Postcards from InfoComm International

Rising Stars: Apprenticeships in Focus of InfoComm London Roundtable

kallender — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 14:00:03 +0000

Greetings from The Queen Elizabeth II Conference Center, Westminster, London at the Roundtable event hosted by InfoComm International®. With the UK government having extended its apprenticeship initiative until March 2014, InfoComm took the opportunity to make apprenticeships the main topic of the event, and it was well received by 30 of the UK audiovisual industry’s More

InfoComm Live 2013

agleue — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 15:45:54 +0000

Howdy! Last week we hosted InfoComm Live, March 4-6 in Dallas, TX and what a huge success. Rental & Staging business leaders from across North America gathered for two days of networking, strategic business education and fun. The event opened Monday night with a rooftop reception at the ultra modern NYLO hotel in Dallas’s Southside. More

Full House at First Roundtable of 2013

CRegan — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 21:20:13 +0000

The spirited conversation lasted until the restaurant began clearing tables in Charlotte on Thursday, January 17, for InfoComm’s first Roundtable in North America. Integrators, end users, manufacturers, reps and stagers mixed it up and discussed everything from on-going AV-IT collaboration challenges to standards and InfoComm’s new AV Systems Verification Checklist. A full house and hopeful More

The Power of AV for Education at the School Equipment Show in Tampa

mthompson — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 21:03:24 +0000

Greetings from sunny Tampa and the 2012 School Equipment Show hosted by National School Supply and Equipment Association (NSSEA). InfoComm just wrapped up the third and final event in the Power of AV for Education series for 2013. This series is designed to examine future trends in learning and how technology plays a role in More

Greetings from Dubai: IFMEA 2012 Wrap Up

bjaffe — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 13:56:53 +0000

Greetings from Dubai. Our five-day IFMEA show has finally ended. It is strange to see the once-bustling Dubai World Trade Centre deserted as our show and GITEX drew to a close. I had the good fortune to speak to many of our members from the Middle East and Africa and it is exciting to hear More

Happy AV Week — from Dubai

bjaffe — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 14:57:50 +0000

It is truly AV Week here in Dubai, as InfoComm Middle East & Africa (IFMEA) opened on Sunday to eager attendees looking to see the latest AV technology. When the show debuted last year at the Dubai World Trade Centre, more than 12,000 visitors attended. But the truly incredible statistic is that 11,000 of the More

Preparation Begins at TecnoMultimedia-InfoComm for CTS Exams

cpoeck — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 15:31:26 +0000

The first pre-show, CTS Prep, at TecnoMultimedia-InfoComm, has begun in Mexico with 14 students from Mexico, 2 from Peru, 2 from Panama and 2 from Costa Rica, representing 9 different companies. Students are very excited and looking forward to their CTS exams!

Greetings from the Roundtable in Chile

rcasassus — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 17:33:44 +0000

On July 3, we met with representatives from eight of the leading companies in the country for our roundtable in Santiago, Chile. Different areas of discussion included integration, design, rental and staging, installation, programming and advertising services using professional audiovisual media. We also had a guest presentation from Rubi Valenzuela, who moved the audience with More

Burgeoning Beijing — InfoComm China Show Shatters Records

bjaffe — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 14:06:35 +0000

Is 2012 the Year of the AV Trade Show? At the close of day two of InfoComm China 2012, attendance hovered close to 15,000 (14,868), representing a 39 percent increase over its previous showing in 2011. Final attendance at close of the 3-day exhibition is expected to exceed 16,000, a record turnout. Record attendance is also driving More

InfoComm China 2012 Opens in Beijing

kallender — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 19:30:13 +0000

Dear AV friends, The weather is sunny, the mood is exciting and Beijing is a wonderful city to host China’s most spectacular AV trade show, InfoComm China 2012. The Beijing exhibition center is located right next to the Beijing National Stadium which was used in the Olympic Games 2008 aka Birds Nest. I’m certainly impressed with the scale and More