The Integration Conversation

Michael Heiss (M Heiss Consulting) attended E3 (the big gaming show) and has a report — and both he and Walt Zerbe have info from the Apple World Wide Developers Conference in this podcast.

https://michaelheiss.com/

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Steve Rissi, CEDIA's director of technical training — a former tech who's worked in the field — and our Senior Director of Education Samantha Ventura join us to give us the skinny on the classes that'll fit your firm's needs and how their team has been polishing the training catalog for CEDIA Expo 2019.

Register here: https://www.cediaexpo.com/

Two parts again in this one: David Thomas (Momentum Group) and Carol Campbell (Technology Insider Group, among others) tell us all about stuff to do, see, eat, and drink in and around Denver, and Brian Pagel of Emerald Expositions tells us what's new and different on the CEDIA Expo floor in 2019.

Early Bird Special pricing for CEDIA Expo 2019 has been extended through June 21. REGISTER HERE: https://www.cediaexpo.com/

For more on Thomas and Campbell:

http://www.momentumreps.com/

http://technologyinsidergroup.com/

Michael Heiss just attended the Display Week show in California, and he's got the skinny on display technology that'll be impacting us in the near future. He also took a look at a show called "Digital Hollywood," and he has info on those presentations, too.

http://www.displayweek.org/

https://www.digitalhollywood.com/

https://michaelheiss.com/

For more on CEDIA, go to cedia.net.

Three presenters from CEDIA's upcoming Leadership Conference have info you can use right now: Mark Boud (Metrostudy) on the direction of the housing market and timelines for potential downturns, David Rendall (co-author of the book "Pink Goldfish") on how your perceived businesses weaknesses can be leveraged as strengths, and Peter Romaniello (Conceptual Lighting, LLC) on integrators getting in on the lighting conversation early in the project.

www.metrostudy.com

https://www.drendall.com/

https://www.conceptuallighting.com/

For more info in the Leadership Conference (and CEDIA's Awards Celebration), go here: https://bit.ly/2X5wew9

As the home network grows more complex — and we get closer to the adoption of technologies such as 8K video — cabling will become more critical. Is it time to become expert with fiber so your projects are "future-ready"? We dig into this and many other issues (including shielding, cable certification, and more) with Eric Bodley of the very aptly named Future Ready Solutions.

https://futurereadysolutions.com/

Find info on the White Paper on cabling here: https://cedia.net/insights/cedia-blog-detail/press-releases/2019/05/21/new-cedia-white-paper-keys-in-on-cabling

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As EVP of Consumer Business Development & Strategic Partnerships at 20th Century Fox, John Penney has seen a great many companies move from purely transactional businesses to hybrid businesses: making money from both transactions AND recurring monthly revenue. He's got advice on strategies for implementing that change.

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The second report from the Munich High-End audio show, features our takes on the show's top gear. Walt Zerbe is joined by:

Christiaan Beukes, http://spherecustom.com/

James Chen, https://www.kordz.com/

and Peter Aylett, https://www.archimedia-me.com/

https://www.highendsociety.de/index.php/en/home.html

For more on CEDIA, check out CEDIA.net.

Gear, gear, gear! In this first report from the Munich High-End audio show, Walt Zerbe is joined by:

Christiaan Beukes, http://spherecustom.com/

James Chen, https://www.kordz.com/

and Peter Aylett, https://www.archimedia-me.com/

https://www.highendsociety.de/index.php/en/home.html

For more on CEDIA, check out CEDIA.net.

CEDIA's Ian Bryant, Anastasia Tate, and Ed Wenck all went to see Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak speak at Purdue University — here's their recap. Plus, Walt Zerbe just attended a conference on remodeling trends at Harvard, and he's got info.

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