Coming Next Year March 10 - 13, 2013 Tucson, Arizona

An Executive Leadership Conference for the Graphic Communications Industry

Executive Briefing for Owners of Successful Print and Graphic Communications Companies: Maximizing Shareholder Value by Private Equity, ESOP, or Strategic M&A

Tuesday 8–8:45am

While owners and senior managers of leading graphic communications companies have unique options to maximize shareholder value, beyond ‘tuck in’ mergers and acquisitions, for companies over $10 million in annual revenue the opportunities include private equity, employee stock ownership buyout, and strategic M&A of a ‘going concern.’ In this ‘no holds barred’ briefing and extensive Q&A (bring partners and family members along) you will gain fresh ideas for "taking chips off the table" in the next year or two, or down the road.

John Hyde

John
Hyde

Senior Vice President, National Association for Print Leadership

John Hyde is a Senior Vice President of NAPL and an entrepreneur with the ability to read the situation quickly when a client is at a crossroads, allowing critical ownership decisions to be made faster, with less risk, and with greater confidence. His insights are based on “what works” and “what doesn’t work” in the print and graphic communications industry, having advised owners and senior managers of leading companies – and those who want to be leaders – for nearly 20 years.

John is a trusted advisor to many NAPL member-clients who are seeking to build long-term shareholder value by strategic mergers and acquisitions. His subject matter expertise lies in the areas of business valuation, mergers and acquisitions, sale of business, debt restructuring, financing, partnership agreements, succession planning, and turnaround management.

A licensed attorney, John holds a B.A. degree from Colgate University and a J.D. from Tulane Law School. He joined NAPL in May 2004 as part of NAPL’s acquisition of his consulting firm, Rampart Associates, which he founded in 1990 after practicing law in the late 1980s at two large law firms known for mergers and acquisitions and for bank debt restructuring.

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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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