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MUNICH, 26 MAY 2021: The ISE Digital platform is live! ISE Digital (1-2 June) launches next week with an exciting content programme, but for those already registered, the Cisco-powered platform is now available to explore. You can start adding sessions to your personal schedule, ready for next week. 

Integrated Systems Events Managing Director Mike Blackman said: “I am excited to reveal that the ISE Digital platform, powered by Cisco, is now live for you to start exploring online. This is the first ever, full scale ISE Digital, a rich, hybrid initiative, seeking to break new ground and celebrating our presence in ISE’s new home at the Fira de Barcelona.  The ISE Digital platform is extensive, so I urge you to register now, browse the site – and start planning your own agenda for when the content goes live on 1 June.  What a great team effort this has been - we’ve made it!”

With special thanks to presenting show partner KNX and headline sponsors Bosch, Lang, Panasonic, Shure and ACCIÓ - let ISE Digital help shape your roadmap to the future. Enjoy live Keynotes, Reporter Roundtables and market insights from the Main Stage. Explore Partner Hubs, the Product Innovation Channel, a dedicated Shure channel, and six Technology Channels, sponsored by KNX, Lenovo, MA Lighting, Sennheiser and Vivitek.  Join in via the polls and live chat available during every live-stream session.  There is also a Spanish-language channel for those unable to make the trip to Barcelona as well as the Student Zone, a collaboration between AVIXA, CEDIA and ISE looking to provide information to students looking to forge careers in our exciting industry.

The easy to navigate platform features the Main Stage programme, Technology Channels, Product Innovation Channel – as well as Hubs packed full of content from AVIXA and CEDIA as well as sponsors and show partners.  Visit ISE Digital to explore and start building your own experience https://digital.iseurope.org/ 

Here are some of the ‘must-see’ sessions available at your fingertips: 

ON THE MAIN STAGE 

Paving the way forward – A roadmap to success from the Main Stage

A fascinating programme of live and digital content curated with TNW, AVIXA, CEDIA and ISE exhibitors and partners to provide you with tools to navigate out of the pandemic, mixing live action from Barcelona with the ISE Digital agenda. 

Day One is titled ‘Rising to the challenge: Finding opportunity through crisis.’ It is themed around the pro AV industry’s role in recovering from the Covid crisis: and where the new opportunities lie.

Day Two looks further ahead into the future, and also examines some of the fundamental issues around business success, including sustainability and brand purpose.

Keynote Speakers

• Day 1: On the Sofa with Ventura Barba, CEO of the Sónar Festival.

Tackling the tech trends you need to have on your radar and why, Ventura will explore how technology has accelerated and what’s been put on the backburner over the last 12 months. If you want to master a changing landscape and influence a new future, this is one session not to be missed.

• Day 2: Sustainability Accelerated. On the Sofa with Tom Raftery, Global Vice President, Futurist & Innovation Evangelist at SAP.  

Sustainability is at the top of the global agenda and modern society is increasingly concerned with sustainability initiatives; ignoring it can only result in being left behind. Takeaways from this session will include advice on what is the perfect destination for a sustainable business.

Reporter Roundtables - these lively panel discussions include:

• 1 June: ‘Marketing Tactics in an Online World’. Rebecca Roth, Social Media Specialist & Imaging Coordinator at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center and Genia Shipova, Chief Marketing Officer at Daily Motion talk digital marketing tactics. Curated by TNW.

• 2 June: ‘What’s Your Purpose?’ Alice K. Steenland, Chief Sustainability Officer, Dassault Systèmes, is joined by other experts for this peer-to-peer knowledge exchange on how to position your brand and service in a post pandemic world. Curated by TNW.

• 2 June: ‘Workspace Planning’ In partnership with HDBaseT Alliance and in association with AV Magazine. Join Clive Couldwell, Group Editor at AV Magazine, and guests as they discuss how companies are investing in network infrastructures and hybrid workplace-safe technologies. 

