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BREAKING NEWS FROM CEDIA EXPO
Commercial Integrator Expo Announced,
Set to Co-Locate with CEDIA Expo in 2023
EMERALD, the owner of
CEDIA Expo, has announced
the launch of Commercial
Integrator Expo, a trade event
that will co-locate with CEDIA
Expo 2023 in Denver next
year. The co-location will
bring together commercial AV
products and education with
the residential focus of CEDIA
Expo. The announcement was
made by Emerald's group vice
president, Jason McGraw,
in an official outreach to the
industry.
The notification read as
follows:
After much research and
monitoring of the convergence
of commercial and residential
technologies over the past several
years, Emerald Expositions
is excited to announce a new,
focused event, Commercial
Integrator Expo, which will be
co-located with CEDIA Expo
next September 6 to 9, 2023,
in Denver, Colo.
Commercial Integrator
Expo will be a full-featured
exposition and conference
that addresses the needs of
today's fixed-installation professional
audiovisual systems
professionals and technology
managers in corporate,
higher education, hospitality,
retail and resimercial market
settings. The new event will
feature a dedicated commercial
AV exhibit show floor and
a robust conference program
supported with instruction by
industry experts and supporting
organizations to be
announced.
Addressing
Market Demand
The professional audiovisual
systems integration market in
North America is vast, exceeding
tens of billions of dollars
and growing, comprising
many vertical markets along
with the residential channel
served by events like CEDIA
Expo. We've consulted with
many of our customers, and
they've expressed a need in
the market for one event that
can serve both the residential
and commercial industries -
at the same time and place.
Audience Needs
are Changing
The crossover of residential
integrators doing commercial
projects and commercial
integrators doing residential
and mixed-use projects is
accelerating with the growth
of home/hybrid offices, flex
spaces, and redevelopment
of commercial spaces into
resimercial office, residential,
retail and mixed-use facilities.
Existing industry events do
not fully address connected
AV/IT environments in
corporate, hospitality, retail
or higher education, settings
from an educational or
product-mix perspective. The
commercial-channel professionals,
IT integrators and
tech managers need access
to see new commercial AV
products and attend education
and training opportunities
to keep up to date on the
latest information for their
Commercial Integrator Expo, co-located with CEDIA Expo, will
offer an unparalleled opportunity for technology immersion,
agnostic education and powerful networking across both
commercial and residential markets, reflecting the rise of
resimercial applications.
ongoing professional and
business development.
The same need applies for
residential systems integrators
and designers, who are expanding
their businesses with
more commercial projects.
Market Opportunity
Many leading CEDIA Expo
exhibitors manufacture and
distribute both commercial
and residential products. With
Commercial Integrator Expo,
they will now have an expanded
opportunity to reach
commercial integrators and
tech managers from commercial
markets who will attend
the combined shows.
Attending and exhibiting at
a new commercial AV systems
event, combined with CEDIA
Expo, will offer an unparalleled
educational, networking
and new product shopping
experience. The best of
commercial and residential
AV products and solutions
under one roof will provide an
exceptional value and opportunity
not available elsewhere
in North America.
We are confident that, with
a professional AV systems
integration expo and conference
co-located with CEDIA
Expo, we will serve both the
commercial and residential
channels and technology
managers from corporate,
higher education, hospitality,
retail and resimercial market
segments. New opportunities,
including an expanded
exhibit show floor, additional
education sessions and amplified
networking options, will
provide an enhanced experience
and increased value for
attendees and exhibitors.
Be sure to visit our website,
expo.commercialintegrator.
com, for more information,
FAQs and new developments.
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