2007 Symposium and Planning Meeting

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Tags: Printing Industry Center research findings symposium events industry partners

November 13 - 15, 2007

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In this sixth annual Printing Industry Center Symposium and Planning Meeting, Industry Partners, RIT faculty and staff, and other participants will learn about and discuss the research conducted at the Center over the past year and plan for the coming year of research and activities.

The event will begin on Tuesday, November 13, with a reception at the George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film. The museum's exhibits and the mansion will be open for exploration during the hors d'oeuvre reception. The evening will end with presentations from the newest Industry Partners of the Center, Avery Dennison and the Scripps Howard Foundation.

In a series of sessions on November 14, Center researchers will present their findings from the past year of the Center’s applied research agenda and set the stage for future investigative projects.

On November 15, Industry Partner representatives will work with Center researchers to shape the research agenda for the coming year.

Agenda and Presentations

The following files are all PDF files, viewable through Adobe Reader or other PDF viewers.

View the final agenda here.

Download .zip compressed file of all presentation slides (4.3 MB). -OR- Choose the individual slides you are interested in below.

Print Productivity: A System Dynamics Approach
Jorge Uribe, Graduate Student, School of Print Media, RIT

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Creativity in the Printing Industry: The Context of Organizational Change
Shalini Khazanchi, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, E. Philip Saunders College of Business, RIT
Holly Slay, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Albers School of Business and Economics, Seattle University
Mathew Sheep, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Management and Quantitative Methods, College of Business, Illinois State University

Minding the Gap: Evaluating the Image Quality of Digital Print Technologies Relative to Traditional Offset Lithography
Susan Farnand, Staff Scientist, Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science, RIT

Survey of Digital Press Manufacturers: Critical Paper Requirements
Howard Vogl, Visiting Professor, School of Print Media, RIT

An Analysis of Web-Enabled Print Architectures
Adam Dewitz, Graduate Student, School of Print Media, RIT
Frank Cost, Associate Dean, College of Imaging Arts and Sciences, RIT

Upstream Database and Digital Asset Management in Variable Data Printing
Franziska Frey, Ph.D., McGhee Distinguished Professor, School of Print Media, RIT

Print Advertising Media Substitution
Matthew Swain, Graduate Student, School of Print Media, RIT
Patricia Sorce, Ph.D., Fawcett Distinguished Professor and Administrative Chair, School of Print Media, RIT

Benchmarking Insert Advertising Effectiveness Metrics
Patricia Sorce, Ph.D., Fawcett Distinguished Professor and Administrative Chair, School of Print Media, RIT