Security Printing and Imaging : IMI

More on Security Printing 09

StevenSimske — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 22:04:00 GMT

IMI’s 6th Annual Security Printing Conference is being held on November 16-18, 2009 at the Sheraton Baltimore City Center Hotel in Baltimore, Maryland, as noted in an earlier blog.

Al Keene has sent me the conference brochure (please see attachment below). A number of my colleagues and friends in the field are presenting, well worth the time if you can go.

Cheers,

Steve

IMI's Security Printing Conference, Nov. 16-18, 2009 (Baltimore, USA)

StevenSimske — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 02:41:00 GMT

IMI’s 6^th Annual Security Printing Conference is being held on November 16-18, 2009 at the Sheraton Baltimore City Center Hotel in Baltimore, Maryland.

According to the conference organizer, Al Keene, "The unique annual conference addresses the challenges and opportunities facing the digital printing industry in dealing with security issues and enabling the production of secure documents for a wide variety of applications including business documents, ID’s, currency, brand protection & identification, 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 products. The attached file and our web site www.imiconf.com contain additional preliminary program information."

A conference with a view

This is a solid conference, with a strong security printing agenda. I attended DigiFab 2005 and NIP at this location. Excellent urban harbor atmosphere, to go along with the excellent agenda. Please see the website for details.

Cheers,

Steve

Summer Camp--not just for kids

StevenSimske — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 03:12:00 GMT

OK, you've been looking forward all Spring to the Summer. Lazy days at the pool, beach, partially reflective tar covered roof, whatever. Then, about two weeks in, reality strikes. You're just as busy in June, July and August as you were when St. Patrick, taxes or the May pole demanded your attention. Don't you wish you could go back to a simple, halcyon time, when all you had to worry about was Summer Camp?

Not very easy in this economic climate, that's for sure. So, why don't you have your Camp, and learn, too? IMI has a solution for you--their Digital Printing Summer Camp 2009. Want to find out how digtal printing--with short runs, customized materials, just-in-time printing, sustainability-friendly materials and use cycles--will lead printing into the mobile, savvy, Gen-W ("whatever!") future? And kick your feet in a lake in Maine?

Give it a go (and read the attachment below--see just above "Add a Comment"--to find out more).

Is this a pitch for IMI? Absolutely. I've attended an IMI event in the past. It's a good thing. You will get a big head!

Here are the courses being offered at IMI’s Digital Printing Summer Camp 2009 on July 27-31, 2009 at the Sugarloaf Mountain Hotel, Carrabassett Valley, Maine. See www.imiconf.com for complete details:

Ink Jet Academy: Theory of Ink Jet Technology – July 27-28, 2009

Digital Printing Markets – July 27-28, 2009

Ink Jet Ink Manufacturing – July 29-30, 2009

Surface Tension, Wetting & Capillarity – July 29-30, 2009

Color & Color Management – July 30-31, 2009

Managing Product Development for Value – July 30-31, 2009

Either way, here's wishing you a happy Summer 2009!

Steve

IMI 5th Annual Security Printing Conference

StevenSimske — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 20:30:00 GMT

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