By Stephanie Bleakley, Marketing Manager
Integrate Expo, Diversified Communications Australia

Get ready to think beyond and lose yourself in the technology of tomorrow at Integrate 2019. Integrate is Australia’s leading event dedicated to helping businesses harness the power of AV technology to transform customer experiences, and it is returning for three show stopping days to Melbourne this 27-29 August. Check out this hype video in preparation for the event.

This three-day event is a nexus for local and global brands to showcase the latest solutions and products, and includes the most comprehensive AV education and training program in the southern hemisphere, audio demo rooms, back of house tours and more. In fact over the years the event has been the testing market for many new industry products, with a mature buyer base and tech-savvy audience, meaning you don’t have to wait until February to get your even fix.

Over recent years, Integrate has become the Asia Pacific’s go-to event to find the latest innovation and technology for key industries such as tourism, hospitality, healthcare, education, human resources, government, management consulting and more.

More than 1,000 brands and key manufacturers will be at Integrate, including Samsung, LG, Philips, Ricoh, Crestron, Extron, Sony, Microsoft, Poly, Harman, Logitech and more. 

Integrate has also announced its 2019 education program offering over 100 different paid seminars and training sessions and free talks on the show floor — so it’s a great idea to plan your visit now.

Highlights include:

• Opening Forum: The State of the AV Industry
 on Tuesday, 27 August
  With a rapidly evolving technology landscape, it’s a dynamic and exciting time to be part of the AV industry, especially when you consider the diversity offered across the Asia Pacific markets. So how does the Australian and New Zealand pro-AV industry stack up against other international markets? With demand for AV over IP and new opportunities opening up in streaming and cloud-based technologies on a global scale, is our local market adopting innovation and new technologies in line with our neighbours? And what should we be looking out for in the future?
• Collaboration as part of the Digital Transformation
 on Tuesday, 27 August
  Digital Transformation is redefining the way people work every day. This includes transforming the role of the traditional office into digital workplaces. The office space is now becoming a destination where people, technology and space come together. Digital workspaces should enable an experience — a destination that people are drawn to. This translates into the creation of places where technology meets physical space to create the digital workplace and supports environments that focus on the user experience, inspire innovation and creativity, support collaboration, enhance client and team engagement and interaction.
• Best practice for audio design and installation within large venues on 
Wednesday, 28 August
  Designing audio systems in large venues to meet extremely high-performance criteria is not an easy process. Attending this Live session will enlighten you on the design process, the use of predictive acoustic modeling software and many of the pitfalls that may arise in a project.
• An Unbiased Explanation of AV-over-IP (with rAVe founder Gary Kayye)
 on Thursday, 29 August
  AV over IP continues to mature. It’s gained preference over matrix switch based distribution including SDI in the broadcast and post-production space, and HDBaseT or native HDMI in commercial and residential. But there’s many approaches, all of which balance image quality, compression and network speed. In this panel we’ll discuss the pros and cons, use cases and technology roadmap for AV over IP.

Visitors to Integrate have the choice of three paid education packages — a one-day pass ($140), two-day pass ($240) or three day pass ($280), plus a range of bespoke networking opportunities, free tours and audio demos. To view the full program click here.

This year’s event will also host Immersive audio experiences, in dedicated demo rooms. Hear why ‘audio’ comes first in A in these dedicated, sound proof spaces, with the newest product ranges from L-Acoustics, S.E. Audiotechnik, JBL Professional, HARMAN and more.

Plus there’s a host of industry networking events, behind-the-scenes MCEC tours and award receptions and the rAVe team will be reporting LIVE from down under so you don’t miss a minute of the show. Don’t miss your chance to lose yourself in the technology of tomorrow this August in Melbourne.

Register to attend the exhibition for free online today here. And, if you aren’t going, see all of rAVe’s LIVE coverage of Integrate 2019 on the rAVe Integrate 2019 Dedicated MicroSite!