IMI’s 8th Annual Security Printing Conference is to be held between November 16 and18, 2011 in Hollywood Beach, Florida. Allen Westerfield, the president of Imaging Supplies Coalition (ISC), and Andrew Gardner, the treasurer of ISC will be providing a presentation at the conference. Mr. Gardner is also the World Wide Brand Protection Manager for Lexmark International.
The Annual conference will be dealing with the developments, prospects, shortcomings and challenges facing the printing industry. It would specifically address security issues, secure packaging, brand protection and creation of secure documents for multiple applications including currency, ID’s, business documents, travel documents, event and gaming tickets.
Experts in the security printing industry will be addressing the shortcomings, as well as the ability of digital printing technology to produce secure output. They will also discuss the printing technology options that are available for improving the creation of secure products, devices, documents and packaging.
The ISC President and the ISC Treasurer will be discussing the problems faced, including counterfeiting issues, by the providers of imaging supplies. They will also discuss the coalition’s role, and the initiatives undertaken to tackle the issue. Westerfield and Gardner will cover the technologies used for the efforts and the role of imaging supplies consumers, vendors and OEMs to address the challenges.