Bringing Intelligence to Everything! This presentation enlightens about the crucial evolutions of the Graphic Arts Industries facing global challenges and the Information Technologies convergence. Therefore, disruptive innovations are emerging along with an accelerated rythme that requires dedicated adaptation strategies. Following these trends, the printing products are increasing their potential of applications, from customised prints, to communicant prints, towards connected prints. ICI - Printability and Graphic Communications Institute, Montreal, QC, Canada The Institute is an integrated centre for innovation and expertise in graphic communications and printability that actively supports companies and their employees in their technological and commercial development. ICI 999 Émile-Journault Ave East Montreal (Québec) Canada H2M 2E2 Telephone : (514) 389-5061 Fax : (514) 389-5840 Email : information@i-ci.ca www.icgq.qc.ca

1. Bringing intelligence
to everything!
Prepared by C. Bois & C. Canet
©ICI-2014 May

2. …”The world is changing very fast. Big
will not beat small anymore. It will be
the fast beating the slow!”
Source: R. Murdoch

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Agenda
1. Global context
2. The critical role of ICT
3. The “digital Darwinism” of the printed
applications
4. Evolving needs, responsive solutions
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1. Global context
2. The critical role of ICT
3. The “digital Darwinism” of the printed
applications
4. Evolving needs, responsive solutions
Agenda
SourceAPRE(AgenziaperlaPromozionedella
RicercaEuropea-2013
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Global context
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Health
Consciousness
Convenience
Increasing Costs
Customization
Appeal
Aesthetics
Environmental Issues
Food & Energy Scarcity
Scarcity of Materials
Poisoning
Anti-Tamperings
Tracks and Trace
Authenticity
Source:HolstCentre-2013
Societal challenges

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Global context
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By 2040, 1 North-American on 4 will be over 65
Source:StatisticsCanada,2011
Source:UnitedNation,SocialSecurityand
MedicareboardsofTrustees-2012
The challenge: How to assist and support of the elders?
Silver economy:
In-home care products and services to support autonomy

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Global context
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We live longer and we are more and more
The challenge: How to share resources and limit environmental impact?
Technical solutions to reduce disposable materials and energy
consumption, limit wastes, … and do not compete with primary needs
Source:NorwichUniversity,2012
Source:NorwichUniversity,2012

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Global context
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There is no comprehensive system to track a package of drugs from
manufacturing to the pharmacy
The challenges: How to track drugs worldwide?
How to control the safety of online diagnostics and drugstores ?
Source:PewHealthGroup,2013
35% of U.S. adults are online-diagnosers
Indicators of anti-counterfeiting, correct labelling, good storage and
shipment conditions controllable and understandable by the customer

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1. Global context
2. The critical role of ICT
3. The “digital Darwinism” of the printed
applications
4. Evolving needs, responsive solutions
Agenda
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SourceIntel-2012

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The critical role of ICT
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Growth of the mobile internet on a
global scale
Three major facts
• In 2003: 50 million devices connected worldwide to the internet
• In 2010: 12.5 billion (1.8 per person)
• By 2015 : 25 billions (3.5 per person)
• By 2020 : 50 billions (6.7 per person)
Increase of both the devices number and the ratio per person
New Internet Protocol version, new communication protocols…
The challenges:
How to assign an IP address to each device?
How to connect these 50 billions devices?
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The critical role of ICT
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Shift of the business model from
“owning” to “using” computer
resources
Growth of the mobile internet on a
global scale
Three major facts
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Shift of the business model from
“owning” to “using” computer
resources
The critical role of ICT
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• Increasing influence on society
• Moving towards socialization by
linking with other resources
Growth of the mobile internet on a
global scale
Three major facts
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2
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The critical role of ICT
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• Increasing influence on society
• Moving towards socialization by
linking with other resources
Three major facts
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In 2005
• No Twitter
• Facebook was an obscure
site (launched in 2004)
• No iPhones (launched in
2007)
• No iPads (launched in 2010)
In 2010
• 106+ million Twitter users
(700+ million in 2012)
• 500 + million Facebook
users
• 50+ million iPhones sold
• 10+ million iPads sold

