Keynote Speaker, Leading Expert on Megatrends and New Technology
Peter Leyden

Leyden deeply understands the technology and new media, having served as managing editor of the original Wired magazine that introduced the digital revolution to the world and that pioneered the early online world of the web. Out of that experience, he co-authored the book The Long Boom, a History of the Future, 1980-2020, which was translated into half a dozen languages.

Leyden gets the economics and business, having worked for years at Global Business Network, a pioneering think tank on future trends and a high level strategy consulting firm that advises many top global corporations. While there, he co-authored the book What’s Next, Exploring the New Terrain for Business, on what to expect in the 10 years after the September 11th attack.

Leyden understands the globalized world, particularly Asia, having worked as a special correspondent for Newsweek magazine in Asia, including doing stories in China just after the Tiananmen Square massacre. He also has traveled to more than 50 countries in all major regions of the world, including Africa, the Middle East, and Latin America.
Leyden recently has focused much of his energy on politics, having just finished several years as director of the New Politics Institute, a think tank that helps people in politics understand the emerging new technologies, new media, and the new demographic reality of America. He is based in San Francisco, where he lives with his wife and 15-year-old daughter, but he spends much time in Washington, DC, where, among other things, he has twice addressed the Democratic Caucus of the US House of Representatives, as well as the Democratic Caucus of the US Senate.

Leyden has a master’s degree in comparative politics as well as a masters in journalism from Columbia University, and did his undergraduate work at Georgetown University, where he graduated summa cum laude.

The Imaging Network Group is pleased to announce, Our newest 2012 FORUM Speaker
Ned Lenhart, MBA, CPA

Can you answer these questions with confidence?
Compliance Reviews - Do your sales tax procedures work correctly?
Taxability Determination - Does your company correctly tax what you sell?
Nexus Determination – Are you filing in the right states?

Ned Lenhart, President of Interstate Tax Strategies, P.C. has focused on interstate sales and use tax analysis and consultation for over 25 years. He started Interstate Tax Strategies, P.C. in 2003 after serving as a Firm Director for Deloitte. Prior to joining Deloitte in 1994, Ned was a Sr. Manager with Arthur Andersen in Kansas City, Missouri. Ned also worked for the Missouri Department of Revenue where he was the Director of the Compliance Division and led the state's civil and criminal tax enforcement efforts. He also served as Deputy Director of the Division of Taxation and Bureau Manager for the Compliance Division.

Ned is CPA licensed in Georgia and Alabama. Ned is a frequent speaker at local and national tax and business conferences. He is a member of the AICPA and the GSCPA. He holds an MBA from Minnesota State University-Mankato and a BS from Iowa Wesleyan College.

Ned will be speaking at our forum, Thursday March 15th.

Opportunities for Color Digital Printing in the Production Digital Printing market.

Dave Erlandson is General Manager of Caslon & Co. a firm that specializes in helping companies take advantage of the new business opportunities enabled by digital printing. One of Caslon’s primary activities is to serve as the North American Affiliate for PODi, the Digital Print Initiative. PODi is a leading industry initiative focused on developing the market for digital printing through market education and standards activities.

For PODi, Dave’s key responsibilities are managing membership and content for Print Service Providers. This includes the annual collection and publication of best practices in digital printing, creating strategic solution selling tools, producing webinars and reports, and producing PODi’s annual Application Forum.

Dave’s responsibilities include leading Caslon’s Production Digital Printing (PDP) Research and Advisory service, which serves the vendor community through its application-based market research and analysis.

This talk will take a look at the market opportunities in the production printing market that are enabled by digital printing. Dave will provide summary results from extensive research and provide insight into the leading applications and opportunities.

Growth of digital color printing is tied to simple economics; color digital printing has to create new value (and justify a higher print cost) or decrease costs of existing applications.

So how does digital color printing create new value? Dave will provide case studies and analysis of the following ways digital printing is used to create value.