ACUP Approaches

College and university in-plant managers around the country are getting ready to head to San Francisco for the 43rd annual Association of College and University Printers conference.

Taking place April 15-19, the conference will focus on the need for college and university in-plants to become business and creative solution providers. Session topics include:

• Selecting a Digital Press

• Reaching Customers, Integrating with your Campus

• Knowledge Management

• Copyright in the Digital Age

• Web to Print Solutions

Keynote speakers will include:

• Stan Morrison, director of Athletics at the University of California Riverside and vice president of the Dudeck Group. An NCAA all star who has been coaching for over 23 years, Morrison will offer his perspectives on teamwork and collaboration.

• Ursula Burns, president of the Xerox Document Systems & Solutions Group, whom Fortune Magazine ranked 27th on its list of the 50 most powerful women in business. Her insights into strategic growth and personal achievement will be enlightening.

Being held concurrently with ACUP, INTERQUEST is conducting a forum called “Personalized Communications & Variable Data Printing In Higher Education” It will take place Monday, April 16, from 1:30 to 4:30.

INTERQUEST analysts will present key results from a new study analyzing 1:1 communications and print in the college/university market. ACUP participants can attend as part of their registration.

Participants will learn:

• How the market, applications, and technology for color personalized printing are evolving.

• Drivers and barriers to color variable data printing.

• How leading-edge universities and collages are successfully implementing color digital printing and 1:1 communications.

• Assessments of color variable data printing solutions on the market.

• Trends and forecasts through 2010.

Interested in-plant managers can still register for ACUP 2007. Visit http://acup2007.ucdavis.edu for more information.