2010 Dscoop Annual Conference • February 18-20 • Dallas, Texas

Label & Packaging Sessions

Sessions are open to all attendees. Label and Packaging classes are especially relevant for anyone in the label and packaging industry, whether you are on the business or operations side.

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Thursday

Location

12:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Texas A

HP Capture

A don’t miss event! Gain a deeper understanding of all the HP resources you have at your disposal to grow your business through business consulting and increase efficiency through Value-Add Services and Print Care. In addition, learn more about specific tools such as SmartPlanner for Indigo, Scitex, and label and packaging, and SmartStream Director ML350.

In addition, hear more about the benefits of Dscoop from volunteer leaders and explore how our peer groups, discussion forums, Webinars and newsletters can help you grow your business and improve your day-to-day efficiencies.

Location

3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Grapevine 5-6

Social Networking 101: Meet Your L&P Peers

Join us for a networking session specifically targeted to label and packaging members. Discuss products, resources, problems, solutions and more. Bring plenty of business cards for the old friends you will see and the new ones you will make.

Friday

Location

9:45 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.

Dallas 5-7

Lean in Printing

Tom Southworth, CONNSTEP

Learn how the world-class principles behind the vaunted Toyota Production System can and have been applied in the print industry as well as strategies to ensure continued improvement and success. Discover how the eight wastes of lean apply in printing and methods to eliminate them.

Location

11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Austin 6

Launching the Label and Packaging Capture Business Success Kit

Dave Pruss, Century Marketing Corporation; Daniel Miller, HP

The Label and Packaging Capture Business Success Kit provides you with comprehensive tools and information to help you grow your business with new ideas, how-to-guides and a wide range of templates and samples. This hands-on tour of the Kit will help you explore the just-launched Capture Business Development and Training Center site at My HP Indigo. All qualified registrants (companies who have purchased an HP Indigo web-fed press since January 2008) will be eligible to have this kit shipped to them at the completion of the workshop.

Location

2:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.

Grapevine 5

The WS6000 Unveiled

Moderator: Tomer Levin, HP; Panelists: Craig Curran, Nosco; Jay Dollries, Innovative Labeling Solutions; Itsik Krief, HP; Mike Petrulo, Lofton Label; Ed Wiegan, Sanoca

Discover the differences between the 4500 series HP Indigo to the newly released WS6000. Four WS6000 owners discuss their experiences with the machine to date, including technical and market information.

Location

4:45 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Grapevine A

A Brand Owner Panel

Moderator: Chris Lyons, ST Media, Package Design; Panelists: Mike Ferrari, Procter & Gamble; Liz Head-Fischer, Texas Instruments; Alexia Karpilov, BIC; Kurt Sands, Frito Lay

Group Publisher Chris Lyons of ST Media leads a discussion with panelists from various positions within the brand supply chain, from R&D to Purchasing. The panel discusses challenges and considerations when converting to digital printing, and the positives and negatives of digital printing, as well as a comparison of the benefits and drawbacks to conventional printing technologies. Bring your questions for this panel of brand owners.

Austin 4-5

The Sustainable Green Printing Partnership

Karen Gross, SGP Partnership

Why should your company become a certified SGP printer? It allows you to align more closely with your customers’ needs, validates sustainability accomplishments, provides a marketing advantage, and brands your company as a leader in sustainability.

Saturday

Location

8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.

Austin 6

Tips and Tricks for the ws4000 Series and WS6000

Monty Faulkner and Matt Gindele, HP

Join us for this interactive session as we discuss the latest tips, tricks and best practices that can make your life easier. Whether you’re a digital print newbie or expert, you’re sure to get some ideas to improve your operations. Audience participation is a must, so come prepared to ask questions and share your experiences.

Location

9:45 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.

Grapevine 5

Expanding into New Applications

Raymond Dickinson, HP; Wes Harrington, AB Graphic International; Panelists: David Collins, Fasson; Jay Dollries, Innovative Labeling Solutions;

In addition to labels, what can you use your digital press to print to increase your sales and profits? Learn about applications other than labels, including flexible packaging, shrink sleeves, cartons and more. Features such as hot stamping and embossing can also be added after the digital printing process.

Location

2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

Grapevine 5

How to Achieve Web-to-Press Order Flow

Panelists: Peter Renton, Lightning Labels; Ken Meinhardt, Label Traxx; and Jay Dollries, Innovative Labeling Solutions

Do you understand the possibilities of Web-to-print technology for the digital label printer? Explore the opportunities, separating the reality from the hype and discover what is available now.

Austin 1-3

The Benefit of Strategic Thinking and Leading through Tough Times

Sheila Connor, Performance Dynamics, Inc.

Have you looked at your business three years out and drafted a compelling direction for aligning your staff and customers? What might be required of you to be among the best in the current environment? Research has shown that business leaders must:

  • Build mechanisms of connection and commitment rooted in freedom of choice versus systems of coercion and control
  • Accept the fact that the exercise of true leadership is inversely proportional to the exercise of power
  • Understand as they experience it in real time that the reality is that traditional walls are dissolving and this trend is accelerating

If you’re not getting the results you want, learn ways of shifting the business environment to engage everyone in your success. This is the time to lead strategically become an industry pioneer.

Grapevine 1-2

Who Buys Wide Format…and Why?

Tim Greene, InfoTrends

If you’re entering or already competing in the wide-format market, this session imparts insights that can be used in everyday sales and marketing activities. Learn about the vertical markets for wide format print, the types of buyers of wide format printing and the buying behaviors of wide format print purchasers, including the types of applications and their requirements for short runs and fast turnarounds.

Location

3:45 p.m. – 5:15 p.m.

Fort Worth 5-7

HP Labs: Creating the Future

Eric Hanson, HP

See the future of HP technology! HP Labs is the exploratory and advanced research group for Hewlett-Packard, tackling complex challenges facing their customers and society over the next decade, while pushing the frontiers of fundamental science.

Austin 4-5

Tips and Tricks for the ws4000 Series and WS6000

Monty Faulker and Matt Gindele, HP

Join us for this interactive session as we discuss the latest tips, tricks and best practices that can make your life easier. Whether you’re a digital print newbie or expert, you’re sure to get some ideas to improve your operations. Audience participation is a must, so come prepared to ask questions and share your experiences.