Conference Agenda

Sunday July 22nd

Registration

RIT Inn

12:00 to 5:00pm

City Bus Tour or Golf

RIT Inn

1:30 to 3:30pm

Dinner

Sponsored by Canon USA

RIT Inn

7:30 to 9:00pm

Monday July 23rd

Keynote Address

“Printing--The Past, the Present, and the Future”
Mr. Frank Romano
Professor Emeritus
Rochester Institute of Technology

Webb Auditorium

07-1350

8:30 to 9:30am

Breakout Session I – Monday AM

Pre-press Workflow Strategies
Session Chair: Michael Riordan

What Should Graphic Communications Students be Taught about Digital Photography?
Richard Adams, Ryerson University and Doug Rae, RIT

7B-1201

10:00 to 12:00 noon

Creative and Interactive Teaching Methods
Session Chair: Myrtle Jones

Europe Goes Bologna – What Does That Mean for International Collaboration
Faigle Wolfgang, Media University, Stuttgart

7A-1440

10:00-10:50 am

PDF WebQuest: An Internet Collaboration Project

Tom Tyberg, Pennsylvania College of Technology

11:00-11:50 am

Industry Trends in the Graphic Arts
Session Chair: Patricia Albanese

Print Media Distribution: Process and Challenges

Twyla Cummings, Rochester Institute of Technology

7A-1441

10:00-11:50am

Print Production Technologies and Processes

Controlling Color in a Digital Print Environment

John Thorburn, Canon USA

TBA

10:00-12:00 noon

Breakout Session II A Monday 1:30 – 3 PM

Pre-press Workflow Strategies
Session Chair: Michael Riordan

High Dynamic Range Photography

Chris Lantz, Western Illinois University

7A-1440

1:30 to 3:00 pm

Variable Data Print Applications using XMPie’s uDirect (part 1)

Matthew Bernius, Rochester Institute of Technology

7B-1217

1:30 to 3:00 pm

Creative and Interactive Teaching Methods
Session Chair: Pat Sorce

How do you engage students? 40 years of failure And success

Owen Butler, Photo, Rochester Institute of Technology

Neblette / 7B-1104

1:30 – 3:00 pm

Industry Trends in the Graphic Arts
Session Chair: Barbara Birkett

The Lost Art of Estimating: Why Estimating is the Printers Most Cost Critical Area

Mark Myers, Estimator Corporation

7A-1560

1:30–2:15 pm

Estimating: It’s All in There!

Steve Whittaker, Vice President, Quality Assurance

1:30-2:15 pm

Barbara Birkett, Rochester Institute of Technology

2:30-3:00 pm

Print Production Technologies and Processes

Flexography Demonstration

Printing Applications Lab

1:30-3:00pm

Breakout Session II B 3:15 – 4:30 Monday PM

Pre-press Workflow Strategies
Session Chair: Matthew Bernius

Variable Data Print Applications using XMPie’s uDirect (Part 2)
Matthew Bernius, Rochester Institute of Technology

7B-1217

3:15-4:30

Creative and Interactive Teaching Methods
Session Chair: Bob Chung

Design-Create-Control: Understanding Graphic Communications Concepts through the Creation of Quality Control Targets

Hans Kellogg
Ball State University

7B-1201

3:15-4:30 pm

Industry Trends in the Graphic Arts
Session Chair: Barbara Birkett

Consumer as Content Creators: How 12-24 Year Olds Consume and Produce Content Across Platforms
Myrtle Jones, Rochester Institute of Technology

