3rd Annual Print Buyer Conference

September 10 - 12, 2008

Sheraton Boston Hotel, Boston, Massachusetts

Conference Registration

2-Day Conference Plus Boot Camp!

Save big NOW with our Early Bird Discount. Good until August 1, 2008.

  BPB
Members		 Non
Members
Early Bird 2-Day Conference Plus Boot Camp    $623    $773
Early Bird 2-Day Conference    $474    $574

After August 1, 2008
2-Day Conference Plus Boot Camp    $748    $848
2-Day Conference    $599    $649

One-Day Conference
One-Day Conference (Thurs., 9/11 or Fri., 9/12)    $349    $399

Boot Camp Only
One-Day Print Buyer Boot Camp (Weds., 9/10)    $149    $249
Boot Camp and Exhibit Hall    $174    $274

Exhibit Hall Only*
Exhibit Hall Only - In Advance    $25    $25
Exhibit Hall Only - At the Door    $50    $50

*Please note: Exhibit Hall will be open on Thurs., Sept. 11, & Fri., Sept. 12.

Group Discounts

Group discounts are available for 4 or more registrants from the same firm who register at the same time. For information, please contact Barbara Graham, 978-490-0100,

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3. With how many print vendors do you currently work?
4. Approximately how much printing do you currently purchase annually for your firm?

5. What types of printing products and services do you purchase? Check all that apply.

Products Purchased

Services Purchased
  •  Advertising
  •  Books
  •  Booklets
  •  Business forms
  •  Catalogs
  •  CDs
  •  Direct Mail
  •  Directories
  •  Financial/legal
    printing
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  •  Labels, wrappers
  •  Large format
  •  Magazines
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  •  Packaging
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  •  Tags
  •  Videos
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Conference Sessions

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Please select one session from each time slot on each day. Seating is limited. You will be able to make changes at the Conference if space is available, but you are strongly encouraged to choose your preferred sessions below.

Thursday, September 11

  • 8:30 am - 10:00 am
  •  Opening Keynote Breakfast
    Defining the Present: Dr. No and Dr. Know Are At It Again
    Frank Romano and Dr. Joe Webb
  •  
  • 10:30 am- 11:45 am (please select one session)
  •  Power Tips and Tricks: Adobe Acrobat (ADV)
    (Speaker top be announced)
  •  Ready, Set, Go Green (ALL)
    Aaris Sherin, Assistant Professor of Graphic Design, St. John's University
  •  A Digital Printing Panel (topic to be announced) (P&P)
    Moderated by Bob Wagner, Xerox Premier Partners Program
  •  Sitting at the Big People's Table: Marketing Ideas and Initiatives
    That Will Empower Print Buyers (BIG)
    Peter Muir, Bizucate
  •  
  • 11:45 am - 12:30 pm
  •  Roundtable Discussions
  •  
  • 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm (please select one session)
  •  Optimizing Your Color Management Workflow (ADV)
    Daniel Dejan, Sappi Fine Paper/North America
  •  Keeping Up with Ever-Changing Addresses in Your Database:
    Can You Dig It? (ALL)
    Christine Erna, Vermillion, Inc.
  •  A Hot-Topic Panel Discussion about Paper (P&P)
    Moderated bySabine Lenz, PaperSpecs
  •  Who Owns What? Legal Guidelines on Trademark
    and Copyright Issues (BIG)
    Roberta Fitzsimmons, Esq.
  •  
  • 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm (please select one session)
  •  Quality Control: Getting the Quality You Need from Your Printers (ADV)
    Steve Suffoletto, RIT
  •  Life with Print (ALL)
    Daniel Dejan, Sappi Fine Paper/North America
  •  Print Buyer Panel (P&P)
    Moderated by Margie Dana, Print Buyers International
  •  It's 2018…Did Printing Survive? (BIG)
    Dr. Joe Webb
  •  

Friday, September 12

  • 8:30 am - 10:00 am
  •  Keynote Breakfast - Creativity for the Rest of Us
    Alan Rosenspan, Alan Rosenspan & Associates
  •  
  • 10:30 am - 11:45 am (please select one session)
  •  Extend your Creativity: Adobe Creative Suite (ADV)
    (Speaker to be announced)
  •  Shades of Green (ALL)
    Mike Graff, Sandy Alexander, Inc.
  •  19 Surefire Ways to Cut Costs on Paper (P&P)
    Sabine Lenz, PaperSpecs
  •  Buying the Campaign? It's a Lot More Than Print! (BIG)
    Peter Muir, Bizucate
  •  
  • 1:30 pm - 2:45 pm
  •  Roundtable Discussions
  •  
  • 2:45 pm - 3:45 pm (please select one session)
  •  The Hard Stuff: Negotiating Effectively with Printers (ADV)
    Robert McClements, Grange Consulting (UK)
  •  The Digital Dilemma (ALL)
    Frank Romano
  •  The Color Olympics! (P&P)
    Steve Suffoletto, RIT
  •  Anatomy of a Cross-Media Campaign (BIG)
    Scott Dubois, Reynolds DeWalt
  •  
  • 3:45 - 5:00 pm — Print Trivia Game Show
  •  Frank Romano will emcee this fun-filled contest between attendees and
    exhibitors. Cheer for your favorite players as they match wits in a test of
    print-buying knowledge and skills. There'll be prizes, raffles and light
    refreshments and we'll party and play until the Conference's closing bell.

