Apart from one of the world's biggest display of equipment, FESPA is also hosting a comprehensive seminar program at the Singapore event (26-28th October).

The following is the seminar program for the 3 day show.

26th October 2011                         27th October 2011                             28th October 2011

Business Leadership Conference                    

11.00- 11.15 Welcome                  
Anders Nilsson, Ambassador to Asia, FESPA

11.15- 12.00 The role of print in tomorrow’s marcoms mix
Hear from an innovative creative agency on the role of print as a platform for innovation and success.
Nigel Lauw, Supersonic - Singapore

12.00- 12.45 The importance of brand purpose
A brand with purpose can be a true agent of change and transform the way people, think, feel or act. Hear from a leading global creative agency who have worked for headline brands including MacDonald’s, American Express and BMW on why ‘brand purpose’ is the key ingredient to a successful campaign.
Tan Kien Eng, CEO, Leo Burnett Group Singapore and Malaysia 

12.45-13.15 Customer Panel
Connecting the morning’s speakers, this session is an opportunity to engage and share experience and opinion through dialogue and discussion

14.15-15.00 The growth of Ningbo Shenzhou Knitting Co Ltd
Discover how the Ningbo Shenzhou Knitting Co Ltd grew into a massive vertical garment manufacture with an equally huge screen printing operation from less than 200 employees 20+ years ago to over 50,000 today. Now considered the largest textile shop in the world and printing for huge brands such as Nike, Adidas, Puma and others
Mark Gervais, Director of Screen Print, Ningbo Shenzhou Knitting Co Ltd

15.00-15.45 The growth of Cactus Imaging
Hear how Keith Ferrel and Warwick Spicer have taken Cactus Imaging from a two person company to the largest grand format printer in Australasia, printing for Omega mobile, Hyundai, Sunland Group and more.
Keith Ferrel, Founder, Cactus Imaging - South East Asia

15.45-16.30 Web-to-Print Case study
Some might think that the opportunity in web-to-print is only open to digital printers – they’d be wrong, as evinced by the success of PSI Online
Joel Taylor, Founder, PSI Printing

16.30-17.00 Panel Session: Opportunities in digital wide format
An opportunity to connect and interact with the afternoon's speakers.
Featuring; Mark Gervais, Keith Ferrel and Joel Taylor

China Screen-Printing & Graphic Imaging Association Conference

11.00- 11.15 Welcome
Pei Guifan, Chairwoman, China Screen-Printing & Graphic Imaging Association (CSGIA)

11.15- 11.45 The  Current Situation and Prospect of China Screen Printing Raw Materials Application
Screen printing technology is widely applied to various industries in China according to the development of Chinese economy. This presentation will describe; emulsion, the key raw material, which could directly affect the precision and quality of the prints. As the leading manufacturer of emulsion in China, Denbishi has launched high functional emulsion which can be used in solar energy battery and touch screen industry.
Zheng Junming, Managing Director, Denbishi Fine Chemical (Kunshan) Co., Ltd

11.45-12.15 How to better adapt to diversification needs of Textile Printing Market for Automatic Textile Printing Machines
Qiu Deqiang will discuss the current situation of the global textile printing market and the detailed demand for machines. Discover the capabillities of full-automatic textile printing machines and understand the inevitable trend in global textile printing industry, manual will be replaced by machinery.
Qiu Deqiang, CEO, Rugao Tianyuan Finery Printing Co., Ltd

12.15-12.45 The Actuality and Trend of Chinese Silk-screen Printing Paste
With raw materials and labour costs increasing for technology development and exported economy change, there has resulted in an adjustment of screen printing industry manufacturing-style and industry frame. This presentation will evaluate the resent research and development of Chinese silk-screen printing paste. Lv Zengxing will describe the recent developments of the silk-screen printing industry and how automatic pigment printing machines and intensive manufacturing technology have now replaced the manual table printing. With this change, Eco-friendly machine printing paste catches the urgent demand of the Chinese screen printing industry.
Lv Zengxing, Head Engineer, Dongguan Changlian New Materials Technology CO. LTD

12.45-13.15 The Importance of Suitable Squeegees
Printing quality is largely decided by the squeegees, so it is extremely important  to know how to choose the right squeegees for high-quality products. In his presentation, we will also find out how the compliance and hardness of the squeegee play its roles in the whole printing progress.
Zhu Junwei, Marketing Manager, Tianjin Fudong Printing Materials Company.

