Luxul today announced the company will unveil a variety of new products for the connected home at CEDIA Expo 2018, taking place Sept. 6-8 at the San Diego Convention Center. In booth 4301, Luxul will debut new wireless products, next-generation members of its family of award-winning L2/L3 managed switches, and other solution-based innovations that will […]

Women in Consumer Technology (WiTC), an organization promoting the advancement of women in the consumer technology industry, today announced that it will host Lisa Loeb during the 10th annual CEDIA Luncheon event. Held Sept. 7 in Ballroom 6A of the San Diego Convention Center, attendees will be treated to music and conversation with the musician, […]

Savant has announced compatibility between Savant’s smart home ecosystem and the Google Home Assistant speech-recognition engine. Savant pioneered the use of voice control as part of the connected home by introducing the Savant Pro Remote, enabling homeowners to activate a Savant Scene, choose a favorite channel or select a source within their entertainment system. With […]

CEDIA says that Giles Sutton, founder of James and Giles Ltd, will join the CEDIA team as senior vice president of industry engagement. This new role will be charged with driving member engagement around the world, facilitating strong partnerships across the industry and helping build awareness of the CEDIA channel among architects, builders and interior […]

CEDIA has announced that Joel Silver has been chosen as this year’s Lifetime Achievement Award recipient. Joel will be honored at the CEDIA Awards Celebration hosted at Petco Park on Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2018. The CEDIA Lifetime Achievement Award recognizes an individual who has exhibited outstanding, creative, innovative and visionary leadership in the growth and […]

CEDIA Expo announces the tour guides for the first-ever Design Connection Tour — David VanWert, principal of VanWert Technology Design and Joe Whitaker, president of Thoughtful Home Design and member of the CEDIA Board of Directors. The Design Connection Tour series will take place on September 6 and 7 during CEDIA Expo at the San […]

Nominations for the 2019 – 2020 CEDIA board of directors are open. CEDIA’s doard of directors influences the direction of the industry, governs the association’s activities, and represents the residential technology profession to the outside world. “Every year CEDIA members have the opportunity to shape and drive the direction of the association by helping identify […]

Seymour-Screen Excellence has brought to market the CEDIA channel’s first-ever tunable white bias lighting kit. The offering is unique in that it can be adjusted from 3,000K to 20,000K to achieve a true 6,500K Kelvin color temperature Properly-calibrated back-lighting (also known as hue) behind and around the film screen serves to improve contrast and reduce […]

  The CEDIA Home Technology Professional Awards honor the best of the best in technical excellence, in all aspects of design, installation and commissioning while meeting all applicable industry performance standards. CEDIA is pleased to announce the technical judges for this year’s CEDIA Awards. “The CEDIA Awards are always a highlight in the industry calendar,” […]

CEDIA Expo has announced Design Connection, which will unite technology integrators with design and construction professionals in order to create further collaborations and partnerships. The new platform will feature multiple programs and networking opportunities throughout CEDIA Expo 2018, which will take place Sept. 6-8 at the San Diego Convention Center. Design and technology collaboration opportunities […]

CEDIA has announced an updated version of the ESC-T Certification Exam is now available. This new version was created with input and guidance from Americas and EMEA volunteers, ensuring the content was relevant for a global audience. The ESC-T exam is intended for technicians with two years of experience and represents proficiency in the technical […]

CEDIA Expo 2018 will feature the largest offering of in-person CEDIA training for the year. 124 sessions, 34 of which are new, have been specifically designed to address the industry’s ever-changing landscape. “Looking at this year’s training offerings we have a pretty healthy split between business and technical courses, we will have 66 sessions covering […]

AVIXA is going out of its way to say that its new Integrated Life @ InfoComm isn’t competitive to the industry’s defacto HomeAV show, CEDIA. But, I call bulls*t. First, look at this. That’s basically the what’s new at InfoComm page — letting everyone know what all the new things AVIXA added to the industry’s top […]

CEDIA has announced that Thomas Darling will join the CEDIA staff as the senior vice president of development and education. This newly created role will lead CEDIA’s professional development department, specifically focusing on strengthening the education programs and increasing the scope and quality of CEDIA’s curricula. Darling brings significant experience in higher education. For the last eight years he served as […]

CEDIA members can now connect to the CEDIA Online Community on-the-go with the all-new CEDIA mobile app. The app provides a space for CEDIA members to engage with their peers and participate in lively discussions.   This development is part of CEDIA’s ongoing commitment to offer programs that make it easier for members to connect with one another, […]

CEDIA announced today that it has purchased the popular Technology & Business Summit series of regional events for the home technology industry from Clarity AV International / Integrator Network. This was a brilliant move on CEDIA’s part as they needed an “event” of sorts where their members could network outside of the Expo itself — which was sold to Emerald Expositions […]

