Event Agenda
| Tuesday, July 24, 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM | Meet and Greet Join us for a casual networking meet-up before the event begins. Meet SCN and AV Technology editors and pitch yourself for a story. Network with your peers, trade stories and business cards, and score exclusive product information from our vendor partners. Fun fact: 50% of AV Technology’s 2017 cover stories resulted from great impressions made at an AV/IT Leadership Summit. Location to be announced.
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| Wednesday, July 25, 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM | Breakfast & Networking | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9:00 AM - 9:10 AM | Welcome Megan A Dutta, Content Director of Systems Contractor News & Matt Pruznick, Content Director of AV Technology | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9:10 AM - 9:45 AM | Keynote: Questioneering – in a world full of answers, the value is in the question Joseph M Bradley, VP, Cisco Corporation Joseph M. Bradley is currently the Global Vice President of the Digital & IoT Professional Services Organization at Cisco and Senior Research Fellow for the Global Center for Digital Business Transformation at IMD. In these roles, he leads a team of multidisciplinary experts and technologist who help CXOs and government leaders transform into digital organizations. Joseph is known for achieving several breakthrough innovations in business and technology. He built the foundation for Cisco’s Internet of Things strategy and the Internet of Everything’s Practice by directing Cisco’s influential research that determined $19 trillion of value was associated with embracing the Internet of Everything. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9:45 AM - 10:00 AM | Mental Processing Break | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10:00 AM - 10:55 PM | Panel Discussions AV/IT Summit: Lifecycle Planning for a Softer AV Ecosystem
Drill down of the new AV/IT Model and software-based AV designs. Discussions will be centralized around analysis, refresh cycles, upgrade paths, network investment, BYOx and how to ensure a better ROI Moderator:
Megan Dutta SCN Think Tank: What's Next for the UX? Experience designers, AV integrators and consultants identify the hallmarks of a solid user experience, both from a customer perspective and a user point of view. In an ROI-driven, big-data scenario, what are the quantifiable metrics in the great equation of experience? Moderator:
Margot Douaihy
Panelists:
Dale Boettcher, EVP, Global Sales & Marketing, AVI/SPL
Mike Pedersen, CTS-D, CTS-I, EAVA, Senior Staff Engineer, Mechdyne Corporation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11:00 AM - 11:55 AM | Panel Discussions AV/IT Summit: Real Talk – Integrator Spotlight
Panel discussion of the role an integrator plays in the evolving industry and cultivating the relationships that maintain the growth and strength within their businesses. Discussions of managed services, SaaS, AVaaS, AI and support to in-house AV/IT teams Moderator: Margot Douaihy Panelists: Jeremy Caldera, CEO, IAS Technology Dave Hatz, Director of Application Development, AVI Systems William Graves, Tech Program Manager, IVCi
SCN Think Tank: Real Talk – Tech Manager Spotlight Tech Managers give the inside scoop on their ideal integration experience including their role within the industry and how to create and maintain effective client relationships. Moderator:
Megan A. Dutta | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | Lunch & Sponsor Networking | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM | Combined Session: The Future of AV – What’s Next? Manufacturers discuss new technologies and the impact they'll have on the Pro AV industry. They'll tell us what the field will look like in one, three, and five years.
Moderator:
Matt Pruznick, Content Director, AV Technology
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| 1:45 PM - 2:15 PM | Networking, sponsor & caffeine break | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2:15 PM - 3:00 PM | Panel Discussions AV/IT Summit: Enterprise Deployments - What’s Next?
Sharing success stories with the unified collaboration adoption, real-time operations support models, commissioning AV on secure networks and standardized system designs Moderator:
Margot Douaihy SCN Think Tank: Integrated Experiences - What's Next? Foremost experience designers specializing in merging the digital with the physical talk about their work creating unforgettable experiences for museums, stadiums, and all manner of brand activations and events. This panel of experts reveals what we can expect from a future where storytelling determines technology.
Moderator:
Megan Dutta Panelists: Manolo Almargo, CEO, QDivision
Jeff Day, Executive Advisor, Bluewater Technologies & Independent Consultant Randy Gress, Director of Business Development, NEXT/NOW Raffi Vartian, Digital Media Solutions Specialist, Diversified | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3:00 PM - 3:15 PM | Mental Processing Break | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3:15 PM - 4:00 PM | Combined Session: Lessons Learned Through case studies, AV integrators, tech managers, manufacturers, and IT experts discuss how they labor together to redefine working relationships. We will synthesize what we’ve discussed today and how you can take those lessons home to create more effective teams and a more profitable business.
Moderator: Margot Douaihy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
