Connected magazine visited the Newcastle Town Hall in November 2024 for the annual CEDIA Tech+Business Summit. As we walked across the show floor, saying hello to friends and colleagues, we asked a few people what they thought of the residential AV industry in Australia and what more CEDIA can do to help improve business.

A mogul in both the Australian (and worldwide) commercial and residential AV industry, Michael Henriksen joins Connected, the AV integrator's podcast to talk about his time in the industry, his start in hi-fi and his journey with Blustream.

Integrate is just around the corner and Soren Norgaard from Diversified Communications comes on the podcast to talk about what's on at this year's event.

The AETM 2023 Conference was an excellent show that saw some of Australia's best education AV and IT professionals descend on St. Lucia, QLD. Connected magazine attended the event and learnt what the various companies, individuals and associations were focusing on during the show.

Connected magazine editor, Sean Carroll, talked with CEDIA's Paul Skelton about his recent Most Influential Person award and the upcoming CEDIA Tech Summit at the Gold Coast

Join Andy Moore as he investigates the origin of KNX and uncovers the reasons behind its success as the worlds leading open protocol for home and building automation.

In this episode, editor Anna Hayes is joined by Rise Legal's managing director, Helen Kay, to discuss the legal side of running your business.

This podcast does not remove the need for legal advice - there is no one-size-fits all approach to legal issues so please contact a legal professional if you have a specific issue or query.

Helen is offering a free 15-minute call to listeners - this can be accessed through this link: https://calendly.com/contracts-lawyer/free-15-minute-call-general

In this episode, Connected editor Anna Hayes is joined by Paul Skelton of CEDIA and Matt Manalis of eXperience One and the CEDIA Global Certification Committee, to discuss industry certification and the drive to get more members certified in order to grow the industry.

Over 500 people took part in the 2022 Connected Most Popular Awards which are outlined in Issue #4 of the magazine. In this episode, Connected editor Anna Hayes talks to Toni McAllister, founder of the Women in AV Australia forum and winner of this year's Most Influential Person Award for 2022.

In this episode, Connected editor Anna Hayes speaks to Paul Skelton, regional development independent consultant for Australia and New Zealand, about the upcoming CEDIA Tech Summit and Conference. The event will be held at Tweed Heads, NSW from October 18-20 and features an extensive education program as well as the chance to catch up with local distributors and see all of their new products.