April 2006 Presentations

Wednesday, April 19th

Board of Directors meeting: Prior to the conference, the officers meet to review last minute conference preparations and discuss any pending business.

There are links to download speaker presentations, for those speakers that made their presentations available to us. There is an indicator of the total byte size for each presentation, [6.0 MB]. If you do not have PowerPoint software on the computer you are using, you can download the free PowerPoint Viewer from Microsoft.

If you experience any problems with the presentation downloads, please contact Michael Botos at mbotos@botos.com.

Thursday, April 20th

Registration and getting the conference started.

Section 508 Compliance & Issues Relating to Accessible Electronic Documents [0.3 MB]

This presentation will introduce the audience to Section 508, accessibility issues as experienced by people with disabilities and unique issues related to the accessibiltiy of online electronic documents.

Migration towards Electronic Delivery[1.9 MB]

With the advent and growth of the Internet/Intranet, customers are looking to improve their ROI by reducing the total volume of printed documents. By working with customers on a daily basis in this area, NearStar has a unique perspective on how this transition from everything being printed and distributed both internally and externally to only printing required documents for internal consumption and printing and archiving for external clients.

How Documents Express Business Throughout the Life Cycle[1.9 MB]

Elixir's presentation will focus on the importance of one-to-one communication throughout the life of the document, from active stage (print) to static stage (storage and retrieval). In the first stage, documents are created that define, and shape whatever it is that a company wants to sell. Well designed documents cause the customer to 'act' whether that be a new purchase or payment for an existing service and messages that are customized to an individual customer bring the best results.

What is XML and Why Should You Care? [0.6 MB]

More and more organizations are moving their content to XML. Some are asking for XML as well as pages from their printers, some are sending XML to their printers. Who is moving to XML, and what do they hope to get from it? How does XML work? What can you do with XML? How should you approach XML? This session provides the basic vocabulary you need to talk about XML, and an overview of the logical components of an XML application.

The Standard [3.3 MB]

An introductory level workshop targeted to designers, project managers, print production managers and pre-press personnel who have 1-4 years of preparing design files, managing a print project and/or print production. The Standard was written and designed to provide the insights and rationale for why certain steps are appreciated or cost-effective when preparing art files. It is divided into the three phases: Planning the Job, Preparing Art Files, and Releasing Files for Print.

Who moved my print...and how do I get it back? [2.1 MB]

Migration of analog to digital, static to dynamic, monochrome to color, inhouse to outsourcing and how do I protect my job.

1:45 - 4:00 Vendor Exhibits

See our separate sponsor / exhibitor / door prize donor wrap-up page Dessert, exhibits, show cases, and networking....

4:00 - 4:30Presentation:
Mike Phipps, Senior Technical Marketing Consultant, IBM
How not to print! [3.3 MB]

Discuss tools and methods being used to re-purpose output data without application changes.

Ink on paper should no longer be the sole focus of any graphic arts communication company. Learn what new services, products and directions the industry is moving towards. This overview of trends is important for all graphics communications professionals.

5:00 - 5:30
Presentation
Les Greenberg, Independent Consultant, GNG Communications
Conference Day Wrap-up