Roundtable Discussion Topics: Pick Your Favorites!

Help us help you: Which roundtable topics attract you the most?

Following is our topic list, but we'd LOVE your input. Your votes will help ensure we have the right topics and the right facilitators.

Please pick the TOP 3 ROUNDTABLE TOPICS that you'd like to see offered at our Conference. You don't need to pre-register. You'll be free to sit where you like during this daily session.

Career growth for print buyers. Where do we go and how do we get there?

Going Green: What this means to buyers

Online tools for buyers. What's out there and what works?

New Print Buyers: Best career & buying advice from a pro!

Saving money with your print jobs

Sourcing Overseas. Pros/cons, how & where to begin

Measuring the Caliber of your Printers

Working with brokers and/or print management firms

What's happening in the paper industry?

New trends in digital printing

How do print buyers promote themselves Internally

Changing role of the print buyer

New media and the print buyer

Best Buying Practices in Vertical Industries (Pick one)

Financial Services Retail Higher Ed

Manufacturing Nonprofit Pharma Health Care

OtherOther topic:

* Do you wish to pay by: check or credit card through PayPal?

If you wish to pay by check, please make your check payable to Boston Print Buyers. Payment must be received by Tuesday, August 26th, 2008

You will receive a confirming email listing the sessions that you've pre-selected.


Your total amount owed is $

Questions? Please contact Barbara J. Graham at (978) 490-0100 or email

Cancellation Policy
Written cancellations must be received by our office by August 27th, 2008, in order to receive a full refund. After that date, no refunds will be issued.

[Back to conference selection]

* Do you wish to pay by: check or credit card through PayPal?

If you wish to pay by check, please make your check payable to Boston Print Buyers. Payment must be received by Tuesday, August 26th, 2008


Your total amount owed is $

Questions? Please contact Barbara J. Graham at (978) 490-0100 or email

Cancellation Policy
Written cancellations must be received by our office by August 27, 2008, in order to receive a full refund. After that date, no refunds will be issued.

Conference Sessions

[Back to conference selection]

Please select one session from each time slot on each day. Seating is limited. You will be able to make changes at the Conference if space is available, but you are strongly encouraged to choose your preferred sessions below.

Thursday, September 11

  • 8:30 am - 10:00 am
  •  Opening Keynote Breakfast
    Defining the Present: Dr. No and Dr. Know Are At It Again
    Frank Romano and Dr. Joe Webb
  •  
  • 10:30 am- 11:45 am (please select one session)
  •  Power Tips and Tricks: Adobe Acrobat (ADV)
    (Speaker top be announced)
  •  Ready, Set, Go Green (ALL)
    Aaris Sherin, Assistant Professor of Graphic Design, St. John's University
  •  A Digital Printing Panel (topic to be announced) (P&P)
    Moderated by Bob Wagner, Xerox Premier Partners Program
  •  Sitting at the Big People's Table: Marketing Ideas and Initiatives
    That Will Empower Print Buyers (BIG)
    Peter Muir, Bizucate
  •  
  • 11:45 am - 12:30 pm
  •  Roundtable Discussions
  •  
  • 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm (please select one session)
  •  Optimizing Your Color Management Workflow (ADV)
    Daniel Dejan, Sappi Fine Paper/North America
  •  Keeping Up with Ever-Changing Addresses in Your Database:
    Can You Dig It? (ALL)
    Christine Erna, Vermillion, Inc.
  •  A Hot-Topic Panel Discussion about Paper (P&P)
    Moderated bySabine Lenz, PaperSpecs
  •  Who Owns What? Legal Guidelines on Trademark
    and Copyright Issues (BIG)
    Roberta Fitzsimmons, Esq.
  •  
  • 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm (please select one session)
  •  Quality Control: Getting the Quality You Need from Your Printers (ADV)
    Steve Suffoletto, RIT
  •  Life with Print (ALL)
    Daniel Dejan, Sappi Fine Paper/North America
  •  Print Buyer Panel (P&P)
    Moderated by Margie Dana, Print Buyers International
  •  It's 2018…Did Printing Survive? (BIG)
    Dr. Joe Webb
  •  

Roundtable Discussion Topics: Pick Your Favorites!

Help us help you: Which roundtable topics attract you the most?

Following is our topic list, but we'd LOVE your input. Your votes will help ensure we have the right topics and the right facilitators.

Please pick the TOP 3 ROUNDTABLE TOPICS that you'd like to see offered at our Conference. You don't need to pre-register. You'll be free to sit where you like during this daily session.

