Name: Andreas Skantze

Company: Big Image Systems

Andreas has worked with super large format images for almost 25 years. Big Image was printing digitally as early as 1989, and a lot has happened since. Between 1994-1995 Andreas lived in Berlin to start up the Big Image production plant there, today there are 35 employees working with digital printing and finishing of setdesigns for theaters and operas.

Name: Sudhir Ravi

Company: TVP Graphics

Sudhir Ravi has been a serial entrepreneur since 1996. After successfully starting and selling two technology businesses, he has started a variable data print practice within TVP Graphics, Inc, a retail printing company based in suburban Chicago. He is also a partner in Krishi Consulting Inc., which specializes in SMS/mobile marketing and FolderPro.com which allows presentation folders to be produced on a custom basis without any minimum orders.

Name: Michel Caza

Company: Michel Caza EURL

Michel Caza, is a technical writer, a conferences, workshops and seminars’ speaker – everywhere in the world, a consultant and a searcher. He has been participating to the elaboration of extremely sophisticated improvements of the screen-printing technology. He is working on the print sequences and ICC profiles, color spaces and control of the files in screen and digital. He is now working as a consultant in screen and digital printing technologies, with his small company “Michel Caza Eurl”

Name: Mark Simpson

Company: Simpson Print Limited

I began working for the family business, Simpson Print Limited in 1983 initially working in the studio and then progressing to estimating and sales positions. Within 3 years I was appointed Sales Director and began to develop a nationwide sales team to exploit the then growing market for retail POP.

Name: Paul Lilienthal

Company: Pictura Graphics

Paul Lilienthal is the President and owner of Pictura Graphics. Paul’s management of Pictura’s brand and market strategies has positioned the company as a leader in wide-format digital graphics in the United States. Lilienthal is committed to continuous advancements in the sustainability of the company, through manufacturing process improvements, innovative product and services offerings, and commitment to its customers.

Name: Mike Horsten

Company: Zemt Green

Mike Horsten is the Sustainability & Green Visionair of Zemt Green consultancy; he is responsible to give advice and vision to small and large companies, in there green and sustainable growth ideas. Converting there current business model in more sustainable and green ways, without loosing sight of company profitability and margins goals. Zemt is active in the printing industry where Mike has more then 20 year of production experience.

Name: Laura Hardy

Company: Ogilvy Washington

Laura joined Ogilvy Washington in 1999. She has extensive knowledge and experience in all areas of print production and creative management. Her day-to-day responsibilities include production oversight of campaign materials, managing budgets, negotiating outside purchases, qualifying and managing vendors and researching new technologies.

Name: Elena Knight

Company: XAAR

I have over 10 years marketing and PR experience in the B2B technology sector. I am experienced in scoping and delivering international marketing strategy and am able to deliver integrated, tactical marketing communications campaigns.

Name: Sophie Matthews-Paul

Company: Rockstro Media Services

Sophie Matthews-Paul is an independent international consultant, concentrating on the wide-format digital print market, its technologies, and its use in industry today and in the future. She works with many of the industry's leading and fledgling manufacturers, as well as vendors and end-users. Sophie is based in Europe, and contributes regularly to many specialist publications world-wide. She is also a photographer and has been involved with pre-press and the practical aspects of ink-jet production since the earliest days of its development.

Name: Frank Tueckmantel

Company: EFI

Vice President of corporate marketing at EFI