By Thayer Long, President, Association for Print Technologies (APTech)

As I write this in the final quarter of 2021, we are still seeing the capricious nature of the pandemic and how it can impact the return to live industry gatherings—with a number of those planned ending in cancellation. For now, APTech is observing, waiting, and maintaining a digital focus to our programs for the remainder of 2021, but we, like so many of you, look forward to connecting face-to-face again. So, we’re cautiously planning for a gradual return to in-person events in the new year.

APTech held several successful online events this year, including our well-attended Variable Data Print & Mail Summit virtual event held in April. Our Master Class series held classes in Master the Art of Selling and Wide-Format Business, each course lasting six weeks with online instruction from industry experts, while we also held several webinars and podcasts.