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03/14/2025
Submissions Open for NAPIM’s 2025 Lawter Lecture Series
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George Fuchs, Director of Regulatory Affairs and Technology
864-884-8095
gfuchs@napim.org
Submissions Open for NAPIM’s 2025 Lawter Lecture Series
(Washington DC) —The National Association of Printing Ink Manufacturers (NAPIM) is accepting papers for its Lawter Lecture Series to be held during the 69th Annual Fall Technical Conference. Submissions are open for topics related to chemistry, formulation, manufacturing, or other technical aspects of the printing ink business; all papers must be original and of scientific value.
Title, abstract, and author(s)’ name must be submitted by July 1, 2025, with the final paper for review and balloting due on July 15, 2025. The NAPIM Technical Board of Directors will select winners and award three honorariums. NAPIM will notify all lecture competition participants no later than August 1, 2025. Winners will be announced formally during the conference.
The NAPIM/Lawter Lecture Series is widely regarded as one of the most prestigious technical paper competitions in the printing ink and graphic arts industries. The lecture series was established by Joseph S. Stevens of Superior Varnish & Drier Company in 1978 at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, PA. Originally the lectures were held at Lehigh, but because the content of the papers proved to be of equal value to technical people in the printing and printing ink industries, they became an integral part of NAPIM's Annual Technical Conference.
The Lawter Lecture Series Award winner will be given an opportunity to present their winning paper in the opening session of the 2025 Technical Conference on September 9, 2025.
NAPIM’s 69th Annual Fall Technical Conference will take place September 8–11, 2025, at the Charlotte Ommi Hotel in Charlotte, NC. Registration for the event opens the end of May. In addition to the Lawter Lecture Series, highlights will include a supplier showcase, reception with tabletop exhibits, educational breakout sessions covering various technical, safety, and regulatory topics with plenty of opportunity for networking.
To learn more about the 69th Annual Fall Technical Conference, visit napim.org. To submit a paper for award and consideration into the Lawter Lecture Series, please email George Fuchs, Director of Regulatory Affairs and Technology at gfuchs@napim.org.
