Color Management Workshop

August 21-22, 2013
AATCC Technical Center, Research Triangle Park, N.C., USA

Online Registration Downloadable Registration Form Registration Brochure

Hear world renowned color experts discuss color principles, lighting effects, developing your color palette, implement a digital color program, and much more. Ask all your color questions and participate in small-group sessions.

This workshop is ideal for merchandisers, retailers, manufacturers, product developers, color approval managers, specifiers, and designers.

Fees

	*AATCC Individual & Corporate Members**	Nonmembers
By August 7	US$705	US$1049
After August 7	US$755	US$1099
*If your company is a corporate member of AATCC, you must download the registration form and register offline to receive the member price.

Attendance is limited; early registration is encouraged. Registration includes luncheons, break refreshments, and a copy of all available papers.

Refunds will be honored if cancellations are received on or before August 7, 2013. No refunds will be given after August 7. A US$75 cancellation fee will be charged.

Accommodations

Sheraton Imperial Hotel

4700 Emperor Blvd.

Durham, N.C. USA

telephone +1 919 941 5050

Reservations should be made directly with the hotel and attendance at the AATCC program should be specified to receive the group rate of US$129 single/double. Reservations must be made by July 26 to ensure room availability. Cancellations must be received by 6:00 p.m. no later than two days prior to scheduled arrival. Cancellations received within two days will be billed one night’s room and tax.

Program Outline

Wednesday, August 21, 2013
8:00 AM	Welcome and Introduction to Workshop
8:15	Session 1: Fundamentals of Color Theory and Measurement Renzo Shamey, North Carolina State University Basic color principles and measurement, calculations of color difference, methods for assessment of color quality for samples (lab dips) and production, measurement variability in digital color control and whiteness. Aspects of lighting in color, retail lighting and how it relates to color testing, best practices in choosing lighting /illuminants and visual color assessment will also be discussed.
9:45	Break
10:00	Session 2: Dye Selection for Desired Fastness Requirements Nelson E. Houser, M. Dohmen USA Explore how the major dye classes relate to specific fibers. Discuss performance issues such as shade, levelness, and colorfastness. Gain a better understanding of issues facing the wet processor and how important communications is, from “concept to consumer.”
11:00	Session 3: Color Communication Best Practices Sandy L. Johnson, Color Solutions International Color is one of the key influential buying components for the consumer. Designers spend hours studying trends, analyzing color and shopping key markets in order to identify and assemble their seasonal color palette for their target customer. During this session we will review the key steps necessary to provide accurate color communication from the designer’s inspiration to the supply chain.
12:00	Lunch
1:00 PM	Session 4: Color Communication: Getting Your Message Across Roland L. Connelly, Sr., RoLyn Group The exchange of color data along the supply chain. Color data formats and methods of communication along the chain (email, web, etc.) will be reviewed. Get suggestions on how retail/apparel companies can get their suppliers involved in the digital process as a replacement for manual/physical processes. This session will also cover communication of other color related data such as image files. It will review benefits and limitations of rendering object colors on screen.
1:45	Introduction to Break Out Sessions
2:00	Break Out Period 1 Illumination and Observer Issues Sample Analysis and Measurement Technique Creativity with Trends and Virtual Development
3:00	Break
3:15	Break Out Period 2 Illumination and Observer Issues Sample Analysis and Measurement Technique Creativity with Trends and Virtual Development
4:15	Break Out Period 3 Illumination and Observer Issues Sample Analysis and Measurement Technique Creativity with Trends and Virtual Development
5:15	Questions and Wrap-up
5:30	Adjourn
Thursday, August 22, 2013
8:00 AM	Session 5: The Future of Lighting: Color, Efficiency, and Compliance Ann C. Laidlaw Light sources are changing. Regulations around the world are driving improved energy efficiency, technological developments result in more choices, and businesses respond to on-going pressure to reduce operating costs. In the past, the choice of commercial lighting technologies was mostly limited to incandescent bulbs, CWF-style fluorescent tubes, tri-phosphor fluorescent tubes, and various forms of natural or simulated daylight. Today, residential and commercial customers have far more choices, with additional technologies becoming commercially viable in the near future. This presentation will review various current and emerging lighting technologies, our methods for assessing them, and the practical implications of using the technologies to view colored objects.
8:55	Session 6: Supplier Conformance—Why Don’t my Numbers Match Yours? Ken R. Butts, Datacolor This session will focus on how to implement a digital color program with suppliers. The concepts of color guidebooks, standard best practices in color measurement, communication, visual assessments, along with ideas on supplier certification/accreditation requirements will be covered. Also included is accreditation program successes (and challenges) and global color management. Factors that contribute to poor agreement in digital color exchange will be discussed—measurement technique, instrument variation, sample conditioning, and the human factor.
9:45	Break
10:00	Session 7: Managing Color on Multiple Substrates: Back to Basics Andrew N. Fraser, Chico’s Back to Basics - We all have color protocols that we write per our company Standards of Operation. We live in a world of Manual and process and procedures. This presentation reflects the reality of what really goes on in the supply chain.
10:55	Session 8: Tracking Color Performance Keith D. Hoover, Under Armour Inc. This session will cover the organization/management of color data. It will be geared toward the lab manager as well as the vendor, buyer, and will offer ideas on how this large database of color information on color quality can be used to report on vendor performance, timelines, operator performance, measurements on efficiency in color testing, and some examples of how IT departments and managers can extract the data they need to compile these types of reports.
11:40	Lunch
12:40 PM	Break Out Period 4 What is Color Matching? Production Evaluation and Control How to Do the Right Color Right
1:40	Break Out Period 5 What is Color Matching? Production Evaluation and Control How to Do the Right Color Right
2:40	Break
3:00	Break Out Period 6 What is Color Matching? Production Evaluation and Control How to Do the Right Color Right
4:00	Questions and Wrap-up
4:30	Closing Remarks and Adjourn