NOVEMBER
3Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), specifi- cally staff from its School
of Print Media or Printing
Applications Laboratory,
continues its recently
introduced series of free
Webinars with VDP, How
Far Have We Come?
4Packaging Association of Canada (PAC) continues Module 3 ($1,235) of its
certification program, in Toronto,
by focusing on topics like sus-tainability, adhesives, aerosols,
metal and glass containers,
paperboard and folding cartons,
and specialty containers.
8Printing Industries Association holds its 3-day Converge
Conference at the brand new
Hilton Bonnet Creek in Orlando,
which includes topics like The
Essentials of Direct Marketing
to be presented by the Direct
Marketing Association.
9For five days, the Society for Information Display hosts its 17th annual
Color Imaging Conference in
Albuquerque, New Mexico,
which is designed for research-level colour scientists and
professionals whose decisions
direct key advancements in
imaging technologies.
10U.S.-based analyst Joe Webb, who primarily provides commentary
on third-party economic reports,
is scheduled to keynote the
Canadian Printing Industries
Association’s Strategy 09
Conference. The 2-day conference
adopted the theme of New
Realities – New Opportunities.
11The JDF User Group meets in Orlando to take a best-practices
approach to the interoperability
issues between various JDF-enabled systems from creation
to fulfillment; this includes
sheetfed-, web-, and toner-based production facilities.
12The Toronto Interna- tional Centre plays host o the 2009 version of
Graphics Canada, scheduled to
run for three days with sections
organizers describe as the Web-to-print Zone, PacPrint Canada
Show, Graphics Software
Theatre, Technology Solutions
Centre and Design City.
17Instructors at RIT show pressroom staff how to better manage proofing
systems, including how to fingerprint and characterize output
machines, with a 4-day course
called Matching Proof and
Press (US$1,095). The course
consists of lectures, hands-on
exercises, and lab demos.
16Described as the third program within RIT’s 3-part seminar series
for advanced colour management,
the 3-day course called
Predictable Color Proofing and
Printing (US$995) will focus on
“techniques in achieving colour
agreement between different
workflows and printing devices.”
24Over the next three days, PAC runs Module 4 ($1,235)
of its Packaging Certificate
Program by focusing on
packaging and the law, corrugated packaging, distribution
considerations, packaging
equipment and packaging line
layout concepts.
The Sandia Mountains, just northeast of
Albuquerque, New Mexico, features the
world’s longest aerial tramway, spanning
over 2.7 miles. The tram descends
4,000 feet down the mountain in about
15 minutes. The Sandia Mountains has
four separate ecological life zones due to
its change in elevation and climate. The
area is popular with mountain bikers in
the summer and skiers in the winter.
