Korea is hosting the 2016 World Print Conference (WPC) in connection with the KIPES 2016. The KIPES is Korea's biggest event for printing equipment and materials held once every two years in which about 140 businesses of 22 countries such as USA, Japan, Germany, and China, including 100 Korean businesses participate. The purpose of hosting the WPC in Korea is to provide place where people in the global printing media industry and its related industries can get together, and discuss the status and issues, how to respond to the issues, and the future of the printing industry.