AVIXA Releases Digital Signage Plans For InfoComm In June February 17, 2022 by Dave Haynes The trade association AVIXA has released some of the plans for the digital signage component of the planned InfoComm trade show in June in Las Vegas – with a dedicated zone in the exhibit hall and on-premise conference done in conjunction with the Digital Signage Federation. There will again be a D=Sign conference at the …
World Out Of Home Org Going Ahead With In-Person Global Congress Late May In Toronto February 16, 2022 by Dave Haynes The World Out of Home Organization, whose members include many of the largest media companies on the planet, sees enough settling down of COVID-19 in Canada and elsewhere to go ahead with plans for an in-person Global Congress in Toronto on May 25-27. It will be WOO’s first in-person congress since Dubai in 2019. The …
Digital Displays Evolving From Trade Show Add-Ons To Main Components In Stands February 14, 2022 by Dave Haynes It was about four or five years ago when rental LED displays came up enough in visual quality and durability and down enough in price to make them feasible as backdrops, headers and feature walls in trade show exhibits. Back then, you’d see them here and there – and mostly as add-ons, save the biggest …
Going Back To (Hopefully) Normal, InfoComm Opens Registration For Traditional June Show In Vegas February 10, 2022 by Dave Haynes The big pro AV trade show InfoComm is angling back to some kind of normalcy, with the 2022 event back in the blast furnace of Las Vegas from June 4-10 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. Education is at the front end of these days, with the exhibit hall open from the 8th to 10th. Most …
ISE’s Shift To May Creates Show Partnership With Global IOT Event February 1, 2022 by Dave Haynes Integrated Systems Europe’s COVID-forced shift from this week in Barcelona (sigh) to mid-May opened up an opportunity to partner with another significant going on at the same time – focused on Internet of Things technology and issues. ISE says it is joining forces with IOT Solutions World Congress (IOTSWC), described as “the largest international event …
DSE Reboot Pushed Back To November; Q4 Time Window Going Forward January 26, 2022 by Dave Haynes The industry-specific trade show re-booted as Digital Signage Experience has been pushed back to November 2022 – another event affected by the pandemic that keeps on going. The show was supposed to run in late March in Las Vegas as a new take on the Digital Signage Expo show and conference that ran for some …
Expo 2020 Exhibit Mashes Up Kiosk, AR, Selfies And Projection Mapping January 26, 2022 by Dave Haynes The Al Wasl Plaza is one of the signature locations at the Expo 2020 exhibition that was COVID-delayed and now running through March in Dubai. There is a lot of technology all through the Expo site, but a Linkedin post via Christie shows a particularly inventive way to blend interactive kiosks, selfies, AR and projection …
Samsung Had To Charter Jets To Bring Home COVID-Hit Execs From CES: Report January 19, 2022 by Dave Haynes The Omicron variant is so easily spread that if individuals and businesses opt in to events like trade shows – particularly if there airplanes, hotels and restaurants involved – there’s a pretty solid chance attendees are going to head home with COVID-19 in their airways. Consider the story circulating about Samsung executives who went to …
The Normally Big NRF Retail Show Is Happening In New York, And Appears To Doing OK January 17, 2022 by Dave Haynes Much of the attention as we have shifted into the new year and trade show season was focused on CES in Las Vegas, but that event is mainly about consumer technology. The tech-centric National Retail Federation show in New York is very arguably more relevant to the digital signage ecosystem, and it opened its exhibit …
Postponed ISE Creates Pro AV Trade Show Overlaps In UK, And Likely Elsewhere January 12, 2022 by Dave Haynes The decision to push the normally big Integrated Systems Europe trade show from three weeks out to four months out has not gone over well with at least some of the people involved in the UK’s pro AV ecosystem. Postponed over coronavirus concerns, the show is now set for the middle of May in Barcelona, …
