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Seminar & Workshop Package

Seminar & Workshop Package

All the education you need. All in one place.

The Seminar & Workshop Package is a great way to learn from the experts while you're at InfoComm in a wide range of subjects, from audio to video and everything in between. 

The Seminar & Workshop Package includes:

  • Emerging Trends Day
  • Over 60 sessions 
  • All Manufacturers' Training sessions

*The Package does not include Premium Workshops, Tours or AVIXA Three-Day Courses or tours.

IMPORTANT CHANGE FOR 2021!

You must pre-register for sessions in the Seminar and Workshop package.

Based on attendee feedback and to support social distancing, it is required that you reserve your spot for Seminar and Workshop sessions in advance. This is a change from previous years.

We don't want anyone to be turned away at the door, so please be sure to select the sessions you plan to attend during the online registration process.

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8:30 AM
  1. Deciphering the Technology Differences in Beamforming Microphone Solutions
    • .5 RUs
    SW57
    • Audio
    • Emerging Trends
    • Engineering
    • Installation
    • Systems Design
    • Systems Integration
    • Corporate
    The use of microphone beamforming technology has been on the rise in a lot of products and applications. From the smart home assistant, the conference desktop phone, the huddle-room video camera, to m ...
    Holger Stoltze
    Holger Stoltze, Senior Director of Technical Sales & Marketing - Yamaha Unified Communications
  2. AI and the Human Experience
    • .5 RUs
    SW58
    • Emerging Trends
    • Architecture/Building Design
    • Experience Design
    • Facilities Management
    • Systems Design
    • Systems Integration
    • Corporate
    New technologies and innovations are emerging rapidly and will forever impact the way we work, how we manage space and the human experience. We need to look to the future to see the shift that is on t ...
    Kay Sargent
    Kay Sargent, Senior Principal Director of WorkPlace
    Adriana Rojas
    Adriana Rojas, Director of Interiors
9:30 AM
  1. Licensed Wireless Microphone Operations and New White Space Device Rules
    • .5 RUs
    SW02
    • Audio
    • Live Events
    • Content Creation
    • Installation
    • Staging/Rigging
    • Live Events
    • Venues/Sports
    On October 27, 2020, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) adopted some revised rules for unlicensed white space devices (WSD), also known as TV white space devices (TVWS). These will impact pla ...
    Joe Ciaudelli
    Joe Ciaudelli, Spectrum Communication
    Ahren Hartman
    Ahren Hartman, Vice President - Shure Incorporated
10:00 AM
  1. Audio DSP Signal Chain Best Practices for Speech Reinforcement Systems
    • 1 RU
    SW03
    • Audio
    • Engineering
    • Installation
    • Systems Design
    • Systems Integration
    This session will cover “best practice” signal processing chain for typical speech reinforcement system applications including input signal processing and dynamics, echo cancelling, automatic mixing a ...
    Rodrigo Ordóñez
    Rodrigo Ordóñez, Principal - K2
11:30 AM
  1. Deploying Milan Audio Networks for Live Sound Applications
    • 1 RU
    SW04
    • Audio
    • Live Events
    • Engineering
    • Experience Design
    • Systems Design
    • Systems Integration
    • Live Events
    • Venues/Sports
    Live sound data must be precisely timed and utterly reliable. Meanwhile, touring audio systems are built under unforgiving circumstances: they must be set up to be configured quickly, potentially scal ...
    Richard Bugg
    Richard Bugg
    Genio Kronauer
    Genio Kronauer, Director of Electronics - L-Acoustics US LLC
    Henning Kaltheuner
    Henning Kaltheuner - d&b audiotechnik
1:00 PM
  1. HDBaseT Master Program
    • 3 RUs
    MT15
    W311GH
    • Networked AV & AV over IP
    • Installation
    • Systems Design
    • Systems Integration
    This course is targeted at installers and integrators who would like an in-depth review of HDBaseT technology, its features, benefits and installation setups. With relevant content to both the beginne ...
    Daniel Shwartzberg
    Daniel Shwartzberg, Director of Customer Experience - HDBaseT Alliance
  2. The Current State of Conferencing and Collaboration
    • .75 RUs
    CC01
    • Conferencing & Collaboration
    • Architecture/Building Design
    • Engineering
    • Facilities Management
    • Installation
    • Project Management
    • Systems Design
    • Systems Integration
    • Corporate
    A panel of the foremost manufacturers and service providers share their insights on where conferencing and collaboration are now, a year and a half after the COVID-19 pandemic reshaped our world. Plus ...
1:30 PM
  1. Unraveling Loudspeaker Impedance
    • 1 RU
    SW01
    • Audio
    • Engineering
    • Systems Design
    • Systems Integration
    The impedance curve of a loudspeaker is most often a complex curve that contains a lot of information about the loudspeaker that may not be obvious to the casual observer. This presentation will exami ...
    Doug Jones
    Doug Jones, Professor Emeritus
    Tom Danley
    Tom Danley, Designer - Danley Sound Labs
  2. D=SIGN
    • 8 RUs
    DS01
    • Digital Signage
    • Architecture/Building Design
    • Content Creation
    • Engineering
    • Experience Design
    • Facilities Management
    • Interior Design
    • Systems Design
    • Systems Integration
    Explore the solutions, innovations, and big ideas around digital signage and digital out-of-home (DooH).
1:45 PM
  1. Enable Meeting Success through Technology and Human Connections
    • .5 RUs
    CC02
    • Conferencing & Collaboration
    • Design & Integration
    • Architecture/Building Design
    • Engineering
    • Facilities Management
    • Installation
    • Interior Design
    • Project Management
    • Systems Design
    • Systems Integration
    • Corporate
    Still working in conference rooms where you can’t connect and viewing meetings as a waste of time? Different types of gatherings need different tech tools to enhance and support meaningful human inter ...
