The Power of Print
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Date and Location
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10 Oct 2011 - 11 Oct 2011ViennaAustria
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The Power of Print
The Focus Sessions are a series of short conferences bringing together international case studies which complement, with their experiences on the latest technologies as well as creative initiatives, a visit to the yearly exhibition of newspublishing and printing technology, the IFRA Expo.
A number of Focus Sessions are offered accompanying our popular yearly exhibition. In the format of short conferences, they complement a visit to the Expo by providing case studies and presentations on some of the very solutions on display in the Exhibition Hall. In 2011 the topics will be:
Mon, 10th Oct, 14:00 Innovations in Printing
Tue, 11th Oct, 10:00 Lean Production
Tue, 11th Oct, 14:00 Color Quality Optimisation
Taking place this year in the capital city of Vienna, in Austria, the Expo, as well as the Focus Sessions are bound to give any news publishing professional several ideas about how to proceed with confidence towards success in the future.
Programme:
Focus Session 1: Innovations in Printing
Monday 10 October 2011, 14.00 h – 16.30 h
Chair: Manfred Werfel, Deputy CEO & Director Competence Centre Newspaper Production, WAN-IFRA, Germany
Metal backed blankets: Innovation or Aggravation?
John Coombs, Production Director, The Broughton Printers, United Kingdom
Redesign : revigorating a national newspaper
Adrian Norris, Managing Editor, Design and Presentation, The Globe and Mail, Canada
The printing plant of the future
Horst-Walter Hauer, General Manager, IBH Ingenieure für Druck-und Projekttechnologie, Germany
New market opportunities with printed electronics
Prof. Dr. Arved Carl Hübler, Technische Universität Chemnitz, Germany
Focus Session 2: Lean Production
Tuesday 11 October 2011, 10.00 h– 12.30 h
Chair: Moritz Schwarz, Senior Consultant, Newspaper Production,WAN-IFRA, Germany
Lean management: tool box or way of thinking?
Martin Lennartz, Consultant, Germany
Lean Production on multiple sites
Gary Hughes, Senior Director, Manufacturing Operations, Newspaper Group & General Manager, Transcontinental Vaughan Plant, Canada
An evolutionary view on the industry
John Coombs, Production Director, The Broughton Printers, United Kingdom
How to do more with less
Assaf Avrahami, CEO, Yedioth Information Technology, Israel
Benchmarking Production Efficiency in the USA
Kenneth Harding, FTI Consulting, USA
Focus Session 3: Colour quality optimization
Tuesday 11 October 2011, 14.00 h – 16.30 h
Chair: Roland Thees, Research Manager Newspaper Production, WAN-IFRA, Germany
Measurement and Evaluation
Erich Eckert, Responsible for Colour Management, Frankfurter Societäts-Druckerei GmbH, Gemany
Printing Quality Management
Muharrem Yasar, Quality Manager, ZAMAN Newspaper, Turkey
Marketing and Printing Quality
Michael Hack, estampado GmbH - Marketing für Druckereien, Germany
Staff Motivation: a recipe for success
Sally Pirri, Production Director, The Globe and Mail, Canada & Gary Hughes, Senior Director, Manufacturing Operations, Newspaper Group &General Manager, Transcontinental Vaughan Plant, Canada
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Contact information
![Sergio de Oliveira](/sites/default/files/user_pictures/picture-1028.jpg)
Sergio de Oliveira
Director of Exhibitions
WAN-IFRA
| Frankfurt,
Germany
Phone: +49.69.240063-282
E-Mail: sergio.oliveira@wan-ifra.org
Programme
Speakers
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Adrian Norris
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Muharrem YAŞAR
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Horst-Walter Hauer
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Erich Eckert
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Michael Hack
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John Coombs
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Prof. Dr. Arved C. Huebler
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Gary Hughes
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Ken Harding
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Martin Lennartz
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Sally Pirri
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Dr. Assaf Avrahami