The Digital Packaging Summit 2015 will take place November 9-11, 2015, at the Ponte Vedra Inn & Club in Ponte Vedra Beach, FL, USA. The Digital Packaging Summit is an invitation-only, hosted summit designed for senior managers and business executives who want to understand how current and future digital production printing technology, software and solutions will impact their business and investment decisions.

This summit offers strategic level insights into what printing industry leaders should do to improve and optimize their business. The Digital Packaging Summit provides a valuable experience for attendees to acquire this knowledge. Pre-qualified attendees will meet and learn from the “who’s who” in the label and package space, as well as users who have or plan to install digital solutions.

They will discuss the successes and challenges encountered when implementing this new technology. This format provides sponsors with 1:1 meetings with executives intimately involved with strategy and purchasing across the labels and  folding carton industry segments.

The Digital Packaging Summit focuses on how widespread changes taking place today are redefining the future of label and package printing. Attendees will meet and learn from some of the leading experts in the production inkjet space through a conference program led by Kevin Karstedt, CEO, Karstedt Partner, LLC, and a team of key advisory board members and speakers.

Advisory Board members include:
• Kevin Karstedt, CEO, Karstedt Partners, LLC (Conference Chair)
• Marco Boer, vice president, IT Strategies
• David Luttenberger, CPP, global packaging director, Mintel Group Ltd.
• Ron Gilboa, director, InfoTrends
• Noel Ward, managing director, Brimstone Hill Associates
• Jeff Wettersten, president, Karstedt Partners, LLC
• Paul V. Reilly, partner, New Direction Partners

“The Inkjet Summit set the standard for high-level information exchange in the digital printing industry,” says conference chair Kevin Karstedt, CEO, Karstedt Partners. “We have taken that world-class event format and made it available to those in the packaging supply chain. The Digital Packaging Summit will be known as the go to event for understanding where and how digital printing technologies will impact package printing for the next decade and focusing on the business case. Having been involved with digital printing for packaging since its inception more than two decades ago, I am seeing clear momentum building in all areas of packaging in regards to digital technologies. The summit is perfectly timed as needs and capabilities begin to converge.”

While users are looking for information and guidance, suppliers are looking for ways to identify and develop relationships with these potential buyers specifically interested in production digital printing solutions. The Digital Packaging Summit is designed to meet both of these needs for attendees and sponsors.

Printing and converting executives who attend learn from top industry experts and their peers through keynote sessions, workshops, real-life end user panels and segment-focused breakout sessions. They also have the opportunity to meet one-on-one with, and listen to focused case studies from, leading solution providers. Numerous networking receptions and meals, optional golf and other activities are also planned.

Some of the session topics will include:

• The Brand Owner’s Perspective…What are they looking for?
• The Only Opinion That Matters Is Yours! Do you need digital printing, or does digital printing need you?
• Industry Best Practices—Lessons learned from other digital markets
• Market Segment Overview, Current State, and Forecasted Digital Participation in Packaging
• First step of the process—Can I make it work?
• Targeting Vertical Markets
• You Know How to Make it. How do you sell it?
• Hybrid Compared to Standalone—Positioning to meet specific needs
• Mass market vs. Specialty Products: deploying the right print technology at the right time
• Sponsor Case Study Sessions in a Boardroom setting…and more.

Sponsors to date include Mark Andy, Xeikon, Xerox, Memjet, Heidelberg, MBO, Kodak, Fujifilm, Screen, Kluge, Colordyne, Afinia Label, INX Ink, Konica Minolta, and more.