9.00 a.m.
Successful digital printing –
characteristics of successful print media companies
Reinhold Frech, Kodak Graphic Communications Group, Stuttgart

9.30 a.m.
Automatically crossing the finishing line in digital print production
David Watson, Ultimate Technographics, Montreal (CDN)

10.00 a.m.
New business and profit opportunities with next generation digital presses and large format printers
François Martin, EMEA Graphic Arts, HP, Geneva (CH)

10.30 a.m.
Digital book production –
from the paper reel to the finished book
Bruno Müller, Müller-Martini GmbH, Ostfildern

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9.00 a.m.
Introduction
David Zwang, Ghent Working Group Chair, Ghent (B)

9.05 a.m.
Latest PDF/X development
Andy Den Tandt, Enfocus, Ghent (B)

9.30 a.m.
Implementation of automation using GWG standards and ROI
Menno Mooij, ISI consultancy, Ede (NL)

10.00 a.m.
Color management in the digital workflow
Peter Kleinheider, callas software gmbh, Berlin

10.30 a.m.
Testing digital workflow
Stephan Jaeggi, PrePress Consulting, Binningen (CH)

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9.00 a.m.
New perspectives for the very large printing format (VLF)?
Ralph Gumbel, Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG, Heidelberg

9.30 a.m.
Value added printing: creating additional benefit in sheet fed offset printing
Michael Nitsche, MAN Roland Druckmaschinen AG, Offenbach

10.00 a.m.
An overview on innovations and future trends in offset printing
Frank Romano, RIT Rochester, Rochester (USA)

10.30 a.m.
Environmentally responsible print production:
new options with cutting-edge technology
Klaus Schmidt, Koenig & Bauer AG, Würzburg

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9.00 a.m.
Web-to-print: status quo and future perspectives
Bernd Zipper, ZIPCON Consulting, Essen

9.30 a.m.
Web-to-print for small and medium enterprises
Wolfgang Boretius,trivet.net, Remscheid

10.00 a.m.
Internet based publishing platform for proof, workflow and shop-applications
Holger Schmidt, Konzept-iX GmbH, Saerbeck

10.30 a.m.
Doing everything right automatically – web-to-print for decentralized operating companies
Andreas Michalski, CDO - Corporate Design Online, Frankfurt am Main

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9.00 a.m.
Welcome and introduction
Prof. Dr. Reinhard Baumann, Technische Universität Chemnitz, Chemnitz

9.05 a.m.
Integration of electronics in packaging – what could be the role of the printing industry?
Thomas Walther, MAN Roland Druckmaschinen AG, Offenbach

9.35 a.m.
Inkjet technology and systems for printed electronics
Martin Schoeppler, Fujifilm Dimatix Inc., Santa Clara (USA)

10.05 a.m.
Printed intelligence – improving the competitiveness of printed media
Prof. Dr. Harri Kopola, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Oulu (FIN)

10.35 a.m. – coffee break

11.00 a.m.
Printed RFID – from a vision to production
Wolfgang Mildner, PolyIC GmbH & Co. KG, Fürth

11.30 a.m.
Printed electronics – a printer’s perspective
Erik Sventeckis, GSI Technologies, Burr Ridge/Chicago (USA)

12.00 p.m.
Products and applications of printed electronics
Prof. Dr. Arved Hübler, printed systems GmbH, Chemnitz

12.30 p.m.
Functional materials for printed electronics
Dr. Michael Heckmeier, Merck Chemicals Ltd., Southampton (GB)

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9.00 a.m.
Media Standard Print 2008 – Data, Proof, Production
Karl-Michael Meinecke, Bundesverband Druck und Medien e.V. (bvdm), Wiesbaden

9.30 a.m.
Monitor proofing – Removing the last analog piece in print production
Dan Caldwell, Integrated Color Solutions (ICS), New York (USA)

10.00 a.m.
Ideal customer-prepess-press workflow
Florian Süßl, MetaDesign AG, Berlin

10.30 a.m.
Prepress and digital proofing trends
Jürgen Seitz, GMG GmbH & Co. KG, Tübingen

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9.00 a.m.
Sales-promotional packaging: How packaging influences the buying decision of consumers
Jürgen Bihler, Pro Carton Deutschland, Bensheim

9.30 a.m.
Package construction: Effective realization of consumer demands using the example of folding boxes
Karl-Reiner Müller, COPACO Gruppe, Mainz

10.00 a.m.
Efficient and secure workflows in packaging prepress
Stefan Schirmer, EskoArtwork, Ghent (B)

10.30 a.m.
Finishing in package printing
Sandro Gubinelli, Bobst S.A., Lausanne (CH)

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9.00 a.m.
New business and profit opportunities with next generation digital presses and large format printers François Martin, EMEA Graphic Arts, HP, Geneva (CH) (inquired)

9.30 a.m.
Generating long-term profit using the Canon Essential Business Builder Programm
Andreas Kempers, Integral Consulting, Neuss

10.00 a.m.
Digital book production
Dr. Josef Simmerl, Océ-Deutschland GmbH, Poing

10.30 a.m.
Finishing in digital printing:
challenge and chance at the same time
Peter Berger, Horizon GmbH, Norderstedt

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9.00 a.m.
JDF in a nutshell and latest developments from CIP4
James Harvey, Executive Director CIP4, Media4theWorld,
Crofton (USA)

9.30 a.m.
Increasing production efficiency with workflow integration and automation
Hubert Scheir, Kodak Graphic Communications Group, Stuttgart

10.00 a.m.
Automation in print publishing – it doesn’t need to be difficult
David van Driessche, Gradual Software, Ghent (B)

10.30 a.m.
Internet based publishing illustrated by catalogue production
Thomas Häuptli, Agfa Graphics, Cologne

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9.00 a.m.
Media Standard Print 2008 – Data, Proof, Production
Karl-Michael Meinecke, Bundesverband Druck und Medien e.V. (bvdm), Wiesbaden

9.30 a.m.
Ideal customer-prepess-press workflow
Florian Süßl, MetaDesign AG, Berlin

10.00 a.m.
Color measurement in prepress and press
Thomas Kunz, X-Rite Europe AG, Regensdorf (CH)

10.30 a.m.
Digital long term archiving with PDF/A
Olaf Drümmer, callas software gmbh, Berlin

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9.00 a.m.
Environmentally responsible print production:
new options with cutting-edge technologies
Klaus Schmidt, Koenig & Bauer AG, Würzburg

9.30 a.m.
Applied innovations in web offset printing
Josef Aumiller, MAN Roland Druckmaschinen AG, Augsburg

10.00 a.m.
Evolution at the control console – the increasing digitalization of the printing machine operation center
Thomas Kröncke, Heidelberger Druckmaschinen Vertrieb Deutschland GmbH, Heidelberg

10.30 a.m.
Status quo and perspectives of computer to plate technology
Wieland Schwarz, Fujifilm Europe GmbH, Düsseldorf

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