DSE Issues Big Name Attendee List March 2, 2015 by Dave Haynes Here’s the list vendors really care about when they stumble in with their coffees in the minutes before the DSE 2015 exhibit all opens – prospective buyers. The trade show has released a sample list of attendees – understandably curated to highlight those large companies and well-known brands that will get sales people excited. Many or …
DSE 2015 Booth Field Guides February 13, 2015 by Dave Haynes I am going to do what will hopefully be a series of guides on what to see around DSE, which is now less than a month out. A set of questions to a bunch of exhibitors (the ones I had emails for, and remembered to ask) – looking for answers on what they are up to …
2015 Mixer Sold Out, But … February 8, 2015 by Dave Haynes The 2015 version of the annual Preset Group DSE kickoff mixer is once again sold out. Most of the tickets went in the 1st couple of days this past week, and the balance have dribbled in since then, the last ones going this weekend. There’s a wait list, and as experience has shown a nice …
Preset Mixer Update: 85% Sold Out February 5, 2015 by Dave Haynes The annual Preset Mixer is now 85% sold out – not bad for three days. Here’s a map of where all the folks are coming from. Most, as you might expect are from the big metro areas of Canada and the US, but we have people registered from Australia, Finland, Italy and Slovenia. We also …
First Transparent LCDs, Now Transparent OLEDs February 4, 2015 by Dave Haynes Display manufacturers always like to have eye candy at trade show booths, and Portland-based Planar Systems is bringing over what looks to be a particularly sweet piece to its booth next week at ISE in Amsterdam – a transparent OLED display. The 55” prototype display, which won’t be a product for at least a year, …
Mixer Tickets Go Up Tuesday Noon ET February 2, 2015 by Dave Haynes I am actually in my office all week, so there’s time finally to get tickets moving on the 6th annual Preset Group DSE Mixer. They’ll go up at noon tomorrow, and I will post the link tomorrow at that time, as well as Tweet about it. Typically, tickets go in 24-48 hours. If this is …
Preset DSE Mixer Sponsors Set January 30, 2015 by Dave Haynes The details are coming together on the annual Preset Group DSE Mixer, and barring something crazy, I should have ticket registration up early next week for the March 10 event. As always, there is a cap on attendance, and the tickets tend to go as fast as within 24 hours. The event – now …
Mixer Plans January 28, 2015 by Dave Haynes I’m getting a steady drip drip of emails from industry contacts asking about the annual Preset Group DSE Mixer. Answers: Yup, it’s on. Usual night before trade show hall opens. We’ll be back at the Hard Rock on the strip, 3rd floor. Room booked. Insurance done. Sponsors are in place, but I need to double-confirm …
NRF: A Crowded Digital Signage Field Gets Even More Crowded January 12, 2015 by Dave Haynes The last time I was at the big National Retail Federation trade show in New York, digital signage was something you saw here and there – in small solo booths or as one of the interesting services wedged into the mega booths of major tech companies. What struck me, wandering the aisles of NRF 2015 …
Next Week’s CES Will Switch On Quantum Dots Chatter, So What Is It … January 2, 2015 by Dave Haynes Las Vegas is about to be even more of a zoo than normal – if normal is a word you can attach to that city – as the annual Consumer Electronics Show ramps up. As it is every year, a lot of the stuff on the show floor and in the private areas is very …
