphics and sign, apparel decoration and industrial printing. Keypoint Intelligence/InfoTrends’ Ron Gilboa and a cast of digital textile experts will share how today's’ printing companies, fabric mills, ink manufacturers, and OEMs are working to maximize the possibilities of digital textile printing; how the segment is expected to expand; how a carefully-crafted digital textile workflow is essential to success today and expansion tomorrow, and why digital textile printing—though not new—still offers robust opportunity.

Join Ron Gilboa, Group Director, Production Technology during his session:  

Digital Fabric Printing – The Innovation Continues!

Digital printing is a disruptive force for many traditional textile finishers and those new to the opportunity. Digital print technology enables short-run, small batch fabric designs for a new generation of designers while also driving fundamental changes in the supply chain as the industry addresses the demand for mass customization. This presentation covers the growth trend in digital printing to help business owners make decisions about where to invest. With a five-year growth trajectory of more than 20% this is a technology opportunity that spotlights highly productive print technology from around the world enabled by innovations in material science and production workflow.

Participants will hear about:

• Key market drivers that influence demand for digital textile printing
• Recent technology innovations
• Industry direction and technology adoption trends 
• Voices from the field on technology adoption and usage
• The case for sustainability