Questex Media Group, Inc.’s On Demand Conference & Exposition, the preeminent event for commercial printers, publishers, and in-plant printing professionals, was held this week at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center. The Exposition & Conference was co-located with the AIIM international Exposition & Conference, the largest, most comprehensive content and information management event in North America. Both events brought together representatives from 125 Fortune 500 companies registered for this year’s event, which attracted nearly 25,000 visitors from 50 states and more than 75 countries, including international printing delegates from China, Italy, Japan and Russia.

"The success of the Exposition and Conference demonstrates the critical importance of the digital printing marketplace," said Debra Brown, event director, On Demand Conference & Exposition, Questex Media Group. “The conference program attracted global business and technology professionals, while the Expo floor was filled with attendees exploring innovative technology solutions. We are very pleased that the event was so well received from attendees, exhibitors and sponsors.”

The show floor buzzed with product launches and major announcements from more than 175 exhibitors showcasing the hottest products and technologies from the on demand printing industry. Over 40 of the companies exhibiting were new to the event.

The Xplor Document University Global Conference & Exhibition, hosted its event in conjunction with the Conference and Exposition. Together all three events create the world’s largest information, digital printing, document and content management event.

The headline keynote, entitled “The Power of Simplicity,” was presented by David Pogue, best-selling author and New York Times personal technology columnist and Matthew Glotzbach, Head of Products, Google Enterprise. Charles A. Pesko, Executive Vice President, Questex Media Group presented a State of the Industry keynote entitled “From Print to Marketing Service Provider.” A keynote panel “Reflections on Super Tuesday: What’s at Stake & What’s to Come” was presented by Patrick J. Buchanan, political analyst, former advisor to three U.S. Presidents, and two-time Republican Presidential candidate and Howard Fineman, Newsweek Senior Washington correspondent and NBC News political analyst; and moderated by Carlos Watson, a former CNN News political commentator. Jim Hamilton, Group Director, InfoTrends, moderated the keynote panel “Emerging Technologies and What to Expect in 2008” and Barb Pellow, Group Leader, InfoTrends, moderated a keynote panel examining “The Changing Media Mix: A Marketing Perspective.”