Printing Impressions, the leading trade
publication serving commercial printers, and nGage Events, a specialized meetings
company that focuses on hosted model events, announce the Inkjet Summit 2013.
The inaugural 2013 event will be held April 9-11 at the exclusive Ponte Vedra
Inn & Club in Ponte Vedra Beach, FL.
As the interest in inkjet printing continues
to grow, print providers and corporate enterprises are seeking guidance from
industry experts, peers and market leaders to help them develop sound business strategies,
understand their technology options, and make major investment decisions concerning
inkjet printing capabilities. Vendors are also looking for ways to better identify
and develop more intimate relationships with those potential buyers
specifically interested in inkjet printing solutions.
The Inkjet Summit is an invitation-only,
hosted event designed for senior managers and business executives who want to
understand how current and future inkjet technology trends, software,
consumables and finishing solutions are and will impact their businesses and
help them shape their visions and strategies for the future.
The Inkjet Summit’s unique format provides
sponsors with Boardroom and 1:1 meetings with executives intimately involved
with strategy, and purchasing authority and intentions. Sponsors will gain
access to a pre-qualified, hosted audience of print executives across three
major industry segments: Transactional/Transpromo;
Direct Mail/Marketing; and Books/Publishing.
“The Inkjet Summit will serve as a select
gathering for printing industry executives and vendors committed to building
relationships and developing solutions that work and produce revenue,” explains
Charlie Pesko, executive vice president of nGage Events. “Our focus is on
providing strategic insights and tactical solutions needed to navigate the most
critical inkjet trends and technologies impacting businesses today. By educating our
audience about technology, software, processes and applications, we will help
empower confident decision-making on inkjet deployments.”
The conference program will be lead by
industry expert Charlie Corr and a team of top industry consultants, leaders
and digital printing visionaries. Some of the hot topics being covered will include:
- State
of the Inkjet Printing Market
- Review
of Inkjet Technology Options
- More
Than Print Technology…Software, Supplies, Feeding & Finishing Solutions
- Economics
- Process
& Market Transformation
- Future
Markets
- Application
Breakout Sessions and Case Studies
“Inkjet is the
digital printing technology that will enable the next era of Print-on-Demand”, says
Charlie Corr. “Attendance at this event is a must to understand how you can
leverage this disruptive technology and the solutions that it provides.”
“I can’t think of two more well-known, visionary
figures in the digital printing space to be involved with Inkjet Summit 2013
than Charlie Pesko and Charlie Corr,” adds Mark Michelson, long-time
editor-in-chief of Printing Impressions.
“Both men were at the forefront of the growth and industry adoption of digital,
on-demand printing, and possess unique insight into how inkjet printing
technologies will reshape the graphic arts industry. This one-of-a-kind summit
will provide buyers and sellers with focused educational and networking opportunities,
as well as a roadmap for their future prosperity.”
The Inkjet Summit has been developed by nGage
Events with the support of its publishing partner, Printing Impressions, a
magazine published by North American Publishing Co. (NAPCO). This event brings
together the top publisher serving the graphic arts industry with the leading
producer of hosted model events.
“The timing couldn’t be more right for our
invitation-only Inkjet Summit,” notes Mark Subers, senior vice president and
group publisher of The Printing
Impressions Group, which consists of Printing
Impressions, In-plant Graphics
and Package Printing magazines. “Inkjet
printing is a disruptive technology that has created a lot of confusion in the
marketplace. This unique event will enable printing executive attendees and our
vendor sponsors to take a deep dive into what most industry pundits believe
will rapidly become the dominant digital print production process.”
“Working closely with Xplor International,
the leading association serving the electronic document systems marketplace,
and other industry groups will also help provide a cross-segment view of inkjet
printing.” According to Dave Leskusky, President of The Printing Impressions Group, “Teaming up with Xplor— which serves
the transactional printing market—and its President/CEO Skip Henk as a key
association partner, really rounds out the focus and expertise from which attendees
and vendors can leverage and learn.”
For information on
sponsoring and/or attending the Inkjet Summit 2013, please visit www.ijsummit.com or contact David Pesko at dpesko@ngage.com
About the Organizers
NAPCO/Printing
Impressions
North
American Publishing Co. (NAPCO) successfully operates magazines, trade shows
and online services for the various markets it serves. Currently, the company produces
16 magazines, 22 e-mail newsletters, two subscription services and two trade
shows, and employs more than 150 people. NAPCO's flagship publication, Printing Impressions, is the most
influential and widely read journal for commercial printers worldwide. NAPCO
also publishes several other well-known titles serving the direct marketing,
promotional products and consumer electronics markets. For more information, visit
www.napco.com
nGage Events
nGage Events is
the leading producer of host-based, invitation-only business events. These
events bring together leading vendors with qualified decision makers in an exclusive
and intimate environment. The team at nGage Events has successfully produced more
than 200 events across all market sectors using this distinctive format which
guarantees access to key contacts in a private setting, fosters new
relationships, improves existing ones, builds partnerships, and accelerates the
sales process. For more information, visit www.ngageco.com