The agenda for Digital Printing Spectrum 2019, May 21-22 at Holiday Inn Gurnee Convention Center in Gurnee, IL is set and it is packed with what promises to be incredible, valuable information from beginning to end as “industry experts converge to discuss best practices for productivity, efficiency, and making money with digital printing; workforce development; hybrid printing; providing brand owners more value; and more. Don’t miss it!”

With the event theme “See more. Learn more. Do more.” these two days will be a full-throttle, non-stop schedule of events filled with more than 25 presenters, over 40 table-top exhibits, Q&A panel discussions, equipment demonstrations, networking meals, and more.

Here is the schedule:

Tuesday, May 21

9:00 – 12:00 Badge Pickup / Table-Top Exhibits

12:00 Networking Lunch

1:00 David Ellen – Domino: Welcome. “Objectives of Digital Printing Spectrum”

1:10 Dan Muenzer – TLMI: “Index & Trends Report – Setting the Stage: Label Printing today”

1:30 Kristin Yerecic Scott & Brian Hurst – Yerecic Label: “Our journey to digital, and what we learned along the way”

2:00 Dan Spah – Process Label Systems: “Our first digital press! How it has revolutionized our business”

2:30 Refreshment Break / Table-Top Exhibits

3:00 Kevin Hayes – Outlook Group: “Providing brand owners more value through digital printing”

3:30 Patrick LaMourie – Domino: “Best Practices in productivity, efficiency, and making money on your digital press”

4:00 Scott Fisher – Smyth Companies: “Why we chose Domino, again…with a second press”

4:30 Refreshment Break

4:45 Q&A Panel Discussion – ‘CEI BossJet powered by Domino’ moderated by L&NW’s Kathleen Scully & Steve Katz.
Simon Gross – CEI; Dave Bradish – Orion Labels; Mark Turk – International Label & Printing; Mark Wegmann - Wegmann Companies; Matt Condon – Domino. “Hybrid and the value proposition of CEI.”

5:15 David Ellen – Domino: Summary of Day & Evening Ahead

6:30 Evening Reception & Dinner / Table-Top Exhibits

Wednesday, May 22

7:00 Networking Breakfast / Table-Top Exhibits

8:00 Adam Gray – SheetLabels.com: “Workforce development: attracting the next generation to label printing”

8:30 Kelly Cart & Phil Stromsoe – Discount Labels “From monochrome to full-color: Our evolution with digital printing.”

9:00 Q&A Panel Discussion – Variable Data Printing moderated by Chelsea McDougall - Labels & Labeling; Tasha Ventimiglia – Labelexpo.
Joel Schmidt - Outlook Group; Tom Erickson - The Label Printers; Gary Peterson – Domino:
“How variable data printing is changing today's label & packaging market.”

9:30 Refreshment Break / Table-Top Exhibits

10:00 Nick Van Alstine – Macaran: “How five years-worth of extensive research, analysis, and rigorous testing brought us to Domino”.

10:30 Q&A Panel Discussion – ‘MPS EF SYMJET powered by Domino’ moderated by packagePRINTING’s Brian Ludwick & Cory Francer. Eric Hoendervangers – MPS; Dave McConnon - Meyers; Tom Staib - DWS Printing; Matt Condon – Domino: “Hybrid and the value proposition of MPS.”

11:00 Jerry Marincelj – Label Resources: “Achieving 40% growth in new sales and production.”

11:05 “The Greatest Show” Q&A Panel Discussion moderated by Dan Muenzer.
(Organizing your business to make digital printing efficient, successful, and profitable; the infrastructure; the workflow; marketing & selling digital to your customers, and more.)
Kristin Yerecic Scott & Brian Hurst – Yerecic Label
Scott Fisher – Smyth Companies
Dave Bradish – Orion Labels
Adam Gray – SheetLabels.com
Nick Van Alstine – Macaran
Tom Staib – DWS Printing

11:45 David Ellen – Domino: Summary – Choice, Making Money, Support, Trust

12:00 Networking Lunch

1:00 – 3:00 Table-Top Exhibits

3:00 End

Table-Top Exhibits
Attendees will also have time to visit with table-top exhibits from leading industry suppliers. To date, 42 companies have reserved their table-top. These table-top exhibitors cover a wide spectrum of capabilities and offerings within the label printing industry including converting & finishing; dies & tooling; material substrates; specialty coatings & sealants; camera/vision/inspection systems; UV curing; software; web cleaners; corona treatment; color management solutions, and more. The exhibitors include:

3M
AB Graphic
Acpo
Actega
Acucote
Avery Dennison
AVT
AZTECH Converting Systems
Baldwin Vision Systems
CEI
Delta ModTech
Domino
EMT/Rotocontrol
Enercon
FLEXcon
Gonderflex
GEW
Gonderflex
Grafotronic
Green Bay Packaging Coated Products Operations
GM North America
Hybrid Software
Integration Technology
Kocher + Beck
LabelTraxx
Lake Image Systems
Martin Automatic
MPS
Phoseon Technology
Polymag Tek
QSPAC Industries
Rotometrics
Spartanics
Spinnaker Coating
Taghleef Industries
Techkon
Technicote
UPM Raflatac
Vetaphone
Wausau Coated Products
Wikoff Color
Wilson Manufacturing Company

Equipment Demonstrations
Attendees can view equipment demonstrations that will take place at Domino on Tuesday, May 21 at 9:00am, 10:00am, 11:00am; and on Wednesday, May 22 at 1:00pm, 2:00pm, and 3:00pm. Attendees must reserve their equipment demo time when they register. 25 people per demonstration time. A shuttle bus will transport attendees from Holiday Inn Gurnee to Domino and back…only ½ mile away.

REGISTER to ATTEND. For more information and to REGISTER, go to dominodigitalprinting.com Got questions? Contact Bill Myers at [email protected] or phone 847-596-4801.