CES 2021 Cancels Physical Event; Will Be Online-Only July 28, 2020 by Dave Haynes The trade show dominoes keep tumbling, with cancellations now stretching into the new year with words that the mammoth CES show set for Las Vegas in January is now going to be an online-only thing. Says show owner Consumer Technology Association: “With the growing global health concerns about the spread of COVID-19, it is not …
NRF Shifts Its Big Show In NYC From Jan. To Jun. 2021 July 10, 2020 by Dave Haynes The National RetaiI Federation in the U.S. has announced it is pushing back the dates for its annual trade show and conference in New York City from mid-January to early June. The retail industry’s largest show, which is heavily focused on tech and attracts numerous vendors from the digital signage ecosystem, will now …
Europe’s Digital Signage Summit Shifts To Free Virtual Conference July 29-30 July 6, 2020 by Dave Haynes The Digital Signage Summit held each summer in Germany by Munich’s invidis and Integrated Systems Events has been shifted to an online event – set for July 29-30. The decision is, of course, necessitated by the ongoing pandemic. While conditions are much better in Europe than they were this spring, staging live, physical events remains …
ISE Announces Plans For Its “Post-Pandemic” New Reality In Barcelona (In 228 Days) June 19, 2020 by Dave Haynes With the virtual version of InfoComm completed, AVIXA and co-owner CEDIA have immediately pivoted to talking about plans for their other big pro AV trade show, Integrated Systems Europe. Its organizer, Integrated Systems Events, pushed out PR overnight saying the 2021 show is most definitely on in early February, and that measures are coming together …
InfoComm Connected Is Not The Future, But A Reasonable Compromise For These Nutty Times June 17, 2020 by Dave Haynes I spent part of Tuesday poking around the InfoComm Connected site, curious as to how a big AV trade show would look and work when done virtually. My lightning impression is that few people would conclude there’s no need to do the real thing anymore, because a virtual version does all that’s needed for exhibitors …
Computex Delayed To 2021, Despite Taiwan Having Fully Contained COVID-19 June 12, 2020 by Dave Haynes In a prime example of the phrase “abundance of caution,” the organizers of the computing trade show Computex have cancelled the 2020 show, having already postponed it from this month to fall. The show is in Taipei each year, and is being cancelled to remove any risk of transmission. This is in a city and …
SID Converts Its 2020 Display Week To A Virtual Event June 11, 2020 by Dave Haynes The display industry nerd-fest known as SID/Display Week has been converted to a virtual event, scheduled for August 3-7. Formally known as the 57th International Symposium, Seminar and Exhibition, the event put on by the Society for Information Display “will bring together the brightest minds in the display industry to provide insight into the latest …
DSE Updates Show Plans; Still Tracking For September And Saying Fall Shows Are New Norm June 11, 2020 by Dave Haynes You have likely seen news out of Las Vegas that at least some of the casino resorts are back in operation, and the city is opening up again. That news is at least one box checked in the efforts by the Exponation people to stage a delayed Digital Signage Expo in the city, shifted from …
InfoComm 2020 Is Next Week, But All Online With Demos And Learning June 9, 2020 by Dave Haynes In normal times – remember those? – many of you would be getting yourself organized to get in a car or hop on a flight to get to Las Vegas next week for the 2020 edition of the big pro AV trade show InfoComm. While Vegas is re-opening its casinos and other attractions (amidst 100+ …
The Huge IFA Tech Trade Show Is Going Ahead For September In Berlin, But Will Be Very Different May 19, 2020 by Dave Haynes Anybody who regularly attends trade shows will likely have been wondering when those kinds of events will resume, and how they’ll work going forward – at least pre-vaccine. The giant consumer and business technology show IFA may hold a clue. In 2019, the Berlin show attracted 245,000 visitors, dwarfing even the insanely crowded CES show …
