IPMA 2009

By Bob Neubauer

One trend I've noticed at in-plant conferences over the past year or so is something I'll call relocating. For example, at IPMA, attendees were transported to both the Xerox and Kodak facilities on different days, not only for tours but for a number of sessions. Last fall, the National Government Publishing Association did the same thing, busing attendees to the Washington State Department of Printing for a plant tour, then holding a couple of educational sessions there too. At ACUP 2008, the conference relocated to a local botanical garden for sessions on environmental sustainability. In all of these cases I felt that relocating the conference sessions shook things up and broke up the routine of sitting in the same seat, in the same hotel conference room for three days in a row.

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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.

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