As always, for those looking to grow their businesses, addition to the over 100 exhibitors on hand at this year’s Impression Expo in Atlantic City, there will also be plenty of networking and educational opportunities. Among these will be a happy hour at the end of the first day of the show, exhibitor-sponsored social events, the Ink Kitchen’s Shop Talk featuring the some of the decorated apparel industry’s most exciting influencers and, of course, the Impressions professional education conference series.
The latter, which kicks off a day early, on Wednesday, March 19, will offer a wide range of training sessions, representing multiple tracks covering everything from graphics and design to heat-applied graphics and screen printing to the latest in digitizing and generative artificial intelligence.
Among the specific sessions on tap for the 2025 event will be:
- A daylong, hands-on course on screen-printing fundaments, cover everything from design to actual printing, hosted by screen-printing legend Charlie Taublieb and New Orleans-based design guru Dane Clement
- Multiple courses on heat pressing, including another “STAHLS’ Pro Day” with Dave Conner, Josh Ellsworth, Kelly Walters and Jenna Sackett
- A dedicated sessions on diagnosing embroidery digitizing disaster with the ever-popular Erich Campbell
- A fascinating course on maximizing profitability titled “Essential Productivity Hacks For Every Shop,” with Mike Butry and Dennis Condusta of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, Axelrad Screen Printing
- In introduction to contract printing and decoration outsourcing with DecoNetwork’s Zach Dewhurst
- An overview of the Midjourney generative AI platform and how it can be used to speed up your shop’s design process, with Marshall Atkinson, principal of Atkinson Consulting.
And much, much more! To see this year’s entire conference series program, click here. To catch the latest news and updates on this year’s Impressions Expo in Atlantic City, New Jersey, set to take place March 20-22, click here.
