InfoComm, NSCA Trade Shows Merge!
We predicted it (and begged for it) for two years and now it’s come true: NSCA and InfoComm are merging their shows and collaborating on all sorts of things that will benefit BOTH memberships in many, many ways.
Not only does this simplify everyone’s trade show calendar, but it also means that some of the best minds and most creative talent in our industry – NSCA and InfoComm – will be working together! I cannot tell you how happy I am to see these two drivers of industry trends, education, technology and distribution converging…
Congratulations to Randy Lemke and Chuck Wilson for pulling this together!
— Gary Kayye, CTS
Sources tipped off rAVe that InfoComm and NSCA have struck a deal that, in effect, allows InfoComm show and NSCA Expo to combine the trade shows. With an eye toward consolidating the hectic ProAV calendar, InfoComm bought the assets of NSCA’s Expo, and NSCA’s exhibition will now become a part of the InfoComm conference. AND NSCA and InfoComm will create a new technical conference as well.
The jointly-presented NSCA Technical Conference will run in the autumn, and will include courses, certifications and tabletop exhibits.
The NSCA Business Conference becomes a consolidated event, with InfoComm as a sponsor, rather than running a separate InfoComm Business Conference.
The associations remain separate entities – the trade show and conferences are merging and/or changing. Education and certification as well as memberships remain separate entities but now, you can do it all in one place!
Stay tuned – we’ll have more information as it becomes available. We also understand a press release is coming out soon.
