Dante AV Networking World is taking place Feb. 9 at the Amsterdam Holiday Inn starting at 9 a.m. This event will feature panel discussions, presentations and workshops showing Dante in action. The interactive panel discussions and presentations will be conducted by leading industry design consultants, AV installation contractors, IT networking experts, and well-known professional audio […]

CEDIA has finalized the format and presenters for the first CEDIA Business Xchange set to take place at the Hilton NASA in Houston April 29 – May 1, 2015. The event will center around two half-day workshops and unconference sessions. “The Business Xchange is not about sitting and listening to a presenter and seeing a […]

BTS Informa and Exponation have announced a partnership that will see the debut of DSE South America. Exponation, LLC is the founder, owner and operator of Digital Signage Expo (DSE) in Las Vegas, Nevada, and BTS Informa will organize the event in Brazil in July 2015. DSE South America brings together the digital signage market […]

This year saw some of the best new technology breakthroughs in decades, but manufacturers and systems integrators still don’t understand why innovative gear fails to succeed in the house of worship market. It seems counter-intuitive, but approaching the top of the technology apex in audio, video and lighting isn’t generating the kind of sales one […]

ISE 2015 will offer a wide range of events, presentations and training sessions. On Feb. 9, at 6.00 pm in the RAI Forum, on the eve of opening of the exhibition, the Keynote Address for ISE 2015 will be given by Lars Thomsen. Thomsen is a respected and influential futurist and international speaker whose company […]

NSCA is looking for potential applicants for its NSCA’s 2015 Excellence in Business Awards. Integrators can submit themselves. Submissions will be accepted through Jan. 23, 2015. Winners will receive one free admission to NSCA’s 17th annual Business & Leadership Conference (a $1,199 value), as well as recognition throughout the year in various NSCA and industry […]

InfoComm International, co-owner of the Integrated Systems Europe (ISE 2015) tradeshow, has announced its most comprehensive InfoComm University training to date at ISE 2015. ISE 2015 takes place from 10-12 Feb. 2015, at the Amsterdam RAI. As in previous years, InfoComm is contributing to the drive for increase knowledge by providing Members and guest members […]

NSCA announced this week that Liz Wiseman, leadership educator and Wall Street Journal best-selling author, will keynote NSCA’s 2015 Business & Leadership Conference (BLC). She will speak about the difference between leaders who are diminishers and those who are multipliers – and how many of today’s leaders are wasting their most vital resources by being […]

The world’s largest digital signage show — the Digital Signage Expo (DSE) — has already opened registration for its 2015 event to be held March 11-12 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. DSE is the world’s longest running conference and trade show exclusively dedicated to showcasing digital communications and interactive technology solutions for customer- and […]

The Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) show has officially opened registration for the 2015 event, being held in Amsterdam Feb. 10-12, 2015. Over 50,000 people are expected to attend as it’s truly a mega-AV show with both HomeAV and ProAV technology, products and companies exhibiting. There is no doubt the 2015 event will be a lot […]

It is much more difficult and expensive to fix a mistake in the design and/or installation of the audiovisual system if it is detected later in the project cycle. Making corrections and improvements during the design stage is always preferable to catching them at the end of the project. This idea is the foundation of […]

SynAudCon has THE TOP audio training program in the AV industry — I know, as I’ve been. And, they just announced that registration for its three-day Sound Reinforcement for Technicians (SRT) seminar, held in Dallas, Texas on Oct. 6-8, is now open. SRT instructor Pat Brown provides a presentation along with interactive “hands on” exercises. […]

Almo ProAV today announced its E4 AV Tour will resume this fall, stopping for the first time in Boston on October 3 and in Washington, D.C. on Oct. 17. Continuing the theme, “Navigate to New Horizons,” the fall E4s promise to be an empowering day filled with new and “back by popular demand” training sessions […]

By Dan Daley Special to InfoComm International The buzz around concepts such as distance learning and massive open online courses (MOOCs) make it seem as if media and higher education have suddenly and serendipitously collided, like some professorial version of chocolate and peanut butter. In fact, universities and media technologies have been trying to connect […]

If it says “interactive” you can bet that USB is being leveraged. From interactive white boards and displays, to teleconference systems and collaborative meeting spaces, they all feature USB connectivity as a core technology. In this second of a four-part webinar series from InfoComm, learn to specify, integrate and troubleshoot USB technology:  Discover the limitations […]

Registration is open for a workshop AQAV is holding next month in Illinois. This three-day course for its CQD certification (AV9000 Certified Qualified Designer). It is much more difficult and expensive to fix a mistake in the design and/or installation of the audiovisual system if it is detected later in the project cycle. The design […]

