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InfoComm 2016 Names Keynote Speaker

Gain Insight Into the IoT

Check Out The Cosmopolitan

The Largest Displays in the World

More News
Councils Podcast; InfoComm 2016 Show Planner; Ahead of the Game With CTS; Stardraw.com Adopts Standard Symbols; Ask the AV Profs; Do You Know Your Cables? InfoComm and UBTech; First in Line for the Big Show

Upcoming Webinars

Featured Events

 
Stephen Dubner InfoComm Names Keynote Speaker
And it’s Stephen Dubner, best-selling co-author of Freakonomics and host of the Freakonomics Radio podcast. "His data-driven perspective will help InfoComm attendees better understand the most complex, failure-prone piece of any given AV system — the user," says Jason McGraw, CTS®, Senior Vice President of Expositions at InfoComm International®.
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Gain Insight Into the IoT
InfoComm International has launched a new conference program created to explore the role of the Internet of Things in professional audiovisual solutions. IoT Insights will debut May 9 in Santa Clara, Calif. Register today.
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IoT Insights
 
Live Events
cosmos Check Out The Cosmopolitan
Go behind the scenes of the awesome new AV systems at the luxurious Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas. The Cosmopolitan hotel and casino will host InfoComm’s first Live, Loud & Local event June 8 during InfoComm 2016. Attendees will get an exclusive tour and stay for networking and cocktails.
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The Largest Displays in the World
And we do mean the world. Our All Voices blogger takes you on a virtual tour from South Korea, to Australia, to New York’s Times Square for a look at breathtaking AV technology. Is now the time for really big OLED displays? Yes, yes it is.
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MORE NEWS FROM INFOCOMM

Podcast Podcast: Of the Members, for the Members

Now is a perfect time to get involved with InfoComm. Our member councils are enjoying a renaissance and they’re a great way to meet like-minded professionals and set a course for your association. Listen to chairs of the Women of InfoComm Network, Independent Consultants in Audiovisual Technology and Rental & Staging councils discuss plans for the year on the InfoComm Today Podcast. Then join the council of your choice.

Education Brochure Your Ultimate InfoComm Show Planner is Here

With less than two months until InfoComm 2016 in Las Vegas, now’s the time to start planning your week. The new Education and Show Planner lets you see all the three-day workshops, sessions and special events we have planned, plus a list of what’s new in 2016. With all this and more, your schedule is going to fill up fast. Check out the planner and register today.

Joel Vugteveen Ahead of the Game With CTS

Wasting no time with his New Year’s resolutions, Joel Vugteveen (pictured), CTS, Project Manager at Chicago-based installer TVTI, started the year with his nose in a study guide. On Jan. 2, the celebration began, as Vugteveen became the first person in the world to earn his Certified Technology Specialist™ (CTS) certification in 2016. "For me, it was more a validation of the skills that I have and a certification that I do know these things," he says. "It’s still a little new, but I like having ‘CTS’ added to my name and, of course, the pay raise." Read his story.

Stardraw Stardraw.com Adopts Standard AV Symbols

Stardraw.com has licensed a standardized set of architectural floor plan and reflected ceiling plan symbols for audio, video and control systems. The symbols are part of the American National Standards Institute-accredited J-STD-710, Audio, Video and Control Architectural Drawing Symbols Standard. Stardraw.com will implement the symbols into its AV design and documentation software Stardraw Design 7.2. InfoComm, the Consumer Technology Association, and the Custom Electronic Design and Installation Association developed the symbols. Read the full story.

AV Profs Ask the AV Profs

Gain fresh insight into everything AV from two of your favorite InfoComm University™ professors. Chuck Espinoza, CTS-D, CTS-I, and Marcus Yarborough, CTS-I, take your questions and offer real-world answers on a new monthly podcast. Go ahead: Ask them anything. Send questions to AVProfs@infocomm.org.

Category Cable Test Your Knowledge of Category Cable

Discover how much you really know about category cable with our interactive quiz. Then preview InfoComm University’s new online course How to Install and Validate Category Cable for AV.

UBTech Supersize Your InfoComm With UBTech

Attention InfoComm 2016 attendees. Are you in higher education? Join us and your peers at UBTech 2016, June 6-7, at The Mirage in Las Vegas. The national summit on AV and IT in schools takes place in the days before InfoComm 2016. Use the code INFOCOMM16 when you register for UBTech and receive discounted admission. Make your InfoComm week bigger and better by starting it with UBTech 2016.

He Beat You to It

There’s a first for everything, like being the first AV professional to register for InfoComm 2016 in Las Vegas this June. Read why Tom Zimmerman, CTS, Design Engineer for BT Conferencing, was eager to start planning his InfoComm experience. Maybe you can’t be first, but you can certainly register to be next.

UPCOMING WEBINARS

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April 13

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April 20

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FEATURED EVENTS

InfoComm China
April 13-15
Beijing

IoT Insights
May 9
Santa Clara, Calif.

 
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