First-ever North American Standards Event, Oct 8 at Graph Expo

The Printing Standards Forum being held October 8 in the IDEAlliance booth #4456 at Graph Expo, addresses the latest graphic communications standards being directed by global standards-making organizations, ISO and CGATS Graphic Arts Committees. Led by developers, experts, and practitioners of global standards and specifications, attendees will participate in discussions and debate on such issues as:

• Metrics vs data set conformance
• Process control
• Printing tolerances & conformance standards
• Lighting, viewing and instrument standards
• PDF/X and other file and image formats

For media production leaders in premedia and print, this first-ever North American event brings together industry leaders who develop and publish the specifications and standards used domestically and internationally for the betterment of our industry. The line-up of speakers includes:

Martin Bailey, Global Graphics
Roy Bohnen, Epson America
Laurel Brunner, Digital Dots Limited
Ray Cheydleur, Xrite
Bob Chung, RIT
Eric Dalton, JUST Normlicht
Russell Doucette, Konica Minolta
Bob Hallam, Quad Graphics
Elie Khoury, Alwan Color
Lewis Lam, Advanced Printing
Technology Centre Ltd.
Leanne Lowry, ANSI
Heath Luetkens, CGS Publishing    
Bob McCurdy, GTI
David Niles, sappi
Brenda Pang, APTEC
Craig Revie, FFEI Limited
Danny Rich, SunChemical
Mike Rodriquez
Juergen Seitz, GMG GmbH & Co. KG
John Seymour, QuadTech
Steve Smiley, SmileyColor
Kip Smythe, NPES
Roy Tang, Leo Paper Group
Larry Warter, Warter Color

Attendees of the 2012 Printing Standards Forum will discover how standards can significantly improve their company's return on their technology investments. Review the full conference program or a conference pass is available for $39.

For questions, contact Steve Bonoff at (952) 896-1908 or email [email protected].