Screen Conference

14.00- 14.15 Welcome
Pei Guifan, Chairwoman, CSGIA

14.15- 15.00 Global trends in screen printing
Covering Japan, Europe and USA and drawing out the key opportunities which are still met by the strengths of screen technology compared to other print processes
Mitsutaka Yoshida, International Sales, NBC

 15.00-15.45 Amazing screen printing
An hour with a global screen printing expert, exploring how he achieves the effects and results that set him and his business apart in the screen printing community. Mark will share insight to help you overcome your obstacles and differentiate your offering.
Mark Gervais, Director of Screen Print, Ningbo Shenzhou Knitting Co Ltd

15.45-16.30 Special effects in garment screen printing
The days of a plain T-Shirt are over. Shirts with specialty inks are in and Charlie is going to show you how to use gels, discharge, high density, burn-out and more in this fast paced seminar. Take your prints to the next level with these great special effects.
Charlie Taublieb, Taublieb Consulting

16.30- 17.00 Experts of screen printing: panel session
Engage with the morning’s speakers in this open panel.
Featuring: Mitsutaka Yoshida, Mark Gervais and Charlie Taublieb

Digital Conference


11.00-11.30  Influence of REACH on the Asia region
REACH (Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and restriction of Chemicals) is a European Union Regulation that is highly likely to affect every, chemical producer, printing product supplier and printer that sells in Europe. Paul will explain how REACH affects suppliers outside the EU to wish to sell Europe.
Paul Machin, Machin Consulting

11.30-12.00 Workflow efficiency and solutions
Frits will draw upon over 30 years experience in worldwide graphic industries to give insight into both pre-press and process workflow solutions.
Frits Beurskens, President, Asian Printmedia Consultancy Group Inc

12.00-12.30 Meeting the colour management challenge for global brands
Keith will explore how Cactus Imaging’s introduction to the Australian market in 1996 resulted in a lift in quality of outdoor printing and saw turnaround times plummet from weeks to just days. Gain insight from this wide format printing guru and learn how his team achieves the results that set Cactus Imaging apart in the Wide format printing community.
Keith Ferrel, Founder, Cactus Imaging - South East Asia

12.30-13.00 Wide-format printing and the environment: building a sustainable business advantage.
The environment is rising up the agenda of many major brand owners.  Increasingly they are looking to source wide format graphics that can support their sustainability goals.  They are also seeking Print Service Provider partners that can not only demonstrate their sustainability credentials, but can also play a proactive role in helping them to ‘go green’.  Success with these clients depends to a growing extent not only on having access to the right equipment and substrates, but also on building up the right knowledge, establishing a commitment to sustainability over time and engaging with clients to help them meet their goals.  This session discusses a range of tools, techniques and certifications – including some exciting new developments - that could help you to achieve these things, and turn sustainability into a competitive advantage for your businesses.
Stephen Goddard, HP, Environmental Leadership Program Manager

13.00-13.30 Mass Customization and the Digital Supply Chain
Examining the integration of digital printing and single-ply cutting and highlighting issues related to pattern development, dimensional change of fabric, piece registration of cutting systems and developments in ink chemistry for digital printing.  Can they all reinforce the transition to a totally digital supply chain that supports mass customization and sustainability at the same time?
Dr Mike Fralix, President and CEO, TC²

13.30-14.00 The latest developments in Agfa industrial Inkjet Printing
The wide format market has changed dramatically in the last few years, with the transition from screen printing to inkjet technology; screen printing still plays a role and is challenging inkjet in the higher run length market. In this presentation Richard Barham will take you through some of the latest exciting industrial applications of digital inkjet technology on the borders of the wide format market and beyond. These new developments cover a range of solutions from metal printing, manufacturing production and the application of variable data in real life internet driven production solutions.
Richard Barham, Vice President Inkjet, Agfa Graphics N.V.

 

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