My friend Al Keene, who is the President of Information Management Institute, Inc., pinged me today:

"I wanted to thank you for your consideration of our invitation to speak at IMI's 5th Annual Security Printing Conference on November 17-19, 2008 in Baltimore and to convey a copy of the final program to you via the attached brochure pdf file. If you can pass the program brochure along to your contacts that you think might be interested in attending, it will be greatly appreciated."

Information on the conference can be gleaned from http://www.imiconf.com/, or please ping Al directly at: 

Phone: +1-207-235-2225
Fax: +1-207-235-2226
Email: al@imiconf.com
Web site: www.imiconf.com

The conference blurb is:

Rapid advancements in all aspects of security printing and security features plus the international focus on all aspects of security in today's world have created a rapidly growing demand for physical, document and identification security. Advancements in digital printing and technololgies for incorporating security features, while spawning new modalities and efficiencies for security printing, have also enabled counterfeiters as well as legitimate issuers. From brand protection and secure access to ID's, tickets, travel documents, etc. - physical and digitally printed security images, features and data are converging in ways never before imagined. This convergence of once separate technologies is creating both challenges and market opportunities for effective integration of digital printing with physical security devices in a wide range of market specific applications.

IMI's 5^th Annual Security Printing Conference will address the challenges and opportunities in dealing with security issues and enabling brand protection for products and production of secure documents for a wide variety of applications including business documents, ID's, currency, gaming/event tickets, travel documents, etc. Industry experts will address digital printing technologies' capabilities and shortcomings relative to printing secure output and the technology options available to enhance the production of secure documents and devices of all types. The conference program will provide a critical assessment of forensic analysis requirements, enhanced ink and media systems, document traceability technologies, software solutions and other potential avenues to enhance product and document security.

This unique conference is designed to educate and inform industry leaders and technologists at all levels in the supply chain of security printing of the difficulties and business opportunities for combining digital and physical security printing on an application specific basis. If your business or products' future is dependent on finding effective ways to utilize physical features and digital security printing, or finding cost effective methods to stay ahead of counterfeiting, tampering and forgery, you will benefit from attending this conference.

The speakers include representatives from Hitachi, Inksure, Xerox, FBI Labs, Xennia, SICPA, Appleton and JDSU.

-Steve