Holiday Breakfast & Annual Meeting

PIAG Holiday Breakfast & Annual Meeting

Celebrate 2024 and toast to the new year at PIAG’s Annual Meeting, now happening in December! Embrace the holiday spirit during a morning filled with inspiration and collaboration. Engage with your association by connecting with your colleagues, fostering new relationships, learning from a featured speaker, and participating in the association’s leadership elections.

• View Leadership Slate
• Keynote Speaker
• Donate to Children's Book Drive
• Registration Pricing

Online Registration Has Closed. On Site Registration is Available. 

Printing Outlook 2025 - and Beyond

Hear insights on current and expected print business conditions, top business challenges & opportunities, planned investments, hiring plans, automation, and AI based on WhatTheyThink’s annual Business Outlook Survey data.

The session will also include an industry forecast to 2033 and technology and cultural trends the industry should prepare for as we head into 2025.

2025 Outlook Survey: WhatTheyThink is currently conducting its annual outlook survey of printing executives about how their business fared in 2024 and what their outlook and plans for 2025 and beyond are. How did you do this year? What is your outlook for next year? Please take 8-10 minutes to complete this survey and help provide important industry data. Complete Survey

About the Presenter:

Richard Romano
Managing Editor at WhatTheyThink

Richard Romano has been writing about the graphic communications industry for more than 25 years. In his current role as Managing Editor for WhatTheyThink, he coordinates industry news and video, analyzes industry data, and curates the Wide Format section. Mr. Romano is the author or co-author of more than half a dozen books on printing technology and business, the most recent being Beyond Paper: An Interactive Guide to Wide-Format and Specialty Printing.

Children's Book Drive

In conjunction with the Annual Meeting, we will be accepting book donations for Children Read, a local non-profit seeking to improve the reading skills of pre-kindergarten aged children in low-income families. 

Donate your gently used or new books for young children in low income families in the Atlanta area. We will have a collection basket on site at the Annual Meeting. 

Books need to be for children ages 5 and under, and can include baby books, alphabet books, number books, and animal books. Coloring books, Activity books, Textbooks, Scribbled in books, or Damaged books cannot be accepted. View a list of recommended titles. 

You can also order new books through Children Read's Amazon Wish List. Please include your name and company name in the gift message so that we may include your donation in our total count. 

Learn More about Children Read

Registration:

Full registration includes breakfast, annual business meeting, and keynote speaker.

• Early Bird (ends 11/8/24) - $95 member / $115 guest
• Regular (after 11/8/24) - $115 member / $140 guest

Sponsorship Opportunities:

• Keynote Sponsor (1 available) — $1,500
• Parking Sponsor (1 available) — $750
• Annual Meeting Supporter (up to 10 available) — $500

Cancellation Policy
Cancellation by December 6 warrants a refund less a 25% administrative fee. Cancellations after December 6 will not be refunded. Name changes/transfers are always welcome.

Acknowledgment of Enhanced Safety and Health Measures
Registration and attendance at, or participation in, PIAG’s in person events constitutes an agreement by the registrant to abide by PIAG’s and the host property's efforts to comply with current CDC recommendations (and any state of Georgia requirements) and to engage in certain health-and-safety-beneficial conduct while attending the event as requested by PIAG (not attending the event if feeling sick or showing certain symptoms). 

Consent for Use of Photographic Images
Registration and attendance at, or participation in, PIAG meetings and other activities constitutes an agreement by the registrant to PIAG’s use and distribution (now and in the future) of the registrant or attendee’s image or voice in photographs, videotapes, electronic reproductions and audiotapes of such events and activities.