Save the date Print UV returns April 19–21, 2027 Encore at Wynn Las Vegas Registration is open Sponsor interest
The Conference
April 19–21, 2027Encore at Wynn Las Vegas
The gathering driving high-value printing forward, with sheetfed and web offset at its heart, alongside flexo and digital. An unmatched concentration of leadership, decision-making and technical craft—pushing UV, LED UV, special effects and cutting-edge AI applications for print.
What Print UV Is
Print UV is a peer-oriented, intimate conference built for people who make decisions about UV and LED UV printing—and who want to grow the profitable, high-value side of their business. For nearly two decades, it has brought owners, executives, production leaders and technical experts into one room to compare notes, see what’s next and go home with ideas they can put to work. The audience spans commercial print, packaging and label converting—on offset, flexo and digital—wherever UV curing, special effects and high-value work are advancing the press, with practical AI now woven through the same conversations.
Print UV 2027 takes place April 19–21, 2027 at Encore at Wynn Las Vegas. Monday is arrival and sponsor setup, closing with a conference-wide evening welcome reception. Tuesday and Wednesday are full content days, combining general sessions, sponsor exhibits, shared meals and the kind of unhurried peer conversation that big trade shows can’t offer.
Heritage
Print UV has run continuously since 2008, aside from the pandemic years when the industry paused with everyone else. Hans Ulland and Steve Metcalf founded the conference to advance the conversation — and broaden access — around UV and LED UV innovations that had once been the realm of only the highest-end packaging companies. Through their work and the community that grew around Print UV, that technology moved into commercial print and beyond.
Hans Ulland, Print UV’s Emeritus Founder, passed away in late 2024. His spirit and the involvement of his family continue in the conference series, and the Ullee Award — unveiled in his honor at Print UV 2025 — will be awarded again at Print UV 2027. Read the tribute to Hans Ulland.
From the Archive
Scenes from past Print UV conferences.
The Cadence
Print UV now runs on a two-year cycle. The biennial format keeps the program dense with what has genuinely changed—new curing systems, new inks and coatings, new special-effects techniques, new business practices—rather than repeating last year’s material. It also concentrates the audience: when the industry’s UV and high-value print leaders gather only once every two years, everyone who matters makes a point of being there.
The 2027 Program
Print UV earned its reputation as the definitive event for the UV and LED UV printing process—curing systems, inks, coatings, substrates, extended gamut and the production discipline that makes them pay. That foundation doesn't change. For 2027, the program is organized around three connected pillars.
Sheetfed and web offset take a leading role in UV and LED UV innovation: curing, inks, coatings and substrates. Extended gamut, food-safe packaging, sustainability and productivity connect the craft across offset, flexo and digital.
Higher-value print, packaging and converting through sheetfed offset, web offset, flexo and digital. Embellishment, tactile effects and foil turn technical craft into work that commands a premium.
Explore cutting-edge AI applications for print—from creative work and sales to estimating, workflow automation and production. Challenge what is possible with the leaders putting AI to work, and bring your next move into focus.
AI is not a separate side event at Print UV. It is woven through the agenda and brought directly into the business and production conversations attendees already value.
Steve Metcalf, Print UV co-founder and a widely recognized print-industry AI keynote speaker and workshop leader, will lead a special hands-on learning experience designed to help printers accelerate their AI journeys using the latest AI tools and techniques, exploring cutting-edge applications for print. His guidance will also be woven throughout the conference as Print UV brings an AI lens to the industry's most important business, creative and production conversations.
The Room
The Print UV format is geared toward owners, executives, managers and leaders in commercial print, packaging and label converting who are making decisions about the UV process—and the future—of their organizations.
Experts from the critical suppliers in the UV technology industry—major press manufacturers, UV equipment suppliers, ink and coating suppliers and consumable suppliers—are on hand throughout the event to answer questions one-on-one and in presentations and panel discussions.
Three Days, Two Rooms
With an emphasis on peer networking, business topics and technical strategy, Print UV compresses an unusual amount of learning and relationship-building into three days at one of the finest resorts in Las Vegas. Sponsor engagement is embedded in meals, breaks and receptions rather than isolated on a trade-show floor, so every conversation counts.
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Program news, speaker announcements and registration details arrive on the updates list as the 2027 program takes shape.
