IPMA Conference Starts Sunday
Beginning this weekend, more than 130 in-plant managers from all over the country will gather in Milwaukee for the 50th In-plant Printing and Mailing Association conference, the largest annual meeting of in-plant managers in the world. Though there will be roundtables, sessions, meetings and certification testing throughout the day Sunday, the four-day event will officially kick off at 6:30 p.m. that night with a welcome reception, followed by a keynote presentation by Frank Romano.
This year's event will mark the first time that members of the former National Government Publishing Association will participate, after the two groups merged earlier this year. A government sector meeting will take place Sunday at 3:00 p.m. The preliminary registration list shows government in-plant managers from the states of California, Colorado, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, North Dakota, Oregon, Tennessee and Wisconsin.
The IPMA conference will cover crucial in-plant topics like implementing Web-to-print, prevailing over outsourcing threats, merging print and mail, building strong teams, wide-format inkjet, equipment ROI and more. Industry experts Barb Pellow and Howie Fenton will lead sessions, and IPG Editor Bob Neubauer will offer a "state of the in-plant industry" presentation using exclusive IPG research data.
The event will also feature a vendor fair, an opportunity to visit Briggs & Stratton’s in-plant and an awards reception and dinner honoring the winners of the In-Print 2014 competition. The identity of the two Best of Show winners will be revealed at the end of the banquet. All In-Print Gold award winners are in the running.
To get you in the mood, here's a video of the 2012 IPMA conference in Kansas City, when Kansas City Chiefs' Hall of Famer Nick Lowery couldn't stop tossing a football into the crowd during his memorable keynote session.