    Kay Sargent
    Kay Sargent, Senior Principal Director of WorkPlace
    Adriana Rojas
    Adriana Rojas, Director of Interiors
2:15 PM
  1. Supporting Remote Workforces
    • .75 RUs
    CC03
    • Conferencing & Collaboration
    • Content Creation
    • Engineering
    • Facilities Management
    • Installation
    • Network Management
    • Project Management
    • Systems Design
    • Systems Integration
    • Corporate
    In-person and remote collaboration are just different…right? In this session, a panel of the foremost manufacturers and service providers will identify the hardest elements of in-person collaboration ...
3:30 PM
  1. Audio 401: Limiters, Equalization, and Multi Zone (distributed) PA systems
    • 1.5 RUs
    SW07
    W311AB
    • Audio
    • Engineering
    • Staging/Rigging
    • Systems Design
    • House of Worship
    • Live Events
    • Venues/Sports
    Have better gain before feedback and sound systems with fuller, more pleasant results leading to happier audiences and satisfied clients. Beginning with the theory of delaying loudspeakers and distrib ...
    Bill Magod
    Bill Magod, Account Executive - Crossfire Sound
  2. Clear Audio for Conferencing
    • .75 RUs
    CC04
    • Audio
    • Conferencing & Collaboration
    • Engineering
    • Facilities Management
    • Installation
    • Systems Design
    • Systems Integration
    • Corporate
    Working together, yet apart, has highlighted the critical need for clear audio in conferencing and collaboration. Join a panel of the foremost manufacturers and service providers to explore the curren ...
4:15 PM
  1. Designing Flexible Collaboration Spaces
    • .75 RUs
    CC05
    • Conferencing & Collaboration
    • Design & Integration
    • Architecture/Building Design
    • Facilities Management
    • Systems Design
    • Systems Integration
    • Corporate
    The design and layout of conferencing and collaboration spaces is being reconsidered from the ground up. As workers begin to repopulate office environments in phases, hybrid meetings will rise to fore ...
5:00 PM
  1. Hybrid Workspaces Done Right: Collaborative Technology Bringing Together Distributed Teams
    • .5 RUs
    CC06
    • Conferencing & Collaboration
    • Design & Integration
    • Facilities Management
    • Installation
    • Systems Design
    • Systems Integration
    • Corporate
    Digital transformation remains an untapped potential. Collaboration and unified communications technology are a critical part of business plans now and in the future to support distributed and hybrid ...
    Dana Corey
    Dana Corey, General Manager - Avocor
8:30 AM
  1. AV in the Office Space with a Work-from-home Workforce
    • .5 RUs
    CC07
    • Conferencing & Collaboration
    • Design & Integration
    • Architecture/Building Design
    • Content Creation
    • Experience Design
    • Facilities Management
    • Systems Design
    • Systems Integration
    • Corporate
    A look at the trends across multiple industries, including health care, banking, and other corporations, to better understand how your client's 5 year technology plan is changing. More and more, offic ...
    Jennifer Tetreault
    Jennifer Tetreault, VP of Delivery - SiteREADY
  2. AV Project Management: Expectation vs. Reality
    • .5 RUs
    SW09
    • Business & Project Management
    • Architecture/Building Design
    • Project Management
    • Systems Design
    The biggest downfall in AV project management is when there is a difference between the client’s expectations and the designer’s reality. Through careful planning and a proactive approach, exceeding c ...
    Jonathan Owens
    Jonathan Owens, ASSOCIATE - Shen Milsom & Wilke LLC
  3. Recruiting, Retaining and Mentoring Employees: Three Part Workshop
    • 1.5 RUs
    SW08
    W311AB
    • Business & Project Management
    • Project Management
    Our little-known high-tech industry requires a new approach to hiring and retention.  Hiring the right employees and building an effective team are vital to the survival of an AV organization. This wo ...
    Kelly Perkins
    Kelly Perkins, Marketing & Communications
    Steve Greenblatt
    Steve Greenblatt, President - Control Concepts, Inc.
  4. D=SIGN
    • 8 RUs
    DS02
    • Digital Signage
    • Architecture/Building Design
    • Content Creation
    • Engineering
    • Experience Design
    • Facilities Management
    • Interior Design
    • Systems Design
    • Systems Integration
    Explore the solutions, innovations, and big ideas around digital signage and digital out-of-home (DooH).
9:00 AM
  1. Using Workplace Analytics to Manage the Modern Workplace
    • .5 RUs
    CC08
    • Conferencing & Collaboration
    • Architecture/Building Design
    • Engineering
    • Experience Design
    • Installation
    • Project Management
    • Systems Design
    • Systems Integration
    • Corporate
    The enterprise workplace is undergoing its largest transformation in decades. Perhaps the biggest challenge organizations face is how to understand and manage the return to work, especially how the wo ...
    Chris Jaynes
    Chris Jaynes, Founder & CTO - Mersive
9:30 AM
  1. What’s New in BYOM
    • .75 RUs
    CC09
    • Conferencing & Collaboration
    • Engineering
    • Facilities Management
    • Systems Design
    • Systems Integration
    • Corporate
    Bring your own meeting (BYOM) systems are top-of-mind and have accelerated over the past year to become simpler, more flexible, and more capable. Rapid advances in wireless collaboration technologies ...
