Photo Imaging CONNECT announces additional sessions

The Dead Pixels Society announces more speakers and sessions for the Photo Imaging CONNECT conference, March 16-17, 2025, at the RIO Hotel and Resort in Las Vegas, NV. The conference has added sessions on the real business challenges and opportunities in consumer photo printing, sustainability and family heritage/legacy.

The new sessions are:

Sustainability in Print: Bullshit or Bullish?

Join us for this frank discussion of the realities of sustainability in print. Whether it’s environmental concerns, local and state regulations, consumer demand or employee recruitment and retainment, business owners and leaders will have to address their sustainability programs in 2025.

Speakers: Rick Bellamy, Inflecton, and Hans Scheffer, CEO, HelloPrint

Positioning the photo category for future success

Like many retail categories, the photo category is facing uncertain future. The way forward is to position “photo” and “personalization” to not only survive but dominate. No surprise, many consumers are cutting back, but they are indulging in affordable luxuries—especially ones that are meaningful and heartfelt, strengthen relationships, or bring personal happiness—plus photo has the added endorphin rush that personal creativity brings. Photo as a category has the potential to blow up, as people are now celebrating “minorstones,” integrating ethnicities and younger consumers (Gen Z is now engaged), which adds/expands beyond the traditional holiday, birthday, baby, grad, etc. As it relates to DIY, photo has an emotive power no other gift has.

Speaker: Wendi Flores, Foto Crush

The family legacy/heritage opportunity

The digitization potential of more than a century of family images and mementos is an amazing opportunity for the industry. From services to digitize images, to preserving family documents, capturing stories for future generations, and on to amazing output products, this session will discuss the entire ecosystem.

Panel moderator: Rob Comeau, Advertek Printing. Panelists to be announced

These sessions join the speaker line up of Jeremy Wills, principal analyst, Pro Displays & Imaging,  Futuresource Consulting, presenting US and Western European Photo Markets – Post-Pandemic Revival; and Hans Hartman, Principal, of Suite 48 Analytics and conference chair, Visual 1st, on Photo printing monetization opportunities in a fast-changing photo imaging value chain. Click here for the details.

In a special partnership with WPPI, the Dead Pixels Society is hosting an executive-level conference to bring together various sectors of the photo/imaging industry to discuss trends, opportunities, new technologies, and more in an intimate setting. Early bird registration is now open; save $60 off the full conference fee by clicking here. Your registration for the Photo Imaging CONNECT conference includes a show badge for the WPPI trade show, March 18-20, 2025. This is a full conference pass ($119 value) which gets you into all the classes and WPPI parties.

The speaking lineup includes Jeremy Wills, principal analyst, Pro Displays & Imaging,  Futuresource Consulting, presenting US and Western European Photo Markets – Post-Pandemic Revival; and Hans Hartman, Principal, of Suite 48 Analytics and conference chair, Visual 1st, on Photo printing monetization opportunities in a fast-changing photo imaging value chain. Click here for the details.

The Getting To Know You Social Event will be Sunday, March 16, from 5-7 p.m. at the Flight Club at the Palazzo Tower at the Venetian. Flight Club is a unique, upscale social darts venue, serving great cocktails, exciting games and more, in an intimate environment. Meet old and new friends at this event; there’s no better way to build a relationship over a casual game.