{"id":10989,"date":"2015-01-15T15:35:40","date_gmt":"2015-01-15T20:35:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/?p=10989"},"modified":"2015-01-15T15:35:40","modified_gmt":"2015-01-15T20:35:40","slug":"sell-out-attendance-for-larger-efi-users-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/news\/2015\/01\/sell-out-attendance-for-larger-efi-users-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Sell-out Attendance for Larger EFI Users\u2019 Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"

Customer pre-registrations grow 20% for annual Las Vegas print industry event<\/em><\/p>\n

FREMONT, California — January 14, 2015 —<\/em> EFI\u2122 will once again set a new record in attendees for its 15-\u00a0year-old Connect users\u2019 conference with a sellout crowd of more than 1,500 EFI customers, partners and\u00a0employees registering for the January 20-23 event at the Las Vegas Wynn Resort. EFI customer\u00a0attendance at Connect grew significantly, with customer registrations up 20% from Connect 2014.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis year\u2019s conference sold out nearly a week earlier than last year, even though we secured\u00a0incremental accommodations to have more customers attend in 2015,\u201d said Frank Mallozzi, EFI\u2019s senior\u00a0vice president of worldwide sales and marketing. \u201cWe are very excited to welcome our customers and\u00a0partners to what will be one of the best industry education and networking events of the year.\u201d<\/p>\n

EFI users from 25 different countries are attending, making this year\u2019s conference the most international\u00a0Connect conference to date. Attendees will benefit from a complete slate of expert industry information\u00a0covering many of the detailed workflow, business management and marketing strategies printing\u00a0companies can use to fuel their success. The conference\u2019s 200+ educational sessions include technical\u00a0expert training for MIS\/ERP workflow, web-to-print, eCommerce, digital front end print management\u00a0and inkjet production printing using EFI\u2019s award-winning product portfolio.<\/p>\n

Attendees this year will have the opportunity to hear insights from keynote speakers Thomas Quinlan,\u00a0CEO of RR Donnelley, and Avi Reichental, CEO of 3D Systems, as well as from EFI leadership. The\u00a0conference also features a business development track developed and led by senior consultants from\u00a0industry analyst firm InfoTrends. And, for the first time, the conference will be co-located with the 2015\u00a0AMSP\/NAPL\/NAQP Executive Leadership Summit.<\/p>\n

In addition to exhibits from EFI\u2019s industry leading portfolio of Fiery digital front end technologies, print\u00a0MIS\/ERP software, web-to-print and eCommerce systems, and UV inkjet printers, EFI Connect will\u00a0include exhibits from partner companies, including Xerox, which is an exclusive platinum sponsor for the\u00a0conference; gold sponsors Canon and Kodak; and bronze sponsors 3M Commercial Graphics; AccuZIP;\u00a0BCC Software; Esko; ESP\/SurgeX; Honle UV America; Heytex Corp.; Konica Minolta; MBM Corp.; the Print\u00a0and Graphics Scholarship Foundation; Ricoh Production Print; and Z\u00fcnd.<\/p>\n

For more information about EFI products, visit www.efi.com or call 1-800-875-7117.<\/p>\n

About EFI<\/em><\/p>\n

EFI\u2122 (www.efi.com) is a worldwide provider of products, technology and services leading the\u00a0transformation of analog to digital imaging. Based in Silicon Valley, with offices around the globe, the\u00a0company’s powerful integrated product portfolio includes digital front-end servers; superwide, wide-\u00a0format, label and ceramic inkjet presses and inks; production workflow, web to print, and business\u00a0automation software; and office, enterprise and mobile cloud solutions. These products allow users to\u00a0produce, communicate and share information in an easy and effective way, and enable businesses to\u00a0increase their profits, productivity, and efficiency.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Customer pre-registrations grow 20% for annual Las Vegas print industry event FREMONT, California — January 14, 2015 — EFI\u2122 will once again set a new record in attendees for its 15-\u00a0year-old Connect users\u2019 conference with a sellout crowd of more than 1,500 EFI customers, partners and\u00a0employees registering for the January 20-23 event at the Las Vegas Wynn Resort. EFI customer\u00a0attendance at Connect grew significantly, with customer registrations up 20% from Connect 2014. \u201cThis year\u2019s conference sold out nearly a week earlier than last year, even though we secured\u00a0incremental accommodations to have more customers attend in 2015,\u201d said Frank Mallozzi, EFI\u2019s senior\u00a0vice president of worldwide sales and marketing. \u201cWe are very excited to welcome our customers and\u00a0partners to what will be one of the best industry education and networking events of the year.\u201d EFI users from 25 different countries are attending, making this year\u2019s conference the most international\u00a0Connect conference to date. Attendees will benefit from a complete slate of expert industry information\u00a0covering many of the detailed workflow, business management and marketing strategies printing\u00a0companies can use to fuel their success. The conference\u2019s 200+ educational sessions include technical\u00a0expert training for MIS\/ERP workflow, web-to-print, eCommerce, digital front end print management\u00a0and inkjet production printing using EFI\u2019s award-winning product portfolio. Attendees this year will have the opportunity to hear insights from keynote speakers Thomas Quinlan,\u00a0CEO of RR Donnelley, and Avi Reichental, CEO of 3D Systems, as well as from EFI leadership. The\u00a0conference also features a business development track developed and led by senior consultants from\u00a0industry analyst firm InfoTrends. And, for the first time, the conference will be co-located with the 2015\u00a0AMSP\/NAPL\/NAQP Executive Leadership Summit. In addition to exhibits from EFI\u2019s industry leading portfolio of Fiery digital front end technologies, print\u00a0MIS\/ERP software, web-to-print and eCommerce systems, and UV inkjet printers, EFI Connect will\u00a0include exhibits from partner companies, including Xerox, which is an exclusive platinum sponsor for the\u00a0conference; gold sponsors Canon and Kodak; and bronze sponsors 3M Commercial Graphics; AccuZIP;\u00a0BCC Software; Esko; ESP\/SurgeX; Honle UV America; Heytex Corp.; Konica Minolta; MBM Corp.; the Print\u00a0and Graphics Scholarship Foundation; Ricoh Production Print; and Z\u00fcnd. For more information about EFI products, visit www.efi.com or call 1-800-875-7117. About EFI EFI\u2122 (www.efi.com) is a worldwide provider of products, technology and services leading the\u00a0transformation of analog to digital imaging. Based in Silicon Valley, with offices around the globe, the\u00a0company’s powerful integrated product portfolio includes digital front-end servers; superwide, wide-\u00a0format, label and ceramic inkjet presses and inks; production workflow, web to print, and business\u00a0automation software; and office, enterprise and mobile cloud solutions. These products allow users to\u00a0produce, communicate and share information in an easy and effective way, and enable businesses to\u00a0increase their profits, productivity, and efficiency.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[86],"tags":[179],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10989"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/67"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10989"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10989\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10990,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10989\/revisions\/10990"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}