10:30 AM
  1. Simplify Your Systems Integration Design and Documentation Workflow with ConnectCAD
    • .75 RUs
    MT25
    W311GH
    • Networked AV & AV over IP
    • Architecture/Building Design
    • Facilities Management
    • Installation
    • Staging/Rigging
    • Systems Design
    • Systems Integration
    Attendees will explore how ConnectCAD, our latest add-on module of Vectorworks Spotlight and Designer, allows for the design and coordination of complex audiovisual (AV) installations, broadcast syste ...
    Jim Woodward
    Jim Woodward, Senior Product Specialist - Vectorworks, Inc.
  2. Create a Project in D-Tools System Integrator Software
    • .75 RUs
    MT22
    W311EF
    • Design & Integration
    • Project Management
    • Systems Design
    • Systems Integration
    Attendees will learn how to create a project and start designing in D-Tools System Integrator (SI). D-Tools SI an end-to-end software solution for commercial AV integrators that substantially improves ...
    Seth Enos
    Seth Enos, Head Product Manager - D-Tools, Inc.
  3. Developing Effective Communication for Increased Success
    • .5 RUs
    SW13
    • Business & Project Management
    • Engineering
    • Installation
    • Project Management
    • Sales/Marketing
    • Systems Design
    • Systems Integration
    All too often, integrators and consultants end up with projects that don't meet a customer's needs, project delays "while we try to figure this mess out," or even losing customers because you "just do ...
    Dawn Meade
    Dawn Meade, Senior AV Architect / Project Manager
  4. Crestron New Technology Showcase
    • .75 RUs
    MT29
    W314AB
    • Design & Integration
    • Architecture/Building Design
    • Engineering
    • Facilities Management
    • Installation
    • Network Management
    • Project Management
    • Sales/Marketing
    • Systems Design
    • Systems Integration
    Learn about the latest Crestron hardware and software innovations including Crestron Flex Unified Communications and collaboration platform; DM NVX™ network A/V now with the AVoIT alliance and much mo ...
    Rich Sasson
    Rich Sasson, Global Director Technical Services - Crestron Electronics, Inc.
  5. AV Savvy Casinos Know Winning Over Players is Not a Game of Chance
    MT18
    W311CD
    • Content Distribution & Media
    • Design & Integration
    • Digital Signage
    • Networked AV & AV over IP
    • Architecture/Building Design
    • Content Creation
    • Engineering
    • Experience Design
    • Facilities Management
    • Installation
    • Interior Design
    • Network Management
    • Project Management
    • Systems Design
    • Systems Integration
    • Venues/Sports
    Gaming is a nearly $450 billion industry, and the competition between rival physical and online casinos is fierce. Establishing a property as a ‘must-see destination’ among jaded consumers who have se ...
    Art Weeks
    Art Weeks, Director of Product Management - ZeeVee
    Doug Whelan
    Doug Whelan, Director of Systems Integration - NMR Events
10:45 AM
  1. Artificial Intelligence Tools in Corporate Conferencing
    • .75 RUs
    CC10
    • Conferencing & Collaboration
    • Architecture/Building Design
    • Engineering
    • Facilities Management
    • Systems Design
    • Systems Integration
    • Corporate
    There is undeniable heat surrounding Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools right now. When it comes to AI in conferencing and collaboration systems, however, how much of that intelligence is truly artifi ...
11:30 AM
  1. How I Built a Scrappy Dream Team Inside Big Tech
    • .5 RUs
    SW12
    • Business & Project Management
    • Experience Design
    • Project Management
    • Systems Design
    • Corporate
    Learn how I defied convention to build and foster an empowered team to create something magical. When I received approval from my executive team to prove out a concept and build a prototype of a cutti ...
    Elizabeth Bieniek
    Elizabeth Bieniek, Director of Engineering Innovation - Cisco
1:00 PM
  1. Poly Advance codec systems DSP and Control for AV Integrators
    • .75 RUs
    MT19
    W311CD
    • Conferencing & Collaboration
    • Engineering
    • Installation
    • Systems Integration
    Learn about the latest product feature enhancements on the latest Poly video endpoints. From compatibility with AV manufacturers to Dante and room control support.
    Anthony Harvey
    Anthony Harvey, Collaboration Architect - Poly
  2. Utilizing a Simplified User Experience
    • .75 RUs
    MT30
    W314AB
    • Design & Integration
    • Content Creation
    • Engineering
    • Experience Design
    • Systems Design
    • Systems Integration
    Discuss the new Crestron User Interface designs in the commercial space. How to create great user experiences with Crestron UI with Crestron HTML5 in the custom world and how to program the user exper ...
    Selveno Andrade
    Selveno Andrade, Senior Technical Trainer - Crestron Electronics, Inc.
1:30 PM
  1. Live Event Technology: Using Trends and Technology to WOW
    • .75 RUs
    SW54
    • Live Events
    • Experience Design
    • Project Management
    • Staging/Rigging
    • Live Events
    Experience live technology demos and discover creative tips on how to use technology and trends to wow your attendees. Find out how this clever technology can also make your day-to-day workflows more ...
    Deborah Elias
    Deborah Elias
  2. How to Navigate Difficult Customer Conversations
    • 1 RU
    SW15
    • Business & Project Management
    • Project Management
    • Sales/Marketing
    • Systems Integration
    This session will cover the landscape of issues that cause customers to be less than satisfied and provide tools to help you navigate those conversations that could threaten the health of that custome ...
    Nyere Hollingsworth
    Nyere Hollingsworth - Mitre Corporation
  3. Case Study: Creating a Multi-Site, Multi-Opportunity Active Learning Environment
    • .5 RUs
    SW14
    • Learning Spaces
    • Content Creation
    • Engineering
    • Experience Design
    • Facilities Management
    • Systems Design
    • Systems Integration
    • Education
    • Healthcare
    This session will walk participants through the process of designing an active learning environment that extends beyond the physical barriers of a building or a single campus. For the past year, the O ...
