CEDIA is offering 65 hours of professional development sessions during ISE 2023 in Barcelona. Now that tradeshows are back in full force, integrators are filling their 2023 calendars … and one attractive destination might be Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) 2023. If your passport is up to date and you’re looking to visit Barcelona, Spain, this year’s ISE is taking place January 31 – February 3 at Fira Barcelona – Gran Via.
For integrators who do plan on attending ISE 2023, reflecting the cross-section of vendors and new solutions in the exhibition space, they’ll find a busy conference program slate and trainings schedule that combines residential and commercial technology focuses.
The breakdown of conferences includes: the Content Production & Distribution Summit, Control Rooms Summit, Digital Signage Summit, Education Technology Summit, Live Events Summit, Smart Building Conference, Smart Workplace Summit and Smart Home Technology Conference.
Within the Smart Home Technology track, ISE 2023 is packed with sessions covering myriad trending topics impacting the residential custom integration industry. Attendees will find many familiar faces from CEDIA education, as CEDIA and AVIXA are co-owners of the event.
Here are just some of the options available among the 65 hours of CEDIA professional development scheduled:
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Tuesday, January 31
10:30 a.m. | Wi-Fi 6 Next-Generation Networks | Steven Rissi, Senior Director of Technical Education, CEDIA
The course explores next-gen Wi-Fi technologies and new standards have been designed to address some of the basic wireless networking issues and provide high-efficiency wireless.
12:30 p.m. | Good Lighting Doesn’t Just Happened … It’s Designed | Andy Bull, Director of Design, Lighting Audio Video Projects
Learn how to use different lighting techniques to create beautiful lighting designs for customers.
2:30 p.m. | How to Optimize the Video System & the Room for HDR | David Meyer, Technical Research Consultant, CEDIA
The class covers the challenges that come with HDR (High Dynamic Range) technology video system design from technical and spatial aspects about the room.
Wednesday, February 1
10:30 a.m. | Social Media Marketing for Integrators: How to Achieve a Bigger Impact for Your Business | Jeff Hayward, Director, Wildwood PR
This session will feature a panel of experts sharing insights and advice on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin and YouTube. Learn how they manage time to be successful at taking advantage of social media.
4:30 p.m. | Wellness in the Home | Michelle Guss, VP, Hospitality, Crestron; Philip Pini, Director of Residential Sales UK, Crestron
Learn about smart home tech that can support health & wellness, and how they can work in sync with one another to improve everyday lives of customers.
Thursday, Feb. 2
10:30 a.m. | Creating an Exit Strategy | Leslie Shiner, Owner, Shiner Group
Find out how a custom integration owner can successfully retire. Two primary exit strategies will be discussed, along with important questions each owner must answer to make the best decision for their unique needs and wants.
12:30 p.m. | Room Acoustics for Better Bass | Peter Aylett, Partner, Officina Acustica
Aylett, recently recognized as a CEDIA Fellow, addresses the difficult task of designing room acoustics to deliver excellent bass across multiple seating locations, while not over-absorbing high and midrange frequencies.
2:30 p.m. | Optimizing Immersive AV for Gaming & eSports | David Meyer, CEDIA
Gaming and eSports have become a leading form of entertainment, but one that is also the most technically demanding of any source content – one that’s inherently uncompressed and real-time, requiring the highest bandwidth with reliable UHD HDR video and fastest and/or variable refresh rates.
Friday, February 3
In addition to the previous days’ sessions, the education at ISE 2023 finishes up with a couple of fast-paced review courses at 10:30 a.m. for integrators who are preparing for CEDIA certifications.
Rissi leads a refresher course on those preparing for the CEDIA Cabling and Infrastructure Technician (CIT) Certification exam, while Ken Erdmann, Director of Technical Education Programs, leads the review for the CEDIA Integrated Systems Technician (IST) Certification test.
And of course, beyond the Smart Home Technology Conference, several tracks cover areas where residential integrators have also seen success on the resimercial/commercial side, such as corporate offices, lobbies, campuses and other places where digital signage, content and AV distribution skills come in handy.
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