ISE Day 2 Impressions: Way Too Many Outdoor Screens, And One Too Many Pole-Dancing Robots February 12, 2020 by Dave Haynes It is remarkable how many companies seem to be in the outdoor LCD display business – there has to be at least 20 companies at ISE all showing various iterations of a super-bright display in a metal box, for advertising street furniture, wayfinding kiosks and drive thru promo and menu screens. They all have their …
ISE 2020 Day 1 Impressions: Many Little Steps, Not So Many Giant Leaps February 11, 2020 by Dave Haynes Day 1 at ISE was a good day for doing an overall pass around the show, mostly walking and not doing a whole lot of stopping. I wanted to get an overall look at things, and note what I needed to go back to for a closer look. My snap impression was that there was …
ISE 2020 Is Underway – Set-Up Day Impressions February 11, 2020 by Dave Haynes It will be 16C in Barcelona today, and sunny. It will be 6C, or roughly 20 degree F cooler, plus cloudy and wet and windy, in Amsterdam. So while I generally like this place, I am totally at piece with Integrated Systems Europe being on the Mediterranean coastline this time next year. I will also …
ISE Says About 50 Chinese Firms Not Able To Make Show This Week February 9, 2020 by Dave Haynes Integrated Systems Europe is now just a couple of days away, and I am headed there from London – the last leg on my hairy trip over. There was snow and freezing rain in Halifax when I left, and big snow in Montreal (normal for there) when I connected, making the plane late and forcing …
LG Confirms It Is Skipping ISE Over Health Safety Worries February 6, 2020 by Dave Haynes Here is the official word from LG, which took a day, on pulling its people from its stand at ISE – which was very likely already being built on the RAI hall floor. With the WHO recommending that individuals “promote social distancing,” LG management believed that the most responsible decision was to avoid participating in …
BrightSign’s Clever Plans For Healthy Messaging At ISE: “Let’s Not Shake” Buttons February 5, 2020 by Dave Haynes
ISE Says It Is Staying The Course With Plans; Warns Against Communing With Animals February 5, 2020 by Dave Haynes Here’s the latest update and point of view from ISE’s show managers Integrated Systems Events, and the executive staff of show owners AVIXA and CEDIA, regarding Coronavirus health concerns with next week’s show. The collective group says it is “continuing to monitor this fast-moving situation through the advice of public health authorities. We wish to …
Reports: LG Pulls Out Of ISE, Citing Coronavirus Outbreak Worries February 5, 2020 by Dave Haynes I can’t find an official statement specific to next week’s ISE trade show in Amsterdam, but there are multiple trade industry reports indicating Korean electronics giant LG has decided not to send staff to the show amidst worries about the risks of picking up the coronavirus. Here’s a link to another report … It makes …
ISE Confirms Some Chinese Exhibitors Will Be No-Shows, Amidst Coronavirus Outbreak February 3, 2020 by Dave Haynes Integrated Systems Europe has confirmed in a statement that the numbers of China-based tech companies showing at the pro AV trade show next week has been thinned out by airline travel restrictions. “Because many airlines have cancelled flights to and from China, we know that some Chinese companies may not be able to attend ISE …
ISE Expects Chinese Attendee Numbers To Drop This Year, Owing To Virus Outbreak January 31, 2020 by Dave Haynes ISE’s organizers are saying they expect visitor counts to be down from Chinese attendees when the show starts on Feb. 11 in Amsterdam – the drop owing to the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak. The show says 3.2% of the attendees in 2019 were from China. There were some 80,000 attendees, so that’s about 2,500 people. The …