Career growth for print buyers. Where do we go and how do we get there?

Going Green: What this means to buyers

Online tools for buyers. What's out there and what works?

New Print Buyers: Best career & buying advice from a pro!

Saving money with your print jobs

Sourcing Overseas. Pros/cons, how & where to begin

Measuring the Caliber of your Printers

Working with brokers and/or print management firms

What's happening in the paper industry?

New trends in digital printing

How do print buyers promote themselves Internally

Changing role of the print buyer

New media and the print buyer

Best Buying Practices in Vertical Industries (Pick one)

Financial Services Retail Higher Ed

Manufacturing Nonprofit Pharma Health Care

OtherOther topic:

* Do you wish to pay by: check or credit card through PayPal?

If you wish to pay by check, please make your check payable to Boston Print Buyers. Payment must be received by Tuesday, August 26th, 2008

You will receive a confirming email listing the sessions that you've pre-selected.


Your total amount owed is $

Questions? Please contact Barbara J. Graham at (978) 490-0100 or email

Cancellation Policy
Written cancellations must be received by our office by August 27, 2008, in order to receive a full refund. After that date, no refunds will be issued.

Conference Sessions

[Back to conference selection]

Please select one session from each time slot on each day. Seating is limited. You will be able to make changes at the Conference if space is available, but you are strongly encouraged to choose your preferred sessions below.

Friday September 12

  • 8:30 am - 10:00 am
  •  Keynote Breakfast - Creativity for the Rest of Us
    Alan Rosenspan, Alan Rosenspan & Associates
  •  
  • 10:30 am - 11:45 am (please select one session)
  •  Extend your Creativity: Adobe Creative Suite (ADV)
    (Speaker to be announced)
  •  Shades of Green (ALL)
    Mike Graff, Sandy Alexander, Inc.
  •  19 Surefire Ways to Cut Costs on Paper (P&P)
    Sabine Lenz, PaperSpecs
  •  Buying the Campaign? It's a Lot More Than Print! (BIG)
    Peter Muir, Bizucate
  •  
  • 1:30 pm - 2:45 pm
  •  Roundtable Discussions
  •  
  • 2:45 pm - 3:45 pm (please select one session)
  •  The Hard Stuff: Negotiating Effectively with Printers (ADV)
    Robert McClements, Grange Consulting (UK)
  •  The Digital Dilemma (ALL)
    Frank Romano
  •  The Color Olympics! (P&P)
    Steve Suffoletto, RIT
  •  Anatomy of a Cross-Media Campaign (BIG)
    Scott Dubois, Reynolds DeWalt
  •  
  • 3:45 - 5:00 pm — Print Trivia Game Show
  •  Frank Romano will emcee this fun-filled contest between attendees and
    exhibitors. Cheer for your favorite players as they match wits in a test of
    print-buying knowledge and skills. There'll be prizes, raffles and light
    refreshments and we'll party and play until the Conference's closing bell.

Roundtable Discussion Topics: Pick Your Favorites!

Help us help you: Which roundtable topics attract you the most?

Following is our topic list, but we'd LOVE your input. Your votes will help ensure we have the right topics and the right facilitators.

Please pick the TOP 3 ROUNDTABLE TOPICS that you'd like to see offered at our Conference. You don't need to pre-register. You'll be free to sit where you like during this daily session.

Career growth for print buyers. Where do we go and how do we get there?

Going Green: What this means to buyers

Online tools for buyers. What's out there and what works?

New Print Buyers: Best career & buying advice from a pro!

Saving money with your print jobs

Sourcing Overseas. Pros/cons, how & where to begin

Measuring the Caliber of your Printers

Working with brokers and/or print management firms

What's happening in the paper industry?

New trends in digital printing

How do print buyers promote themselves Internally

Changing role of the print buyer

New media and the print buyer

Best Buying Practices in Vertical Industries (Pick one)

Financial Services Retail Higher Ed

Manufacturing Nonprofit Pharma Health Care

OtherOther topic:

* Do you wish to pay by: check or credit card through PayPal?

If you wish to pay by check, please make your check payable to Boston Print Buyers. Payment must be received by Tuesday, August 26th, 2008

You will receive a confirming email listing the sessions that you've pre-selected.


Your total amount owed is $

Questions? Please contact Barbara J. Graham at (978) 490-0100 or email

Cancellation Policy
Written cancellations must be received by our office by August 27th, 2008, in order to receive a full refund. After that date, no refunds will be issued.

[Back to conference selection]

* Do you wish to pay by: check or credit card through PayPal?

If you wish to pay by check, please make your check payable to Boston Print Buyers. Payment must be received by Tuesday, August 26th, 2008


Your total amount owed is $

Questions? Please contact Barbara J. Graham at (978) 490-0100 or email

Cancellation Policy
Written cancellations must be received by our office by August 27th, 2008, in order to receive a full refund. After that date, no refunds will be issued.

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