INTERQUEST Announces Speakers for 2012 Digital Book Printing Forum
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA—Feb. 23, 2012—INTERQUEST, a leading market and technology research and consulting firm serving the digital printing and publishing industry, announced a powerful lineup of speakers and panelists for its 2012 Digital Book Printing Forum in New York.
According to INTERQUEST President Gilles Biscos, “We strive each year we deliver this event to bring together the primary forces actively developing, refining, and putting into practice digital book manufacturing. This year, our attendees will be rewarded with a wide range of perspectives, insights and experiences offered by our participants. I’m very excited and proud of the lineup we’re bringing to New York this year.”
Bethlam Forsa, executive vice president, content development and publishing operations at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt will kick off the forum with the opening keynote address. Forsa will provide insight into how a major publisher views the future of educational books, including the respective roles of printed and electronic content. Her part in helping standardize and optimize the company’s print publishing operations as well as her involvement with Apple’s iBook 2 platform gives her a unique perspective on the subject.
Following the keynote address, INTERQUEST will present key results from recent research it has conducted in digital book printing sector. A panel of leading book printers will then present their experiences, applications and challenges in digital book manufacturing and explain how recent technological developments are helping them enhance their solutions. Speakers include Larry Bennett, president of Distribution Services, Bookmasters; Adam DeMaestri, president, BR Printers; Nick Lewis, president, Publishers' Graphics; and Dale Williams, vice president, Strategic Content Imaging (SCI).
Following lunch, executives from leading digital printing systems vendors will update their companies’ strategies, developments, and recent successes in the book market. Speakers will include Scott Schiller, director, worldwide marketing and business development, Inkjet High-Speed Production Systems, HP; Kris Albee, director of marketing—continuous feed product marketing, Océ North America; George Promis, vice president, continuous forms production solutions & technology alliances, Ricoh Production Printing; and John Conley, vice president commercial print and publishing, Xerox Corp.
