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Wyndham Palm Springs Hotel
Palm Springs, California
Information Management Institute, Inc.
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I T Strategies
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techexchange.com
Digital printing of textiles is an application that presents both tremendous opportunities and significant challenges for digital printing technologies. The current worldwide production of printed textile fabric is approximately 34 billion square yards and is dominated by rotary screen printing. During the past five years, the textile printing industry has expressed great interest in using digital printing technologies in the design and sampling process. And now, digital printing solutions are evolving to enable short run production printing to meet industry requirements. Digital printing advantages over conventional printing are significant: quick turn-around, efficient set-up, lower costs and increased flexibility. However, many technical and industry infrastructure challenges must be overcome for digital printing to achieve significant market penetration. This unique conference program will address the technology developments, standards issues, applications requirements, user experiences and other critical issues in the ongoing digital textile printing evolution. This 6th Annual Digital Printing of Textiles Conference provides a unique opportunity to learn about the latest developments in digital textile printing as well as the application requirements and current experiences in this exciting application area.
BENEFITS OF CONFERENCE ATTENDANCE
Conference Chairman
Mark Hanley, I T Strategies
CONFERENCE SPEAKERS
Howard Baldwin, Spectra
Ronald Beard, DuPont Ink Jet
Nina Demirchian, 3P InkJet Textiles
Bill Grier, Beta Management Team
Dr. Nicholas Hellmuth, FLAAR
Dr. Alan Hudd, Xennia Technology
Kerry Maguire King, TC2
Prof. Dave Lewis, Lumenia Technology
Lee Newsom, Color Textiles
Stewart Partridge, Web Consulting
Teri Ross, techexchange.com
Alan D. Thompson, Flag Industry Focus
Alison Starkweather, Lyson
Mike Ware, Wasatch Computer Technology
| Wednesday, October 16, 2002 |
| 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. | Registration |
| 1:00 p.m. | Beta Management Team Tour: Transportation Departs Hotel |
Group transportation will be provided from the Wyndham Palm Springs Hotel to Beta Management Team's Production Speed Digital Fabric Printing Demonstration Plant in Ontario, California. This facility is the demonstration plant for BMT's ZIP (Zero Inventory Production) manufacturing strategies and has been commercially producing digital printed textile products for over a year. Additional information on the facility and BMT's systems can be seen by clicking on and opening the following pdf files:bmt1.pdf - 139k bytes, bmt2.pdf - 349k bytes
| 2:00 p.m. | Beta Management Team Tour Begins: Ontario, California |
| 4:00 p.m. | Beta Management Team Tour: Transportation Departs BMT |
| 5:00 p.m. | Opening Session - Market Overview |
WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS
Alvin G. Keene, President, Information Management Institute, Inc., Kingfield, Maine
Teri Ross, President, Imagine That! Consulting Group, Minnetonka, Minnesota
Mark Hanley, Managing Partner, I T Strategies, Hanover, Massachusetts
DIGITAL TEXTILE PRINTING: STATE OF THE MARKET
Mark Hanley, President, I T Strategies, Hanover, Massachusetts
| 6:00 p.m. | Reception |
| Thursday, October 17, 2002 | |
| 7:00 a.m. | Continental Breakfast |
| 8:00 a.m. | Realities of Digital Textile Printing |
FACING THE LEARNING CURVE IN WIDE FORMAT INK JET TEXTILE PRINTING
Dr. Nicholas Hellmuth, Senior Review Editor, FLAAR & Director, Large Format Digital Imaging Division, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio
WHERE'S THE MONEY IN DIGITAL TEXTILE PRINTING?
Teri Ross, President, Imagine That! Consulting Group, Minnetonka, Minnesota
DIGITAL TEXTILE PRINTING IN ASIA AND EUROPE: WHAT IS HAPPENING?
Stewart Partridge, Managing Director, Web Consulting Ltd., Wantage, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
PIEZOELECTRIC INK JET TECHNOLOGY FOR PRODUCTION TEXTILE PRINTING
Howard Baldwin, Vice President of Sales, Spectra, Inc., Downers Grove, Illinois
| 12:00 p.m. | Luncheon |
| 1:30 p.m. | Commercial Successes, User Experiences & Needs |
DIGITAL VS. CONVENTIONAL FLAG AND BANNER PRINTING
Alan D Thompson, Publisher, Flag Industry Focus, Yarm, United Kingdom
THE INKDROP BOUTIQUE
Kerry Maguire King, Manager, Digital Print Services, TC2 , Cary, North Carolina
DIGITAL TEXTILE PRODUCTION REQUIRES NEW BUSINESS MODELS
Bill Grier, President, Beta Management Team, Ontario, California
SUPPLIER'S FORUM
5 Minute Presentations Related To Digital Textile Printing Product or Service Capabilities and Introductions: Open to all Conference Registrants
| 6:00 p.m. | Reception |
| Friday, October 18, 2002 | |
| 7:00 a.m. | |
| 8:00 a.m. | Technology Developments & Implementation Issues |
NOVEL APPROACHES TO INK JET PRINT ONTO A RANGE OF TEXTILE FABRICS
Dr. Alan Hudd, Managing Director, Xennia Technology Royston, Hertfordshire, England and Professor David M. Lewis, Director, Lumenia Technology Ltd., Leeds University, Leeds, England
COLOR MANAGEMENT AND SOFTWARE ISSUES FOR SUCCESSFUL DIGITAL TEXTILE PRINTING
Mike Ware, Chief Technical Officer & President, Wasatch Computer Technology, Salt Lake City, Utah
FABRIC CONSIDERATIONS AND OPTIONS FOR INK JET PRINTING OF TEXTILES
Lee Newsom, Director, Color Textiles Inc., Las Vegas Nevada & Founder, Newsom Resource Group, Eden Prairie, Minnesota
INK JET INKS FOR DIGITAL TEXTILE PRINTING
Alison Starkweather, Textile Product Manager, Lyson, Storkport, Cheshire, England
DIGITAL TEXTILE PRINTING OPPORTUNITIES AND NEEDS
Ronald Beard, Business Development, DuPont Ink Jet, Wilmington, Delaware
| 12:00 Noon | Closing Luncheon & Adjournment |
October 15-17, 2001
November 13-15, 2000
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PAST CONFERENCE BINDER & CD-ROM
All checks should be in U.S. dollars drawn on a U.S. bank and made payable to Information Management Institute, Inc. An invoice with bank transfer details for IMI's U.S. or European bank account will be provided upon request.