As Kiran Prayagi, curator of the conference said: "Print firms in India are seeking more revenue from kit. In this context, the conference, will examine a wide variety of strategies and practices that look at paper handling, printability, substrates, coatings and varnishes, PUR gluing, eco-friendly consumables and more."

Key presentations at the two-day conference, which is expected attract the best brains in the print industry, include:

• K Balaji, managing director of The Hindu on paper handling
• Vijay Patharkar of BILT on printability of coated paper and board
• Avik Chatterjee of Arets Graphics on coatings and varnishes
• Anil Krishna, chie f executive and general manager of Henkel on Adhesives in print finishing and converting
• Dr Arved Huebler, director at Chemnitz University of Technology on nano technology materials
• Narendra Parchuri, director of Pragati Offset on selection and optimum use of materials
• Dr Rajendra Anayath, head at Heidelberg Print Media on eco-friendly consumables.
• Fritz Bircher, director Institute for Printing Technology at Bern, Switzerland Print Media Academy, on printing as a materiali deposition process.

Each of the two days at the conference will end with a panel discussion. Ramu Ramanathan, editor of PrintWeek India will be the chairperson of these discussions.

Prayagi said there will be many international speakers and case-studies during the entire conference. He summed up: "We all need to keep our industry fresh."

Already there is healthy number of delegates who have registered.

This conference is being organised by pmIndia, a joint venture of Institute for Print and Media Technology and Chemnitz University of Technology, Chemnitz, Germany and Graphic Arts Technology and Education (GATE).

Like all the previous editions, the official media partner for the conference is PrintWeek India.

Learn more about the conference at http://www.gate.co.in/