August 2, 2004 -- The Indigo Customer Exchange (ICE), an independent users group for owners of HP Indigo digital printing presses, has announced that it will be holding it’s annual meeting on October 1-2, 2004 at the Aladdin Resort Hotel in Las Vegas, NV. This year’s program will boast heavy participation by HP management, offering some real insights into the company’s future market strategies and future product directions. Featured speakers from HP will include Bill McGlynn, VP, Digital Publishing Solutions, Imaging and Printing Group, Todd Cromwell, VP of Imaging and Printing Group Print Service Provider Solutions North America, and Pini Perlmutter, Director R&D, HP, Indigo Division. Additionally, this year will offer a major business development track, with HP helping to put together a 2.5 hour marketing program. Leveraging off this workshop will be the closing keynote speech of Lisa Contini of Synergy, a specialist in teaching sales executives how to shift from a product-focused sales motion to a business solution sales approach. In addition to a user “home run applications” panel discussionand a display of submissions for the Annual ICE Awards, this year’s ICE meeting will boast an array of tabletop exhibits from third party sponsors. To date, sponsors include Adobe Systems, Creo, Cohesion, Folex, GMC, GPA, Printable Technologies, and Smart Papers. Information on exhibiting at the annual ICE meeting can be found at www.indigousers.com/sponsorship_info.htm. The meeting is open to all owners of HP Indigo digital presses. Prospective owners may also be allowed to attend in some circumstances. For further details on registration costs, the conference program, or hotel accommodations, please visit www.indigousers.com.