Digital Ad Lab UK (DAL UK)

February 2006

2006 Sponsors
DAL welcomes our 2006 sponsors, especially SAVVIS who remain as principle sponsor. Co-sponsors for this year are efi, Markzware, Kodak, exponential-e, DuPont, Turning Point Technologies and filetransfer.co.uk.

SAVVIS Sponsor Update
Please click here to get the latest news from SAVVIS.

Standards – what is out there and why
John Charnock gave a very enlightening presentation about all the standards bodies that are out there. Please click here to see his presentation.

Ghent PDF Workgroup update
Andy Psarianos kindly updated DAL participants as to the extensive work being carried out by this group, which is very far reaching. Please click here to see his presentation.

Monitor Proofing
As a follow up to the monitor proofing discussion at the October DAL meeting, Andrew Wilson gave an update as to the state of the nation. Members of the DAL Steering Committee have put together a document of key considerations, which can be seen by clicking here. Please note this document can be added to, so let us know if you have further comments.

Last time we discussed the proprietary nature of the soft proofing market, which is causing the industry concern as hard copy proofs are disappearing but there is no real alternative on offer. People do not want to have to invest in more than one solution to are keen for reassurance that there will be global openness between suppliers. However, there are currently no initiatives to establish this global openness, which will slow down adoption of this technology.

The feeling is that we are a million miles away from where we should be and if things aren’t resolved in the next couple of years, the opportunity for this technology will be lost. It was even commented that if we repeat the mess that is hard copy proofing that it will be an appalling indictment of this industry.

It was therefore suggested that Andrew Wilson try to organise a meeting of the key suppliers to get realistic comments as to how this situation is going to be resolved. Watch this space for an update!

DuPont Sponsor Update
Please click here to get the latest news from DuPont.

Any Other Business
IDEAlliance - Members of the DAL Committee met recently with IDEAlliance, a US operation that have taken over DAL US, DDAP and other industry bodies. We are currently communicating with this group to see what interoperability we can establish. Suggestions include a webinar and sharing of information. More news will follow, but please feel free to look on their website – www.idealliance.org.

DAL website – administration of the website has now been taken in house which will allow for speedier turnaround of meeting notes, news etc. There is also a chat forum available, so please feel free to take a look and contribute any thoughts or opinions.

Next meeting – this will take place at Ipex on Wednesday 5th April in the morning.

Attendees that signed in:

Alan Halls, JJays	Andrew Wilson, Unity
Andy Psarianos, FE Burman	Anthony Kay, ACCA
Ben Fitzwilliams, Colorbus	Bryan Sunderland
Chris Osborne, KPG	Christopher Reed, William Reed
Craig Santus, SAVVIS	Darren Parker, Admagic
Dave Smith, OneVision	Derek Milne, OneVision
Derek Whitehead, DDS	Elizabeth Schumacker, SAVVIS
Gary Voisey, DuPont	Gio Canterella, DataActive
John Charnock, St Ives	Laurie Pate, KPG
Marcus Kirby	Mark Maguire, TAG
Mike Palmer, Atelier	Nick Finegold, Icon
Altan Fadil, Canon	Andy Knaggs, PMM
Joanne Gardner, PrintWeek	Barney Cox, PrintWeek
Jack Bisset, Polestar	Rebecca Yegliss, VNU
Selena Smith-Taylor, William Reed	Robert Banbury, The Economist
Damaris Kuzminski, DataActive	Jim Walker, DuPont
Chris Bunnett	Paul Sherfield, Missing Horse
Peter Slaughter, FT	Richard Gambling, Zebra Online
Rob Fogwill, Adfast	Robert Berkely, Express KCS
Roy Topp, APPA	Savio Luis, SAVVIS
Sean Briggs, Natmags	Simon Evered, B1
Steve Ricks, Mondas	Vince Pittman, Square
Rob Brack, RBI	Hannah Newberry, DAL