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CEDIA Expo 2023, Denver, Colo.
9/6-9/9
CEDIA Expo 2023 will be staged at the Colorado Covention
Center in Denver, Sept. 6-9. Wednesday, Sept. 6 includes the
start of the conference slate, the keynote and AI Symposium.
The show floor will be open Sept. 7-9, starting at 9 a.m. each
morning, ending at 5 p.m. on
Thursday and Friday and 3 p.m.
on Saturday. The conference/
education runs Sept. 6-8, from
8 a.m. to 4 p.m., 9 a.m. to 6
p.m., and 8 a.m. 6 p.m. on those
respective days.
$5,000
The Launchpad area
and TechStarter
program are back to
spotlight new and startup
exhibitors to CEDIA
Expo, with a grand prize
of $5K. Participating
companies will be judged
as they pitch their
innovations to CEDIA
judges who are seasoned
industry veterans, Shark
Tank style. TechStarter winners in 2022 and 2021 were
PoolScout (pictured), which provides safety monitoring
for pools, and guardDog AI, a cybersecurity specialist.
50+
4 p.m., 9/7
Be sure to be at the Smart Stage at 4 p.m. on the first day of
the show floor, Thursday, Sept. 7. That's where the annual CE
Pro BEST (Best Electronic Systems Technologies) and HOTY
(Home of the Year) Awards, presented by industry consulting
team Bluesalve Partners, will take
place, with a photo op alongside
CE Pro Editor-in-Chief Arlen
Schweiger. Immediately following
the awards, stick around for a
rockin' time there with the CE
Pro All-Star Band.
4
Sept. 7 will
feature " A Day of
Discovery " at the
Four Seasons Ballroom
featuring four main sessions
and being emceed
by David Santiago, owner
of Casa Santi Interior
Design, launched in 2011.
The session tracks run
from 10 a.m. to 12:45
p.m.: Intelligent Lighting and Automated Window Treatments;
Clutter-free Walls and Ceilings, the Intuitive Smart
Home; Indoor/Outdoor Entertainment; and Healthy
Indoor Environments and Wellness Strategies.
The first Commercial Integrator
Expo (CIX), being co-located with
the CEDIA Expo at the Colorado
Convention Center, will offer more than 50 sessions in a
wide-ranging agenda. Curated by CIX with leading organizations
the Digital Signage Federation (DSF), Interactive
Multimedia & Collaboration
Communications Alliance
(IMCCA) and National Systems
Contractor Association
(NSCA), sessions will emphasize
project management
and business development.
90+
The 2023 conference schedule includes
over 90 sessions, half of which
are new. Among the highlights: The
return of a hands-on rack building workshop; an immersive
audio system workshop based on the new CEDIA/
CTA Recommended Practice-22,
led by CEDIA Fellow
Peter Aylett of Officina
Acustica, Adam Pelz of Bespoke
Cinemas and Integration
and Ben Goff of Cinema
Lusso; and exploration of
changes to the 2023 National
Electrical Code (NFPA 70).
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