More than 135 print executives — including more than two dozen in-plant managers — are packing their bags right now for the 11th annual Inkjet Summit, which will kick off Monday evening at the Hyatt Lost Pines, outside of Austin, Texas. This will be the largest Inkjet Summit yet, with more than 300 people on site, including representatives from the 57 sponsoring companies.
Organized by IPI's parent company, PRINTING United Alliance, the invitation-only event will provide attendees with an in-depth education about production inkjet printing. Conference Chair Marco Boer, VP of I.T. Strategies, will start the summit Monday night with an information-packed keynote exploring how the transition from offset to inkjet pages has begun, accelerated by the supply chain disruptions during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Also on the docket that night, Barb Pellow, of Pellow & Partners, will lead a panel discussion with four inkjet press users highlighting how inkjet has helped their businesses. Then Mark Michelson, editor of Printing Impressions, will talk with three inkjet users who will share how inkjet has impacted their overall workflows, productivity, and product applications.
For three days, in-plant managers will mingle with printing company owners and senior-level operations managers, sharing real-life experiences and enjoying a nonstop program of keynotes, user panel discussions, and expert consultant presentations. Sponsors will also present in-plant case studies featuring successful inkjet implementations.
Among the in-plants attending next week are managers from CHRISTUS Health, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Houston ISD, Intermountain Health, Mayo Clinic, Oregon State University, Penn State, the University of Oklahoma, Western and Southern Financial Group, Encompass Health, and the states of Colorado, Michigan, and Tennessee, to name a few.
Bob has served as editor of In-plant Impressions since October of 1994. Prior to that he served for three years as managing editor of Printing Impressions, a commercial printing publication. Mr. Neubauer is very active in the U.S. in-plant industry. He attends all the major in-plant conferences and has visited more than 180 in-plant operations around the world. He has given presentations to numerous in-plant groups in the U.S., Canada and Australia, including the Association of College and University Printers and the In-plant Printing and Mailing Association. He also coordinates the annual In-Print contest, co-sponsored by IPMA and In-plant Impressions.