    Jodie Penrod
    Jodie Penrod
    Kevin Wenderoth
    Kevin Wenderoth
    Ian Wright
    Ian Wright, Director of Sales - Midwest, Northwest, Canada - T1V
    Blair Rubio
    Blair Rubio
  4. You Had Me at ‘Ecosystem’: A Debut Showcase of the Combined Solutions Portfolio of Shure and Stem Audio
    • 1.5 RUs
    MT23
    W311EF
    • Conferencing & Collaboration
    • Project Management
    • Systems Design
    • Systems Integration
    Last year, Shure announced the acquisition of Stem Audio, bringing the ability for Shure to further expand and diversify its solution offering for organizations of all sizes, while Stem Audio will ben ...
    Troy Jensen
    Troy Jensen, Senior Manager, Global Accounts - Shure, Inc.
    Tyler Troutman
    Tyler Troutman, Market Development Specialist - Shure, Inc.
  5. Virtual (Homecoming) Remote Broadcasting During The Pandemic
    • 1 RU
    SW61
    • Content Distribution & Media
    • Learning Spaces
    • Live Events
    • Content Creation
    • Engineering
    • Project Management
    • Systems Design
    • Systems Integration
    • Education
    • Live Events
    Join us for an in depth view of the products, layout, production, equipment, pros, cons, and lessons learned during Prairie View A&M University's six-day virtual homecoming celebration. We will dive i ...
    John Douglas
    John Douglas
2:00 PM
  1. Case Study: Agile PM in Action for HigherEd AV Support
    • .5 RUs
    SW16
    • Business & Project Management
    • Content Distribution & Media
    • Learning Spaces
    • Content Creation
    • Experience Design
    • Project Management
    • Education
    Florida State University College of Business offers four core methods of production that faculty can chose from to capture and produce their course video lectures. Utilizing a flexible model allowing ...
    Aiden Sizemore
    Aiden Sizemore, Director of Academic Technology - Florida State University
    Britney White
    Britney White
3:00 PM
  1. Build Your Personal Brand by Leveraging AV Tech and Analytics
    • .5 RUs
    SW18
    • Business & Project Management
    • Architecture/Building Design
    • Content Creation
    • Engineering
    • Experience Design
    • Facilities Management
    • Installation
    • Interior Design
    • Network Management
    • Project Management
    • Sales/Marketing
    • Staging/Rigging
    • Systems Design
    • Systems Integration
    This trio of industry experts will talk about unexpected ways you can leverage AV technology to build your personal brand. This session will cover equipment selection for your home office set-up, what ...
    Camille Burch
    Camille Burch, Public Relations & Marketing Manager
    Mark Coxon
    Mark Coxon, Blogger - Tangram Technology
    Christopher Neto
    Christopher Neto, Market Development Manager - Starin
  2. APIs for controlling Poly Devices
    • .75 RUs
    MT20
    W311CD
    • Design & Integration
    • Installation
    • Systems Design
    • Systems Integration
    The primary audience for this class is systems integrators who intend to enable configuration and management of the system features through integrated systems.
    Anthony Harvey
    Anthony Harvey, Collaboration Architect - Poly
  3. Design Considerations for Automatic Camera Tracking for Classrooms and Meetings
    • .5 RUs
    SW17
    • Design & Integration
    • Learning Spaces
    • Engineering
    • Installation
    • Systems Design
    • Systems Integration
    • Education
    With social distancing requirements, larger spaces need cameras, microphones, and speakers and these need to be positioned around the room to cover the audience as well as the presenter so that remote ...
    Rony Sebok
    Rony Sebok, VP - 1 Beyond, Inc.
  4. DigitalMedia the Next Generation, Design and Implementation
    • .75 RUs
    MT31
    W314AB
    • Design & Integration
    • Engineering
    • Installation
    • Network Management
    • Systems Design
    • Systems Integration
    From simple room solutions to business, campus or home wide distribution, Crestron DigitalMedia is the solutions. We will examine DMLite, DigitalMedia, and DM NVX technology including the AVoIP allian ...
    Eric Roache
    Eric Roache, Manager, Training East - Crestron Electronics, Inc.
    Rich Sasson
    Rich Sasson, Global Director Technical Services - Crestron Electronics, Inc.
4:00 PM
  1. A Customer's View on System Design and Good CX
    • .5 RUs
    SW23
    • Design & Integration
    • Experience Design
    • Systems Design
    • Systems Integration
    • Corporate
    Every system integrator knows how to design a system, right? Well, yes and no. In the corporate world, there are a lot of considerations that technology managers and internal consultants need to keep ...
    Dawn Meade
    Dawn Meade, Senior AV Architect / Project Manager
    Gary Yarbrough
    Gary Yarbrough, IT/COMMS Executive Manager - Northrop Grumman Corporation
  2. How to Design for High Performance & Sustainable AV Environments
    • 1 RU
    SW62
    • Design & Integration
    • Smart Buildings
    • Architecture/Building Design
    • Engineering
    • Experience Design
    • Facilities Management
    • Installation
    • Interior Design
    • Network Management
    • Project Management
    • Systems Design
    • Systems Integration
    • Other
    • Corporate
    Join this interactive session to learn how AV / IT integration can support green building and landscaping projects like those being certified through LEED, WELL, Fitwel, SITES, and the Living Building ...
    Patrick Cuddy
    Patrick Cuddy, Regional Solutions & Consultants Manager - NE - Middle Atlantic Products, Inc.