Registration for CEDIA’s 2018 CEDIA Business Xchange is now open. This year’s event, hosted at The Camby in Phoenix, Ariz. from May 16-18, offers attendees an opportunity to discuss their biggest challenges with other industry leaders, develop new strategies for success and hear directly from experts around this year’s focus: Design Thinking, a process to solve problems faster and […]

CEDIA today unveiled outputs from its new strategic plan that will prioritize the work of the association over the next three years. Developed jointly by the CEDIA staff and board, with input from members and guidance from esteemed strategy expert Dr. Rebecca Homkes, the plan aims for significant advances and leadership in three key areas: education; increasing professionalism though […]

CEDIA has announced that the 2018 CEDIA Awards program is now open and accepting entries for both the home technology professional awards and the manufacturer awards. “CEDIA’s Awards program recognizes technical excellence and product innovation, and celebrates the many ways technology enhances the home,” said Jenny Scott, CEDIA director of member engagement. “We are excited to be able to […]

The CEDIA Board of Directors has announced the promotion of Tabatha O’Connor from acting to permanent CEDIA Global President and CEO. We believe this is a HUGE step in the right direction for CEDIA. CEDIA’s external perception has been one of a “good-old-boy” club and clearly this trumps those concerned industry-wide. O’Connor joined the CEDIA team in […]

The CEDIA Board of Directors has approved the 2018 Executive Committee and appointed directors. There were two open appointed positions for the 2018-2019 term – one to be filled from the EMEA region, and the other from the entire global membership. John Buchanan from Meridian Audio Limited was voted in by the board to fill […]

CEDIA has announced that it will host a certification roadshow throughout the month of December. The six events, which will include the ESC-T certification review, ESC-T certification exam and an emerging trends talk, are part of CEDIA’s ongoing effort to make certification more accessible. “Earlier this year we announced that CEDIA Certification Exams are now available through the Kryterion testing […]

Today CEDIA broke ground on its new global headquarters in Fishers Indiana. CEDIA staff and leadership were joined by Fishers Mayor Scott Fadness and representatives of architecture firm American Structurepoint and Mayer Najem construction for the ceremony. “We are incredibly excited about this next chapter for CEDIA,” said Dennis Erskine, CEDIA Chairman. “The new global […]

At Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) 2018, Feb. 6-9 at the RAI Amsterdam, AVIXA, the Audiovisual and Integrated Experience Association, will present a comprehensive professional development program, featuring a variety of education sessions, partner conferences and free FlashTrack sessions. ISE is a joint venture between AVIXA and CEDIA, the two leading industry associations for the global audiovisual industry. In 2017, the fast-growing […]

When I was in residential AV, real estate agents were some of my best allies. I made alliances with agents who worked directly for the builder to assure that all the spec homes they started had security, home theater, and whole house audio pre-wires in place. I also relied on them to introduce me to […]

After writing this piece on how CEDIA needed women on their Board, I received overwhelmingly positive feedback from the industry. Some of you wrote to me via my LinkedIn post, some commented on Facebook and Twitter and some of you emailed me privately. I even got four phone calls from current and former CEDIA Board members — and one […]

CEDIA and IPro (Independent Professional Representatives Organization) have today announced an agreement for the IPRO membership to be integrated into the CEDIA membership under a new CEDIA IPro affinity group. As part of this new structure, Ray Wright, IPRO executive director will lead operations for the CEDIA IPRO affinity group, and an advisory council will be appointed to coordinate the activities of […]

It’s funny how ideas work. Two years ago, I started a draft of this blog about curve jumping. I wrote an opening paragraph and then stopped. It sat in the catacombs of the site, waiting to be dug up again or lost forever. If you’re not familiar with the term curve jumping you should be. […]

CEDIA has announced that CEDIA Certification exams will now be available through Kryterion Global Testing Solutions, which has more than 1,000 testing centers worldwide. “It has been a long-standing goal of CEDIA to make our certification exams more accessible to our members around the world,” said David Whitney, CEDIA certification manager. “Members who previously could […]

It appears that Crestron can, in fact, predict the future. The 2017 CEDIA Expo is shaping up to be a very good show. We have a team of five people out in San Diego right now covering it live and you can follow our coverage here. The show floor is beautiful and we’ll spend the morning, right before the […]

Just about every week I do a Selling AV podcast, (shameless plug) but I thought I’d turn my attention to Marketing AV for a moment. It’s no secret that there has been a large amount of evolution in the AV industry over the last several years. Of course, as with any industry steeped in technology, […]

There’s no doubt that Amazon’s Sarah Zenz will be one of the best keynote speakers CEDIA has ever heard. She’s one of the smartest people at AMAZON, she’s an amazing speaker and she was a kick-ass product manager. But, in a doubly-irony, she’s been asked, by the ALL-MALE CEDIA board to address the attendees who […]