International Scientific-Practical Conference
Innovations in Publishing, Printing and Multimedia Technologies
2023
KAUNO KOLEGIJA HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTION
FACULTY OF TECHNOLOGIES
DEPARTMENT OF MEDIA TECHNOLOGIES
We kindly invite you to participate in the scientific-practical conference INNOVATIONS IN PUBLISHING, PRINTING AND MULTIMEDIA TECHNOLOGIES 2023, which will be held
on 26-27 April 2023.
CONFERENCE WILL TAKE PLACE in Pramonės pr. 22, LT-50468 Kaunas, Lithuania. The conference will be held in a hybrid mode. You can attend physically or virtually.
TOPICS AND AREAS

Computer-aided design for graphics, digital media and advertising

Innovations of prepress and printing processes, advertising production

Multimedia products for the media, television, internet and social networks

Publishing, printing, information and multimedia technologies in science and studies

Print quality, standardisation, management of media companies and processes

Visual media communication, innovation and impact on society
SPEAKERS

Sean Branagan
Sean Branagan is a serial entrepreneur, interactive marketer, educator and evangelist for innovation and startups. He is the inaugural director of the Center for Digital Media Entrepreneurship at Syracuse University’s prestigious S.I Newhouse School of Public Communications, Chief Instigator of Media- Nxt.org, as well as creator and commissioner of Student Startup Madness (at SXSW), a national collegiate startup tournament.

Christian Greim
Christian Greim is currently doing a Doctorate in colour management at Mittweida University of Applied Sciences. Christian’s thesis on moirés was awarded a prize by the Dr.Ing. E.h. Hubert H.A. Sternberg Foundation. As a technical assistant in the design department at the Bauhaus Dessau at the Anhalt University of Applied Sciences, was responsible for pre-press, large format printing, screen printing, consulting on offset printing. From there, he moved to Mittweida University of Applied Sciences as a research assistant, lecturer and practical supervisor for printing and pre-press, where he set up a print shop.

Kenneth L. Macro, Jr.
Kenneth L. Macro, Jr. is a professor of Graphic Communication at the California Polytechnic State University USA) leading courses in operations, production, human resources management, marketing and sales, and entrepreneurialism. He specializes in lean manufacturing,
knowledge management, and epistemology.

Anastasios E. Politis

Uldis Cerbulis
Telecommunications engineer and master of business administration by education, he has spent 34 years in printing business, with special interests in prepress, color management, workflow, terminology, history and more. Last 18 years holds the position of marketing manager at Heidelberg Baltic Finland. Regular guest of Kauno kolegija IPPMT conference.

Csaba Horvath
Dr. Csaba Horvath is a professor of the Rejto Sandor Faculty of Light Industry and Environmental Engineering at Obuda University, Hungary. His areas of research include printing technologies, operating and maintenance of printing machinery, print media management and environmental engineering. The author of over 160 publications on printing and related topics.
PROGRAMME
10.00 - 10.10 Welcoming Address and Opening of the Conference
Giedrius Gecevičius, Dean of the Faculty of Technologies, Kauno kolegija HEI, Lithuania
Daiva Sajek, Head of the Department of Media Technologies, Faculty of Technologies, Kauno kolegija HEI, Lithuania
10.10 - 11.40 PLENARY SESSION
10.10 – 10.40 Sean Branagan
Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University, USA
Social Media is Dead, The Metaverse is More Hype than Reality, and the Creator Economy is Already Here
10.40 – 11.00 Christian Greim
Mittweida University of Applied Sciences, Germany
The Technology is not the Problem, but the People
11.00 – 11.20 Kenneth Macro
California Polytechnic State University, USA
The New U.S. Graphic CommUNICATION Curriculum: An expanded taxonomy
11.20 – 11.40 Csaba Horvath, Tamas Loss, Kornel Remete
Obuda University, Alfoldi Nyomda Co., Hungary
Shaping the European Future with Books
12.00 - 13.30 VIRTUAL SESSION
12.00 – 12.10 Anastasios E. Politis
HELGRAMED & GRAPHMEDLAB, IC Chairperson, Greece
Activities from the IC – the International Circle of Educational Institutes of Graphic- Media Technology and Management
12.10 – 12.30 Vassiliki Belessi, Apostolos Koutsioukis, Theodora Philippakopoulou, Vasilios Georgakilas
University of West Attica, University of Patras, Greece
Flexo And Screen Printing of Graphene/Multiwall Carbon Nanotube Hybrid
12.30 – 12.50 Vladislav Berežok
Kauno kolegija HEI, Lithuania
The influence of artificial intelligence on media culture, art and animation
12.50 – 13.10 Katalin Orgovan
Patria Printing House Co., Hungary
Women in print: a special case study
13.10 – 13.30 Yeter Beris
Istanbul Beykent University, Faculty of Fine Arts, Turkey
Evaluation of fine arts print production with artist’s opinions in contemporary art presentation
14.30 - 16.30 LIVE SESSION
14.30 – 14.50 Uldis Cerbulis
Heidelberg Baltic Finland, Latvia
Knowledge spectrum of printing and graphic arts
14.50 – 15.10 Kristupas Vitkus
beCreatives, Lithuania
The importance and improvements of the speed of video editing
15.10 – 15.30 Dagnija Vanaga, Martins Kalnins, Uldis Grinfelds, Arnis Treimanis
Institute of Polymer Materials, Riga Technical University; State Institute of Wood Chemistry, Latvia
Defect “Ghosting” as a result of the Interaction of paper and printing Ink. From science to production
15.30 – 15.50 Gerūta Sprindytė
Kauno kolegija HEI, Lithuania
Peculiarities and methods of students’ creative project activities
REGISTRATION
CONFERENCE LANGUAGE: English.
THE TOTAL TIME allotted to each speaker – 20 minutes.
Key dates:
Publications:
CONFERENCE FEE
Conference fee is 50 €. It includes organisational expenses, peer-review and publication.
The fee has to be paid to the bank account of Kauno kolegija Higher Education Institution:
Company code: 111965284
Account number: LT287300010002229776
Bank AB Swedbank
Bank code: 73000, SWIFT code: BIC-HABALT22
Payment purpose should include the text ‘IPPMT 2023 conference fee’ for ……. (participant’s name and surname)
* The fee does not cover expenses for travelling and accommodation
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CONTACT
Kauno kolegija Higher Education Institution
Faculty of Technologies
Department of Media Technologies
Pramonės pr. 20, LT-50468 Kaunas, Lithuania
Contact person
Renata Gudaitienė
E-mail: konferencija.md@go.kauko.lt
E-mail: renata.gudaitiene@go.kauko.lt
Tel. +370 675 06 789