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WEDNESDAY - SEPTEMBER 28

7:30am Registration Opens
8:00-12:00pm

DDAP THINK TANK
Presented by Digital Directions in Applications for Production Network

With the re-launch of DDAP: Digital Directions in Applications for Production as a network group of IDEAlliance comes an exciting new program for SPECTRUM, the DDAP Think Tank. Aligned with the DDAP Network's new mission to advance standards-based best practices and user-driven, cross-industry specifications for all publishing and content-driven enterprises, DDAP Think Tank will provide a unique workshop setting for you, the print professional to hear presentations on industry best practices developed by Hearst Magazines and xpedx and ask the critical "did-it-pay-off?" question. Presented in an innovative format by industry leaders, these informative Think Tank sessions offer a rare opportunity for you to closely examine these standards-based workflow solutions and analyze the considerable impact they can have on your entire print production value chain.

THINK TANK AGENDA

Welcome - David Steinhardt, IDEAlliance
Algorithms not Eyeballs - Leveraging Color Technology in the Digital Workflow - John Dunn, DDAP Chair

Anatomy of a Best Practice: Hearst Inhouse Magazine Production

The Master Plan: Ellen Payne, Director of Editorial Operations, Hearst Magazines

Anatomy of a Best Practice: Validating Commercial Print Workflow at Microsoft

KPI-driven Print Production: John Dunn, xpedx Corp. Production Director
The Agency Connection: Ellen Hurwitch, Vice President of Production, MRM
The New Metrics of Print Production: Ian Tolmie, National Account Manager, ColorGraphics, Inc.


Spend an intense 4-hour morning with the DDAP Think Tank . . . These workshops will speak to your bottom line.

About DDAP
From 1992-2005, DDAP (Digital Distribution of Advertising for Publications) Association had been a leading graphic arts industry group charged with promoting "Universal Exchange of Advertising through Open Process Integration and Accredited Standards". Recently, DDAP joined IDEAlliance as a Network and updated its acronym to Digital Directions in Applications for Production in order to focus on its new mission. Under this new affiliation, DDAP advocates the use of accredited file formats in digital workflows and focuses on developing best practices for standards-based digital workflows in a wide range of print media applications. DDAP is made up of an international group of graphic arts professionals dedicated to integrating the publishing and advertising industries through digital technologies and works closely with IDEAlliance specification and best practices groups. DDAP will strive to uphold its vision to: Deliver effective applications for digital technology that create value across the supply chain in terms of productivity and profitability, enhancing standards-based workflow dynamics industry wide.

8:30-11:00am

Industry Town Hall: Coalition & Community Building
An opportunity for the industry is an open and free-wheeling format to discuss and debate - and most importantly decide - on a direction for the industry:

  • Industry Burning Issues & Industry Reponse
  • Update on Key Initiatives
  • Issues to be Tackled in the Coming Year

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SPECTRUM 2005 Best Practice Excellence Awards
We launched in 2004 the SPECTRUM Best Practices Excellence Awards. The objective is to exhibit real-world concepts and issues within the 2005 SPECTRUM program - bringing practical and hands-on techniques, solutions, and application to SPECTRUM 2005. The SPECTRUM Best Practice Excellence Awards are coordinated by the NEW IDEAlliance DDAP Network.

11:00-12:30pm

SPECTRUM 2006 Planning Meeting - All Invited

12:30pm Adjournment
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