    Julia Farber
    Julia Farber
4:30 PM
  1. Latin America’s Pro Audio Industry
    • 1 RU
    SW59
    • Audio
    • Architecture/Building Design
    • Engineering
    • Facilities Management
    • Installation
    • Systems Design
    • Systems Integration
    Latin America’s pro audio industry reflects its many countries pervasive love of music and the ongoing introduction of new formats and applications. Countries such as Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Cost ...
    Sergio Molho
    Sergio Molho
8:30 AM
  1. Managing Multiple AV Facilities using an Enterprise Monitoring & Control System
    • 1 RU
    SW19
    • Control Systems
    • Architecture/Building Design
    • Facilities Management
    • Network Management
    • Systems Design
    • Systems Integration
    • Corporate
    • Education
    • Healthcare
    In any office, building, or campus, the need to properly support, manage, and control multiple AV systems becomes a challenge. An enterprise grade managed monitor and control system can significantly ...
    Christopher Maione
    Christopher Maione, AV Guru - Christopher Maione Associates
  2. A Holistic Approach to AV System Design
    • .75 RUs
    SW20
    • Design & Integration
    • Architecture/Building Design
    • Engineering
    • Experience Design
    • Facilities Management
    • Installation
    • Network Management
    • Systems Design
    • Systems Integration
    • Corporate
    As systems in a box and commodity products become more prevalent, it is easy to rely on a copy/paste approach to AV systems design and lose focus on the elements of an AV system that provide long term ...
    Holly Clausen
    Holly Clausen, Project Engineer - AVI-SPL
    Rodrigo Ordóñez
    Rodrigo Ordóñez, Principal - K2
  3. How to Deploy and Use Mersive Solstice in Hybrid Meeting and Learning Spaces
    • 1.5 RUs
    MT40
    W311GH
    • Conferencing & Collaboration
    • Architecture/Building Design
    • Experience Design
    • Facilities Management
    • Installation
    • Network Management
    • Systems Design
    • Systems Integration
    In this Mersive workshop, join John Razes, Director of Technical Services, and Erica Carroll, Product Training Manager, to fully experience the Mersive Solstice Ecosystem. Participants will learn from ...
    Erica Carroll
    Erica Carroll, Training Manager - Mersive Technologies
    John Razes
    John Razes, Director of Technical Services - Mersive Technologies
9:15 AM
  1. Why Power Quality Is the Key to Client Satisfaction
    • .5 RUs
    SW21
    • Design & Integration
    • Architecture/Building Design
    • Engineering
    • Facilities Management
    • Project Management
    • Sales/Marketing
    • Systems Design
    • Systems Integration
    With everything integrators and tech manager do, power is the foundation. Using an interactive Q&A format, we will discuss how energy managment is the ultimate key to client satisfaction. In the past, ...
    Joe Piccirilli
    Joe Piccirilli, Managing Director
    Coleen Sterns Leith
    Coleen Sterns Leith, President - Marketing Matters
9:30 AM
  1. Increasing Business Intelligence and Actionable Analytics to Boost ROI
    • .75 RUs
    SW22
    • Conferencing & Collaboration
    • Control Systems
    • Architecture/Building Design
    • Experience Design
    • Facilities Management
    • Systems Design
    • Systems Integration
    • Corporate
    This panel will discuss the importance of monitoring and controlling today's collaboration technology and environments. With "under the hood" insight and actionable analytics, organizations can make i ...
    Laurie Berg
    Laurie Berg, Product Management Director - AVI-SPL Columbia
    Frank Mehr
    Frank Mehr, SVP, Technology Enabled Services - AVI-SPL
10:00 AM
  1. How to Make Your AV Installations ADA Compliant
    • .5 RUs
    SW24
    • Design & Integration
    • Diversity & Inclusion
    • Installation
    • Systems Design
    • Systems Integration
    Are you wondering how the American Disability Act (ADA) might affect your projects? In this session, we'll define and clarify the American Disability Act (ADA) as it applies to AV installations, outli ...
    Kathryn Gaskell
    Kathryn Gaskell, Director - Product Management
10:30 AM
  1. Case Study: Redesigning the Virtual Healthcare Workspace During a Pandemic
    • .5 RUs
    SW26
    • Business & Project Management
    • Conferencing & Collaboration
    • Content Distribution & Media
    • Design & Integration
    • Content Creation
    • Engineering
    • Experience Design
    • Project Management
    • Systems Design
    • Systems Integration
    • Healthcare
    Overnight, the Collaborative Media department and the myriad of teleconferencing, streaming, hosting and remote work tools it provides became critical to the ongoing operation of the Mass General Brig ...
    Bo Toof
    Bo Toof
  2. Programmed vs Configured Control Solutions
    • .75 RUs
    SW25
    • Control Systems
    • Engineering
    • Systems Integration
    • Other
    AV control system programming is still a highly-valued offering with clear advantages, but its future is becoming more ambiguous as the industry’s understanding, needs, and expectations evolve. While ...
    Steve Greenblatt
    Steve Greenblatt, President - Control Concepts, Inc.
  3. Unboxing to Conferencing in Under 10 Minutes with a Complete Tesira Solution
    • .75 RUs
    MT37
    W311EF
    • Conferencing & Collaboration
    • Installation
    • Systems Integration
    In this course, we will go from a heap of hardware and wires, to making a test call in less than 10 minutes! At the beginning of the course the Tesira hardware will be laid out, wired up, deployed, cu ...
    Heath Aiken
    Heath Aiken, Field Sales Engineer - Biamp Systems
  4. Crestron New Technology Showcase
    • .75 RUs
    MT44
    W314AB
    • Design & Integration
    • Architecture/Building Design
    • Engineering
    • Facilities Management
    • Installation
    • Network Management
    • Project Management
    • Sales/Marketing
    • Systems Design
    • Systems Integration
    Learn about the latest Crestron hardware and software innovations including Crestron Flex Unified Communications and collaboration platform; DM NVX™ network A/V now with the AVoIT alliance and much mo ...
