Dear subscribers of the ECI-EN mailing list, please find below a press release from ECI and bvdm announcing the upcoming Digitalproof-Forum in Stuttgart (to be held in both English and German). For additional info please visit www.digitalproof-forum.de. Olaf Druemmer 5th Digital Proof Forum (bvdm/ECI) September 20 and 21, 2005, Stuttgart - International event with new topics In cooperation with Stuttgart Media University of Applied Sciences, Stuttgart (D), and the University of Wuppertal, Wuppertal (D) the German Printing and Media Industries Federation (bvdm) and the European Color Initiative (ECI) are organizing the fifth Digital Proof Forum on September 20 and 21, 2005 with new and extended topics. bvdm and ECI are expecting at this - also international - leading event again a great number of visitors. Industry experts from different european countries will attend as speakers and visitors. Well known manufacturers, highly motivated experts and speakers will contribute to challenging tests of systems and an interesting congress. Conference language is german and english. Topics are e.g. new applications from bvdm and ECI for the user such as Altona Test Suite Application Kit (Update 2005) and the ECI/bvdm GrayConStrip for the visual control of greybalance during print production. The international standardisation of printing processes, latest developments of softproof solutions or criteria for evaluation and certification of proofing systems are further topics. For the first time, a softproof presentation allows the visitors to compare monitor images with proofs or prints. The successful workshop "Altona-Test-Suite-Anwendungspaket und ugra/FOGRA Medienkeil CMYK im Praxiseinsatz" is held again (in german language only). For the second time, a test of colour measuring devices is organized in a modified way. In addition to this test the visitors have the opportunity to bring in their own colour measuring equipment for a check and comparison with reference values. Moderators of the fifth Digital Proof Forum are Prof. Ronald Schaul, Stuttgart Media University of Applied Sciences, Stuttgart (D) and Prof. Dr. Stefan Brües, University of Wuppertal, Wuppertal (D). Please see for the complete program, online application and futher information (e.g. on results of the last Digital Proof Forum 2004) also on www.digitalproof-forum.de (click English section). August 2005 Bundesverband Druck und Medien (bvdm) European Color Initiative (ECI)