Digital Packaging Symposium

Friday, May 12
10:00 – 17:00
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Discover the latest trends in digital packing from experts in the industry

Advance registration required – limited seating available!

Schedule at a Glance – Scroll Down for Descriptions & Speaker Bio

Time	Title
10:00 – 10:40	The Changing Role of the Designer in Inkjet Label & Packaging Production Speaker: Mark Lewieki – Adobe
10:45 – 11:40	PANEL: Getting Started in Package Printing Moderator: Leonardo Giglio – Tempo Flexible Packaging Panelists: Jim Downham – PAC; Fred Esrafili – CCC Pack; Brent Holloway – HP & Paul Yang – Tim Hortons
11:45 – 12:25	Sustainability for Sustainable Brands Speakers: Liz Logue – EFI & George Perreira – Whitebird
12:30 – 13:10	Short Run Packaging…. The Do’s & Don’ts of Entering Space Speaker: Steve Cussons – Mini GIANTS
13:15 – 14:10	PANEL: Opportunities in Digital Package Printing Moderator: Harold Leete – HP; Panelists: Boris Bogdanovski – Highcon Systems; Derek Dlugosh-Ostap – PackSmart; Craig McCrindle – Davis Agency; Anthony Memme – Atlantic Packaging & Sam Papaleo – AllCard
14:15 – 15:10	PANEL: Future Technologies in Digital Packaging Moderator: Pat McGrew – McGrewGroup Inc. Panelists: Brent Holloway – HP; Liz Logue – EFI; Dino Pagliarello – Konica Minolta & Martin Thornton – Zünd
15:15 – 16:10	PANEL: Developing Automated Digital Packing Solutions Moderator: Brandon Townsend – Promotional Print & Packaging, & Juicy Flutes Panelists: Douglas Gibson – Infigo; Erin Hollandsworth – Motionalysis; Kirk Lewis – HP Inc. & Marc Raad – Significans Automation
16:15 – 17:00	PANEL: It’s All About Finishing Moderator: Pat McGrew – McGrew Group Inc. Panelists: Carl D’Aguiar – B&R Moll; Shaan Patel – Arrow Systems; Edi Perets – Highcon Systems; Vince Tuccitto – Kongsberg Systems & Steven Webster – RICOH

The Changing Role of the Designer in Inkjet Label & Packaging Production

10:00 – 10:40
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Summary: Packaging serves multiple functions: a physical touchpoint in the purchase decision path, a branded marketing platform, an on-ramp for production information and support. The production workflow is very complex, requiring a large number of iterations before the job is printed, and intense collaboration among stakeholders throughout. Inkjet printing is helping to shift the business and technology landscapes toward Just-in-Time manufacturing. The stakes couldn’t be higher. At the center of all this activity and change is the designer. This session will explore the challenges and opportunities they face, and the implications for Print Service Providers moving into digital package printing.

Speaker

Mark Lewiecki
Senior Product Manager
Adobe

Mark Lewiecki is Senior Product Manager at Adobe, a role he has held since the launch of Adobe PDF Print Engine 1.0 in 2006. Prior to joining Adobe, Mark worked as a prepress operator in offset and flexographic production. As system architect in the 1990s, he designed and built a large-scale prepress solution for retail/catalog production, integrating best-of-breed technologies at a time when single-supplier, turn-key solutions were the norm. In 2000, Mark moved to Product Management, first in the Digital Asset Management (DAM) arena, then back to his prepress roots, as a member of the Adobe Print Family. In his role as Senior Product Manager for PDF Print Engine, Mark helped to initiate PDF/VT, the international standard for variable data printing (ISO 16612). Today, Mark is focused on next-generation requirements for packaging, label and industrial print solutions.

PANEL: Getting Started in Package Printing

10:45 – 11:40
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Moderator

Leonardo Giglio
Tempo Flexible Packaging

Panelists

Jim Downham
PAC

Fred Esrafili
CCC Pack

Brent Holloway
Product Manager
HP Inc.

Paul Yang
Tim Hortons

Sustainability for Sustainable Brands

11:45-12:25
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Speakers

Liz Logue
VP of Corporate Business Development
& Ink Jet Strategy
EFI

Liz Logue is EFI’s VP of Corporate Business Development and Ink Jet Strategy, in that role Logue’s work helps drive market awareness about digital printing and value it brings to the customers. She also researches and develops strategies to extend EFI’s inkjet technology portfolio, working closely with the R&D team to identify new products and markets that can benefit from the and continuing analog to digital transformation in manufacturing.