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The critical role of ICT
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• Evident in many fields
• Acceleration of the
convergence of ICT and
other industries
• Originally started in the manufacturing
industry,
• Now encompasses all types of
businesses and individuals
And two key trends
1
2 ICT
• Accelerate the evolution and
development of other industries
• Act as a catalyst to unite different
industries
Academic
field
Technological
field
Human
resources
Cultural
field
Public
sector
Industrial
field
SourceNTT-2012

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ICT
The critical role of ICT
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3facts
The background for the emergence of disruptive innovations
Describe innovations that improve a product or service in ways
that the market does not expect
Improves the value of the
existing markets
Creates new markets or
value networks
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2keytrends

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Emergence of disruptive innovations
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under a digital format of all sorts of
information, such as:
• Data from sensors
• Location data
• And records of human behavior obtained from mobile phones
Analysis of large amounts of information to generate an output useful
for:
• Marketing,
• Providing personal services,
• And solving social issues
Towards a “Machine-to-Machine” communication
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Intelligent systems for a more connected world…

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Emergence of disruptive innovations
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Intelligent systems for a more connected world…
SourceIntel2013

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Emergence of disruptive innovations
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YOU are part of these applications !

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1. Global context
2. The critical role of ICT
3. The “digital Darwinism” of the printed
applications
4. Evolving needs, responsive solution
Agenda
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GuangzhouKahoSpecialGlassCo.,Ltd

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“Digital Darwinism” of the printed applications
SourceDeLoitte2014
Printing field evolution
1445 1993 2010 2017 2020
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Production size and customization level increase
The evolution of consumer behavior when society
and technology evolve faster than
one’s ability to adapt
Source Solis 2011

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Same print for
everybody in
B&W
Same print for
everybody in
color
1 to 1 & 1 to
many print
QR Code
Databases
Prepress
Augmented
Reality
Financial
transaction
NFC
Data,
control…
Sensors
Smart label,
Smart print,
Smart packaging
SourceICI2014
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Genesis of an evolution
Customized
prints
Communicant
prints
Connected
prints
Print Digital
“Digital Darwinism” of the printed applications

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1. Global context
2. The critical role of ICT
3. The “digital Darwinism” of the printed
applications
4. Evolving needs, responsive solutions
Agenda
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SourceHarryPotterinteractivemap

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Adoption of these technologies
• The customer does not want a printed product anymore
• The customer wants an application / an effect on a product
Understand technical challenges
Try on a short run first to adjust the concept
Focus on the targetted functionality, and not on the toolbox
Define the expected level of sophistication
Adapt the features of the functionnal print to the customer’s need
Evolving needs, responsive solutions

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1st step
2nd step
3rd step
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…and it goes on
Level of
complexity
Think and go outside of
the box!!!
Innovation level of the
printed applications
Adoption of these technologies
Now, imagine what the customer desires
• The customer does not want a printed product anymore
• The customer wants an application / an effect on a product
Evolving needs, responsive solutions

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Molson Coors
Cans and bottles
activated by cold
temperature
http://www.molsoncoor
s.com
Asahi (Showa Denko Aluminium)
Indicator of temperature
and of the level of
he remaining liquid
Baby bottle with
temperature indicator
Designed by Huang Tzu-Yu
et al.
“I need to control a threshold temperature”
Evolving needs, responsive solutions

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Label aiming to control the
storage temperature of
foods
http://www.lcrhallcrest.com
“I need to control an optimum storage temperature”
Evolving needs, responsive solutions

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Timestrip
1. Click to activate the system
2. When the critical temperature
is overcome, the display in
electrochromic ink displays
information indicating the
elapse of time
http://www.timestrip.com
Evolving needs, responsive solutions
“I need to control an optimum storage temperature and the time it
has between overcame”

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Warning
message
Sundown
Sunblock, by
DDB Brasil
Ad campaign,
2011
“I need to change the colour of my product when exposed to sunlight”
Evolving needs, responsive solutions
This sunscreen reminds
consumers when they need
to apply or reapply
sunscreen.
http://www.ctiinks.com

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Evolving needs, responsive solutions
“I need to emphasize and animate my
marketing message”

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“I need to make my commercial in magazines
the center of my 360° communication
strategy”
Evolving needs, responsive solutions

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Evolving needs, responsive solutions
“I need my product to be experienced inside
commercial magazines”

32. Thank you!
©ICI-2014 May