IIR is a global business solutions provider. With over 25 years experience of offering up to date knowledge and skills to business professionals across a wide variety of job functions and industry sectors, IIR continues to align closely with each market it serves. IIR now encompasses 46 companies split into 111 operating units, covering 40 countries. 

　　Within IIR portfolio is IPEX, the global technology event for print, publishing and media, as well as Newstec, the news media technology event.  With these two events, IIR has served the print industry for over 10 years gaining a thorough understanding of the market.

　　Pira International is a leading supplier of strategic and technical consultancy with major publishing and conference activities. It provides innovative business solutions to companies in the printing, publishing, paper and packaging industries. Its high profile international events regularly attract senior level delegates from leading companies around the globe to discuss and learn about new technologies and best business practices

　　Moving away from the traditional exhibition format, the event will host an array of interactive features that aim to inspire and educate all those interested in digital print:

　　１、The Digital Print Shop

　　Brought to you by Objectif Lune, EFI, Canon, Heidelberg, Neusiedler and Watkiss.

　　The Digital Print Shop will be the core of Digital Print World. Upon arrival, visitors can visit this feature and present their badge to be scanned. They will then be able to view first-hand variable printing and personalisation as their particular data is fed into the workflow. In a matter of seconds two personalised information booklets and a show route map, unique to their own individual areas of interest will be run off one of the digital presses, to be finished off-line.

　　Partners

　　Objectif Lune will oversee the production of the variable content documents and the workflow system, through its PlanetPress suite of products. It will create a PDF for submission to EFI's Velocity Balance software, which in turn will separate the pages and send them either to the Canon CLC3200, if colour, or to the Heidelberg Digimaster 9150, if black and white.

　　All jobs will be printed onto Neusiedler's Color Copy speciality paper for digital colour laser machines and finished using the Watkiss Document Finishing System, a near-line multi-function finisher for high speed electronic systems.

　　２、The BPIF Business Advice Centre

　　For just three days, the BPIF will host a Business Advice Centre offering free independent, focused and relevant advice to all those in the graphic arts industry. Whether you require help with your business plan, advice on selling the digital value, or want to find out the risk factors of going digital, the BPIF Business Advice Centre will be able to help.

　　Visitors to Digital Print World have the opportunity to book a 20 minute slot for a one to one meeting with a BPIF business manager or associate. All managers and associates have the qualifications, experience and abilities to make a real difference to the profitability of your company by helping you to improve your performance.

　　３、Adobe Workflow Cinema Presentation

　　The Workflow Cinema, sponsored by Adobe is a presentation area on the exhibition floor where visitors have the opportunity to learn from the vendors about the software and workflow solutions on the market. It free and there no need to book, but do turn up early to guarantee a place ?the area will seat approximately 60 people. Have a look at the timetable below so you can plan your day around the sessions you want to attend and keep checking for updates.

　　４、Digital Output Showcase

　　The Digital Output Showcase will allow the visitor to learn from vendors about digital output solutions. It free and there no need to book, but do turn up early to guarantee a place ?the area will seat approximately 60 people. Have a look at the timetable below so you can plan your day around the sessions you want to attend and keep checking for updates.

　　Exhibitors at Digital Print World will provide the following technologies and services:

　　Colour Management and Control Systems
　　Consumables
　　CTP 
　　Customer Relationship Management
　　Digital Asset Management Systems
　　Digital Media Software
　　Digital Proofing
　　Digital Workflow Management Systems
　　Direct Imaging Presses
　　Dynamic Page Formatting Software
　　Editorial and Advertising Management Systems
　　Finishing Systems
　　Job Definition Format (JDF)
　　JPEG2000, MPEG7
　　Management Information Systems
　　Monochrome Digital Printing Systems
　　On-press Automation
　　Personalisation Technology
　　Printing On Demand
　　Variable Data Printing
　　Wide Format 
　　XML / PDF

　　Digital Print World is aimed at all digital printers, commercial printers looking to expand into digital printing, as well as the growing number of corporate end users who are now managing their own print or influencing digital print investment.  Digital Print World will provide the perfect forum for serious buyers and specifiers to view demonstrations, test different products, learn new solutions and purchase the technology that will allow them to open new doors to
maximise revenue potential.

　　Visiters:

　　Digital Print World high-profile marketing campaign targets IT, Finance, Marketing, Studio, Production and Print Directors and Managers in the following sectors:

　　Group 1 - Graphic Arts Professionals

　　Mixture of traditional offset printers, including Book Printers, Sign Printers and Packaging Printers, Commercial Printers, Finishing Houses.

　　Group 2 - Design/Creative

　　Design houses, Advertising agencies, Creative agencies, Direct marketing agencies, Publishers, Design and Service Bureaux, Direct mail houses, In-plants, Repro and Pre-press houses.

　　Group 3 - Corporate End Users and Specifiers

　　Corporate end users, large organisations with large print usage, or specialised printing requirements, and those with large volumes of direct marketing.

　　Programme

　　Topics will include:

　　Future Technologies.
　　Delegates will hear the up-to-date assessments of key trends, developments and announcements in all areas of digital print including:

• Prepress and digital workflow
• New press developments 
• Consumables: markets and technologies
•  Latest developments in finishing for digital

　　Future Markets.
　　The chance to discover where the new opportunities lie in digital print and how businesses can exploit them. This will include

• Variable data and 1 to 1 direct mail
• Newspapers on demand
• Wide format printing
• A wealth of market data, analysis and forecasts

　　Business and Strategy:
　　For suppliers, printers or purchasers of digital print, this conference will give an unrivalled insight into how digital can improve profitability:

• Making a successful business from digital print
• Effectively selling and marketing digital print
• Cost modelling for digital print
• Assessing and predicting market share

 

[时间：2003-12-22  作者：Bisenet  来源：Bisenet]