During the past few years, there has been a major emphasis by the National Association of Printing Ink Manufacturers (NAPIM) to improve the National Printing Ink Research Institute’s (NPIRI) Annual Technical Conference. The reasons for all the time and energy put into redeveloping the focus of the conference are fairly clear. Due to cost concerns, there has been a decline in attendance at practically all industry functions, and NPIRI has not been immune to these decreases. There has been a legi...