IMI’s 19th Annual Thermal Printing Conference on May 19-21, 2008 at the Arizona Golf Resort Hotel & Conference Center in Mesa, Arizona will bring together leaders from the thermal printing industry and the emerging technologies that are shaping the future of thermal printing applications. See www.imiconf.com for a downloadable preliminary brochure and registration information. Be sure to mark your calendar now!

Conference Chairman Harry Schofield of Schofield Imaging Associates and I are working to complete the final speaker selections by March 14th. If you wish to submit a proposed presentation title and outline or if you have any suggestions for specific topics/speakers, please email me al@imiconf.com with your inputs as soon as possible. Proposed presentations should be for 45-minute non-commercial presentations.

Topics identified as being key to the continued development and success of thermal printing technologies include:

• Camera Phones and PDA’s as Application Platforms & Bar Code Readers
• Wireless Communications Trends that will Advance Mobile Printing
• RFID Chips & Fabrications for Smart Labels
• Item Level RFID Tracking & Printable Electronics
• New Added Value Thermal Media Trends in Color, Photos & Security
• Application Trends that Impact ID Cards & Document Security
• Impact of New Capabilities in Ink Jet & Electrophotography
• Results from New Worldwide Thermal Industry Survey
• And More

We are also working to finalize the program for IMI’s 2nd RFID Technology Integration Symposium on May 21-22, 2008 by March 14th. If you wish to submit a proposed presentation title and outline or if you have any suggestions for specific topics/speakers for this program, please email me al@imiconf.com with your inputs as soon as possible.

Remember, IMI conference programs are designed to enable attendees to obtain the latest technical, market and application information while allowing time to network with other attendees in a time and cost efficient manner. Attendance at an IMI conference enables you to meet with the industry’s leading experts in a single location over a short period of time thus maximizing information transfer efficiency and minimizing travel and time expenses. We encourage you to forward this email to interested colleagues and contacts and inform your associates of these unique annual programs or notify us of any industry contacts you think should be aware of these programs.

We hope to see you or a colleague at IMI’s 19th Annual Thermal Printing Conference on May 19-21, 2008 and/or 2nd RFID Technology Integration Symposium on May 21-22, 2008 in Arizona or at one of our other programs listed below.

And BEST OF ALL – Display Space is Complimentary – There is no fee other than the conference registration fee to have a display space in the Suppliers’ Fair and to give a 15-minute presentation during the Suppliers’ Forum. Register Now at www.imiconf.com.

Make Plans Now as we hope to see you or a colleague at IMI’s 6th Annual Printable Electronics and Displays Conference & Suppliers’ Fair on October 17-19, 2007 in San Francisco. Keep visiting our web site www.imiconf.com to register and to view updated information.

Sincerely,
Alvin G. Keene
President
Information Management Institute, Inc
1106 Valley Crossing
Carrabassett Valley, Maine, 04947 USA
Tel (207) 235-2225
Fax (207) 235-2226
Email: al@imiconf.com
Web Site: www.imiconf.com

For additional information on all of IMI’s programs or to REGISTER NOW, visit www.imiconf.com

Ink Jet Academy: Theory of Ink Jet Technology - April 14-15, 2008
Ink Jet As A Manufacturing Process Symposium - April 14-15, 2008
Ink Jet Technology Suppliers’ Showcase 2008 - April 16-18, 2008

Renaissance Denver Hotel, Denver, Colorado

19th Annual Thermal Printing Conference – May 19-21, 2008
2nd Annual RFID Technology Integration Symposium – May 21-22, 2008

Arizona Golf Resort Hotel & Conference Center, Mesa (Phoenix), ArizonaTremont Plaza Hotel

Ink Jet Academy: Practice of Ink Jet Technology
June 16-19, 2008
Letchworth, Hertfordshire, UK

Ink Jet Academy: Theory of Ink Jet Technology and
Ink Jet Components, Consumables, Equipments India 2008

June 26-28, 2008
PHD House
New Delhi, India

Digital Printing Summer School 2008
July 7-11, 2008
Specific Courses & European Location to be Announced

Digital Printing Summer Camp 2008
July 28-August 1, 2008
Specific Courses to be Announced
Sugarloaf Hotel
Carrabassett Valley, Maine

Ink Jet Academy: Theory of Ink Jet Technology – November 10-11, 2008
UV Ink Jet Printing Course – November 10-11, 2008
16th Annual European Ink Jet Printing Conference – November 12-14, 2008

Sheraton Hotel & Spa
Lisbon, Portugal

5th Annual Security Printing Conference
November 17-19, 2008
Tremont Plaza Hotel
Baltimore, Maryland

Ink Jet Academy: Practice of Ink Jet Technology
November 17-20, 2008
Letchworth, Hertfordshire, UK

12th Annual Toner & Toner Chemicals Conference
Winter, 2009
Dates & U.S. Location to be Announced

18th Annual Ink Jet Printing Conference
Winter, 2009
Dates & U.S. Location to be Announced

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