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