IPMA Conference to Tackle Inkjet, Wide-Format, Mailing, and More

The In-plant Printing and Mailing Association (IPMA) has announced the agenda for its 2024 Educational Conference, taking place June 2-6 in Des Moines, Iowa.

Del Shankle of CHRISTUS Health talks about his in-plant’s transformation into an award-winning operation.

The annual conference will cover such important in-plant topics as wide-format, inkjet, paper, mailing, Web-to-print, promotional products, insourcing, relocating, leadership, and succession planning. Notable speakers will include Greg Cholmondeley, Principal Analyst, Keypoint Intelligence; Howie Fenton, Principal, Howie Fenton Consulting; and Dr. Ken Macro, Chair and Professor, Graphic Communication Department, California Polytechnic State University. But there will be some levity as well, with Danny Adams offering a keynote titled “Laughter is Medicine.”

Attendees at the IPMA 2023 conference.

As in past years, IPI Editor Bob Neubauer will kick off the conference Monday morning with new research on the in-plant market. The event will culminate on Thursday with a tour of Iowa State University Printing Services for a demonstration of its Canon varioPRINT iX3200 sheetfed inkjet press.

A highlight for many will be the two-day vendor fair, featuring displays and equipment from dozens of industry vendors. View the full agenda here.

Keynote speaker Steve Gilliland entertains the crowd on the first day of the IPMA 2023 conference, which brought 144 in-plant managers together in Florida.