Jointly Organized by The Hong Kong Printers Association & IDEAlliance
"The 1st Asia G7 Summit – Global Printing Standardization"

Featured prominent overseas speakers and experts from IDEAlliance and ISO TC 130
Explored the implementation of ISO 12647 standards in production processes and the benefits by using G7
Attracted over 250 industry players from printing and related industries

Hosted by The Hong Kong Printers Association & IDEAlliance, "The 1st Asia G7 Summit – Global Printing Standardization" was successfully held on 15th November 2011 at All in Print China. The one-day Summit attracted over 250 print-media and related industry players from China, Hong Kong, Japan, India and USA.

In recent years, G7 has become more and more popular in Greater China and Asia, which is widely considered as the future global trend. Hence, The Hong Kong Printers Association and IDEAlliance organized "The 1st Asia G7 Summit", with the purpose of introducing the benefits of G7 and printing standardization, so as to bring more latest and printing standardization related information to the industry.

Mr. Jackson Leung, Vice Chairman of The Hong Kong Printers Association and Mr. Joe Fazzi, Vice President of IDEAlliance delivered their welcome speeches to all participants and announced the opening of the Summit. The Organizer had invited prominent experts like Mr. Joe Fazzi, Vice President of IDEAlliance Media Production Technologies, Mr. Steve Smiley, ISO TC130 Expert, Mr. Ron Ellis, Chair of GRACoL Working Group of IDEAlliance and so on to the Summit, sharing with participants the concept and significance of G7, how ISO 12647 can be effectively put into practice, the application of G7 in digital printing, as well as the introduction of G7 PCC (G7 Process Control and Conformance) and PSA (Printing Standards Audit). A G7 Expert, Mr. Chen Ya Xiong, who is also CTO & Deputy Manager of C&C Security Printing Co., (Shenzhen) Ltd., was also invited to the Summit sharing with participants the successful experience on color management and process control, and further to the achievement of stability on product quality. Furthermore, Mr. Chris Winczewski from X-Rite and Mr. Kazuyuki Fukui from Konica Minolta had delivered speeches titled "Instrument Measurement and Analysis" and "Meeting Expectations for Digital Press" respectively. In the Question and Answer session, the audience passionately raised questions regarding the speeches delivered by speakers and the Summit ended with lots of applause.

The Summit was co-organized by The Printing Technology Association of China; and undertaken by Advanced Printing Technology Centre. It can also be treated as a successful event with the enthusiastic support from China Academy of Printing Technology, Shanghai Printing Trade Association, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Keyin Media, Hong Kong Design Institute and Pro-Act Training and Development Centre (Printing). Furthermore, a big thanks to our sponsors, they are Konica Minolta, X-Rite, CGS, Dainippon Screen, Fujifilm, GMI and manroland.

Highlights of the Summit:
- G7 & ISO 12647
- Instrument Measurement and Analysis
- Process Control in Pressroom
- G7 in Digital Printing
- Meeting Expectations for Digital Press
- G7 Master Program in Greater China
- Next Step of G7 Master – G7 PCC & PSA

Prominent Speakers:
- Mr. Joe Fazzi (Vice President of IDEAlliance Media Production Technologies, US)
- Mr. Steve Smiley (Director of Color Technology of Vertis Communication, US; Expert of ISO TC130 / WG2, WG3, WG4)
- Mr. Ron Ellis (Chair of IDEAlliance GRACoL Working Group, IDEAlliance, US and Chairman of Ron Ellis Consulting)
- Mr. Chris Winczewski (Director, Product Marketing and Application Support, Asia Pacific, X-Rite)
- Mr. Kazuyuki Fukui (General Manager of Production Printing Products Development Center, Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.)
- Mr. Chen Ya Xiong (CTO & Deputy General Manager, C&C Security Printing Co., (Shenzhen) Ltd. and G7 Expert)
- Ms. Brenda Pang (Centre Manager of Advanced Printing Technology Centre / IDEAlliance – China)

Content of the Summit can be downloaded from:
http://www.aptec.vtc.edu.hk/idealliance-china//resource_centre/resource_centre_EN.php 　

Enquiry:
Ms. Christine Cheung, Secretary-General of The Hong Kong Printers Association
Tel: (852) 2527-5092
Email: christine@hkprinters.org

