ISE’s Show Manager Says Barcelona Event Pressing Ahead, As Global COVID Cases Soar December 21, 2021 by Dave Haynes The show manager for Integrated Systems Europe says the exhibition and conference is going ahead in Barcelona as planned, unless Spanish government restrictions make that impossible. Mike Blackman told UK-based AV Interactive the event slated for the start of February is very much on. He noted in an interview that stands for some of the …
Lots Of Second Thoughts About Making ISE Trip As Giant Covid Wave Keeps Building December 20, 2021 by Dave Haynes I did a little poll on Linkedin last week that asked readers about their plans for going to Integrated Systems Europe, which opens in Barcelona six weeks from now. The poll – which has imprecise questions that would make proper pollsters do pre-teen girl eye-rolls – asked if COVID-19 case counts rocketing up once again …
ISE Announces Plans For Digital Signage Boulevard; Releases Details On Annual Digital Signage Summit December 3, 2021 by Dave Haynes Integrated Systems Europe has dubbed the digital signage and DOOH technology area at its new exhibit hall home in Barcelona the Digital Signage Boulevard. Making its debut in Hall 6 at ISE 2022, says ISE in an email blast, “this multi-application show floor feature will bring together and present a selection of the world’s leading …
ISE Says 700+ Exhibitors Taking Stands in Early February, So Far, Inc. “Bellwether” Tech Brands November 12, 2021 by Dave Haynes An encouraging note about things returning to business norms – Integrated Systems Europe reports more than 700 exhibitors set to show their pots and pans in Barcelona in less than three months. “It is very heartening to see that globally, events and exhibitions are returning to strength,” says Mike Blackman, Managing Director of Integrated Systems …
Sixteen:Nine ISE Mixer Set For Feb. 2 In Barcelona; Call For Sponsors November 9, 2021 by Dave Haynes With InfoComm out of the way, the next major trade show focused on digital signage and pro AV (if you set aside CES and NRF) is Integrated Systems Europe in Barcelona, at the start of February. Sixteen:Nine will be doing a digital signage industry mixer during that week, off-site and in conjunction with the global …
ISE Floor Plan Coming Together; Digital Signage Firms Grouped In One Hall Again October 21, 2021 by Dave Haynes I am starting to look ahead to Integrated Systems Europe, even though the next big pro AV show is actually next week – InfoComm in Orlando. I am looking past that because I am not going, and this year’s InfoComm is expected be a shadow of its normal self in terms of numbers. There has …
ISE Opens Registration For Feb. Show In Barcelona October 7, 2021 by Dave Haynes Integrated Systems Europe has opened registration for its 2022 trade show, set for Feb. 1-4 in Barcelona, Spain. The timing seems a bit odd, as show co-owner AVIXA has a full court press on right now convincing pro AV people to come to InfoComm at the end of this month. That show’s attendance and exhibitor …
Time’s Running Out – Get Your Entries In For The 2022 Global Digital Signage Awards! September 21, 2021 by Dave Haynes A last reminder that vendors, service providers and end-users like network operators and agencies have a little more than a week left to pull together submissions for the 2022 edition of the global Digital Signage Awards, which are backed, in part, by Sixteen:Nine. As I have noted a number of times, a little bit of …
CEDIA Attendance Clobbered By COVID September 20, 2021 by Dave Haynes The numbers for the recent home AV/residential tech trade show CEDIA Expo are in, and both attendee and exhibitor numbers were utterly clobbered. The last normal times version of the show, in 2019, attracted almost 20,000 attendees and 500 exhibitors, when it was held in Denver two years ago. The 2021 show was held at …
ISE’s London Micro-Show On Today, Tomorrow; Looks Small, But AV People Happy To Be There June 23, 2021 by Dave Haynes The London micro-ISE show is on today and tomorrow, and it appears to have the same sort of dimensions and foot traffic as the one earlier in the month in Barcelona. It is a hybrid virtual and in-person show and the photos and tweets appearing online suggest a few things: UK AV people are just …
