Room G001, Bottom Floor of Godfrey Hall

7:45 Welcome  & Coffee, Registration& Introductions (G001 Godfrey Hall)

8:00 The Digital Difference
The elements, features and advantages of a digital flexo workflow.
Colleen Twomey, MacDermid Printing Solutions

8:30 Dispelling Digital Plate Myths
Understanding the digital plate, handling and storage
David Chinnis, Asahi Photoproducts

9:00 Digital Imagers & Plate-setter Technology
Critical details and the technology required for digital imagers and processors.
Doug Weiss, Kodak

9:45 Break

10:00 Plate Measurement Solutions
Discussion of equipment used for performing quality control of digital flexo plates.
Larry Goldberg, Beta Industries

10:30 Tone Reproduction & Calibration
Mark Samworth, EskoArtwork

11:45 Lunch Catered; Hosted by Flint Group Flexographic Products

12:50 Breakout Sessions- Godfrey Hall Labs (round-robin format 45 minutes each)

   Break into 2 groups and attend three hands-on sessions. 1-1:45, 2-2:45, 3-3:45

• Session 1 Platesetter Technology: Esko "Spark"with Dupont "Fast System"
                 Cori Devlin/DuPont,  Kern Cox/Clemson University
• Session 2 Platesetter Technology: Kodak "Thermaflex Hybrid-Mid"
                 Alvin Myint/Kodak,  Pat Rose/Clemson University
• Session 3 Plate Measurement Technology: BetaFlex
                 Larry Goldberg/Beta Industries

4:30 Calibration Review & Process Control for Plates (Room G001)
Mark Samworth, EskoArtwork 

5:30 – 8:00 PM  “Bytes, Bits & Grits”  Dining at Mellow Mushroom Restaurant
Sponsored by EskoArtwork and DuPont Cyrel

Room 201 Godfrey Hall

8:00 - 8:20 AM Coffee and Greet

8:20 AM   The 1-Bit Tiff
Explanantion of the industry's standard compression method for digital plates.
Cori Devlin, DuPont Imaging Technologies

8:50 Hands-on Breakout Sessions (round-robin format)

   Break into 2 groups and attend three hands-on sessions. 9-9:45, 10-10:45, 11-11:45

• Session 1: Plate Making & Exposure Tests
                 Chad Edens/Flint Group
• Session 2: Press Trial with both Calibrated and Uncalibrated Plate
                 Kern Cox/Clemson University   Catherine Whitaker/Anderson&Vreeland
• Session 3: Plotting Curves "Live"
                 Mark Samworth/EskoArtwork

11:45 Lunch at Harcombe Dining Hall

12:45 Specialty Screening 
Mark Samworth, EskoArtwork

1:45 Final Q & A, Evaluations & Certificates