2010 Theme:
Production efficiency, profitability and strategy in a rapidly changing enviroment.

The Great Lakes/Midstates Newspaper Production Conference agenda will present the latest information, and technology, to improve the smallest to largest operation.

The conference will be held at the Hyatt Regency Crown Center Hotel

Columbus – The site of the 64th annual Great Lakes Midstates Newspaper Conference.

The Great Lakes Newspaper Mechanical Conference, Inc. was organized in 1945. The first general conference was held in Cleveland, Ohio the same year, with approximately 288 persons in attendance.

Member newspapers are from the states of Kansas, Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, Wisconsin and the provinces of Manitoba and Ontario, Canada. The conference was incorporated in November 1960. In 1982 the name was changed to the Great Lakes/Midstates Newspaper Conference, Inc.

In 1983, the board of directors voted to accept into its membership all manufacturers and suppliers that serve the newspaper industry.