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

An Executive Leadership Conference for the Graphic Communications Industry

A Future View of the Industry

Wednesday 10:00–10:30am

To answer the many questions about what lies ahead for the commercial printing industry is this decisive 2012 outlook that will pinpoint: trends in sales, confidence, employment, and other key indicators; what concerns printers most and how they are addressing those concerns; what printers see as most important to creating their own recovery; and, who's going to make it in an industry that still offers plenty of opportunity―just not in the same old places or by doing the same old things.

Andy Paparozzi

Andy
Paparozzi

Senior Vice President and Chief Economist, National Association for Printing Leadership

Andrew D. Paparozzi is Senior Vice President and Chief Economist of NAPL. Under his direction, the NAPL Research Department has provided timely, accurate analysis of the commercial printing industry’s performance and prospects. Among the industry’s most respected speakers and writers on economic trends, Andy has developed NAPL’s unique 500+ member Printing Industry Panel, whose members provide regular survey feedback on economic performance and industry issues.

Andy is a featured speaker at major industry events, and is widely quoted in the graphic arts trade press. He is the principal author of such major NAPL studies as The State of the Industry Report, Strategic Perspective, Capital Investment Study, Long-Run Growth Leaders series, Printing Business Conditions, and the Quick & Small Commercial Printers Critical Trends Report. He also oversees the interactive NAPL Performance Indicators program that measures vital metrics.

Prior to joining NAPL, Andy was employed by The New School for Social Research in New York City. He is a Phi Beta Kappa, Summa cum Laude graduate of Boston College, where he received a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics, and holds a Master’s Degree in Economics, with a concentration in econometrics, from Columbia University. He has taught mathematics, statistics, and economics at various colleges.

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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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