Print Inspired 2026: Dive In

Slate Group's Print Inspired Conference returns on Thursday, June 25th!

Print Inspired 2026: Dive In

Get ready to explore what’s below the surface at Slate Group's Print Inspired Conference 2025 on Thursday, June 26th from 8:30 am - 3:45 pm!

Join us at the Hilton Garden Inn Lubbock for a day of inspiration, connection, and learning. Engage with like-minded creatives, explore the depths of creative marketing, and uncover fresh ideas designed to fuel your creativity and momentum.

ALSO - be sure not to miss Slate Group's open house of their 100,000+ sq ft. facility full of new inspiration to take home to your team! Registering for Print Inspired automatically registers you for the open house that occurs on the same day from 3:45pm - 6pm. See you there!

If you wish only to attend Slate Group's Expansion Open House, please click here.

If you have any questions about either event, please contact Marketing Coordinator Hannah Segrist (hannah@slategroup.com).

I'm traveling into Lubbock for this event, where should I stay?

Slate Group and Hilton Garden Inn have partnered together to provide a discounted group code for Print Inspired 2026 Attendees.

Click here to book a room.

Or you can call the hotel directly and use the following information:

Group Name: Print Inspired 2026

Group Code: 909

Check-in: 24-JUN-2026

Check-out: 25-JUN-2026

Hotel Name: Hilton Garden Inn

Hotel Address: 6027 45th St, Lubbock, Texas 79407

Phone: 806.785.760

PARKING

Below is a map with the outlined green boxes representing spaces where you can park. The blue arrow and circle on the hotel signify the entrance to the conference!

MEET OUR SPEAKERS!

Andy J. Pizza

Andy J. Pizza is a New York Times Bestselling author-illustrator of many books for children and adults such as Invisible Things and A Pizza with Everything On It. Pizza is also the creator of the popular podcast “Creative Pep Talk” which Vanity Fair says “is every bit as bright and effervescent as its title would lead you to believe”. For the past 15 years, Pizza has worked as a commercial illustrator for a wide variety of top tier clients like Apple, X-Box and The New York Times.

Click here to pre-order Andy's new book, Mysterious Things, releasing July 14th!

View Andy's instagram here!

Click here to learn more!

Kent Dean is the Director of Marketing for the Bobby Cox Companies, overseeing a dynamic family of restaurant brands including Rosa's Cafe, Taco Villa, Texas Burger, and Oregano's. Beyond marketing, Dean Kent is a True Colors® Licensed Facilitator and a Personality Lingo® Master Trainer. For more than 25 years, he has helped organizations improve teamwork and communication by understanding personality differences. Kent is also a 28-year advertising veteran, he is also a Past President and Silver Medal Award recipient of the American Advertising Federation of Fort.

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