7B-1441

3:15- 4:30 pm

Print Production Technologies and Processes

Flexography Demonstration

Printing Applications Lab

3:15 – 4:30 pm

George Eastman House Cocktail Reception & Tour 5:30 – 9:00 pm

Tuesday July 24th

Keynote Address

TBA
Mr. Charles Bigelow
Cary Professor, Rochester Institute of Technology

Webb Auditorium

07-1350

8:30 to 9:30am

Breakout Session I – Tuesday AM

Quark - demonstration of new products

Workflow Lab

10:00 to 3:00 pm

Pre-press Workflow Strategies
Session Chair: Erich Lehman

Taming the Font Monster in OSX

Erich Lehman, Rochester Institute of Technology

7B-1201

10:00 to 11:50 am

Creative and Interactive Teaching Methods
Session Chair: Scott Williams

Joined German-Chinese Studies in Printing Technology

Thomas Hoffmann-Walbeck, Media University, Stuttgart

7A-1440

10:00-10:50 am

Codifying Tacit and Experimental Knowledge in the Classroom: Collaborative Learning Through Wiki
Technology

Kenneth Macro, California Polytechnic State University

11:00-11:50 am

Industry Trends in the Graphic Arts
Session Chair: Twyla Cummings

Book as the Child of the Internet

Frank Cost, Rochester Institute of Technology

7A-1441

10:00-11:50 am

Digital Books, Issues and Opportunities

Patricia Albanese and Liz Dopp,
Rochester Institute of Technology

11:00 – 12:00 pm

Print Production Technologies and Processes

Nexpress Demonstration

Printing Applications Lab

10:00-12:00 noon

Breakout Session II – Tuesday PM

Pre-press Workflow Strategies
Session Chair: Michael Riordan

Digital Proofing Technology – Taking Care of the Business of Printing
John Craft and Thomas Reeves, Appalachian State
University

7B-A171

1:30 to 3:00pm

Creative and Interactive Teaching Methods
Session Chair: Scott Williams

Importance of Teaching Visual Literacy to Non-Designers- Presentations of Findings
Monika Zarzycka, University of Houston

7A-1440

1:30-3:00 pm

Industry Trends in the Graphic Arts
Session Chair: Franziska Frey

New Skills – Is the Printing Industry Prepared?

Franziska Frey, Rochester Institute of Technology

7A-1560

1:30-3:00 pm

Print Production Technologies and Processes

HP Indigo Demonstration

Printing Applications Lab

1:30-3:00pm

Xerox Gil Hatch Center Tour & Dinner

Xerox iGen Digital Press Demonstration
Lectures by Xerox subject matter experts - TBA

3:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Wednesday July 25th

Keynote Address

“Who Moved My Books? Reflections on the
Journey from Ink to Link”
Mr. David Pankow
Curator, Cary Library
Rochester Institute of Technology

Webb Auditorium

07-1350

8:30 to 9:30am

Breakout Session I – Wednesday AM

Creative and Interactive Teaching Methods
Session Chair: Robert Chung

Using Technology in the Graphic Arts Classroom

Jerry Waite, University of Houston

7B-1201

10:00 – 10:50 am

Teaching Printing Process Control

Robert Chung and Wuhui Liu,
Rochester Institute of Technology

11:00-11:50 am
Repeat: Importance of Teaching Visual Literacy to

Non-Designers- Presentations of Findings
Monika Zarzycka, University of Houston

7A-1440

10:00 to 11:00 am

Repeat: PDF WebQuest: An Internet Collaboration Project

Tom Tyberg, Pennsylvania College of Technology

11:00 – 11:50 am

Pre-press Workflow Strategies

Practical Color Management

Michael Riordan, Rochester Institute of Technology

7B-1217

10:00 – 10:50 am

Breakout Session II – Wednesday PM

Pre-press Workflow Strategies
Session Chair: Michael Riordan
7B-1201
Digital Proofing Technology – Taking Care of the Business of Printing
John Craft and Thomas Reeves, Appalachian State
University
1:30 to 3:00pm

Cary Library Tour

David Pankow

1:30 – 3:00 pm

Print Lab
Session Chair: John Eldridge

Relationships and Variables in the Digital Print Production Process
John Eldridge, Rochester Institute of Technology

DPC 7B-A171

1:30 to 3:00 pm

IGAEA Business Meeting

RIT Inn & Conference Center

4:00 pm

Banquet & Preview of IGAEA 2008

RIT Inn & Conference Center

6:00 pm