Toners & Photoreceptors

Clear Your Calendar!
Save the second week in June to attend our 25th Annual Toners & Photoreceptors Seminar June 9-11, 2008 at Fess Parker's Santa Barbara Resort. Once again, Conference Chair Dr. Brian E. Springett will convene a Panel of top scientists and market analysts to present the Tutorials and lead the focused Sessions that address this industry's most crucial issues. To register click here.

A New Format!
We've changed the format this year to a more user-friendly Monday to Wednesday Program. Since 1984, this unique seminar has attracted industry players worldwide to assemble in Santa Barbara for discussions on the state-of-the-art and the state-of-the-business. Be an active participant by attending, networking, exhibiting or sponsoring an activity at this unique international event.

Color, Chemistry, Ecology
These are the major issues to be addressed at this year's Seminar. Color toner will take center stage as price points continue to shrink for laser-based color copiers and printers. In addition to the expansion of chemical production technology (CPT) for toner manufacture, we will learn more about ecological concerns, including volatile organic chemicals (VOCs) and their emission from laser printers in a talk on Europe's REACH program.

Color markets will be among the issues assessed by well-known analysts, as will be the environmental issues concerning the manufacture, use and disposal of imaging materials. We'll also compare markets in China, India and Asia with those in the Western world in terms of size, growth and accessibility.

Art Diamond will Keynote this landmark 25^th Anniversary Seminar with an explanation of the initial goals and objectives for this event and how it has served both original and aftermarket players as well as marketing and technical experts.

A Cutting Edge Program
This powerful, cutting edge program will once again bring together the world's leading producers of dry and liquid toners, carriers, and developers, as well as photoreceptor drums and other machine components for the imaging industry. To register click here.

Join us at Fess Parker's Resort (a Hilton Hotel) in June 2008 and you'll find yourself exploring these issues along with the industry's top executives, front line managers, scientists, engineers and market strategists. Because they are highly interactive, our limited attendance conferences are unequaled in information transfer and networking opportunities.

Come For the Program;Stay For the Networking!
Our highly interactive Imaging Materials Seminars™ feature: illustrated and documented Tutorials presented by the most informed experts in the industry; a cohesive blend of technical and marketing papers that cover the most timely issues and topics; and, what we've been told is the best organized Networking Program in the imaging industry. In past years, registrants at this conference have included:

CEOs, front line managers, and other executives
Engineers, scientists and market planners
Toner manufacturers and original equipment makers (OEMs)
Sources of resins, colorants, carbon blacks and pigments
Sources of charge control agents, flow promoters and toner additives
Photoreceptor drum and belt producers
Suppliers of aluminum drums and film substrates
Suppliers of charge transport and charge generation materials
Remanufacturers of toner cartridges for copiers and printers
Manufacturers of compounding, grinding and classifying equipment
Dealers and distributors of imaging equipment
Producers and users of digital color imaging equipment
OEMs and users of copiers, printers, and multifunctional machines
Journalists, consultants and market analysts
Government, industry and military organizations

A List of Registrants
A List of Registrants will be e-mailed to each registered individual at least 12 days before the conference. This unique courtesy has proved valuable for those desiring to make special contacts during the seminar. A List of Registrants will also be posted and updated regularly on this website.

Leave With the Best Information!
You'll come away from Santa Barbara familiar with changes that are taking place in toner and photoreceptor markets and technology. You'll bring back a rapport with toner manufacturers; copier, fax and printer OEMs; OPC substrate and drum suppliers; and with industry analysts. You'll possess a better understanding of the problems and challenges the industry faces and how these might spell opportunity for you and your company. You'll take home this valuable information in two formats valued at $335: a Proceedings Binder and a CD. They both contain copies of all Speakers' handouts (tables, charts, graphs and slides), along with the complete address, phone and fax numbers for each Attendee.

Table Top Exhibit Space Available
A six-foot, skirted tabletop exhibit space is available to companies that are represented by one or more attendees. Please click here for more information.

Very Special Place!
Fess Parker's DoubleTree Resort is a 24-acre hotel designed in the tradition of a Spanish Hacienda. The hotel boasts Santa Barbara's largest and most complete convention facilities. Its easy access to beautiful beaches, the scenic Stearn's Wharf pier area, downtown shopping and a wealth of historic attractions, provides an excellent opportunity to combine a mini-vacation with business. Visit this town of flowers and fountains and you'll agree that Santa Barbara is the crown jewel of California's coastal cities!

To Register With The Hotel

Please go on-line to http://doubletree.hilton.com/en/dt/groups/personalized/SBAMCDT-TIA-20080607/index.jhtml, contact Fess Parker’s DoubleTree Resort (a Hilton Hotel) directly by phone: 805/564-4333, or e-mail: Meaghan_m_white@hilton.com to make your reservation. Be sure to mention The Tiara Group Conference to take advantage of the special room rate of $195 per day for single or double occupancy with Mountain or Courtyard View and $235 per day for Ocean View. To guarantee your reservation at this rate, you must contact the hotel on or before May 8, 2008. After that date higher rates may apply and there is no guarantee of space availability. Hotel Cancellation Policy requires a 72-hour prior notification. Cancellations within 72 hours and no-shows will be billed for their full stay. In the event you check out prior to your reserved checkout date, the hotel will add an early checkout fee to your account. If you wish to avoid an early checkout fee, please advise Fess Parker's Doubletree Resort at/or before check-in of any change in planned length of stay.

Transportation
Santa Barbara is located about 100 miles north of Los Angeles. Air travelers will find it most convenient to fly directly into Santa Barbara Airport (SBA). Both United and American Airlines serve this beautiful facility which is only a 15-minute drive from the hotel. A complimentary shuttle is available by contacting the hotel. If you plan to rent a car at LAX, please note that the drive to the hotel takes between two and two and one-half hours.

General Chairman, Dr. Brian E. Springett, Fingerpost Advisers