    Rich Sasson
    Rich Sasson, Global Director Technical Services - Crestron Electronics, Inc.
11:00 AM
  1. Case Study: Strategic Building Design and AV Technology Installations for Higher Ed
    • .75 RUs
    SW27
    • Design & Integration
    • Learning Spaces
    • Networked AV & AV over IP
    • Architecture/Building Design
    • Engineering
    • Installation
    • Systems Design
    • Systems Integration
    • Education
    • Venues/Sports
    As video game design becomes more prominent in higher education, Southern Methodist University determined it was time to create a new home for the Guildhall Game Design Program, one of the top-ranked ...
    Chris Gaut
    Chris Gaut, AV Support Consultant - Southern Methodist University (SMU)
    Gavin Downey
    Gavin Downey, Group Product Manager – Large Venue Projection - Epson America
  2. Getting Real About Inclusive Design
    • .5 RUs
    SW28
    • Business & Project Management
    • Design & Integration
    • Diversity & Inclusion
    • Architecture/Building Design
    • Experience Design
    • Systems Design
    Inclusive design adds value. Even better, there are no prerequisites for employing inclusive design! Inclusive design thinking can be used by anyone for any type of project. This session will explore ...
    Bren Walker
    Bren Walker
11:30 AM
  1. How Strategy Defines Workplace Content Design and Implementation
    • .75 RUs
    SW30
    • Content Distribution & Media
    • Design & Integration
    • Digital Signage
    • Architecture/Building Design
    • Content Creation
    • Experience Design
    • Installation
    • Project Management
    • Systems Design
    • Systems Integration
    • Corporate
    Emily and Rachel are collaborators defining a holistic workplace experience. Together, our complementary skillsets help us bridge the digital communications and physical manifestation of workplace inn ...
    Emily Conrad
    Emily Conrad
    Rachel Casanova
    Rachel Casanova, Senior Managing Director - Cushman & Wakefield
  2. User Experience Driven Control Systems Programming
    • .75 RUs
    SW29
    • Business & Project Management
    • Control Systems
    • Engineering
    • Experience Design
    • Installation
    • Project Management
    • Systems Design
    • Systems Integration
    The panel will discuss their approach towards delivering programming for AV systems with a customer-driven approach that is focused on providing an exceptional user experience and puts technology at t ...
    Hope Roth
    Hope Roth, Lead Programmer - Riordan Brothers Audio/Video
    Evan Hall
    Evan Hall, Chief of Big Ideas - Forward Thinking Designs
    Steve Greenblatt
    Steve Greenblatt, President - Control Concepts, Inc.
11:45 AM
  1. Case Study: Converting 100 Classrooms to Hybrid-Learning
    • .75 RUs
    SW31
    • Conferencing & Collaboration
    • Learning Spaces
    • Engineering
    • Facilities Management
    • Installation
    • Interior Design
    • Project Management
    • Systems Design
    • Systems Integration
    • Education
    NJIT started planning in April 2020 to convert over 100 classrooms to have video conferencing features. Solutions were researched quickly and primarily done through remote collaboration. Budget decisi ...
    Jesse House
    Jesse House, Assistant Director, Digital Media Services - New Jersey Institute of Technology
    Justine Krawiec
    Justine Krawiec, Instructional Technologist - NJIT
    Brian Hart
    Brian Hart
1:00 PM
  1. Leveraging the Power of Analytics Using IP Audio and Video
    • .75 RUs
    MT38
    W311EF
    • Networked AV & AV over IP
    • Facilities Management
    • Installation
    • Network Management
    • Systems Integration
    • Corporate
    • Education
    • Healthcare
    • House of Worship
    • Live Events
    How can analytics enhance audio and video solutions? In this session, you will hear how software analytics work with network audio and video applications to provide solutions for security and business ...
    Chris Wildfoerster
    Chris Wildfoerster, Business Development Manager, Audio - Axis Communications
    Aaron Andino
    Aaron Andino, Solutions Engineer - Axis Communications, Inc.
  2. The Digital Workplace
    • .75 RUs
    MT45
    W314AB
    • Networked AV & AV over IP
    • Engineering
    • Experience Design
    • Facilities Management
    • Installation
    • Network Management
    • Project Management
    • Sales/Marketing
    • Systems Design
    • Systems Integration
    Keep the conversation strong and collaborative with our network counterparts. Learn how to express requirements to the AV & UC & IT team, by speaking a language they'll understand. The Digital Workpla ...
    Eric Roache
    Eric Roache, Manager, Training East - Crestron Electronics, Inc.
    Rich Sasson
    Rich Sasson, Global Director Technical Services - Crestron Electronics, Inc.
1:30 PM
  1. Case Study: The Value of Master Planning AV Systems in Large Venues
    • 1 RU
    SW33
    • Content Distribution & Media
    • Design & Integration
    • Digital Signage
    • Networked AV & AV over IP
    • Architecture/Building Design
    • Engineering
    • Experience Design
    • Interior Design
    • Project Management
    • Systems Design
    • Systems Integration
    • Hospitality
    • Venues/Sports
    American Dream in East Rutherford, NJ is a true retail and entertainment destination. Developed by Triple 5, American Dream is a 3 million-square-foot development composed of 55% entertainment venues ...
