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Dates, times and locations for everything happening during Fall Conference 2022.

Schedule

Tuesday, October 11

8:00 a.m. – 6:30 p.m.

Learning Center Foyer

Conference Registration

Noon – 12:15 p.m.

Learning Center

Welcome to Fall Conference 2022

Hear opening remarks from Program Chair PJ Fronczkiewicz as well as a brief look at FTA’s future from Robb Frimming, the Association’s newly appointed president.

Session

12:15 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.

Learning Center

Welcome to the Future

Hear about current and new paths forward for the flexographic industry.

1:45 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.

Learning Center Foyer

Networking & Refreshment Break

Session

2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Learning Center

Color Workflows: Then and Now

Industry experts examine traditional color calibration methods while exploring exciting opportunities for the future of flexographic color workflows.

INFOFLEX

3:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.

Ballrooms B & C

INFOFLEX at Fall Conference Reception

Network, talk to solutions experts from 60 exhibiting companies, and see the future of package printing and converting.

Wednesday, October 12

7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m.

Madison Lobby

Continental Breakfast

Session

8:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.

Learning Center

Developing a Roadmap for Color Success

Fall Conference 2022’s print project team defines the steps used to produce a comparison of color workflows then and now.

9:30 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.

Learning Center Foyer

Networking & Refreshment Break

Session

9:45 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.

Learning Center

Color Workflow Optimization: The Beginning

Optimization—of the plate package and print variables—is the first step in any color calibration process. Join our team as they explore the project’s starting points.

INFOFLEX

11:15 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.

Ballrooms B & C (INFOFLEX)

Madison Lobby, plus Ballrooms D & E and Rooms 1, 2 & 3 (Lunch)

INFOFLEX at Fall Conference and Lunch

Network, talk to solutions experts and see the future of package printing and converting.

Session

12:45 p.m. – 2:15 p.m.

Learning Center

Fingerprinting and Process Control: Putting It All Together

Curves, profiles, TVI scales and new methodologies—This is where the photopolymer hits the substrate.

2:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.

Learning Center Foyer

Networking & Refreshment Break

Session

2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

Learning Center

Print Sample Evaluation: Is This the Future?

You be the judge, as we evaluate print samples, and critique old and new color calibration techniques to implement into your color workflow.

INFOFLEX

3:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.

Ballrooms B & C

INFOFLEX at Fall Conference Reception

Network, talk to solutions experts and see the future of package printing and converting.

Thursday, October 13

7:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.

Learning Center Foyer

Continental Breakfast

Session

8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.

Learning Center

Prepress Problems, Remedies and Results

A panel of industry experts examines common problems and explore solutions to add value to the process through prepress efficiency.

10:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.

Learning Center Foyer

Networking & Refreshment Break

Session

10:15 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.

Learning Center

Pressroom Problems, Remedies and Results

A panel of industry experts examines common problems and explore solutions to add value to the process through pressroom consistency.

11:45 a.m. – Noon

Learning Center

Conference Closing

FIRST 7.0 Is Coming

Debuting at Fall Conference 2022, FIRST 7.0 is a major update to the essential printing methodology.

For 25 years, FIRST has empowered production managers to bring their printing processes to the next level by implementing the procedures and methodologies necessary to produce high-quality and consistent flexographic results, pressrun after pressrun.

Get your hard-cover copy of FIRST 7.0 exclusively at Fall Conference 2022.

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