Its biannual events covered the industry in rapid transformation by computing technology.
Initially focusing on the issues surrounding computers delivering images and text to print, the Seminars came to deal with multimedia, online publishing, and rapid advances in color technology.
[4] The seminars were described as "milestones for designers, developers, and production folks of all stripes in their struggle to understand what is going on with the technology"[5] and as "must-attend venues where all of the most important announcements about desktop publishing, computerized print production, and, eventually, Web-based publishing routinely were made.
"[6] Craig Cline served as vice president of content development for the Seminars.
[7] Attendance at the Seminars began to decline in 2001[8][9] and continued to slide until the event was discontinued in 2005.