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Bruce Chizen of Adobe, Charles Pesko of InfoTrends and Visionary John Seely Brown to Present Keynote Addresses at the ON DEMAND Conference & Expo; Leading Digital Printing and Automated Production Event to Take Place May 15-18 in Philadelphia.


NEWTON, Mass. -- Questex Media Group, Inc. today announced the keynote speakers for its ON DEMAND Conference & Expo, the world's leading digital printing and automated production event, to be held May 15-18 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center The Pennsylvania Convention Center is a multi-use public facility in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania which is designed to accommodate conventions, exhibitions, conferences and other events.  in Philadelphia. The keynote sessions will be led by Bruce Chizen Bruce R. Chizen is the chief executive officer of Adobe Systems, based in San Jose, California. Chizen lives in Los Altos, California with his wife and children. Career , chief executive officer of Adobe Systems Adobe Systems Incorporated (pronounced a-DOE-bee IPA: /əˈdoʊbiː/) (NASDAQ: ADBE) (LSE: ABS) is an American computer software company headquartered in San Jose, California, USA.  Inc.; Charles Pesko, managing director of InfoTrends; and John Seely Brown John Seely Brown (also known as JSB) is a researcher who specializes in organizational studies with a particular bent towards the organizational implications of computer-supported activities. , the most prominent technology visionary in the document industry. The keynote addresses will provide attendees with valuable insights into the convergence of communications, digital information, and printing. The conference will also feature a visionary keynote panel with executives from Canon USA, HP, Kodak and Xerox.

Keynote speakers include:

Bruce Chizen, chief executive officer of Adobe Systems Inc., will present the keynote address on Tuesday, May 16, at 9:00 a.m. Mr. Chizen's customer-focused vision has transformed Adobe into one of the world's largest and most diversified software companies in terms of revenue, global reach and breadth of products. He has turned a company known mainly for its popular design products into one of the most significant forces in the software industry today.

Charles Pesko, managing director of InfoTrends, will also deliver a keynote presentation on Tuesday, May 16, at 9:45 a.m. on "Riding the Digital Color Tornado: Annual State-of-the-Industry Address." With more than 30 years of industry experience, Mr. Pesko is a recognized authority in the information processing information processing: see data processing.
information processing

Acquisition, recording, organization, retrieval, display, and dissemination of information. Today the term usually refers to computer-based operations.
 and electronic imaging markets, as well as founder of InfoTrends, a strategic consulting and marketing research firm that delivers research, analysis, forecasts, and advice to clients in the digital imaging and document solutions industries. Founder of several industry publications including Print On Demand Business and ImagingWorld (now KM World), Mr. Pesko currently serves on the Board for EDSF EDSF EuroDollar Spot Forward
EDSF Edge Diffracted Surface Field
 and was a former board member of AIIM (Association for Information and Image Management International, Silver Spring, MD, www.aiim.org) A membership organization founded in 1943 devoted to creating industry standards and disseminating information about the document management industry.  International.

John Seely Brown, the most prominent technology visionary in the document industry, will deliver the keynote address on Thursday, May 18, at 9:00 a.m. Mr. Brown is currently a visiting scholar A visiting scholar, in the world of academia, is a scholar from an institution who visits a receiving university that hosts him where he or she is projected to teach (visiting professor), lecture (visiting lecturer), or perform research (visiting researcher  at the University of Southern California The U.S. News & World Report ranked USC 27th among all universities in the United States in its 2008 ranking of "America's Best Colleges", also designating it as one of the "most selective universities" for admitting 8,634 of the almost 34,000 who applied for freshman admission . Previously, he was the Chief Scientist of Xerox Corporation (company) XEROX Corporation -

http://xerox.com/.

See also XEROX PARC, XEROX Network Services.
 and the director of its Palo Alto Research Center Palo Alto Research Center - XEROX PARC  (PARC (Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated, Palo Alto, CA, www.parc.com) Founded in 1970, PARC is a Xerox subsidiary involved in high-tech research and development. Although Xerox's headquarters are in Stamford, Connecticut, and manufacturing and marketing are in Rochester, New York, PARC is ) -- a position he held for nearly two decades. While at Xerox, he was deeply involved in the management of "radical innovation" and in the formation of corporate strategic positioning of Xerox as The Document Company. He co-authored the acclaimed book "The Social Life of Information," which has been translated into nine languages, and has just finished co-authoring "The Only Sustainable Edge," which challenges businesses to look beyond conventional boundaries when envisioning the future.

The event will also feature a visionary keynote panel on "The Evolving Digital Color On Demand Printing Opportunity ... The Future is so Bright, You Have to Wear Shades" on Wednesday, May 17, at 10:00 a.m. This keynote panel will be moderated by Charlie Corr, group director of InfoTrends. Panel participants include Yoroku Adachi, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board.  of Canon USA; Vyomesh (VJ) Joshi, executive vice president of Imaging & Printing Group of HP; Jeff Jacobson, president/COO/corporate vice president of Eastman Kodak Company; and James Firestone, president of Xerox North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. .

"We have a remarkable lineup of technology leaders to keynote the event this year. We anticipate an excellent response to these gentlemen," said Christina Condos, group director, Technology Events for Questex. "Several months in advance of the conference, we are seeing strong commitments from exhibitors and attendees -- this demonstrates the critical importance of this industry. Conference and exposition attendees will learn about new trends, technologies and how to develop the best strategies for their organizations."

"For more than two decades we have redefined business by setting new standards for producing and delivering content that engages individuals anywhere at anytime," added Bruce Chizen, chief executive officer of Adobe Systems Incorporated. "We continue to push the boundaries of the digital universe. I look forward to offering my insights of the on demand industry to attendees of the conference."

Pesko added, "Digital communications Transmitting text, voice and video in binary form. See communications.  continues to revolutionize our industry and our businesses. With events like ON DEMAND we're all better able to stay on top of these changes so we can take full advantage of the opportunities they present to develop, improve and grow our businesses."

ON DEMAND is the leading conference and exposition dedicated to the strategies and technologies that will help drive digital printing business opportunities. These technologies can help organizations effectively utilize customized data capture from CRM (Customer Relationship Management) An integrated information system that is used to plan, schedule and control the presales and postsales activities in an organization.  databases, Web sites, and call centers to create variable text, images, and graphics in order to dramatically improve customer and prospect communications. For more than 10 years, print-for-profit, in-plant printers, marketing and communications professionals, operations and production managers, IT professionals, and corporate executives have been attending ON DEMAND.

Keynote sessions are free to all ON DEMAND Conference & Expo attendees. For additional information, please visit www.ondemandexpo.com.

To register please call 888-824-3004 or, visit www.ondemandexpo.com.

About Questex Media Group, Inc.

ON DEMAND is produced by Questex Media Group, Inc. (www.questex.com), a global, diversified business-to-business integrated media provider, headquartered in Newton, MA. Questex serves multiple industries including technology, beauty, travel, hospitality, leisure, home entertainment, industrial and specialty services through a range of well-established, market-leading publications, events, interactive media and integrated marketing services. The company's properties include 23 trade publications, 50 websites, 25 conferences and tradeshows. Questex has more than 400 employees in offices throughout North America, South America, Asia and Europe.

About InfoTrends

InfoTrends is the leading worldwide market research and strategic consulting firm for the digital imaging and document solutions industries. It provides research, analysis, forecasts, and advice to help clients understand market trends, identify opportunities, and develop strategies to grow their businesses.
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