Montréal 2010 Digital Printing Forums

Digital Printing & Multi-channel Communications

Encouraged by the success of its digital printing seminars held in the United States, Canada, England, and France in the past 18 months, INTERQUEST— in partnership with the Institut des Communications Graphiques du Québec (ICGQ) and with the support of Québec Imprimerie—is organizing a new event in Montréal. The Digital Printing & Multi-Channel Communications Forum will take place October 20 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at ICGQ.

The seminar will be focused on the synergy between printed and electronic communications, the convergence of direct mail and transactional printing applications, and the evolution of personalization in marketing and transactional documents. The seminar is designed around recent INTERQUEST research on these topics conducted in North America.

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For more information, call 1-434-979-9945
email: iquest@inter-quest.com

Content Overview

The topics covered during the day will include:

• Status of the impact of the economy
• Market trends and forecasts
• Leading applications & promising opportunities
• Main drivers & challenges
• Color & personalization
• Impact of electronic distribution on print volumes
• Key players and solutions offered

Digital Printing & Multi-channel Communications

MORNING

8:00-9:00 AMRegistration/coffee & pastries

9:00-9:15 AMIntroduction

9:15-10:00 AMKeynote

• Kate Dunn, President, Digital Innovations Group (In English)

10:00-10:30 AMDigital Printing & Multi-Channel Communications: Market Trends & Forecast, 2010-2015

• Toby Cobrin, Director, INTERQUEST Ltd. (in English)

10:30-11:00 AMBreak/visit sponsors’ display tables

11:00 -12:15 PMPrinted Documents & Electronic Communications

• Yannick Gagné, Digital Communications Consultant, DATA Group
• Mark Morin, President, Strategies Marketing Direct
• Alex Nuta, Technology Director, Varibase
• Daniel Cornelius, CEO, Prime (in English)

12:15-1:15 PMLunch/visit sponsors’ display tables

AFTERNOON

1:15-2:15 PMLeading Vendors’ Developments & Perspectives

Presentations/round table

• Carl Dubé, Indigo Digital Press, Graphics Solutions Business, Hewlett-Packard
• Christian Lajoie, Consulting Sales Specialist, InfoPrint Solutions
• Bob Barbera, Director of Business Development Services, Kodak (in English)
• Alexandre Charette, Director Communications & Production Solutions, Xerox Canada

2:15-2:45 PMTransactional Printing: Market Trends & Forecast, 2010-2015

• Gilles Biscos, President, INTERQUEST Ltd.

2:45-3:15 PMBreak/visit sponsors’ display tables

3:15-4:15 PMConvergence of Direct Mail & Transactional/Transpromo

• Daniel Longpré, Director of Operations and Strategic Business Development, Multichannel Solutions, Canada Post
• Claire Belliveau, Director of Business Development, CGI
• Robert Desautels, Vice-President Marketing for customer Solutions, Quad/Graphics

4:15-4:45 PMMail, Paper, Pre & Post-processing/Finishing

• Johan Laurent, Business Manager, Standard Finishing Systems
• Anita Blinkal, Director Product Marketing, Cascades Specialty Products Group

4:45-5:00 PMWrap up & Conclusions

Gilles Biscos

Gilles Biscos, the Founder and President of INTERQUEST, has spent over 25 years in the information processing industry. He has extensive expertise in strategic planning, market research, competitive analysis, and the development of educational and training programs related to digital printing/publishing and document management. Mr. Biscos is the coauthor of Digital Printing: The Reference Handbook, published in 1993 and updated in 1998 and 2004. He has spoken at a number of industry conferences and written numerous articles for publication.

Mr. Biscos holds Master of Science degrees in Economics and in Social Psychology.

Toby Cobrin

Toby Cobrin, EDP, is a Director for INTERQUEST who has been involved in the electronic document industry for more than 25 years. Her roles have included technical and marketing positions in a leading document service bureau, technology advisor to the trade association Xplor International, and research analyst for INTERQUEST. Over the past four years she has worked on numerous INTERQUEST studies, including The Digital Book & Manual Printing Opportunity and High Growth Segments of Digital Book Printing. Ms. Cobrin has spoken at numerous industry conferences and has contributed articles to leading industry trade journals.

Ms. Cobrin holds a Master of Science degree in Business from Columbia University.