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An Executive Leadership Conference for the Graphic Communications Industry

Tuesday, Opening Remarks

Tuesday 9–9:15am

Darren Loken

Darren
Loken

Chairman of the Board, National Association for Print Leadership
President and Chief Executive Officer, Telepress

A graduate of Seattle Pacific University, Darren Loken began his career in print sales. In 1992 he founded a mailing service company, which was sold in 1997, and then joined Valco Graphics to start its mailing and fulfillment division. He was President and Chief Executive Officer of Valco when it was sold to Cenveo, and then became General Manager of Cenveo’s Seattle, Wash., facility. He is currently President and Chief Executive Officer of Telepress, a 33-year-old printing company that provides corporate identity products to companies in the Fortune 1000.

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Sunday February 19, 2012

  • 6–7:30pm

    Welcome Reception

Monday February 20, 2012

  • 9–9:15am

    Opening Remarks

    Laura Lawton-Forsyth

    Chair of the Board, Printing Industries of America
    President, Lawton Printing, Inc. and File-EZ Folder, Inc.

  • 9:15–10am

    The Global Economy–Opportunities and Challenges

    Dr. Jeffrey Rosensweig

    Director of the Global Perspectives Program, Goizueta Business School of Emory University

  • 10–10:30am

    Keeping Print Relevant in an Increasingly Digital World

    Kevin Keane

    President, International Association of Printing Craftsmen

  • 10:30–11am

    30-Minute Networking Break

  • 11–12 noon

    Transforming Your Business for Print Profitability

    Moderator: Chris Bondy

    Gannett Distinguished Professor, Interim Administrative Chair, School of Print Media, Rochester Institute of Technology

    Panelists:

    Robert Blakely

    Vice President Business Development, Echo Communicate, Inc

    Jon Budington

    President and CEO, Global Thinking

    John Sisson

    President, Universal Wilde

  • 12–1:30pm

    Luncheon Session

  • Politics Unplugged with Mark & Lisbeth

    Lisbeth Lyons

    Vice President of Government Affairs, Printing Industries of America

    Mark Nuzzaco

    Government Affairs Director, NPES The Association for Suppliers of Printing, Publishing and Converting Technologies

  • 1:45–3pm

    Power of Print Panel Discussion

    Moderator: Michael Makin

    CEO, Printing Industries of America

    Panelists:

    Benjamin Cooper

    Executive Director, The Print Council

    Bob Lindgren

    President, Printing Industries Association, Inc. of Southern California

    Kerry C. Stackpole

    President, Printing & Graphics Association MidAtlantic

  • Evening on Own

Tuesday February 21, 2012

Wednesday February 22, 2012

Schedule is subject to change

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