Ghent, Belgium - The GWG is pleased to extend a special invitation to printers, publishers, and designers to attend a free, live seminar in Chicago on Wednesday, April 27. Attendees will hear from top software developers, publishers, analysts, printers, and industry experts about the newest GWG specifications, how to avoid problems by using GWG test suites, and more. The GWG is holding its quarterly meeting in Chicago the same week.

The first-come, first-served seminar will take place on April 27, from 1:30 - 5:30 pm at The Conference Center at UBS Tower in Chicago, in the Michigan I room.  RSVP is required.

David Zwang, GWG Chairman, says: "We're excited to open up this seminar to those who use our specifications and best practices - or to help educate those who don't - so that everyone can benefit from our latest initiatives.

"Attendees have a chance to engage with our powerhouse team, comprised of top vendors and associations from around the world, live and in-person. This is a really unique opportunity to tap into what GWG has been up to, and learn how to make publishing production a seamless, high quality and low stress undertaking," Zwang says.

GWG production subcommittees include those focused on PDF preflight specifications, color management, office printing, packaging, job ticketing, process control - and the newest: cross-media publishing.

Recent work includes success in defining and handling of special and spot colors in PDF workflows for packaging; where PDF implementation has been slower due to inherent differences in packaging production as compared to most graphic arts processes.

GWG seminar agenda:

The seminar agenda for Wednesday, April 27 is planned as follows [1]:
1:30 pm: GWG intro David Zwang, Publishing Process Consultant and GWG Chairman
2:00 pm: Specifications Elli Cloots, Director of Product Management, Enfocus
2:30 pm: PDF/X specifications Dov Isaacs, Principal Scientist, Adobe Systems Inc.
3:00 pm: Break
3:20 pm: Challenges when implementing the new specifications Peter Kleinheider, PrePress Consultant and Workflow Customization, Inpetto
4:00 pm: How can the GWG help you Didier Hazen, Senior Consultant and PDF Expert, VIGC
4:30 pm: Cross media publishing?Bert Van Looy, ICT Publishing Project Leader and Quality Assurance Officer, Sanoma Magazines Kirk Brauch, Business & Technical Manager, adstream
5:00 pm: Q&A with speakers    

Limited seating –

RSVP required. To RSVPfor this special live event, please send an email to [email protected] with the following information. Please note that seating is on a first come, first served basis.
- Full name
- Email address
- Subject Line: I will attend the Chicago GWG seminar

For more information about this seminar, or the Ghent Workgroup, please visit: www.gwg.org.