Industry thought leaders from Comcast, DISH, GigaOm Research, iControl, Dolby, Auro, Pioneer and Sony Pictures Entertainment will participate in three CEDIA Training panels at CEDIA EXPO 2014. In addition, Geoff Mulligan, chairman of the IPSO Alliance and former Presidential Innovation Fellow will present a course on the Internet of Things. “The topics these training courses […]

If you haven’t made arrangements for your management teams to attend this year’s InfoComm AV Executive Conference (AVEC), Sept. 17-19, you could miss out on some industry-changing thinking. Take a look at this year’s great speakers, advisers to companies including HP, Intel, Philips, Genentech and IBM, who are sharing their expert insights with the industry […]

Whether your background is AV or IT, communicating can be a challenge when it comes to AV devices on the network. InfoComm University is offering a special training program, Sept. 10-12, that could help you save time, money and stress by learning networking technology from an AV perspective with two specialized courses. Networked AV Systems […]

Revolabs has announced that the company is launching Revolabs Academy Training Program — a free, interactive online learning portal that provides users with a better understanding of audio fundamentals, measurement and performance, and proper use and installation of Revolabs products. Available now, the online curriculum complements the company’s upcoming training and certification tour, which will […]

Chief just launched a new training course, through its Chief Certified Partner Program, which focuses on digital signage solutions in ProAV environments and applications. The course is designed to help maximize the impact of content through Chief digital signage solutions, including the new ConnexSys Video Wall Mounting System. It also provides free industry credits — […]

On-trend and future focused insights, will be on offer at the inaugural Future Trend Talks at upcoming AV and systems integration trade show Integrate, which will take place in Sydney, Australia next month. Crafted to address the growing convergence of AV and IT, and to raise the benchmark of industry education available in the Asia […]

Synergetic Audio Concepts (SynAudCon) announced its in-person (remember, when there was no need to say “in-person” with regard to tech training — it was once all in-person) seminar schedule for fall 2014. Sound Reinforcement for Technicians (SRT) is a three-day seminar that covers the theory behind how sound systems work and demonstrates how to use […]

By Tim Kridel Special to InfoComm International For a technology that debuted barely four years ago, HDBaseT has amassed an impressive following among pro AV vendors and integrators. Crestron alone, for example, has more than two dozen HDBaseT extenders and other products. One reason is that HDBaseT is a Swiss Army knife in terms of […]

InfoComm’s AV Executive Conference, held September 17-19 in Scottsdale, Ariz., is an event you won’t want to miss. Learn more about the presenters who will help attendees develop a shared lexicon for describing, visualizing, assessing and changing business models. This is an event that CEOs and management teams won’t want to miss — register today […]

After the success of its first Integration Business Survival Conference & Technology Showcase (IBSC) in Chicago, NSCA announces two additional locations for this regional event: Atlanta on Sept. 15-16 and Phoenix on Nov. 6-7. This new industry learning experience offers customized industry training and education that gives attendees a chance to experience and learn about […]

Extron has launched two new certification programs: ECS – Extron Control Specialist and ECP – Extron Control Professional. ECS is designed to prepare individuals to successfully deploy and maintain customized AV control systems that are built using Extron Pro Series control products and Extron Global Configurator Plus software. ECP is geared toward advanced users or […]

DSE has announced a new event called DSE ONE in New York that will be held on Wed., Oct. 21st at the New York Conference Center. DSE ONE is a brand new one-day education and networking program designed specifically for CXO-level and middle management decision-makers whose organizations are considering or planning an investment in digital communications […]

Digital signage is driving developments in displays, human interfaces, content interactivity and more. A session at the upcoming InfoComm Display Summit will bring together experts in the field to explore the business aspects of this dynamic segment. Demands for the display technologies used in digital signage vary by application and can be quite different from […]

As you are walking the cavernous hallways of the Las Vegas Convention Center this year, and you hear a voice whisper “build it and they will use it,” don’t worry, others are hearing the same voice. The amazing gadgets we see at InfoComm and other tradeshows and in publications, are so exciting, they get us […]

This past week I was one of the luckiest workers in the world. Why? I was doing what I love and I was doing it for a living.  Life is good.  It helps that I am married to a perfect woman and that I love my wife and kids. It helps that I am a […]

Registration for CEDIA EXPO 2014 has now opened, offering a full schedule of training and after hours events as well as early bird discounts. The 2014 event will be hosted at the Colorado Convention Center Sept. 10-13. 110 CEDIA training sessions will be available at the show; of those sessions 48 are new covering hot […]