Meet Your Speakers

Welcome and Overview / Interpreting Printing Targets & Strategies for Success
Kern Cox
Senior Lecturer
Clemson University

Measurements, charts, SID/color, dot area/TVI, overprints, slur, BWR, dry ink, “running” the
tests, recording data, software aids. Make targets an everyday common language in the
printing. Targets and process control are the key to maximizing print capabilities. Follow the
previous day’s job’s prepress journey from calibration to optimization to characterization to color separation to proofing and final output.

Interpreting Printing Targets & Strategies for Success
Catherine Haynes
Prepress & Pressroom Technical Resource & Training Specialist
All Printing Resources

Measurements, charts, SID/color, dot area/TVI, overprints, slur, BWR, dry ink, “running” the
tests, recording data, software aids. Make targets an everyday common language in the
printing. Targets and process control are the key to maximizing print capabilities. Follow the
previous day’s job’s prepress journey from calibration to optimization to characterization to color separation to proofing and final output.

The Printing Plate “Package” today
Gerry Mounsey
President
Sustainable Solutionz

Up and running solution to reduce/ remove PVC plate mounts from the flexographic
workflow and transition the flexo industry from resource laden 0.250” photopolymer plates
to more economically friendly 0.155” printing plates. Learn about this “green wave” and
how flexographic printing plates can be fully repurposed into cushion backed underlayment for corrugated plates.

    The Printing Plate “Package” today

Neil Waldrop
    Owner
Century Printing & Packaging

This session will have Neil Waldrop, Owner of Century Printing and Packaging, share with         attendees his perspective on what trends are being seen in print production from both a     manufacturing perspective and business perspective. Key topics will include market forecasts,   technological advancements and implementation, process control, customer demands, employees and HR, training, etc. Learn what decades of successful business growth and navigating a variety of economic conditions has to in store for future forecasts.

Artificial Intelligence… State of the “Art” Today and Future Opportunities
Gerry Derksen
Professor
Clemson University

Design related Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools are becoming part of the work pipeline for
designers and in turn for production. Are you ready to embrace these capabilities? How
strong is the I in AI for production ready graphics? Concerns for designers? Hands-on
introduction to the tools and how they enable or restrict the process to produce functional and effective visual communications. Open discussion with audience on how they are experiencing different touchpoints with AI.

AI for Business Streamlining
Jack Steele
Computer Science
Clemson University

Are you using AI to its fullest capabilities from a business standpoint? Learn
tips and techniques from a Gen Z computer science student on how to maximize the
potential of AI for summarizing your email inbox, scripting emails, logically establishing a
calendar schedule, generating info graphics from a spreadsheet, and arranging data to
harness the superpower of data mining analysis and other AI business capabilities.

Corrugated Presses & Digital Trends
Brian Foley
National Sales Manager – Corrugated  Board
Bobst North America

Learn the state of the capital equipment industry for printing from Bobst Group. What trends and forecasts are seen with conventional printing presses ( RDCs, FFGs, others ) and what is the role of digital printing as a market disruptor. What should users know about current capabilities both traditional and digital.