ISE Formally Confirms 2021 Show Delayed To June, Still In Barcelona September 15, 2020 by Dave Haynes The Integrated Systems Europe organizers have now pushed out a formal statement, confirming the February event is postponed and the new date is targeted for some time in June 2021 in Barcelona. Here’s the statement, fresh from my Inbox … After a period of consultation with the industry and the impact of the ongoing pandemic, …
ISE’s 2021 Show Postponed To Sometime Later In Year September 15, 2020 by Dave Haynes Hat Tip AV Interactive Integrated Systems Europe has postponed from its planned February 2021 dates to some time later next year – likely June. There was a flurry of social media posts from the AV trade press on Monday and overnight, as well as some quiet, unattributed confirmations from stakeholders that plans were changing. One …
Pro AV Survey Suggests EMEA Industry People Comfy With Trade Shows Again By Q1 ’21 August 7, 2020 by Dave Haynes The UK-based publication Inavate, which covers the pro AV market in the EMEA regions, has issued the results of a reader survey that suggests few buyers would attend physical industry events for the balkance of this year, but see Q1 of 2021 as the start of a return to normal. The questionnaire, that canvassed for …
ISE Starts Attendee Push; Suggests Health Safety Risk For Barcelona In Feb. Is Low July 31, 2020 by Dave Haynes The organizers of ISE started their push this week to both market the February show and reassure exhibitors and potential attendees that it will be safe. There were several videotaped segments done in Barcelona shown during the Digital Signage Summit held online earlier this week, from a studio space in Hanover, Germany. That event was …
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 …
Futuresource Releases Free Market Analyst Review Of What You Missed At ISE 2020 February 28, 2020 by Dave Haynes Every year, the UK-based consulting and research firm Futuresource Consulting sends a team of market analysts to walk the many halls of the RAI in Amsterdam to view and review what’s on show at ISE. Their findings are pulled together in a quite thorough free report that’s available as a PDF download. The 80+ slide …
ISE Confirms 2020 Attendance Down Sharply Due To CVID-19, Storms February 21, 2020 by Dave Haynes The organizers of Integrated Systems Europe have released its numbers on last week’s trade show in Amsterdam, confirming unofficial reports that total attendance dropped by roughly 30,000 year on year. Integrated Systems Events says the drop was due to the circumstances surrounding the COVID-19 virus spread – including the inability for many Chinese vendors to …
Full Winners’ List – 2020 Global Digital Signage Awards February 17, 2020 by Dave Haynes Here are all the winners – from top prize and outstanding individual through category winners and commendations – from last week’s Digital Signage Awards in Amsterdam. It was a great evening, and there were many great projects. Some projects took multiple awards, but there was a nice mix of company and budget sizes celebrated. Unlike …
ISE 2020 Final Impressions: Attendance Took Big Hit, But Exhibitors Seem Cool With That February 15, 2020 by Dave Haynes I had too full a day Thursday and too early a morning commitment Friday to knock out impressions day by day, so here goes for Days 3 and 4 at Integrated Systems Europe, banged out on my way back to Canada. There was a tweet late Friday afternoon quoting the show director, suggesting the finally …
Global Digital Signage Awards Handed Out In Amsterdam February 13, 2020 by Dave Haynes The global Digital Signage Awards – which Sixteen:Nine has been supporting for the last few years – had its big annual night Wednesday evening at a beautiful old theatre and hall in central Amsterdam. I don’t have a full winners’ list – because that would have been smart of me to seek out and prepare …
