Agenda

Saturday, October 2

8:30 AM – Opening remarks

9:00 – 9:45 – Dr. Joe Webb, Director of WhatTheyThink's Economics & Research Center (details TBD)

10:00 – 10:45 -  Jeff Riback & Peter Schaefer of New Direction Partners: M&A Trends and Strategies for printers.

11:00 – 11:45 – Facilitated by Margie Dana of Print Buyers International, this session will feature high profile marketing executives discussing their print buying requirements and the role of print in the modern media mix

12:00 – 1:00 – Lunch Keynote: Robert Tapella, United States Public Printer

1:00 – 1:45 – Green Strategies for Improving Profits.  This session will be led by WhatTheyThink's Gail Nickel-Kailing and will feature leading "green" printer panelists

2:00 – 2:45 – Barbara Pellow – Marketing in the Age of Social Media

3:00 – 4:00 – Onsite Discussion – This session, led by Mike Kind and Mitch Evans, will involve small-group round table discussions of business challenges.

4:15 – 5:00 – Paul Reilly and Jim Russell of New Direction Partners: Formalized transition of succession plan for the next generation of leadership

5:15 – 7:00 – Cocktails sponsored by New Direction Partners.

7:00 – 9:00 – Dinner and awards ceremony sponsored by manroland

Sunday, October 3

8:30 – 9:15 – Social Media and its impact on print.

9:30 – 10:15 – Panel of high-profile industry leaders will discuss their businesses, the industry in general and provide recommendations for the future to attendees.  Panelists TBD.

10:30 – 11:15 – The Frank Romano and David Zwang show. Back by popular demand, this session will highlight what will be featured at Graph Expo to make attendees' time at the show more efficient.

11:30 AM – Limos to McCormick sponsored by manroland