Ms. Brenda Pang, Centre Manager of Advanced Printing and Technology Centre
Tel: (852) 2243-7370
Email: brendaok@vtc.edu.hk

Onsite Photos:

Mr. Ho Kar Hun, Life Honorary President (1st row, right 4), Mr. Jackson Leung, Vice Chairman (2nd row, right 2), Mr. Alex Yan, Vice Chairman (1st row, left 2) and Mr. Peter Tse, Vice Chairman of The Hong Kong Printers Association and Chairman of Organizing Committee of Summit (1st row, left 1) poses for a group photo with the representatives of the Co-organizer, Supporting Organizations, sponsors, as well as our speakers.


Welcome Speech by Mr. Jackson Leung


Welcome Address by Mr. Joe Fazzi


The Summit attracted over 250 printing and related industry players from Mainland China, Hong Kong, Japan, India, US.


The Summit attracted over 250 printing and related industry players from Mainland China, Hong Kong, Japan, India, US.

Background of the Hong Kong Printers Association

The Hong Kong Printers Association (HKPA) is the longest-history and most representative printing organization in Hong Kong. Since its establishment over 70 years ago, HKPA has not only witnessed the development of the industry, but has also grown with it.

With more and more Hong Kong printers moving their production line to Mainland China, HKPA has over the years established trust and a close relationship with relevant government departments and printing organizations in Mainland China. HKPA is determined to turn the Greater Pearl River Delta into the printing centre of the world. Also, HKPA is one of the board members of World Print and Communication Forum (WPCF).

HKPA circulates industry updates through its publication, Hong Kong Print Media (HKPM) and its website <www.hkprinters.org>. It promotes Hong Kong printing industry and exchanges within the industry by organizing various functions such as seminars, study missions, luncheons, and social activities.

Advanced Printing Technology Centre (APTEC) is the subsidiary of HKPA, providing the latest technological information for printing industry through its professional training and consultation services. It is also an exclusive partner of IDEAlliance in Greater China and an Adobe Authorized Training Centre. Its representatives are the 1st batch of Fogra PSO Partner in China.

Website: www.hkprinters.org

Background of Advanced Printing and Technology Centre

In September 1999, the Hong Kong Printers Association and the Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education (Kwun Tong) jointly organized a project to assist the local printing and publishing companies to migrate to the latest digital production workflow. Based on a HK$8.58 million funding from the Innovation and Technology Fund, the Advanced Printing Technology Centre (APTEC) was established at IVE (Kwun Tong) on 3rd May, 2000.

Although the project under Innovation and Technology Fund was successfully completed on 31st January 2003, APTEC continues its services to the industry by operating in a self financing mode. Starting from 1st Feb 2003, APTEC is incorporated as a subsidiary company of the Hong Kong Printers Association and supported by Vocational Training Council, still located at the Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education (Kwun Tong).

With the generous support from major equipment suppliers, APTEC has set up a state-of-the-art digital printing production environment with equipment and software having a total value of HK$15 million. The scale of APTEC is comparable to similar centers in Europe and the United States.

Through various technical seminars, training courses (professional courses and Skills Upgrading Scheme Plus), testing and consultancy services, APTEC has been striving to promote a wide acceptance of digital print workflow by disseminating the latest information of digital printing technology. Since the establishment of APTEC, over 15,000 practitioners attended the training courses offered by APTEC. Now, APTEC is the only Adobe Authorized Training Centre that offers printing related courses, which indicates our professional status in the industry. In 2009, APTEC successfully passed HKCAAVQ accreditation and became one of the first private training providers in printing and publishing industries to provide SCS-based courses under the Qualifications Framework.

To increase awareness of printing standardization, IDEAlliance and APTEC have formed a partnership－ "IDEAlliance-China" on the 1st of July 2007 to advance IDEAlliance Specifications across Taiwan, Macau, Hong Kong and China. APTEC serves as the exclusive partner for IDEAlliance programs in Greater China to certify G7 Master. Since 2010, APTEC has successfully obtained Germany Forga PSO Partner qualification which can conduct Forga PSO certification. It is worth mentioning that APTEC representative was appointed as the member of National Technical Committee 170 on Printing of Standardization Administration of China, and ISO TC130 expert.

Website：www.aptec.vtc.edu.hk