Registration is now open for the Print &
Packaging Legislative Summit 2018, coming June 19–20 to Washington, D.C. The
Legislative Summit will bring printers, packaging converters, technology and
consumable suppliers and allied interests together for public policy and
political education, as well as direct interaction with members of Congress and
the Administration to discuss hot-button policy issues.
The co-hosts of the Legislative Summit are AICC,
the Independent Packaging Association; the Association for Print Technologies
(APTechSM), formerly NPES; the Fibre Box Association (FBA); Printing Industries
of America (PIA); Idealliance; and Specialty Graphic Imaging Association
(SGIA). Additionally, lending their support are Legislative Summit sponsors:
Tag and Label Manufacturers Institute, Inc. (TLMI), Packsize, FalcoSult, Book
Manufacturers Institute (BMI), National Association of Printing Ink
Manufacturers (NAPIM) and Resolute Forest Products.
Representing a $1.4 trillion share of the US economy,
the thriving printing, packaging and mailing industry employs 7.5 million
workers. At the same time, it is challenged by a transformed market where
digital electronic communication competes directly with traditional paper-based
mail and advertising, a shortage of qualified workers and laws and regulations
that stifle business growth. Industry executives will engage in a one-of-a-kind
legislative experience, networking with peers and colleagues from across the
nation and culminating in face-to-face meetings designed to advocate for action
on critical issues that impact the industry that include:
- Boosting long-run US GDP by making 100% expensing permanent;
- Keeping rising postage rates in check, by enacting postal reform legislation that would financially stabilize the US Postal Service;
- Preserving access to important paper-based information and services for Americans who prefer them or depend on them, by endorsing the efforts of the Coalition for Paper Options;
- Bringing printing, imaging and mailing industry employers together with qualified workers, by supporting community-based educational programs that prepare job-seekers with the skills needed to be successful in modern graphic communications careers;
- Working to facilitate the possibility of association health plans (AHPs);
- Expanding global markets and helping US manufacturers compete more effectively for the 95% of the world market outside of the United States, by supporting fair trade agreements and opposing economically harmful tariffs;
- Further reducing government regulatory costs;
- Curtailing “patent troll” abuses while also protecting intellectual property rights; and,
- Protecting data privacy, both domestically and in international commerce.
To educate policymakers and favorably influence
members of Congress to act, advocates must present compelling information about
the importance of this key US industry that puts America to work. C-suite
executives of printing, packaging, mailing and graphic communication technology
companies along with executives with responsibility for environmental/health
and safety, human resources, legal, postal, tax, technology and/or sales are
especially encouraged to attend.
For the latest information about the Print &
Packaging Legislative Summit 2018 as the program elements and speakers are
announced, to register and to reserve hotel accommodations, visit:
www.printpackagingsummit.com.
