IPMA Conference Comes to Vegas

For the second time in its history, the IPMA has changed its name.

At the IPMA 2006 conference a week ago, International President John Hurt announced that the group will now be known as the In-plant Printing and Mailing Association, a more descriptive name than the previous International Publishing Management Association.

The conference, which took place in Las Vegas, brought about 125 in-plant managers together, including a good number of first-time attendees. Among the highlights:

• Jim Firestone, president of Xerox North America, gave the opening keynote address. He discussed how the convergence of communications technologies and the expectation of personalization is changing the way information is being published.

• Three roundtable discussions (education, insurance, government/utilities) gave managers at similar organizations a chance to compare similar problems.

• At the awards banquet, the University of Delaware was revealed to be the In-Print 2006 Best of Show winner.