    Mitchell Mittler
    Mitchell Mittler, VP Sales, Design and Technology - Diversified Media Group
    Jesse Schmidt
    Jesse Schmidt, AV Multimedia Specialist - Turner Broadcasting
    Dean Roberts
    Dean Roberts, Technical Operations Director - Diversified Seattle
  2. Quality of Service (QoS) Explained for Networked AV Systems
    • .5 RUs
    SW32
    • Networked AV & AV over IP
    • Engineering
    • Installation
    • Systems Design
    • Systems Integration
    QoS is critical in the deployment of networked AV systems that provide real-time low latency media delivery. The concept and technical details of QoS are often misunderstood and create a challenge for ...
    Rodrigo Ordóñez
    Rodrigo Ordóñez, Principal - K2
2:00 PM
  1. The Benefits of Fiber in AV
    • .5 RUs
    SW35
    • Networked AV & AV over IP
    • Architecture/Building Design
    • Facilities Management
    • Installation
    • Network Management
    • Project Management
    • Sales/Marketing
    • Systems Design
    • Systems Integration
    In this session, we will discuss the relevance to fiber in AV, as well as the benefits to using fiber in general. An introduction to the basics of fiber optics will be given, as well as an overview of ...
    Gary Vlaeminck
    Gary Vlaeminck
  2. Leveraging NDI for Live Video Distribution over IP
    • .5 RUs
    SW36
    • Content Distribution & Media
    • Learning Spaces
    • Live Events
    • Content Creation
    • Engineering
    • Network Management
    • Systems Design
    • Systems Integration
    • Corporate
    • Education
    • House of Worship
    • Live Events
    NDI is a mature, enterprise-ready technology for distributing lossless high-definition video over IP in real-time. This protocol can be used to distribute video not just over a network, but over the n ...
    William Golde
    William Golde, Director of Channel Development - PTZOptics/HuddleCamHD
    John Reese
    John Reese, Domestic Channel Account Manager - PTZOptics
    Patrick Kirby
    Patrick Kirby, International Business Development - PTZOptics
2:30 PM
  1. Content Creation with Generative Media and Gaming Engines
    • .75 RUs
    SW38
    • Content Distribution & Media
    • Live Events
    • Architecture/Building Design
    • Content Creation
    • Experience Design
    • Interior Design
    • Hospitality
    • Live Events
    • Venues/Sports
    Generative media is disrupting the traditional ways of creating content and changing the ways we work. Gaming engines are at the forefront of creating these tools. The ways of creating traditional med ...
    Geoffrey Platt
    Geoffrey Platt, Senior Product Manager - 7thSense
    Ginger Leigh
    Ginger Leigh, Interactive and Audiovisual Designer
3:00 PM
  1. Zero Trust Architectures for the Information Communication Industry
    • .5 RUs
    SW39
    • Networked AV & AV over IP
    • Engineering
    • Network Management
    • Systems Design
    • Systems Integration
    Data networks have long been designed to keep “bad guys” out while allowing “good guys” in, yet stories continue about data leaks, credential hijacking, ransomware, or worse. Organizations are increas ...
    Joel Bilheimer
    Joel Bilheimer
    Kevin Davis
    Kevin Davis, Principal Consultant - Advantage Engineering
  2. Immersive Audio for Multi-Sensory Brand Experiences
    • .5 RUs
    SW40
    • Audio
    • Design & Integration
    • Live Events
    • Architecture/Building Design
    • Experience Design
    • Installation
    • Interior Design
    • Systems Design
    • Systems Integration
    • Hospitality
    • Retail, E-Commerce
    As we move from a ‘solutions’ to an ‘experiences’ industry, the pandemic has accelerated several trends already underway — including consumers’ preferences to purchase goods online rather than within ...
    Graeme Harrison
    Graeme Harrison, Vice President & General Manager
3:30 PM
  1. Automatic Speech Recognition and Caption Delivery for Venues
    • .5 RUs
    SW42
    • Audio
    • Content Distribution & Media
    • Architecture/Building Design
    • Content Creation
    • Engineering
    • Experience Design
    • Facilities Management
    • Sales/Marketing
    • Systems Design
    • Systems Integration
    • Live Events
    • Venues/Sports
    This informative session will illustrate the importance of Automatic Speech Recognition-based captioning of video and aural content, and why freely and adequately enabling the displaying of such capti ...
    Bill Bennett
    Bill Bennett, Media Solutions Account Manager
4:00 PM
  1. How to Add Remote Guests to Your Live Stream
    • .5 RUs
    SW45
    • Content Distribution & Media
    • Live Events
    • Content Creation
    • Experience Design
    • Systems Design
    • Live Events
    Just about anyone can stream a live video, but can you include a remote guest in your program? We'll discuss the fundamentals and challenges of remote contribution, including specific examples and equ ...
    Jesse Miller
    Jesse Miller, CTO - Midtown Video, Inc.
  2. Extending Next Generation HDMI Connections - Challenges & Solutions
    • 1 RU
    SW44
    • Design & Integration
    • Engineering
    • Facilities Management
    • Installation
    • Network Management
    • Systems Design
    • Systems Integration
    The system design looks fine. Everything should work as expected, but the system fails when a different laptop is connected. Or maybe it intermittently reminds you that *something* isn't right. Pictur ...
    Joseph Cornwall
    Joseph Cornwall, AV Technology Evangelist - Legrand AV
  3. Ensuring the Security of AV Components on a Network
    • 1 RU
    SW43
    • Networked AV & AV over IP
    • Engineering
    • Facilities Management
    • Installation
    • Network Management
    • Systems Design
    • Systems Integration
    • Corporate
    Learn the design intents behind the security requirements on modern networks and how to design AV systems that will succeed on an enterprise network. Beyond the keys to design and architecture, this c ...
