Roundtable Discussion Topics
The working language in the Summit will be English.
Day 1
- Printing plants – generating new revenue
Several printing plants have been experimenting with innovative business models, creating semi commercial products, pooling print resources and so on. The participants will share their experiences on what worked and most importantly what didn’t work. - Optimizing the prepress
Are we using IT and Cloud services in prepress? Are your systems protected against cybercrimes? Is the workflow up to date? Do we have plate making performance up to speed? Smaller print runs call for more plates being made. What can we do in prepress to save costs on less ink and paper during printing? How long has it been since we updated our prepress software/hardware?
Day 2
- Retrofits and extending the life of press and mailroom equipment
Many printing plants are looking at retrofits and how to extend the life of the capital intensive printing presses and mailroom equipment. This round table is for Plant managers to talk about what they are doing, what problems they faced and what was the result. - Optimizing the prepress
Are we using IT and Cloud services in prepress? Are your systems protected against cybercrimes? Is the workflow up to date? Do we have plate making performance up to speed? Smaller print runs call for more plates being made. What can we do in prepress to save costs on less ink and paper during printing? How long has it been since we updated our prepress software/hardware? - Talent acquisition and retention in a post pandemic world
A topic that has come up frequently in the various discussions. How do you retain talent within the industry and hire the best people.
