Steve Katz, Label and Narrow Web Editor02.16.17
For those who attended the sold-out 2017 edition of EFI Connect – which took place in January for the 11th consecutive year at the Wynn Las Vegas – a highlight was the opportunity to hear from two CEOs that are running a couple of big-name printing companies. In addition to EFI CEO Guy Gecht’s always-engaging keynote, he also held his “fireside chat” conversations with Quad/Graphics CEO Joel Quadracci and the brand new CEO of Xerox, Jeff Jacobson.
A focus on AI
EFI CEO Guy Gecht’s keynote address kicked off the conference program, as is the norm at the event, and this year he focused on Artificial Intelligence (AI), which he said will be at the forefront as the next wave of technology set to hit a multitude of industries, print included. “The next big technology is huge and scary,” Gecht said of AI, adding, “I thought it would never happen in my lifetime, but the AI space is accelerating at unbelievable speed.”
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