    Ron Berty
    Ron Berty, Business Development Manager - Matrox Graphics Inc.
    Rich Sasson
    Rich Sasson, Global Director Technical Services - Crestron Electronics, Inc.
    Caroline Injoyan
    Caroline Injoyan, Business Development Manager - Matrox Video
4:30 PM
  1. Creating Equitable Experiences over Video Conference
    • .5 RUs
    SW46
    • Conferencing & Collaboration
    • Content Distribution & Media
    • Engineering
    • Experience Design
    • Systems Design
    • Systems Integration
    • Corporate
    This session is about creating equity for an accurate representation of varying skin tones on video conferencing. Google has done extensive work in designing systems and spaces that look to create equ ...
    John Arpino
    John Arpino, Manager Audiovisual Design - Google
    Danny Bhadran
    Danny Bhadran, Program Manager - Google NorCal
5:00 PM
  1. Securing Audio Visual Systems in an Enterprise Environment
    • .5 RUs
    SW47
    • Networked AV & AV over IP
    • Engineering
    • Network Management
    • Project Management
    • Systems Design
    • Systems Integration
    • Corporate
    Learn the processes for hardening and monitoring audio visual hardware in an enterprise environment. The session will detail best practices and lessons learned while deploying audio visual technologie ...
    Mathew Slack
    Mathew Slack, Service and Platform Owner
    Jamie Horner
    Jamie Horner
8:30 AM
  1. Preparing Your Events Business for Post-Pandemic Success
    • .75 RUs
    SW49
    • Business & Project Management
    • Live Events
    • Content Creation
    • Experience Design
    • Sales/Marketing
    • Staging/Rigging
    • Live Events
    Producing events during a pandemic has been a huge learning experience for production rental businesses suddenly thrust into the world of virtual events and related pre-production activities. All indi ...
    Thomas Stimson
    Thomas Stimson, Owner/President - The Stimson Group
9:00 AM
  1. Higher Ed AV Solutions Forum
    • 1 RU
    SW50
    • Learning Spaces
    • Engineering
    • Installation
    • Project Management
    • Systems Design
    • Systems Integration
    • Education
    Join the Higher Ed AV Super Friends as they take on the Legion of Terrible AV by answering your questions about your projects and discussing the current state of college and university AV: what works, ...
    Raj Singh
    Raj Singh, Sr. Technology Architect - University of Southern California
    Lawrence Eng
    Lawrence Eng, Presentation Support Desk Coordinator-Academic Technology -Classroom Technology/Technical Services, Oregon State U - Oregon State University
    Jameson Rinehart
    Jameson Rinehart, AV Systems Designer - University of Missouri - Kansas City
    Larry Darling
    Larry Darling, Classroom Technology Manager - UNC Greensboro
9:30 AM
  1. Create Remarkable Hybrid Events Using AV, Social Media, and Messaging
    • .75 RUs
    SW51
    • Live Events
    • Content Creation
    • Experience Design
    • Sales/Marketing
    • Staging/Rigging
    • Live Events
    • Venues/Sports
    Combine the strength of best-practice digital platforms and in-person points of engagement to build a completely immersive and engaging live event. Featuring case studies with examples of successful e ...
    Eboni Green
    Eboni Green, CEO
    Alexander Williams
    Alexander Williams, Technology Director - Mics to Messaging
10:30 AM
  1. Case Study: Bringing Live Music Back to MusicCity During COVID19
    • .75 RUs
    SW52
    • Live Events
    • Architecture/Building Design
    • Experience Design
    • Facilities Management
    • Interior Design
    • Project Management
    • Sales/Marketing
    • Staging/Rigging
    • Live Events
    Learn how one team created a safe environment for artists, touring personnel, venues, promoters, and fans, to gather again for live music events. Bleach and other toxic chemicals are regularly used to ...
    Kimberly Sarubbi
    Kimberly Sarubbi
    Jeremy Young
    Jeremy Young, Chief Operating Officer - 3P America
    Laura Davis-Taylor
    Laura Davis-Taylor
  2. Mental Health and Suicide Prevention for the Live Events and Entertainment Industries
    • 1.5 RUs
    SW53
    • Business & Project Management
    • Live Events
    • Staging/Rigging
    • Live Events
    In 2019, the Behind the Scenes Foundation conducted an entertainment industry-wide survey. With over 3,400 respondents, the results found that over 90% of respondents have experienced anxiety and over ...
    Lori Rubinstein
    Lori Rubinstein
    Taryn Longo
    Taryn Longo, Founder - The Mastery Studio
    Patricia White
    Patricia White, Director of Education and Training - IATSE
11:30 AM
  1. Case Study: Using Technology to Promote Diversity and Inclusion
    • .5 RUs
    SW55
    • Diversity & Inclusion
    • Live Events
    • Content Creation
    • Experience Design
    • Staging/Rigging
    • Live Events
    Events are not just for fun. The reason we as humans choose to gather in groups, large or small, around a common goal is not random. Humans are wired for connection, and this connection has the power ...
    John Boyd
    John Boyd
12:00 PM
  1. Creating New Events with Virtual Production and Extended Reality
    • .75 RUs
    SW56
    • Content Distribution & Media
    • Live Events
    • Content Creation
    • Experience Design
    • Staging/Rigging
    • Live Events
    • Venues/Sports
    Virtual production and extended reality (XR) events are changing the landscapes of how events are created. They open areas of creativity that have not been achievable in the past. Virtual events are a ...
    Vincent Steenhoek
    Vincent Steenhoek
    Vello Virkhaus
    Vello Virkhaus, Co Owner, Creative Director and Generalist - XiteLabs
    Urs Nyffenegger
    Urs Nyffenegger

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