From the left; Russ Newton, Larry Brush, and Raul Campos
Russ Newton, general manager
of Bay Area Production Services and incoming president of the International
Newspaper Group conference, recently spoke to News & Tech about his vision
for the ING 2019 Conference. ING is a not-for-profit organization composed of
international newspaper operations executives and industry suppliers, which
meets once a year to exchange information.
News &
Tech: What is the mission of the International Newspaper Group (ING)?
Newton: ING
serves the newspaper industry by providing the premiere annual networking forum
for executive-level print production & operations leadership to creatively
exchange best practices and accelerate innovation toward improving production,
and for vendor peers to help engage, enhance and empower our print operations
to maximize cost effectiveness, productivity and profit.
News & Tech: Who should attend the ING
conferences?
News & Tech: What is the benefit to
executives?
ING is the
one event you must attend to learn how your fellow production/operations leaders
and suppliers are navigating the sea of change affecting our businesses.
All the
major vendors attend the conference too and are there to help educate and share
user experiences as well. This makes ING a great place to network with peers
and vendors. If you have a project going on, having all the vendors in one
place is good. For the vendors, having all the decision-makers in one place is
a gold mine.
Attendees
can have one-on-one meetings with just about all the decision-makers in the
industry. Participating in ING’s short Friday evening gathering/Saturday forum
affords executives the chance to meet and mingle with other executives who have
similar jobs as yours with many of the same issues and challenges you face. And
they might have figured out a solution to a problem that you can use, too! Or
have ideas on new revenue streams, or new ways of reducing costs. At the very
least, getting to know others in the industry can come in handy when you need a
part at 2:00 a.m.
Another
benefit—we have linked our annual conference dates to mesh with PRINT; their
show starts on Sunday so you can stay an extra day to see all the vendors’
equipment at the show. Plus, there are lots of great restaurants in Chicago as well!
News & Tech: What’s new for 2019?
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