Color Design Professionals to Gather in Bilbao June 19-21

Color experts from all over the world will gather in Bilbao from June

19-21 for the 2008 European Meeting of Color Marketing Group, the

leading international association of color design professionals.
"People who attend CMG´s

European Meeting work with and specify color for a wide range of

industries -from hospitality and retail

design to transportation to the color of airplane seats. There are also

interior designers, architects and an entire range of people

professionally interested in color," said

Jaime E. Stephens, executive director of Color Marketing Group in

Alexandria, Virginia in the US. "Some are sent

by their companies; others are independent consultants."
"The setting provides a unique opportunity for

networking with fellow professionals, hearing intriguing speakers and

especially, participating in CMG´s Color

Workshops, where color trends and European color directions are

identified and predicted two to three years in advance, providing

sufficient time for manufacturers to put the right colors into their

production and marketing cycles."
Color Marketing Group believes that "color

sells and the right colors sell better." Workshop participants analyze key life influences that affect color

preferences, including social, political and economic influences, as

well as the effects of fashion, culture and the environment.
"The collaborative process has always drawn

color professionals to CMG," said Stephens. "For

more than 40 years, this intellectually challenging process has produced

remarkably accurate predictions. The color professionals who participate

always tell us they find the process fascinating and rewarding."
This year´s speakers at The Sheraton Bilbao

include Pati Nunez, who runs her own design company in Barcelona

specializing in Corporate Identity and Packaging Design. Ms. Nunez, who

recently received Spain´s ´07

National Design Award, will speak on "Graphic

Coloured Talk." The keynote speaker is

Annette Bruns of Visual Research in Berlin, whose talk about the way

applied colors occur as a combination of color and surface material is

entitled: "Do We See Colours of the Future?"
Co-chairs of the event are Filip Roscam of Merck KGaA in Darmstadt

Germany and Beverley Cottingham of Tarkett, Inc. in Maidstone, England.
The program also includes a boat tour along the river, a tour of the

Guggenheim Museum and an optional Rioja Vineyard Tour. The cost is $500

US for members and non-members. For registration information visit www.ColorMarketing.org.