TECHNOLOGY CHANNELS 

Providing both live-streamed and on-demand content the Technology Channels on ISE Digital are organised into six themed areas. Each channel contains an overview of the market from a topic expert, plus contributions from leading solutions providers.

• Smart Building – sponsored by KNX

• Live Events & Audio – sponsored by MA Lighting

• Workspace Evolution – sponsored by Lenovo

• Digital Learning – sponsored by Sennheiser 

• Digital Signage – sponsored by Vivitek

• XR in Today’s Reality

PRODUCT INNOVATION CHANNEL

Alongside the Partner Hubs, the Product Innovation Channel provides plenty of information and videos on the latest solutions in the industry.  It’s where you can interact with key industry brands and find out what’s new. Companies featured include Aopen, Artome, Cisco, Daktronics, Datapath, GIRA, Jabra, Logitech, MA Lighting, Netgear, Newline Interactive, NewTek.

Watch live and interact via the chat function. Visit the ISE website for the latest exhibitor updates and features.

Closing with an AV Experience

Get ready for a one-of-a-kind performance which will see Artist and Creative Technologist, Alba G Corral entertain both the virtual and the physical audience.  Combining art, technology and music – Alba will be performing her AV Generative Graphics Performance in Realtime – Live-streamed to ISE Digital from the Main Stage in Barcelona – mark your diaries now! Tuesday, 1st Jun at 16:55 CET

The ISE Digital event goes live at 12:30 CET on Tuesday 1 June. Registration is free, quick, and simple: https://www.iseurope.org/register.php?actioncode=LIVEMAY3

About Integrated Systems Events:

Integrated Systems Events organises, manages and develops leading business-to-business events for the professional audiovisual, electronic systems integration and IT industries. Integrated Systems Events is a joint venture of the AVIXA and CEDIA trade associations. Its flagship event, Integrated Systems Europe, is the best-attended AV trade show anywhere in the world. After many successful years in Amsterdam, ISE is moving to the more spacious Fira de Barcelona in 2021. Integrated Systems Events produces conferences that take place at Integrated Systems Europe and elsewhere, bringing together thought leaders and experts from around the world. These events include the Smart Building Conference, the Digital Signage Summit conference series (produced in association with invidis consulting), Integrated Systems Russia (produced in association with MidExpo), XR Summit (covering virtual, augmented and mixed reality), Digital Cinema Summit (in association with Digital Cinema Report), Hospitality Tech Summit (in association with HTNG) and the Control Rooms Summit (in association with ICCRA). Visit www.isevents.org. 

About AVIXA:

AVIXA is the Audiovisual and Integrated Experience Association, producer of InfoComm trade shows around the world, co-owner of Integrated Systems Europe, and the international trade association representing the audiovisual industry. Established in 1939, AVIXA has more than 20,000 enterprise and individual members, including manufacturers, systems integrators, dealers and distributors, consultants, programmers, live events companies, technology managers, content producers, and multimedia professionals from more than 80 countries. AVIXA members create integrated AV experiences that deliver outcomes for end users. AVIXA is a hub for professional collaboration, information, and community, and is the leading resource for AV standards, certification, training, market intelligence, and thought leadership. Visit avixa.org.  

About CEDIA:

CEDIA is the global trade association and central touch point for companies that design, manufacture, and integrate technology for the home. With a keen focus on education, workforce development, and industry standards, CEDIA continues to build on its more than 30-year legacy as the industry leader in delivering the resources that set members on a pathway to prosperity. CEDIA delivers market intelligence through proprietary research, fosters community within the channel, and cultivates awareness with industry partners, consumers, and connected stakeholders. CEDIA co-owns Integrated Systems Europe, the world’s largest AV and systems integration exhibition, and founded CEDIA Expo, the world’s largest annual residential technology show. Over 3,900 global CEDIA member companies deliver technology solutions that allow families to experience the best moments in life from the comfort of their own home – Life Lived Best at Home. To learn more about CEDIA, visit www.cedia.net.