The printing industry in South Africa hopes to learn how to secure the future of its industry at the World Print Congress next week in Cape Town, 24 - 27 January. Held every four years, WPC8, will not only provide a powerful global networking platform for the printing and publishing industry locally with the several hundred international delegates, but will debate the future of the printing industry. Environmental challenges, the proliferation of new media options, media owner needs, and a host of other issues, challenge the sustainability of the printing industry - no more so than in South Africa, where printers have not traditionally formed very strong alliances with their clients in the media industry or strongly investigated new markets for their products, say local pundits. Bizcommunity.com will be fielding a team at WPC8 and will bring readers all the speeches and news from the conference next week. Enjoy! Louise Marsland, Editor, editor@bizcommunity.com