Exertis Almo is firing up its E4 Experience engines to deliver two award-winning full-day training, product and networking experiences to integrators and end users in Boston on Sept. 10 and Anaheim on Oct. 8.

The E4 Experience is well-established in the AV industry as the most valuable, free, one day traveling education, training and product showcase for integrators, consultants and end users. It brings together top educators, manufacturing partners, AVIXA CTS Renewal Unit training, technology firsts and endless networking opportunities.

Now in its 15th year, the E4 Experience continues to grow, achieving record-breaking numbers D.C. and Chicago earlier this year, with more than 1,000 professionals in attendance and well above 1,000 CTS RUs earned.

Here’s rAVe’s own Gary Kayye with Exertis Almo’s EVP, Dan Smith, on the importance of the E4:

According to Exertis Almo Executive Vice President Dan Smith, “The E4 Experience helps answer the critical question: how can we best use available technologies to optimize communication quality? With technology evolving rapidly, the E4 Experience provides the ideal platform for Exertis Almo to bring together manufacturers, integrators and a growing number of end users to explore these advancements.” He continued, “As hosts, our goal is to have attendees leave better equipped to successfully achieve their AV projects and communication objectives.”

Smith noted that AV services have brought an exploding area of growth to the industry as integrators see the value of bringing them into a project. “Our services business has doubled in the last year alone. Many experts from our services team will be on hand, including Morgan Glandorf, one of CI’s 2024 40 Under Influencers. We’ll also talk about some of our newest service offerings, such as Remote Installation Support and Technical Consulting. In addition, two of the E4 Experience educational sessions focus on Drafting and Engineering, which are some of our most widely used services.”

Educational Sessions

E4 attendees can partake in a variety of sessions throughout the day, delivered by industry-leading educators, and worth a total of 10 AVIXA CTS Renewal Units (each session worth 1 CTS RU):

• NEW! Autism and AV: Furthering the Discussion to Unlock Abilities – Rob Voorhees, Director of Business Development, Exertis Almo
• NEW! Visualize & Draft: An Introduction to AutoCAD Basics for AV – Angus Yao, Exertis Almo and Kevan McDaniel
• NEW! Beyond the Basics: AutoCAD for Comprehensive AV Drawings – Angus Yao, Exertis Almo and Kevan McDaniel, Exertis Almo
• Keynote: 9 Cool New Products and 4 Cool New Technologies that Will Change AV Forever Gary Kayye, Director & Co-Founder, The rAVe Agency
• Monetizing Digital Signage – Todd Heberlein, Business Development Manager, Exertis Almo
• Navigating the Future: Harnessing AI in Enhanced Collaboration (offered twice) – Amanda Stewart, North America Distribution Channels, Microsoft Teams Room Specialist
• Being Smart About Smart Buildings – Gary Kayye, Director & Co-Founder, THE rAVe Agency
• Modern Meeting Room Design – Tom Kehr, In-House Systems Designer and Trainer, Exertis Almo
• Basic Acoustics for Meeting Rooms – Tom Kehr, In-House Systems Designer and Trainer, Exertis Almo
• Additionally, the E4 Experience will include live demos in the AI-enabled Microsoft Teams Room Experience Center, and in the XR/VR Solutions and Drone Solutions areas on the showroom floor.

With nearly 50 exhibitors this fall, all the major AV brands and industry services are represented with many showing available models of products launched earlier this year at larger events, such as ISE and InfoComm.