Prior to taking her current role, Logue was Sr. Director of Corporate Business Development at EFI. In that position, she was responsible for planning, market evaluation and execution behind strategic M&A and new market development activity. Her work has included directing or assisting in EFI’s strategic moves into ceramics, textiles and corrugated packaging, working with engineering, ink and software teams to implement the correct solutions for target markets.

Prior to joining EFI in 2008, Logue worked for 10 years in various roles at IT Strategies, a specialized strategic consultancy company focused on the digital print industry. In her roles she advised hardware, ink and software vendors on corporate, product and M&A strategy. She also managed research initiatives, maintained industry relationships and kept abreast of the latest technology developments.

Logue, who lives in the Boston area, has a BA in marketing and finance from Simmons College. She has traveled extensively throughout Europe and Asia and is a frequent speaker at industry events.

George Perreira
VP
Whitebird

Short Run Packaging…. The Do’s & Don’ts of Entering Space

12:30 – 13:10
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Summary: Short Run packaging requires nimble and automated processes to be competent at delivering quality products on time to potentially many autonomous clients. To truly get a proper ROI from the required types of equipment and human investment, there are key elements required which include intergraded website, CRM program, file management and production workflow automation to make it all work together.

Speaker

Steve Cussons
CEO & Co-Founder
Mini GIANTS

Steve Cussons is CEO and co-founder of Mini Giants, a total business solutions organization company delivering branding solutions through manufacturing, marketing, and technology. Steve is a lifelong entrepreneur who invested in Digital Edge Print & Media a commercial printer in the spring of 2013. Over the past ten years Steve, his partners and team created additional companies to deliver a broader range of services & products to current and prospective clients.By 2019 we added a packaging company Scan Pack Inc., a promotions company UrLab Inc., a technology company YSimple Inc. as well as a creative agency. To properly market all these companies and their products and services effectively, Mini Giants was created to become the master brand simplifying the delivery of this all-encompassing total business solutions offering. Each of these companies has invested heavily in leading edge manufacturing equipment, software and SAAS solutions and of course some of the best human talent in the industry to deliver a 360-degree business solution to their growing list of amazing clients. The Mini Giants team will continue to take risks, invest, and lead in their respective industries creating new products, new markets and the kind of results that will be talked about for years to come.

PANEL: Opportunities in Digital Package Printing

13:15 – 14:10
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Moderator

Harold Leete
HP Inc.

Panelists

Boris Bogdanovski
Highcon Systems

Derek Dlugosh-Ostap
CEO
PackSmart

Craig McCrindle
Davis Agency

Anthony Memme Atlantic Packaging

Sam Papaleo
AllCard

PANEL: Future Technologies for Digital Packaging

14:15 – 15:10
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Moderator

Pat McGrew
Managing Director
McGrew Group

Pat McGrew helps companies perform better. As Managing Director for McGrewGroup, Inc., she promotes Best Practices for your Business using her 30+ years of experience as a software company owner, marketer, analyst, industry evangelist, and consultant to enable business growth. With decades of experience in inkjet, toner, and traditional print as well as CCM and workflow, she assesses workflow and bizflow effectiveness, and develops strategies and triage engagements for products, services, and businesses. Pat covers print and customer communication channels for data-driven and static marketing, transaction, packaging, label, and commercial print with experience in offset, inkjet, and toner. An experienced professional speaker and facilitator, she is the author of 8 books, the editor of the Xplor EDBOK, a regular industry content contributor, host of #PrintSampleTV, and co-host of #ThePrintReport. She is co-proprietor of ThePrintUniversity.com, a new education initiative. Pat is certified as a Lifetime Master Electronic Document Professional by Xplor, and holds certifications from PCPI and IDEAlliance. Find Pat on Twitter as @PatMcGrew and on LinkedIn.

Panelists

Brent Holloway
HP Inc.

Liz Logue
VP of Corporate Business Development
& Ink Jet Strategy
EFI

Logue, who lives in the Boston area, has a BA in marketing and finance from Simmons College. She has traveled extensively throughout Europe and Asia and is a frequent speaker at industry events.

Dino Pagliarello
SVP
Product Management & Planning
Konica Minolta

Dino Pagliarello is responsible for Konica Minolta’s portfolio of industry award-winning office and graphic communications technology within the U.S. He leads a team of product planning and marketing experts that bring new products to market, from multi-functional printers for the office to high-end industrial printing equipment, overseeing the complete life-cycle of these devices. With more than 19 years at the company, Dino has accumulated extensive experience in all facets of the business, and works collaboratively with a global engineering team to share his knowledge of the production and industrial print market. He holds a BS in International Business from Ramapo College.