Seybold Seminars
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Seybold Seminars was a leading seminar and "the premier trade show for the desktop publishing and pre-press industry." It was founded in 1981 by Jonathan Seybold, son of the printing innovator John W. Seybold
, and complemented Seybold Publishing, a branch of the Seybold business that was known for its influential Seybold Report newsletter.
Seybold Seminars focused on electronic publishing, printing and graphics. Its biannual events covered the industry in rapid transformaton by computing technology and created a forum for theoretical discussion as well as practical applications of that technology. Initially focusing on the issues surrounding computers delivering images and text to print, the Seminars came to deal with a much wider range of new issues and technology as publishers embraced multimedia, online publishing, and rapid advances in color technology. The web became a dominant concern in May 1995.
The events have been hailed as "milestones for designers, developers, and production folks of all stripes in their struggle to understand what is going on with the technology" and as "must-attend venues where all of the most important announcements about desktop publishing, computerized print production, and, eventually, Web-based publishing routinely were made."
Industry leaders such as Bill Gates
, Steve Jobs
, John Warnock
were regular speakers at the events. Industry leaders who were involved with Seybold Seminars in advisory capacity include: Tim Bray
, Geoffrey James
, Kim Polese
, Rick Smolan
, and Dave Winer
.
Craig Cline
served as vice president of content development for the Seminars.
Attendance began to decline in 2001 and continued to slide until the event was discontinued in 2005.
John W. Seybold
John W. Seybold was the father of computer typesetting. His firm ROCAPPI , started in 1963, was a pioneer in developing computer-based typesetting systems.In 1971, along with his son Jonathan, he founded the Seybold Report, a newsletter that became highly influential in the...
, and complemented Seybold Publishing, a branch of the Seybold business that was known for its influential Seybold Report newsletter.
Seybold Seminars focused on electronic publishing, printing and graphics. Its biannual events covered the industry in rapid transformaton by computing technology and created a forum for theoretical discussion as well as practical applications of that technology. Initially focusing on the issues surrounding computers delivering images and text to print, the Seminars came to deal with a much wider range of new issues and technology as publishers embraced multimedia, online publishing, and rapid advances in color technology. The web became a dominant concern in May 1995.
The events have been hailed as "milestones for designers, developers, and production folks of all stripes in their struggle to understand what is going on with the technology" and as "must-attend venues where all of the most important announcements about desktop publishing, computerized print production, and, eventually, Web-based publishing routinely were made."
Industry leaders such as Bill Gates
Bill Gates
William Henry "Bill" Gates III is an American business magnate, investor, philanthropist, and author. Gates is the former CEO and current chairman of Microsoft, the software company he founded with Paul Allen...
, Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs
Steven Paul Jobs was an American businessman and inventor widely recognized as a charismatic pioneer of the personal computer revolution. He was co-founder, chairman, and chief executive officer of Apple Inc...
, John Warnock
John Warnock
John Edward Warnock is an American computer scientist best known as the co-founder with Charles Geschke of Adobe Systems Inc., the graphics and publishing software company. Dr. Warnock was President of Adobe for his first two years and Chairman and CEO for his remaining sixteen years at the company...
were regular speakers at the events. Industry leaders who were involved with Seybold Seminars in advisory capacity include: Tim Bray
Tim Bray
Timothy William Bray is a Canadian software developer and entrepreneur. He co-founded Open Text Corporation and Antarctica Systems. Bray was Director of Web Technologies at Sun Microsystems from early 2004 to early 2010. Since then he has served as a Developer Advocate at Google, focusing on...
, Geoffrey James
Geoffrey James
Geoffrey James is an author, journalist, and freelance writer. His works have been published in Wired, The New York Times, and ComputerWorld. He has written several books. He lives in New Hampshire. From February 2007 to September of 2011, he wrote a blog about sales for CBS Interactive...
, Kim Polese
Kim Polese
Kim Karin Polese is a previous CEO of SpikeSource, and was one of the most prominent Silicon Valley executives during the dot-com era...
, Rick Smolan
Rick Smolan
Rick Smolan is an American photographer. He is CEO of Against All Odds Productions.-Background:Smolan is a 1972 graduate of Dickinson College. He has worked for TIME, LIFE and National Geographic...
, and Dave Winer
Dave Winer
Dave Winer is an American software developer, entrepreneur and writer in New York City. Winer is noted for his contributions to outliners, scripting, content management, and web services, as well as blogging and podcasting...
.
Craig Cline
Craig Cline
Craig Cline worked at Atex and then served as conference director of Seybold Seminars and vice president of content development for the Seminars, as well as editorial director of Seybold Publications, holding the latter two titles since November 1996.He began with Seybold in the mid 1980s when...
served as vice president of content development for the Seminars.
Attendance began to decline in 2001 and continued to slide until the event was discontinued in 2005.
External links
- Seybold Seminars at the Internet Archive