2012 printForum Conference
May 16, 2012
Chicago, IL
“Innovate and Fascinate” is the theme of this year’s printForum Conference presented by Rider Dickerson, a Chicago-based print and digital solutions company. Keynote speaker, Sally Hogshead, will reveal many dynamic concepts that can help you gain your customers’ attention and take design, social media and print to its highest potential.
In addition, attendees can choose from more than 10 breakout sessions tailored around innovation and business growth. The event is $50 to attend and is geared towards designers, print buyers, marketing executives, communication executives, and social media managers. Please visit the printForum website for complete details.
Creative Freelancer Conference
June 21-22, 2012
Boston, MA
Being self-reliant doesn’t mean going it alone all the time. At the only business conference for creative solo-preneurs, you’ll get expert, from-the-trenches advice on money management, marketing, client relations and more. And you’ll have the rare chance to connect and share survival tips with fellow freelancers. Creative Freelancers Conference is presented in partnership with Marketing Mentor.
InHOWse Managers Conference
June 21-23, 2012
Boston, MA
You lead a gutsy band of creatives through sometimes-perilous corporate territory. InHOWse brings you expert advice from veteran in-house pros on inspiring your creative team, powering through a heavy workload without losing the spark, selling your group’s ideas up the corporate ladder, and more.
HOW Design Conference
June 22-25, 2012
Boston, MA
Ignite your creativity, make your design skills unstoppable, sharpen your tech savvy and forge powerful connections with designers from around the globe. HOW Design Conference is your once-a-year refresher course in resisting the daily grind to make your design, your work and your life extraordinary.
The Dieline Package Design Conference
June 22-25, 2012
Boston, MA
Step outside the box at this inspiring, targeted event that solves the particular challenges you encounter as a packaging designer—and reveals the opportunities that arise when you know where to look. Innovation and reinvention are the watchwords at The Dieline Package Design Conference that will have you rethinking your assumptions about package design.
Ladies of Letterpress Conference 2012
August 2-5, 2012
Asheville, North Carolina
The second annual Ladies of Letterpress Conference will again be held in beautiful Asheville, North Carolina, August 2-5, 2012. This year’s theme is Use It or Lose It: Preservation and Innovation in Letterpress Printing. In addition to fun and informative panel discussions, this year’s conference will include extra festivities!
Graph Expo 2012
October 7-12, 2012
Chicago, IL
Innovation is important to you.
Investigate the hottest offset, digital and hybrid technologies and everything else on your wish list at Graph Expo 2012. Special show floor sections:
Prepress/Software/Workflow, Press/Finishing, Mailing & Fulfillment Center, GREENspace, PackPrint/Future Print, News Print, and more…
Gain: AIGA Design for Social Value Conference
October 9-10, 2012
San Francisco, CA
At “Gain” you’ll hear design, business and social innovation leaders share their visionary approaches to creating social value. Presenters will demonstrate the broadening role design plays in institutional strategy, positioning, leadership, process, service, product and message—and how designers’ creativity provides special advantages to tackling socially relevant projects and enhancing the human experience.
DMA 2012
October 13-18, 2012
Las Vegas, NV
Data is the new currency. Integration is the best strategy. Relationships are the key. Real-Time is the goal. Engagement is the reward.
It’s all there at DMA2012! It’s the only event that brings together thousands of practitioners and experts from the entire marketing continuum to discuss solutions and best practices to achieve optimal channel mix and integration that lead to measurable results and increase real-time customer engagement.
Design City 2012
November 17-19, 2012
Toronto, ON
Stay on top of your industry! Design City will showcase the latest graphic design tools, services, and products from the world’s largest vendors. You’ll see and test software that you’ve been wanting to try, you’ll meet the people that you talk to on the phone every day, and you’ll be wowed by some of the latest technology created for your profession.
