Impressions - January 2020 - 50

Conference Schedule

SCREEN PRINTING

S06 Art Preparation in CorelDRAW for Apparel
Decoration and Personalization
Room 102A
Craig Mertens, Digital Art Solutions
3000-4000
Preparing artwork for production in CorelDRAW for can
be a complex and intimidating process. Follow one graphic
through the design process as it is adapted for multiple
production processes.

S07 Mastering CorelDRAW
Room 102B
Denise Arends, Action Illustrated
1000-4000
Mastering CorelDRAW is a sensible and easy-to-understand
approach to utilizing the tools and features of CorelDRAW
to create exciting production ready artwork.

S08 What's Hot: 2020 Apparel Trends and
How to Print Them
Room 101B
Jenna Sackett, Stahls'
1000-4000
Spark your apparel sales with the hottest products in
apparel and heat printing. Join the Stahls' educators to learn
new products and heat printing techniques that will grow
your business in 2020!

S09 How to Increase Your Margins and Produce New
Products With a Heat Press and a Vinyl Cutter
Room 103A
Matt Vassallo, TRW
1000-4000
Don't waste time and money trying to figure out these best
practices on your own. We've gone through miles of vinyl,
botched cuts and bad presses so you don't have to. Learn
form experience.

EMBROIDERY

DIGITIZING

DIGITAL DECORATING

BUSINESS

FRIDAY, JANUARY 17
10:45 AM - 12:00 PM
S10 "Good" Designs from Interview to Execution
Room 102C
Erich Campbell, BriTon Leap
1000-2000
Learn what makes an embroidery design "good" from
customer and embroidery perspectives. Learn to interview
better, analyze art and suggest necessary alterations,
making consultation your strength.

S11 3 Paths to 7-Figure Business:
How Growth Can Happen - A Panel Discussion
Room 101A
Chris Bernat (mod), Vapor Apparel, Brett Bowden,
Printed Threads, and Tom Davenport, Motion
Screenprinting
1000-4000
Join three decorated apparel business owners who have
built seven- and and eight-figure printing businesses in three
distinct ways. This panel discussion will highlight how each
took a very different path to growth, from contract printing
to Amazon.

S12 Sublimation 2020: Going Beyond Polyester
Room 101B
Jimmy Lamb, Sawgrass
2000-4000
New technologies in sublimation are pushing the envelope
past the world of poly. Sublimation on cotton, vinyl, flock,
twill and even darks is now possible. See it, learn it, live it!

S13 How to Motivate Hourly Employees
Room 102A
Lindsay Anvik, See Endless, Inc.
2000-4000

FRIDAY, JANUARY 17
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Our staff is an extension of ourselves. Making sure they
are happy and motivated is a crucial piece of having a
successful business. This seminar teaches you how to
motivate hourly employees.

W13 Advanced Auto Screen Printing Workshop
Room 104C
Charlie Taublieb, Taublieb Consulting
3000-4000

S14 Index Separations for Screen Printing
Room 102B
Thomas Trimingham, M&R Companies
3000

This advanced workshop will focus on everything starting
with artwork and then following through to the separations,
screen making, registration and automatic press set-up. This
session is for owners, production managers, press operators
and graphic designers.

The seminar will show how to prepare artwork, select
colors, create an underbase, and how to build a digital proof.

S15 Embroidery Machine Tension
Room 103A
Bill Garvin, BG Tech Services
1000-4000
Understand what the tension knobs on your machine are
for. We will cover proper tension settings, bobbin tensions
and tension tests. We will discuss thread choice and what
changes.

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